Framed Lovely Layers Floral Bouquet | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, my friends and Happy Monday!

Today I am super excited to share with you this beautiful Framed Lovely Layers Floral Bouquet featuring many of the lovely layers dies from Honey Bee Stamps. I've had this idea since the sunflower die was released and was dying to make it. I have made many similar frames in the past, which I will share with you at the end of this post, but this time was the first time I used dies to create the flowers. 

If you love die-cutting, this project is for you. I made this over a period of two days. The first day I spent die-cutting and ink blending all the pieces. The second day was pretty much assembling and embellishing it. 

Here is a breakdown of how and what I used to put it all together.

FRAME RECIPE 

Dies:

•  Lovely Layers: Sunflower Dies

• Lovely Layers: Coneflower Dies

• Lovely Layers: Hydrangea Dies

• Lovely Layers: Easter Lily Dies

Frame:

• Square 9 ¾ " Frame from IKEA 

(The frame I used has been discontinued, the one I linked is very similar) 

Paper: 

• Heavy Weight 110lbs Colored Cardstock

Ink for blending:

•  Atelier Inks from Inkon3 (see links below)

Die Cut Machine:

• Gemini Junior SSS | AMZ

Adhesives:

•  Bee Creative Glue

• Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

• Foam Squares

Embellishments:

•  Seed Beads - colored with a brown marker

• Apple Green Crystal Drops

• Dandelion Yellow Crystal Drops

• Sparkle Glitter

• Liquid Pixie Dust

Other Tools:

• Embellishment Wand
• Detail Blender Brushes

Once all the pieces were die-cut and inked up, I then assembled each flower individually using foam in between each layer. I then played with the arrangement until I came up with one I liked and took a photo of the design to guide me when it came time to glue it all down.

To the centers of the sunflowers, I added a layer of glue and dropped seed beads into the puddle. Once the area was dry I used a brown Copic marker to color the beads. To the top layer of the center, I added tiny drops of glossy accents and then added sparkle glitter over it. This adds some raised dimension and shine. For the coneflower centers, I used a glue pen and added tiny dots of glue, and then used the same glitter. I also used crystal drops to add details to the hydrangea centers and the Easter Lily.

The flowers were then glued to a piece of white cardstock that I had cut to fit the frame. Use foam tape to build up height where you feel it may be needed. I used about 4 layers of foam to raise the center sunflower. To finish off the bouquet I added a couple pieces of twirled cardstock to create some vine-looking greenery.

For additional shine, I painted the edges of some of the hydrangea flowers using liquid pixie dust.

I am in love with this frame and I hope you are too. Maybe it will even inspire you to create something similar for yourself!

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

Ilda 😊

Here are a few other Floral frames Shadow boxes I have made in the past. Please note they were all created with SVGs and cut using a Silhouette Electronic Die Cutting Machine. Click on the image for more details.

SUPPLIES

Lovely Layers: Sunflower Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Coneflower Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Hydrangea Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Easter Lily Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	DETAIL BLENDER BRUSHES Shop at: SSS | HBS
BEE CREATIVE GLUE Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	GEMINI JR. DIE CUTTER Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB	ATELIER MARILYN RED Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ATELIER MARIGOLD ORANGE Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ATELIER BEE STING YELLOW Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3
ATELIER GODDESS GREEN Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ATELIER PEACOCK BLUE Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ATELIER MY PURPLE JAM Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	ATELIER TWIGGY BROWN Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	Apple Green Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | TS US | TS UK
Dandelion Yellow Crystal Drops Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | HBS	SILVER DUST | SEED BEADS Shop at: SSS | SK	TRIANGLE TRAY - BLACK Shop at: SSS | SK	EMBELLISHMENT WAND Shop at: SSS | SK
GLOSSY ACCENTS Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SK	SPARKLE GLITTER Shop at: SSS | SK	LIQUID PIXIE DUST Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	SMALL TIP WATER BRUSH PEN Shop at: SSS | IO3

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Christmas Cardinal Scene Pop-Up Frame Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, my friends, and happy Monday. To all my American friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. I am thankful for YOU! 

Today I have a special card inspired by the amazing Jennifer McGuire. She shared this Pop-Up Frame technique a few months ago and I thought it was brilliant and had to give it a try with the gorgeous Make It Merry Release from Honey Bee Stamps.

CARD RECIPE

• To begin I die-cut all the pieces for the Layering Bells Dies, Lovely Layers Winter Birds and the Lovely Layers Winter Greenery and pieced them together.
• Next, I created the frame for the top of the Pop-Up using the Layering Vintage Labels A2 Frame Dies.
• I then glued the scene together onto the frame.
• Embellish using a white gel pen and add Prisma glitter to the foliage for your snow.

• To create the pop-up, I cut 2 pieces of paper that measured 5.5x1 inches and scored them at every 1/4 inch. Then accordion fold each piece and glue them to the sides of the back of the frame. These will create the springs for the pop-up card.
• For the background, I used the Kaleidoscope 3D Embossing Folder and then added some splatters using the Bee Shimmery Liquid. 

• Glue the springs onto the background, and once dry add the background to a card base.
• Stamp the greeting from the Home for the Holidays set in white ink and heat set it.
• Pop it onto the card front.

• To embellish the card further, I added True Pearl Stickers and Make it Merry Gems.
• To the cardinal's beak, bell, and berries I added glossy accents.

The cool thing about these pop-ups is that they do press down nicely and can be mailed. This one is a bit bulky so I am sure it will require extra postage. 

I hope you were inspired by my Christmas Cardinal Scene Pop-Up Frame Card. Thank you to my uber-talented friend Jennifer McGuire for this inspiration. I am sure I will be making more of these pop-ups in the future!

Thanks for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🐦

SUPPLIES

Layering Bells Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers Winter Birds Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers Winter Greenery Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Layering Vintage Labels A2 Frame Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Home for the Holidays Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Home for the Holidays Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Kaleidoscope 3D Embossing Folder Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Make it Merry Gems Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
True Pearl Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS	Bee Shimmery Liquid Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Brilliant White Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS	White Foam Dots With Tab Shop at: HBS	Bee Creative Bitty Buzz Cutter Shop at: HBS	Original Misti Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS
Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Arctic White Emb.Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3	White Gelly Roller Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Sakura Quickie Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SK
PRISMA GLITTER Shop at: SSS	Black Triangle Tray Shop at: SSS | SK	Glossy Accents Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS

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