Sand Castle Retirement Shaker Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello Friends. If you have been following me on Instagram you would know that we have just returned from our 6-week long, summer vacation! And, as happy as I am to be home a little part of me wishes I was still on a beach building sandcastles instead of making them from paper. Oh well, it was amazing while it lasted and now it's time for reality. For those of you that want to see more about our travels, I have all the highlights saved in my Stories over on Instagram. 

So anyways, lately our hospital has witnessed a wave of retirements among people I've known for over 25 years. Although saying farewell fills me with a tinge of sadness, there's an undeniable thrill and perhaps even a twinge of envy, considering the long path that lies ahead before my own retirement years arrive.

Today's post is dedicated to my esteemed nursing colleagues. I am well aware that many of them are eagerly anticipating well-deserved travels and the pursuit of a leisurely life, perhaps lounging on a sun-kissed beach!

CARD RECIPE

 

Now, let's dive into the details of this card.

1. Begin by crafting the backdrop for the shaker pocket. For the background, I used a piece of paper from the Vitamin Sea Paper Pad. To give the card some dimension, I trimmed the sandy part of the paper and set it aside, and then just glued the top part of the paper to an A2 card panel. 

2. Next, I stamped out the sentiment onto the top part of the panel using stamps from the Mini Messages Stamp set. 

3. Wrap the panel to create the shaker pocket. For shaker bits, I used AURORA LIGHTS Confetti Mix, seal the top flap to close the pocket, and attach it to a card base.

4. To the front of the panel, glue the sand layer that was trimmed earlier using foam tape to add some dimension. This will hide the shaker bits until the card is shaken. 

5. Die-cut the Sand Castle using the Sand Castle Builder Dies. I first added some ink splatters then inked up the edges to give it a sand-like texture.

6. Add the castle to the card front using foam to create dimension.

7. For an extra touch of realism, I added some beach grasses from the Lovely Layers: Seashore Dies. For balance, I just cut the grass in half and added it to each side of the scene with a little glue.

8. Finally, for a touch of sparkle I added some red gems to the castle flags.

Here is a photo, of what it looks like when the shaker bits nestled beneath the inviting sand layer.

And here it is again, with the shaker bits in motion. Almost like it comes alive, dancing with the fervor of water bubbles frothing in the mighty ocean.

I hope this fun retirement shaker has inspired you today. Of course, this card could be used for any summer/beach purpose by simply changing the sentiment.

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

Ilda 🏖

SUPPLIES

Vitamin Sea Paper Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Sand Castle Builder Dies Shop at: HBS	Lovely Layers: Seashore Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Mini Messages Stamps Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Detail Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS	AURORA LIGHTS Confetti Mix Shop at: HBS	Tear Tape XL Roll | 1/4" Shop at: HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Black Foam Dots 1/2" Shop at: HBS	Make it Merry Gems Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS
Bee Creative Bitty Buzz Cutter Shop at: HBS	Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	Copic Opaque White Pigment Shop at: SSS | AMZ	GATHERED TWIGS Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS

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Christmas Tree Shaker Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends! 

At this moment, I am vacationing in Europe... but lucky for you I have pre-scheduled a few posts just in case you were missing me!

I couldn't let July go by without sharing a delightful Christmas in July card because it's never too early to start spreading holiday cheer! Today's creation showcases some fabulous new products from the Adventure Awaits Release, combined with timeless festive elements.

CARD RECIPE

Here's the step-by-step guide to re-create this beautiful card:

1. Begin by creating a shaker pocket using plastic from a cello bag or similar and a beautiful pattern paper from the brand-new Adventure Awaits Paper Pad. Fill the shaker with the enchanting Blizzard Confetti Mix.

2. Next I added some foam dots to the Oval die cut and attached it to the front of the card.

3. The layered tree comes from the Lovely Layers Trees set. To make it look more Christmasy, I added a top white layer, and then to it, I added some Liquid Applique and heat set it to make snow-like clumps. For a touch of sparkle, I then added glue and sprinkled on Prisma Glitter.

4. To finish the tree, I added the sentiment. The joy comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies and the rest of the sentiment comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays stamp set. The strip was then die-cut using one of the banners from the Mini Messages Dies.

5. For a pop of color I used the red gems from the Make it Merry Sticker set.

6. Finally, I finished the front panel with a few large snowflakes and also added Crystal Glimmer Enamel Stickers to their centers.

7. To the inside, I stamped out the sentiment also from the Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays stamp set using Intense Black Ink.

May this Christmas in July card inspire you to get an early start on your Christmas cardmaking or at least see how you can incorporate non-holiday products into your Holiday cards.

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

Ilda 🎄

SUPPLIES

Lovely Layers Trees Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Sweet Stacks Ovals Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Mini Messages Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Layering Snowflake Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Adventure Awaits Paper Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Brilliant White Pigment Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Intense Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Blizzard Confetti Mix Shop at: HBS	Make it Merry Gems Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Crystal Glimmer Enamel Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Black Foam Dots 1/2" Shop at: HBS	Sticky Red Tape 1/4" Shop at: HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS	Bee Creative Bitty Buzz Cutter Shop at: HBS
Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Magic Powder Bag Shop at: SSS
Arctic White Emb.Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3	LIQUID APPLIQUE Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Heat Gun Shop at: AMZ	PRISMA GLITTER Shop at: SSS

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Rainbow Inspired Birthday Cards | Crafty Meraki

Hello friends and Happy Thursday!

Today I have a couple of colorful rainbow inspired cards to share with you as I recently took part in Crafty Meraki's 2nd Birthday Hop, and what better way to celebrate than with a couple of birthday cards🎉🥳 If you want to join in on the fun and participate in the IG Hop for a chance at winning $100 GC to their shop, click 👉 HERE. Winners will be announced on June 10th.

CARD RECIPE

For this frameless/infinity/edge to edge card, lol... whatever you want to call it 😂 I began with ink blending the CRAFTY MERAKI BIRTHDAY BALLOONS STENCIL using Atelier Inks. Once I had blended the first layer I repositioned the stencil and then blended the balloons out again to create the overlapping effect.

I then used a shaker pocket to create the frameless shaker. I used Assorted Moonshine Sequins to fill the shaker. Then once sealed I glued it onto an A2 card base.

I then stamped out the cute images from the CRAFTY MERAKI MAGICAL DAY STAMP SET out and colored them in with Copics and then added white gel pen details and sparkle glitter to some areas. 

For the sentiments, I just stamped them out in white ink and heat embossed them using white emb. pwd.

For my second card, I used the CRAFTY MERAKI LOVE POTION STAMP SET. I stamped it out onto watercolor paper using Fadeout Ink and then colored the beautiful image using Zig Real Color Brush Markers.

Once the coloring had dried, I added white gel pen highlights and prepped the paper for heat embossing using an anti-static tool.

I then stamped the sentiment using watermark ink and heat set it using gold emb. pwd. I used the same products to add a gold edging around the panel.

To finish this beauty, I added a few Gold Pearls.

Here is another close-up of this beauty!

I hope both of these birthday cards inspired you. Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 💗💛💚💙💜

Birthday Bliss Release Day 4 Sneak Peeks | Honey Bee Stamps

Welcome to the final day of sneak peeks for the Birthday Bliss Release from Honey Bee Stamps. Make sure you stop by the Honey Bee Stamps Blog for more inspiration from the Design Team featuring more day 4 product reveals! 

CARD RECIPE

This pretty frameless/edge to edge shaker card features the new:

• Happy Happy Happy A2 Cover Plate
• Happy Happy Happy Sentiment Stamps 
• Happy Happy Happy Dies
• Aurora Borealis Gem Stickers 

Other Supplies used:

• Team Tie-Dye Paper Pad
• A2 Shaker Creator Pocket (a system I helped develop 😏) If you are curious about how these are made, click HERE to see its origins.
• Unicorn Pigment Ink and white Emb. Pwd.
• Chunky Glitter - discontinued from Martha Stewart

Here's what this birthday card looks like all shaken up!

This simpler version retirement card features the negative cuts of the previous one that have been stacked onto 3 more white die-cut layers for added dimension.

CARD RECIPE

 This card features the new:

• Happy Happy Happy A2 Cover Plate
• Happy Happy Happy Sentiment Stamps 
• Happy Happy Happy Dies
• Aurora Borealis Gem Stickers 

Love when you can get 2 for 1 cards!

Well, the wait is almost over... the release will go live tonight after the lives with Honey Bee Stamps on Instagram and Facebook. Make sure to tune in as there is always a giveaway!

I hope my sneak peeks inspired you, can't wait to see what you all make with the new goodies! Tune back tomorrow as the DT will celebrate with an Instagram Hop.

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

Ilda👋

SHOP new release ➤ Birthday Bliss

For more Birthday Bliss Inspiration click the images below.

Day1👇

Day2👇

Day3👇

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

Ilda 🥳🎉

You Are Amazing Frameless Shaker Card | Hero Arts MMHK April 2022 Global Team Blog Hop

Hello my friends, and happy Friday! Welcome to the Hero Arts Global Team Blog Hop. Today our design team is sharing inspiration featuring April's Hero Art Releases. If you have started to hop already you may have come from my friend Erica's Blog and you are on the right track. I will share more about the giveaway and the hop list at the end of the post.

For my project today, I created a frameless shaker card, also known as the flat/edge2edge/infinity card... a design/technique that is near and dear to my heart as I introduced it to the card-making community at Creativation 2020, and these pockets are now available from many companies. For a DIY version, which I still make, and to see where these cards all started click HERE to watch a video, as I won't go into details on how to put it all together. 

CARD RECIPE

• Stamp out the floral image using the 6" x 6" Cling Stamp from the MMHK April 2022 onto Bristol paper using Intens-ified Black Ink. 
• Blend out the background using inks to blend out the colors of the rainbow. I used Hero's Reactive ink cubes. 
• Use the Stencils from the kit to intensify areas of the floral images.
• Use Copic markers to color in the bees.
• I added liquid pixie dust to the centers of the flowers and the wings of the bees.

• Create the pocket for the shaker and fill it with all the shaker bit bling. 
• Add the finished shaker front to a card base.
• Die-cut the amazing, 3 layers of black cardstock and 1 shadow layer using silver glitter cardstock. 
• Stack and glue the black layers for the script dies, to add the finishing shine, coat with top with Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink and heat emboss using a clear embossing powder.
• Stamp out the "you are"using Unicorn Pigment Ink and heat set it using White Detail Embossing Powder.
• Fussy cut the sentiment.
• Glue onto the shaker card front.

GIVEAWAY

To enter the giveaway make sure you leave a comment on every stop of the hop to win a $25 Gift card to Hero Arts. The deadline to leave a comment is April 26th and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog on April 27th.

HOP LINE UP

Anna Celdran Mahtani

Daniel Diaz

Erica A B Andersson

Ilda Dias You are here 👈👋

Jen Kray

Lisa Tilson

Michelle Lupton

Sandi MacIver

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

Ilda🌈✨

SUPPLIES

My Monthly Hero Kit April 2022 Shop at: HA	Ink Blending Brushes Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Intens-ified Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Sea Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Nature Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA
Sunshine Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Floral Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Unicorn Pigment Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | HA	White Detail Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA
Precision Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Liquid Pixie Dust Shop at: SSS | IO3	Pitch Black Cardstock Shop at: SSS | HA	Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	A2 Shaker Creator Pocket Shop at: SSS | TS US
Assorted Moonshine Sequins Shop at: SSS	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	CRYSTAL CLEAR Emb Pwd Shop at: SSS | IO3

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