Beach Sunset Birthday Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends and happy Monday! 

I hope you all are enjoying your summer so far. I have yet to do so. Work is out of control as we are so short-staffed and it looks like I won't be getting some of my vacation requests approved so it will be a staycation for the time that was approved which will be later on in August. Plus, how can anyone get anything done with the kids at home, lol😆. I feel like I'm constantly cooking or cleaning. Anyways, I digress... guess I was wishing I was somewhere like on today's card for the summer. A girl can dream, right!?!

I kept this card super simple as I wanted the Ocean Circlescape Dies to be the focal point.

CARD RECIPE

• Die-cut the Ocean Circlescape Dies using paper for ink blending. 
• Ink blend the waves, sun, and sky using distress oxide inks, see colors listed below. 
• Spray the waves with water to add distress and texture to the blending. 
• Glue all the die-cut pieces back onto a circle smaller than the circle shape. I used one of the circles from the Circlescapes Shaker Frames.

Pop up the sun in the center using foam tape.

Add white gel pen details to the waves, sun, and sky. 

Add a thin layer of glue to each layer of wave and add chunky glitter for a touch of sparkle.

Add the birthday sentiment from the Foil Script: Wishes Hot Foil Plate/Dies that has been foiled using polished brass glimmer foil with the Hot foil glimmer system.

Add foam dots to the back of the finished Circlescape panel and attach it to a black piece of A2-sized cardstock that has been glued to an A2 card base.

I hope this simple beach sunset birthday card inspired you today. Perfect for any beach lover in your life.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🌅

SUPPLIES

Ocean Circlescape Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Foil Script: Wishes Hot Foil Plate/Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Circlescapes Shaker Frames Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Detail Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS	Background Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS
Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Black Foam Dots 1/4" Shop at: HBS	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	POLISHED BRASS - Glimmer Foil Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | SB
Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Oxide Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad CARVED PUMPKIN Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Mermaid Lagoon Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Blueprint Sketch Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Chipped Sapphire Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Distress Sprayer Ranger Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
White Gelly Roller Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Chucky Sparkle Glitter Shop at: SSS | SK

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Easy Breezy Beach Inspired Friendship Cards | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, my friends. Hope you are enjoying your last few weeks of Summer, so hard to believe the Fall is less than a month away!

Today I have cards that were super quick to put together and involve minimal stamping, and no coloring. These kinds of cards are perfect for those of you who prefer die-cutting over stamping and coloring.

CARD DETAILS

For all of my cards today I used background images that come from the BEACH VIBES Paper Pad, choosing the papers was probably the hardest part of making these cards, lol! Once I decided on the once papers, I trimmed them all to A2 card panel size.

For this specific card, I used the PALM FROND COVER PLATE to die cut a piece of Beige colored cardstock and then glued it on to the pattern paper.

Next, I die cut gold glitter foliage to add behind all the sentiments, using the TROPICAL BOUQUET DIES.  I then stamped and white heat embossed onto black cardstock all the sentiments from the SEA BREEZE stamp set and then die cut them with the coordinating SEA BREEZE DIES to use on all the cards.

Also on this card, I used a few of the gold HOT TROPICS GEM STICKERS along with some gold pearls.

For this next card, I used both the GARDEN LATTICE CP BASE and the GARDEN LATTICE CP TOP.

I kept this card super simple by just adding a few Monstera leaves from the TROPICAL BOUQUET DIES along with the sentiment and a few pearls.

This final card once again uses a pattern piece of paper from the BEACH VIBES PAPER PAD, this time I only used the GARDEN LATTICE CP TOP, and the rest of the was done as the previous ones only using different foliage and sentiment.

Paradise truly is a state of mind!

Looking at these cards make me feel calm, I just wished I lived closer to the beach. I hope these give you some inspiration for creating your cards using pattern paper.

I really love how these Easy Breezy Beach Inspired Friendship Cards turned out. I think the first one is my favorite but I do love them all. Let me know if you have a favorite in the comments below.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

SUPPLIES

PALM FROND CP Shop at: SSS | HBS	GARDEN LATTICE CP BASE Shop at: SSS | HBS	GARDEN LATTICE CP TOP Shop at: SSS | HBS	TROPICAL BOUQUET DIES Shop at: SSS | HBS
SEA BREEZE Shop at: SSS | HBS	SEA BREEZE DIES Shop at: SSS | HBS	BEACH VIBES PAPER PAD Shop at: SSS | HBS	HOT TROPICS GEM STICKERS Shop at: SSS | HBS
BEE CREATIVE GLUE Shop at: SSS | HBS	MINI MISTI Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SBC | SK | HBS	JUICY INK Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ARCTIC WHITE POWDER Shop at: SSS | IO3
GOLD FOIL PEARLS Shop at: SSS | SK	TRIANGLE TRAY Shop at: SSS | SK	EMBELLISHMENT WAND Shop at: SSS | SK	FOAM TAPE - WHITE Shop at: SSS | SK

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Flippin Fabulous Flip Flop Friendship Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello Friends and Happy Monday!

Today I have a fun Flippin' Fabulous Flip Flop Friendship Card to share with you (try saying that 3 times fast, lol). I've had this idea in my head since I first saw the new FLIP FLOP BUILDER DIES. It was actually inspired by a photo I took a few years ago with some of my friends after we had all gone for a pedicure together. So I thought it would be fun to create the summer version of my photo, which could be used for so many occasions.

Here is the inspiration photo

CARD DETAILS

The first thing I did was select the pattern papers I was going to use on for my flip flops which all came from the HOT TROPICS PAPER PAD. I then used the FLIP FLOP BUILDER DIES to die cut each set of flip flops. I also die cut the flip flops from 110bs white cardstock to add some reinforcement under the pattern pieces.

Once the shoes were assembled, I then created the background. I used the largest DOUBLE STITCHED SQUARE DIE to die cut a panel from kraft cardstock. Next, I used a BACKGROUND BLENDER BRUSH to add some Gathered Twigs Distress Oxide Ink (DO) around the edges of the panel. I then used the SANDY SHORES stamp out the sand on the background this time using Vintage Photo DO ink.

To the back of each flip flop, I added some foam tape and glued them to the card panel. Anything that hung over the edge of the panel I snipped off with scissors.

The sentiments I used come from the FLIPPIN FABULOUS stamp set that I then die cut with the coordinating dies from the FLIPPIN FABULOUS DIE Set.

For an added touch of bling, I used matching gem stickers on each flip flop that comes from the HOT TROPICS Sticker set.

I hope this card inspired you today. I would just love to throw on my flip flops and head to the beach right now, hopefully someday soon I will be able to do that again. Have a wonderful week friends!

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

SUPPLIES

FLIP FLOP BUILDER DIES Shop at: SSS | HBS	DOUBLE STITCHED SQUARE DIES Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS	SANDY SHORES Shop at: SSS | HBS	FLIPPIN FABULOUS Shop at: SSS | HBS
FLIPPIN FABULOUS DIES Shop at: SSS | HBS	BACKGROUND BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | HBS	HOT TROPICS GEM STICKERS Shop at: SSS | HBS	HOT TROPICS PAPER PAD Shop at: SSS | HBS
BEE CREATIVE GLUE Shop at: HBS	GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SBC	NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Neenah 100 LB SMOOTH DESERT STORM Shop at: SSS
BLACKOUT INK Shop at: SSS | HBS	GATHERED TWIGS Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad VINTAGE PHOTO Shop at: SSS | SBC | HBS	FOAM TAPE - WHITE Shop at: SSS | SK

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