Sunset Palm Tree Birthday Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, my friends!

It feels like forever since my last blog post. I've been taking it slow lately, as I've just returned to work after my back injury. Crafting has had to take a back seat for now. Plus, the weather has been amazing, and I'm trying to enjoy it while it lasts.

Today, I'm excited to share a summer-inspired sunset birthday card with you. There's something magical about a sunset over the ocean, with the beautiful reflections on the water. If you enjoy ink blending, this card is perfect for you and quite simple to make.

CARD RECIPE

Palm Trees: Lovely Layers: Hammock Honey Cuts

Sentiment: Sunkissed Summer Stamps

Ink: Bee Creative Intense Black Ink Pad 

Coconuts: Grab Your Passport Gem Stickers

Sun: Circle Spotlight Stencils 

See the complete list of supplies below

Mask the Sun:

• Begin by masking out the sun using the Circle Spotlight Stencils. (discontinued, but you can create your own using Sweet Stacks: Circles Dies)
• Add a piece of masking tape across the bottom of the sun to create the water level.
• Blend the sun using Mustard Seed Oxide Ink (OI) in the middle, and Ripe Persimmon OI on the edge.
• Remove the stencil.

Blend the Sky:

• Cover up the sun with a circle mask.
• Blend out the sky, starting with Mustard Seed OI, followed by Picked Raspberry OI, Wilted Violet OI, and Blueprint Sketch OI.

Create the Water:

• Remove the masking tape and cover up the bottom of the sun at the water level.
• Blend the water to create the sun's reflection using the same colors as the sky.
• Remove the masking tape.

Finish the Background:

• Cover up the top half of the card above the water line.
• Mist the bottom with water and use a paper towel to lift some of the ink from the paper.
• Trim the panel and glue it to the card base.

Add Glitter:

• Apply a generous amount of liquid glue to the water line and sprinkle chunky glitter over it.
• Drag the glue down into the water's reflection and sprinkle prisma glitter over it.

Stamp the Sentiment:

• Stamp the sentiment from Sunkissed Summer Stamps in the center of the sun using Bee Creative Intense Black Ink.

Add the Palm Trees and Coconuts:

• Die cut the palm trees from the Lovely Layers: Hammock Honey Cuts and glue them in place.
• Trim off anything hanging over the edge of the card.
• Add the coconuts to the trees using gems from the Grab Your Passport Gem Stickers.

I hope you enjoy making this card as much as I did! The summer vibes and the beautiful sunset will surely bring a smile to anyone's face for their birthday. 

Want to watch this card being made? Find the Reel HERE on Instagram.

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

Ilda 🌅

SUPPLIES

LL Hammock Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Sunkissed Summer Stamps Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Circle Spotlight Stencils Shop at: SB	Grab Your Passport Gem Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Background Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS	Detail Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS	Bee Creative Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Bitty Buzz Cutter Shop at: HBS
Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: HBS	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
MUSTARD SEED DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	RIPE PERSIMMON DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Blueprint Sketch Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Oxide Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Distress Sprayer Ranger Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lawn Fawn Chunky Glitter Shop at: SSS | SB	PRISMA GLITTER Shop at: SSS

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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

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them above. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. Please help support my blog by using these links while shopping at no additional cost to you. For more information about the affiliates I use, please visit my disclaimer here. Thanks so much for all your support!

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

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them above. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. Please help support my blog by using these links while shopping at no additional cost to you. For more information about the affiliates I use, please visit my disclaimer here. Thanks so much for all your support!