Double Stencil Balloon Birthday Cards | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, my friends!

It probably feels like forever since my last post! Right now my family and I should be returning to Portugal after our Mediterranean Cruise and spending a little more time with our family before heading back home. I hope you are all enjoying your Summer and I will be back to regular posts soon. Make sure you are following me on Instagram as I will most likely be sharing photos of our vacation. Now back to the post!

Summertime is the busiest time of year for birthdays. As a majority of our family was born from June to August. So I thought it was the perfect time to share some of the birthday cards I will be sending out this year.

For both of my cards today, I created the backgrounds using a similar Double Stencil Technique. Basically starting off with one stencil and then adding detail to that stencil with another one. 

CARD RECIPE

1. For this hidden inlay card, I began by blending out the background using Layering Balloon Stencils by blending the yellow at the bottom up to the middle of the panel. I then repeated the process this time blending from the top toward the middle, resulting in the orange blend in the center.

2. Leaving the balloon stencil in place, I then laid the smallest dots stencil of the Polka Dot Background Stencils over top and repeated the blending in the same order. Once you remove the stencils you are left with a crisp white background and a fun design on the balloons.

3. Next, I die-cut the panel using the Happy Happy Happy A2 Cover Plate. I then ran the same plate through the die-cut machine a couple more times to create the layers for staking the letters for the hidden inlay design. Once all glued and stacked, glue the letters back into the panel that was glued to the card front.

4. Stamp out the sentiments to the card front using Intense Black Ink with sentiments from the Mini Messages Stamp set. 

5. Foil the birthday greeting for the center using the Birthday Hot Foil Plate done in AURA Glimmer Foil, then die cut using the coordinating die. Die cut a few more layers to stack and then glue in the center of the card panel.

6. Finish the card by adding some sparkle. I used gems from the Rainbow Birthday sticker set. 

This next card panel was done the same way except for using the other balloon stencil with a larger dot stencil and using the blue ink pad instead of the pink ink pad for blending. 

For this traditional shaker, I first die-cut the opening using a frame from the Sweet Stacks: Rectangles set, then glued acetate to the outer balloon frame, used foam tape to build up the shaker space and then filled the shaker area with AURORA LIGHTS Confetti Mix. The center of the panel was glued to the card base first before attaching the shaker window.

To the front of the card, I stamped out the sentiment from the Big Time Kindness Stamp set using Bee Creative Gold Metallic Ink Pad and then heat set it with gold Emb. pwd. It then was die cut with the coordinating die and glued to the shaker front. 

I hope you will give this double stencil technique a try. It is a great way to add a new look to one-layer stencils.

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

Ilda 🎈

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Happy 2023 New Years Interactive Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends. To those of you that celebrated, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!

Before you know it it will be 2023😮 So for today's card, I thought it would be fun to make a simple yet interactive card. Difficult to tell from these photos but the Balloons are suspended by a thread that allows them to wiggle around.

CARD RECIPE

• To begin I chose the background. This pattern paper panel came from the latest Free Bee from Honey Bee stamps if you made a purchase over $75.
• I then die cut, stacked, and glued the Happy die cuts from the Happy Happy Happy A2 Cover Plate.
• Next, I die-cut the balloons from copper-colored glitter paper using the Balloon Number Dies.
• With a piercing tool, I poked a hole at the top of where the balloons would be on the pattern piece of paper.
• To the back of the balloons, I added a foiled thread. To hide the hole that the thread would be going through, I die-cut another layer of the balloons and snipped the top off so that the thread end would not be seen from the top.
• Thread the top of the string through the holes and secure them behind the panel using tape.
• Next, line up the happy and glue it in place. I used the cover plate die cut to help with the alignment. Behind the letters secure the other end of the thread, leaving enough slack for some movement.
• I thought the white letters looked a bit stark at this time so I added some glue dots to the bottoms of the letters using a glue pen, then sprinkled on some coordinating embossing powder and heat set it. I should have done this before I glued them down as I almost melted the strings!
• I then finished the front by adding some gems in a coordinating color from the Grain Grunge Gems sticker set.
• To finish I trimmed the panel and added it to another panel using the same glitter paper to create a border for the card.

Stop by my IG account to see this card in action. I hope this sparkly and fun Happy 2023 New Years' Interactive Card inspired you. 

Thank you for all your support this year and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 💖

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