Pampas Grass Thinking of You Card | Honey Bee Stamps

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Hello friends, 

I am back again today as Honey Bee Stamps is celebrating the Spooktacular Release with an Instagram Hop. So if you want to qualify for a chance at winning one of two $50 Gift cards to their shop, click👉 HERE to join in on the fun. 

For my card, I wanted to play around with the new Lovely Layers Fall Foliage Dies. At first, I was going to use various dies and then I thought it would be fun just to use the Pampas and create an arrangement as they are so popular these days. 

CARD RECIPE

• Die cut 5 pieces using the pampas grass die from the Lovely Layers Fall Foliage Dies.
• Using the detail blender brushes, I added a touch of Tattered Rose (D. O.) ink to the edges.
• Next, die-cut the pieces from the Rattan Basket Dies.
• Ink blend the edges using Antique Linen (D.O.) ink.
• Add foam to the edges of the basket and piece it together, leaving the center open to build and glue the arrangement.
• On black cardstock, heat foil the sentiment from the Fall Foliage Foil Plate using Blush Foil and the Hot Foil Machine. 
• Use the coordinating die from the Fall Foliage Frame Dies to die cut the foiled sentiment. 
• Use Black foam dots to pop up the sentiments.
• Glue the elements to the front of the card. On the card base, I added a piece of pattern paper from the Grain and Grunge Paper Pad that I had trimmed first.
• Finish the front with some blush-colored gems from the Grain Grunge Gems Sticker pack.

• On the inside of the card, I finished this friendship card with a sentiment from the Inside Sentiments Comfort Stamp set.
• To tie this all together I used a coordinating envelope and the new Maple Wax Leaf Stamper and Autumn Wax Melts.

I hope this Pampas Grass Thinking of You Card design inspired you, and I hope to see you over on my Instagram!

Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Hopping and good luck in the draw!

Ilda 🍁

SUPPLIES

Lovely Layers Fall Foliage Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Rattan Basket Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Fall Foliage Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Inside Sentiments Comfort Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Grain and Grunge Paper Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Maple Wax Leaf Stamper Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Grain Grunge Gems Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Autumn Wax Melts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Gingham Galore: Holiday Envelopes Shop at: HBS	Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	Detail Blender Brushes Shop at: SSS | HBS
Oxide Ink Pad TATTERED ROSE Shop at: SSS	Oxide Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Blush Glimmer Foil Shop at: HBS	Bearly Art Precision Glue Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | HBS

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Beach Sunset Birthday Card | Honey Bee Stamps

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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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Rainbow Dreams Inspirations Day 1 | Honey Bee Stamps

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Hello, again friends, and Happy Thursday!

Have you been bitten by the foil bug? Either you love it or hate it. I have mixed reviews, lol. It depends on the day for me. Sometimes I foil without any issue and sometimes I get the worst transfers. For me, I think it is figuring out the papers that transfer best with solid plates that I sometimes have issues with. The thinner-lined foiled designs always transfer well for me. 

For my project today, I have a foiled card to share with you featuring products from the Rainbow Dreams release. *To use foil plates you will need a hot foil system. I used the Spellbinders one.

Please note all NEW products will go live after the Honey Bee Stamps Youtube live stream on Friday, May 27th, so the links below will not be active until then.

CARD RECIPE

This foiled rainbowlicious card features the new:

• Rainbow Hot Foil Plate
• Look For The Rainbow 
• Look For The Rainbow Dies
• Rainbow A2 Pierced Cover Plate
• Rainbow Builder A2 Card Base 

Other Supplies used:

• Scallop A2 Frame Dies
• Outdoor Scene Builder Stencils
• Intense Black Ink
• Bee Creative Glue
• White Foam Dots With Tab
• Iridescent Rain Drops
• RAINBOW Glimmer Foil
• AURA Glimmer Foil
• RED Glimmer Foil
• Hot Foil System

As you can see from the pictures the darker rainbow colors foiled beautifully, but if you look closely at the yellow on the rainbow, it is a bit patchy. That is why I only used half of the rainbows that I foiled to create this wave. The yellow and the red didn't transfer as well, and since I hate to waste I came up with this design to salvage the good pieces.

This card is so pretty in real life. The reflective properties of the foil make it difficult to photograph them well, but I think I captured them as well as possible.

I hope this inspired you today, and if you are like me don't give up on foiling if you had a few bad attempts. If I had I may have not made this pretty card. Also even though, things sometimes are challenging I love learning from my mistakes.

Thank you for stopping by and I will see you back here tomorrow with more Rainbow Dreams Inspirations... Happy Crafting!

Ilda💗💛💚💙💜