I Can Explain... Funny/Apology Card ft. Honey Bee Stamps

 Hello friends!

Today I have a super cute card to share with you all that funny enough was inspired by real life 😜 I wish I could tell you that my kids get along and play well together, but in reality they don't. I think they love annoying each other and it sometimes drives me nuts😒

Anyways, I thought it would be cute to represent them in today's card. Since my son is the oldest, I thought it would be fun to make it look like he was the blue bunny, sitting (more like squashing) his little sister, the pink bunny! Thankfully, they are a little older now so it doesn't actually get physical, but when they were little I would find them like this all the time, lol!

To create the card, I began by stamping the bunny from the Blah Humbunny stamp set and then masking it. Then I stamped the bunny from Blah Bunny set underneath the first bunny. Next, I added my sentiment and heat embossed it. Then added the little bee in the top right corner and colored in my Spring scene. I began by adding some clouds to the sky using broken China distress oxide ink and using cloud stencil from the Outdoor Scene Builder stencil set. Next, I colored my images in using tombow dual brush markers. Once my coloring was complete I did some partial die cutting around the blue bunny to make it look like he was popped out and leaning forward on top of the bottom bunny. Finally, I die cut the front panel using the large rectangle double stitched frame and added foam tape to pop it off the card front.

To my inside I had to add my explanation...

and like all kids, (well mine anyways) there is always and excuse, haha.

So, of course the "Bee" did it! 

Sure they did!? 😇

Hope this humorous I Can Explain... Apology Card inspired you today. Sorry's are never easy.

I think a card like this would also make a great apology card for a friend, sibling or even a parent!

Sometimes you just gotta laugh at life :)

For more inspiration from Honey Bee Stamps stop by the Honey Bee Blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

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Mariner Mermaid Card - Ink On 3

Hello friends!

Have you ever seen a sexier mermaid stamp?! I haven't... Wowzers 😜

This beauty comes from Ink On 3's latest release! For this card, I didn't want to stamp the mermaid in black ink and I really didn't want to do a no line watercoloring. So I thought I would experiment by stamping the image out using frayed burlap oxide ink and I love the results. The stamped line once it came in contact with the watercolors oxidized and lightened the lines giving it a semi no line watercolor look. 

To color the mermaid in, I used my Tombow Dual brush markers. Once she was dry I then fussy cut the entire image out. This is a fairly large stamp so it wasn't as difficult as it looks but I did need the help of my retractable PenBlade.

To create the background I wet the paper and then lightly touched the wet areas with Jane Davenport Mermaid Markers. These colors are so vibrant a little goes a long way. Just before the area dried I then used my distress spray bottle to splash and spread the ink around. I repeated that a few times with different colors, using my heat tool to help speed up the drying process. Once the entire background was done and dry I sprayed the background again this time picking up the droplets with paper towel.

To finish the card I then attached some jewelry chain to the anchor and used a metal wire to secure it to the top of the card panel, bending and taping the wire to the back to secure it in place. I then attached it to the A2 sized cardbase, sandwiching the wire in between both layers. I did not glue the mermaid down as I wanted her to swing freely on the front of the card. (see previous image)

Here is a closer look at the details 😍

Hope you were inspired by this Mariner Mermaid Card today.
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Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Crafting  :)

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