Happy BEE Day Release Blog Hop | Day 1

Happy Fri-YAY my Crafty Peeps and welcome to Day 1 of the Honey Bee Stamps 4th Birthday Bash Blog Hop! 

Today I have another rainbowlicious card to share featuring some of my favorite new goodies from this release.

CARD DETAILS

To begin, I blended tumbled glass distress oxide ink onto a piece of Bristol paper leaving white space around the top left side of the panel where eventually the sun would go. Once the ink was dry I die cut the paper using the largest SCALLOP A2 CARD FRAME. I then applied Golden Crystal Glimmer paste over the new RADIANT BACKGROUND Stencil to add the sun rays onto the background and set it aside to dry while I die cut the rest of the pieces.

The pieces I used on the card front all come from the RAINBOW WISHES Honey Cut set. I die cut them all out of white heavyweight cardstock and then used Copic markers to color in the rainbow arches and also die cut the cloud inserts using white felt. To the circle die cut pieces for the sun I also added the same gold glimmer paste to the top layer.

Before gluing down the rainbow and the clouds to the card front, I stamped out the "sending you" sentiment from the RAINBOW WISHES stamp set in the bottom right corner. Then just glued down the pieces using foam tape to add dimension.

To the inside of the card, I also stamped this fun sentiment from the RAINBOW WISHES stamp set and then just used the same Copic colors I used on the front of the card to color in the rainbow.

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them here below. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. By shopping through my links you help keep my blog running at no extra cost to you. So thank you in advance for supporting my creations!

Rainbow Wishes Shop at: HBS	Rainbow Wishes | Honey Cuts Shop at: HBS	Radiant | Background Stencil Shop at: HBS	SCALLOP A2 FRAME  Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	GOLDEN CRYSTAL PASTE Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS

Here is more inspiration using products from the Happy BEE Day Release that I have shared this week. Click on the links below if you are interested in seeing more details about each card.

Day 1 Peek

Day 2 Peek

Day 3 Peek 

Day 4 Peek 

Day 5 Peek

BLOG HOP DETAILS

If you'd like to start at the beginning of the HOP click→ HBS Blog If you have already started you must have arrived here from the amazing → Jana Millen's Blog, and now you should be off to the very talented → Nichol Spohr's BLOG.

GIVEAWAY
Honey Bee Stamps is doing a HUGE giveaway today and tomorrow, so all you have to do is hop along and leave comments along the way to win. I'd love to know what are your favorites from this release?

PROMO FOR CUSTOMERS

Purchases of $35 get a freebee stamp.  Purchases of $75 get the free bee stamp and die.  Purchases of $100 or more get the free bee stamp, die AND the bee enamel pin. The enamel pins are not available for sale. Only a gift with purchase!

SHOP → HAPPY BEEDAY Release NOW!

I hope this Rainbow Wishes card inspired you today. Rainbows make me feel happy and I hope they do the same for you all! Have a wonderful day, thank you for stopping by... Until next time, happy hopping 👋

You Are Freaking Awesome | Honey Bee Stamps Happy BEE Day Release Preview

Yay! Today is Day 5 and the last day of Sneak Peeks for the Honey Bee Stamps Bee Day Release! Click here if you missed any of my sneaks → Day 1, Day 2, Day 3 and Day 4!

For my card today I wanted to keep it quite playful as the background I created reminded of a Jesters outfit.

CARD DETAILS
To begin I used the DIAMOND PATTERN stencils to blend out a few colors of distress oxide inks. To keep the Diamonds from blending into each other I used a mask I made using post-it notes.

I then stamped into each diamond a design from the new DIAMOND PATTERNS stamp set using the same colored oxide ink I had blended the Dimond out with.

The sentiments I used come from the very sassy AWESOME SAUCE stamp set that I stamped in Juicy Ink SSS|IO3 onto black card stock and then used white embossing powder SSS|IO3 to heat set it. I then used the BANNER BUILDER Dies to cut out the sentiment strips and added them to the card front using foam tape. Finally, I finished off this card with a few CLEAR IRIDESCENT sequins.

GIVEAWAY
Honey Bee Stamps will be doing Daily Giveaways on their BLOG, so I strongly encourage you to stop by daily this week 😉 Plus, you'll get to see more inspiration and Sneak Previews from the rest of the Design Team.

PROMO FOR CUSTOMERS

Purchases of $35 get a free bee stamp.  Purchases of $75 get the free bee stamp and die.  Purchases of $100 or more get the free bee stamp, die AND the bee enamel pin. The enamel pins are not available for sale. Only a gift with purchase!

New Release Products will be available for Purchase TONIGHT at midnight CST and all of the links that aren't working will go live.

Thank you for stopping by and see you all tomorrow for Day 1 of the HAPPY BEE DAY Blog Hop!

Happy Crafting 👋

CAS Stitched Flower Card Set | Honey Bee Stamps Happy BEE Day Release Preview

Hello again! As you all can see I have been a busy BEE making all these flower cards 😊 Click → Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 Peeks!

I honestly meant to make one card and then, I realized how quick it was to make one that I ended up making 6 cards! I guess a cardmaker can never have enough cards, lol.

CARD DETAILS

For my cards, I began by using a bunch of colored cardstock scraps and die cutting them with the STITCHED FLOWER DIES to create all the die cut pieces for my flowers.

The next thing I did was assemble the flower heads together. Which simply was to add a foam piece in between the layers of the die cuts.

I then arranged the flowers onto the card bases, and once I was happy I glued down the stems but waited until my sentiment was stamped before I glued the flower tops in place.

This was the only flower I didn't add a stem too. I wanted to create one as an example of what it would look like without the stem. But I did add some confetti to the center to add extra interest.

And for this card example below, I used the same small flower die to create a smaller flower and added two of them to a card front which still fit very nicely.

For the sentiments, I used the stamps from THANKS A BUNCH set, inked them up with Versafine Black Onyx Ink and then heat set them with clear embossing powder SSS | IO3.

Hope you enjoyed and were inspired by my CAS Stitched Flower Card Set. 

GIVEAWAY
Honey Bee Stamps will be doing Daily Giveaways on their BLOG, so I strongly encourage you to stop by daily this week 😉 Plus, you'll get to see more inspiration and Sneak Previews from the rest of the Design Team.

PROMO FOR CUSTOMERS

Purchases of $35 get a free bee stamp.  Purchases of $75 get the free bee stamp and die.  Purchases of $100 or more get the free bee stamp, die AND the bee enamel pin. The enamel pins are not available for sale. Only a gift with purchase!

New Release Products will be available for Purchase this Thursday at midnight CST.

Thank you for stopping by and see you all tomorrow for Day 5 Sneaks!

Happy Crafting 👋

Curious Kittens | Honey Bee Stamps Happy BEE Day Release Preview

Hello friends, hope you have been enjoying all the inspiration sneaks from the Happy BEE day Release. Click→Day 1 and Day 2 Peeks! How cute are these curious looking little kittens from the new OH MY WHISKERS stamp set? THEY are SO adorable. LOVE this set and I think you will too!

CARD DETAILS
To begin this card I stamped out the image using Fadeout Ink SSS|IO3 onto Bristol paper so I could do some no line coloring using Zig Clean Clear Real Brushes. I then used the coordinating DIES to die cut the images out.
 

For the background, I die cut a panel using the largest A2 SCALLOP FRAME and blended out the area behind the stamped image using distress oxide inks. The sentiment stamped above comes from the PURRRFECT SENTIMENTS stamp set.

As for finishing touches, I added some glossy accents to the bodies of the butterflies and the flower centers. I also added some sparkle to areas using liquid pixie dust SSS|IO3.

GIVEAWAY
Honey Bee Stamps will be doing Daily Giveaways on their BLOG, so I strongly encourage you to stop by daily this week 😉 Plus, you'll get to see more inspiration and Sneak Previews from the rest of the Design Team.

PROMO FOR CUSTOMERS

Purchases of $35 get a free bee stamp.  Purchases of $75 get the free bee stamp and die.  Purchases of $100 or more get the free bee stamp, die AND the bee enamel pin. The enamel pins are not available for sale. Only a gift with purchase!

New Release Products will be available for Purchase this Thursday at midnight CST.

Thank you for stopping by and see you all tomorrow for Day 4 Sneaks!

Happy Crafting 👋

Hello Beautiful | Honey Bee Stamps Happy BEE Day Release Preview

Happy Monday!!!

If you haven't been able to tell by now, I fill you in... I love rainbows! The rainbow palette has always been a favorite of mine and is why I love using it so much in my cards. Yesterday, I shared a rainbow card and today is a new day so here is some more rainbow inspiration for Day 2 of Sneak Previews.

CARD DETAILS

For this card, I began by blending out the rainbow arches from the RAINBOW WISHES STENCIL onto Bristol paper using distress oxide inks. I also lightly blended tumbled glass towards the bottom of the paper. I then used a DECKLE EDGE FRAME to die cut the panel.

Onto the card base and the bottom of the rainbow, I added a few glimmer paste clouds using the clouds from the RAINBOW WISHES STENCILS.

The Hello Beautiful sentiment comes from the THANKS A BUNCH stamp set and then I used coordinating DIES to cut the sentiment out.

To finish off the card I added a few AURORA LIGHTS Confetti sequins to look like drops of rain beneath the clouds.

GIVEAWAY
Honey Bee Stamps will be doing Daily Giveaways on their BLOG, so I strongly encourage you to stop by daily this week 😉 Plus, you'll get to see more inspiration and Sneak Previews from the rest of the Design Team.

PROMO FOR CUSTOMERS

Purchases of $35 get a free bee stamp.  Purchases of $75 get the free bee stamp and die.  Purchases of $100 or more get the free bee stamp, die AND the bee enamel pin. The enamel pins are not available for sale. Only a gift with purchase!

New Release Products will be available for Purchase this Thursday at midnight CST.

Thank you for stopping by and see you all tomorrow for Day 3 Sneaks!

Happy Crafting 👋

Rainbow After the Storm | Honey Bee Stamps Happy BEE Day Release Preview

Happy Sunday friends!

Well, today starts Preview Week for Honey Bee Stamps Happy BEE Day Release. Honey Bee Stamps is celebrating 4 years in business! How AWESOME is that!?!  Hopefully, you will be following along as I will be sharing lots of inspiration this week featuring all new goodies that will be available very soon in their SHOP. So let's get started with today's card.

CARD DETAILS

I began this card by blending out distress oxide inks onto a piece of Bristol paper. Then die cut the panel using the largest DECKLE EDGE FRAME. Once the ink was completely dry I used the RADIANT STENCIL to add the glittery sun using glimmer paste.

I then stamped out the sentiment "You're a Rainbow After the Storm" from the RAINBOW WISHES stamp set and then used the coordinating DIES to die cut the sentiment and also a few clouds from vellum.

I love how simple it was to create this card and how beautiful it turned out!

GIVEAWAY
Honey Bee Stamps will be doing Daily Giveaways on their BLOG, so I strongly encourage you to stop by daily this week 😉 Plus, you'll get to see more inspiration and Sneak Previews from the rest of the Design Team.

PROMO FOR CUSTOMERS

Purchases of $35 get a free bee stamp.  Purchases of $75 get the free bee stamp and die.  Purchases of $100 or more get the free bee stamp, die AND the bee enamel pin. The enamel pins are not available for sale. Only a gift with purchase!

New Release Products will be available for Purchase this Thursday at midnight CST.

Thank you for stopping by and see you all tomorrow for Day 2 Sneaks!

Happy Crafting 👋

Clean and Simple Cards | Simon Says Stamp Blossoms and Butterflies Release | Dahlia Frame Die

Hey Friends, I am back again today with a couple of clean and simple cards featuring the Dahlia Frame Die from the latest Simon Says Stamp Blossoms and Butterflies Release. I find clean and simple the hardest card design to pull off, but I am happy with my results and hopefully, they inspire you!

CARD DETAILS

With this first card, I had an idea of making the Dahlias represent two friends leaning on each other for support. So I began by using the Dahlia Frame Die to die cut a few flowers from watercolor paper. As you can see I just snipped the flower out of the frame. I also used really old cutting plates so that the pieces from the center weren't die cut all the way through.
Tip →For intricate dies like this one, I like to use a metal shim if I want to get a great cut the first time around.

Then I watercolored my flowers and background using distress inks adding layers of color and allowing the ink to dry in between to add texture and deepen the color. I then die cut the background using a SSS Frame and used one of the sentiments from the SSS Sentiment Strips to add my greeting.

I finished off the card by adding a few clear drops and coloring in the center of the flower petals with Liquid Pixie Dust.

For this next card, I die cut the Dahlia Frame from a piece of white card stock. Then on a piece of Bristol paper, I did some controlled ink smooching by adding distress inks to an acrylic block, misting it with water and pressing it on to the paper. Next, I glued the die cut dahlia frame to the colored background and trimmed that to the size of the frame. I then glued that onto the center of my card base. The thin frame I used comes from the SSS Frames and the sentiment I used I cut from the SSS Sentiment Strips.

To finish I added glossy accents into the wells of the flower cuts and glue some sparkling sequins.

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them here below. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. By shopping through my links you help keep my blog running at no extra cost to you. So thank you in advance for supporting my creations! Supplies marked with an asterisk (*) were generously sent to me by Simon Says Stamp.

*DAHLIA FRAME DIE Shop at: SSS	SENTIMENT STRIPS Shop at: SSS	SSS FRAMES Craft Dies Shop at: SSS	Clear Round Drops Shop at: SSS | SK
MAJESTIC FUSION Shop at: SSS | SK	Liquid Pixie Dust Shop at: SSS | IO3	Glossy Accents Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB

Click HERE if you want to check out the rest of this amazing release!  

I hope these CAS cards inspired you today. Have an amazing weekend!

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋

Heels To You Release | Friendship Card | Ink On 3

It's Release Day for Ink On 3 with the very HOT - Heels To You Stamp Set and Coordinating Dies. 

I think this has to be my favorite set to date form Ink On 3 😍

CARD DETAILS

I stamped out the heel images using Blackout Ink, then colored them in using Copic markers. Next die cut the sentiment dies from the coordinating set and inked them up with Juicy Ink and then heat set them using Gold Rush Embossing Powder. I then die cut the panel using a scalloped frame and mounted the panel onto an A2 sized blue piece of cardstock to match the heels, and glued it to the card base.

To add some sparkle I painted the magnolias in using Liquid Pixie Dust, and to the centers of the flowers, I added some Glossy Accents.

SUPPLIES

To make supplies easy for you to find, I have linked them here below. If something is no longer available I will link to a similar product. Affiliate links may be used depending on the product linked. By shopping through my links you help keep my blog running at no extra cost to you. So thank you in advance for supporting my creations!

Heels To You Shop at: IO3	Heels To You Coordinating Dies Shop at: IO3	Blackout Ink Shop at: SSS | IO3	Juicy Ink Shop at: SSS | IO3
Gold Rush Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | IO3	Liquid Pixie Dust Shop at: SSS | IO3	Medium Water Brush Pen Shop at: IO3

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Hope you were inspired by my Heels To You Friendship Card. For more inspiration, visit the Ink On 3  Blog

Thank you for stopping by 😊

Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋