Botanical Blessing/Sympathy Cards | Honey Bee Stamps

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Hello friends!

It's been a little while since my last blog post. I can't believe the summer is almost over and the kids have gone back to school. Mine are now both in high school and I still can't believe that my babies are closer to being adults than children :( Anyways, let's get on with today's blog post. 

I seem to never have enough sympathy or encouragement cards on hand so I thought today's post would inspire you as well if you are in the same boat. These were cards are simple to make and are good for mass-producing.

CARD RECIPES

Here is a breakdown of the supplies I used for each card.

Stamps: 

• Bold Botanicals Stamp Set

• Praying Big Time Stamp Set

Dies:

•  Praying Big Time Dies

Stencils:

• Card #1 - Circle Spotlight Stencil
• Card #2 - Rectangle Spotlight Stencil
• Card #3 - Oval Spotlight Stencil
• Card #4 - Square Spotlight Stencil

Paper: 

• NEENAH Solar White 110lbs

• Black Heavy Weight Cardstock

Background Color Media:

Oxide Inks

•  Card #1 - Dusty Concord, Seedless Preserves & Fossilized Amber

• Card #2 - Blueprint Sketch, Stormy Sky, Worn Lipstick & Wild Honey

• Card #3 - Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry & Mustard Seed

• Card #4 - Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin & Candied Apple

Ink:

•  Intense Black Ink

Embossing Powder:

• Arctic White Powder

Die Cut Machine:

• Gemini Junior

Adhesives:

• Bee Creative Glue 

Embellishments:

•  Summer Stems Gem Stickers

Other Tools:

• Background Blender Brushes
• Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers

I really recommend these Spotlight stencils if love to ink blend. So many different sizes and options. For this first card, I used the Circle Spotlight. You want to stamp the image of the flowers on the inblended area while it is still masked, making this process super simple.

For extra details, I added gems to each of the cards.

I honestly don't think you can go too wrong with ink blending. At first, I didn't think these colors would look good together, and then I ended up really loving this combination. (See breakdown above for the inks used).

I think this may be my favorite background blend. Reminds me of a warm summer sunset sky.

Finally, this last one is perfect for the Fall weather coming soon. I love the sentiment here. 

I hope these Botanical Blessing/Sympathy Cards inspired you today. Hopefully, you don't need sympathy cards but if you do remember these. 

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

Ilda 💖

SUPPLIES

Bold Botanicals Dies Shop at: SSS | HBS	Praying Big Time Shop at: SSS | HBS	Praying Big Time Dies Shop at: SSS | HBS	CIRCLE SPOTLIGHT STENCIL Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	OVAL SPOTLIGHT STENCIL Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
RECTANGLE SPOTLIGHT STENCIL Shop at: HBS	SQAURE SPOLIGHT STENCIL Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	BACKGROUND BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | HBS	DETAIL BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | HBS	Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Summer Stems Gem Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS	BEE CREATIVE GLUE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	CANDIED APPLE Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Oxide Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	WORN LIPSTICK DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	SQUEEZED LEMONADE DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	MUSTARD SEED DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad FOSSILIZED AMBER Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Oxide Ink Pad CARVED PUMPKIN Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad WILD HONEY Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	BLUEPRINT SKETCH DISTRESS OXIDE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad STORMY SKY Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad WILTED VIOLET Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Oxide Ink Pad DUSTY CONCORD Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Oxide Ink Pad SEEDLESS PRESERVES Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB	ATELIER SHARK TOOTH Shop at: SSS | IO3	ARCTIC WHITE POWDER Shop at: SSS | IO3
GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB

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White Sunflower Slimline Hello Card | Honey Bee Stamps

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Hello crafty friends and welcome back to my blog. 

Today's gorgeous White Sunflower Slimline Hello Card is part of an Instagram Hop to celebrate Honey Bee Stamps Autumn Splendor Release. If you'd like to join and enter the giveaway click HERE.

Have you ever seen white sunflowers? I have to admit, I had never seen them until this year and I fell in love with how beautiful they looked in white. Sunflowers are one of my favorite flowers and in white, it just took them to another level!

This card was super simple to make as there was no stamping or coloring involved, just a bit of ink blending and die-cutting so it did take a little longer to do, but the results were so worth it. 

CARD RECIPE

Dies:

• Lovely Layers: Sunflowers Dies

• Bitty Buzzwords Dies

Paper: 

• Black, Light Cream, and Light Green Heavy Weight Colored Cardstock

• Neenah Solar White 110lbs

Ink:

•  Antique Linen Distress Oxide

• Goddess Green Atelier Ink

Die Cut Machine:

• Gemini Junior

Adhesives:

• Bee Creative Glue

•  Foam Squares

Embellishments:

•  Burlap Lace Ribbon

• Chunky Sparkle Glitter

Other Tools:

• Detail Blender Brushes
• Stardust Gel Pen

To bring the flowers to life, I added ink to the center of the flower layers and the edges of the leaves. I then curled the petals and added foam to each layer to give each flower dimension.

To the center of each flower, I just had to add sparkles. I then added more by using a gel pen to the top layer where the seed impressions are made into the die-cut. 

To the background, I glued a piece of burlap lace ribbon, then arranged and glued the elements onto the slimline panel. I then finished off this Fall card by adding the hello from the Bitty Buzzwords Dies that I staked and glued 3 times using black cardstock.

I hope you were inspired by this White Sunflower Slimline Hello Card, and I hope you can join me over on Instagram for the Hop and Giveaway... Thank you for stopping by and until next time, Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🌻

SUPPLIES

Lovely Layers: Sunflowers Shop at: SSS | HBS	BITTY BUZZWORDS DIES Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	DETAIL BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | HBS	BEE CREATIVE GLUE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	NEENAH SOLAR WHITE 110 Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	Oxide Ink Pad ANTIQUE LINEN Shop at: SSS | HBS	ATELIER GODDESS GREEN Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	CHUNKY SPARKLE GLITTER Shop at: SSS | SK	FOAM SQUARES Shop at: SSS | HBS
Gelly Roll Stardust Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB

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!