Lovely Layers Floral Card Set | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends, I hope you all are doing well. I have been away this past week so I apologize if you noticed my absence. I went to the mountains for a little getaway ski trip with the family for Spring Break, and I am happy to report no injuries! Yay for small victories🙌

So let's get on with today's post, cause it is a long one. It is no surprise that I love the Lovely Layers Collection from Honey Bee Stamps. I have used them in many previous projects and even made art pieces with them.

Today I wanted to share with you a card set I made using most of the collection. I kept the cards fairly simple. For all of these cards, I used a 5x7 Ivory Card base.

CARD RECIPE

This first card features the Lovely Layers: Hydrangea. I added purple ink blending in the centers of the flowers and then finished the centers with some green gem stickers. To add dimension, I used a tone of foam tape!

The sentiment comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Fall stamp set. All the sentiments were stamped out using Intense Black Ink.

This next card features a couple of die sets from the latest release. The dragonfly from the Lovely Layers: Bugs | Honey Cuts set and the Lovely Layers: Greenery | Honey Cuts. 

The sentiment comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Bloom Stamps. For the dragonfly wings I used vellum, for the body I used a piece of foiled cardstock, and to add a little sparkle I added a few gem stickers to the eyes. 

This Lovely Layers: Coneflower is one of my favorites from the collection. To give it a stem, I just sliced a thin strip of green cardstock. To add depth to the flower I used two different shades of red for the flower petals and then added some ink blending as well for shading.

The sentiment comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Be Mine stamp set and to finish I added a few brown pearls from the Warm Pearls Stickers set.

Sunflowers are another favorite of mine. I've used this Lovely Layers: Sunflower Die many times! For this flower, I also created a stem by slicing a piece of green cardstock.

The thank-you sentiment comes from another Itty Bitty set, the Bitty Buzzwords stamp set. To the center, I added a few more warm sticker pearls.

This next card pairs the butterfly from the Lovely Layers: Bugs dies with Lovely Layers: Anemone Dies.

The Hello You comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Be Mine stamp set. To add some interest to the center of the Anemone, I drew some lines from the center and added some small Bubble Bath Mini Domes.

This Lovely Layers: Tulips die is another one of my favorites, perfect for so many Springtime occasions or just a birthday card as shown here.

The birthday stamp comes from the Bitty Buzzwords Stamp set.

This next card I made with Mother's Day in mind. But it definitely could be used for many other occasions. This card features the Lovely Layers: Roses die cuts. If you want to see this rose done in rainbow colors click 👉here.

The I love you comes from the Bitty Buzzwords: Be Mine stamp set.

And finally, this last card was made... you guessed it... for Easter. Lilies have always reminded me of Easter so I thought I would pair the Lovely Layers: Easter Lily Dies with a couple wood planks from the Wood Frame Builder die set to create a cross.

This beautifully scripted stamp comes from the Praying Big Time stamp set.

I love that these cards look like little pieces of art. How pretty would these cards look framed!? Who knows I may still end up doing that with them if I don't give them away first.

Anyways, I hope you were inspired by my Lovely Layers Floral Card Set. Sometimes the simpler the card is the better. 

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

Ilda 🌼🌺🌸

SUPPLIES

Lovely Layers: Hydrangea Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Greenery | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Bugs | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Coneflower Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Sunflower Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Lovely Layers: Anemone Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Tulips | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Roses Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Easter Lily Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Wood Frame Builder Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Bitty Buzzwords: Fall Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords: Be Mine Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bitty Buzzwords: Bloom Stamps Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Praying Big Time Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Warm Pearls Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Raw Honey Gem Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bubble Bath Mini Domes Shop at: HBS	Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | HBS
White Foam Dots With Tab Shop at: HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS	Die Release Tool Shop at: SSS | HBS	Stamping Pressure Tool Shop at: HBS
Original Misti Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	Embellishment Wand Shop at: SSS | SK

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Sending Sunflowers and Sunshine Card | Studio Katia - Support Ukraine Blog Hop

Hello friends!

Today's card is part of a Blog Hop taking place to raise funds to aid the children of Ukraine. From now until May 2022, Studio Katia will donate 100% net profits from the SUNSHINE OF HOPE Stamps and Dies to the Save the Children Organization. We hope that you help us support this cause and pray peace comes quickly to Ukraine. Please hop on over to the Studio Katia Blog to support this amazing cause and Hop along with many companies from the card-making community.

Hop List:

Studio Katia

Lydia Fiedler (Splitcoaststampers)

Dare 2B Artzy 

My Sweet Petunia

Avery Elle

Tasnim Ahmed

Lawn Fawn 

Hero Arts

Pink and Main

Pinkfresh Studio

Jennifer McGuire

LDRS Creative

Concord & 9th

Erin Lee Creative

Ink Blot Shop

Gina K. Designs

Simon Says Stamp

CARD RECIPE

To start I stamped the Sunflower from the SUNSHINE OF HOPE Stamp onto masking paper and then fussy cut the image to use for masking out the design. I then stamped out the Sunflower 4 times using different angles onto Bristol paper. 

Next, I watercolored the images using Karin Brush Markers Pro. Once the paper was dry I used the scalloped frame from the DOTTED SLIMLINE - SET 2 to cut out the card panel. 

To the center of the panel, I then stamped out a few of the sentiments from the SUNSHINE OF HOPE Stamp set. 

To finish I attached the panel using foam tape to a slimline card base that I had glued a yellow cardstock layer to. And, finally, I finished up the card with some coordinating bling... SATIN PALE LEMON PEARLS,  SATIN LEAF PEARLS, and SATIN AQUA PEARLS. To the centers, I also added some Chucky Sparkle Glitter.

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

Ilda 💛💙

SUPPLIES

SUNSHINE OF HOPE Shop at: SK	SUNSHINE OF HOPE DIES Shop at: SK	DOTTED SLIMLINE - SET 2 Shop at: SSS | SK	SATIN PALE LEMON PEARLS Shop at: SSS | SK	SATIN AQUA PEARLS Shop at: SSS | SK
SATIN LEAF PEARLS Shop at: SSS | SK	SK Glue Shop at: SSS | SK	Chucky Sparkle Glitter Shop at: SSS | SK	TRIANGLE TRAY Shop at: SSS | SK	Embellishment Wand Shop at: SSS | SK
SK Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | SK	Original Misti Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	BRISTOL PAPER Shop at: SSS | AMZ	Blackout Ink Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	Post-it Super Sticky Full Adhesive Notes Shop at: AMZ
KARIN BRUSHMARKER PRO Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	MED. WATER BRUSH Shop at: IO3	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB

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Pinkfresh Studio | March 2022 Washi, Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release

Happy Tuesday Crafty Friends!

Today I am excited to be a Guest Designer for Pinkfresh Studios March Washi, Stamp, Die, Stencil, and Hot Foil Release Instagram Hop. Please join me over there after you are done checking out this post as you could win the ENTIRE release on the Pinkfresh Instagram account, as well as a total of TEN $25 gift cards across the hop! Click 👉HERE to get started.

As you may know, I love all things rainbow, so when I saw this Rainbow Floral Washi Tape I knew I had to play with it! This washi tape makes it so easy to put a card together since it saves you all the time that you normally would spend coloring it first. And then the dies align so perfectly with the designs on the tape that you can mass-produce the die cuts so quickly. What a brilliant idea!

For this card, I stacked the die cuts from the Rainbow Floral Washi Tape on top of a couple of blank layers of the dies and then glued them in somewhat of a rainbow order on the card front, leaving room for a sentiment along the side edge of the card. 

Next, I stamped out a few sentiments that come from the Simply Sentiments - Hello Stamp Set using 3 ink colors (Rasberry Bliss, Sunshine and Blue Jay Dye Inks)that when overlapped create a rainbow blend. At first, I had planned on leaving the Hello also in the rainbow colors but it didn't stand out enough so I went back in with black ink to make it pop.

I then just finished the card with coordinating rainbow pearls that I used from my embellishment stash.

For this next card, I decided to stick to a few colors even though I was using the Rainbow Floral Washi Stamp Set. I began by stamping the images out using watermark ink and then heat set the lines using gold embossing powder. 

I then used the Rainbow Floral Washi Layering Stencils to ink blend the purple layers (Candy Violet and Lavender Dye Inks) the greens (Grassy Knoll and Olive Dye Inks). Once my blending was done used the coordinating Rainbow Floral Washi Dies to cut out the images. Once again I die cut extra blank-shaped dies to stack the images and make them thicker.

To create the see-through window I used a circle die on the front panel of the card base. I then covered the opening using the wreath image and then added the floral die cuts all around the panel, cutting off any excess that hung over the edge of it. 

To complete the front of this card I glued some purple jewels on the berry-like buds. On the inside of the card, I stamped out a couple of sentiments that come from the Floral Vase Stamp set.

Since I had lots of extra die-cut finished images I thought I would make another card. This time I glued the pieces onto a purple cardstock card panel that I had die cut a diamond opening from the center of it and the card base using the Nested Diamonds Die. 

I then used the Nested Diamonds Hot Foil Plates with the  Hot foil System to add the Brass Foil to the Diamond frame. I then die-cut the frame using a couple of the dies from the Nested Diamonds Die set.

To the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment that is included in the Rainbow Floral Washi Stamp Set.

Finally, I added the same purple jewels to where there were some open spaces to complete the card front.

And last but not least, is this beautiful see-through die-cut card made using the Dahlia Washi Tape Card inspired by one of Jennifer McGuire's recent videos using die-cuts to create a see-through card front.

To do that I die cut all the Dahlia Washi Tape pieces using the coordinating Dies. I then laid the pieces out and overlapped the edges of the dies. I also used a Nested Diamonds Die that I cut from Gold foiled cardstock as a guide for where the center of the card panel would be. Once I was happy with the layout I glued the overlapping pieces together and trimmed off the edges to create an A2 size panel.

To the back panel, I stamped out the sentiment from the Dahlia Washi Stamp Set and then created a hinge on top of the panel to attach the die-cut layered front panel. 

Then to finish off the backside of the front panel and add reinforcement, I glued extra pieces of the dies to the back of the Dahlia Washi Dies. I also used a diamond die cut piece to finish off the inside of the window.

Here is what the inside looks like, I had this extra larger diamond die cut so I used it to stamp out the sentiment. I then just added a couple of metallic gold pearls to complete this card.

I  had so much fun playing with the new Washi Tape Collections. I hope you go check out the other tapes that were also released from Pinkfresh, and don't forget to join the IG hop for a chance to win the entire release!

My apologies for this extra long post. I wanted to get all my projects into this one as I will be taking the rest of the week off as we are going to the mountains for a little Spring Break getaway with the family. 

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

Ilda 🌼🌸

SUPPLIES

Rainbow Floral Washi Tape Shop at: SSS | PF	Rainbow Floral Washi Layering Stencils Shop at: SSS | PF	Rainbow Floral Washi Die Shop at: SSS | PF	Rainbow Floral Washi Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PF	Dahlia Washi Tape Shop at: SSS | PF
Dahlia Washi Die Shop at: SSS | PF	Dahlia Washi Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | PF	FLORAL VASE STAMP SET Shop at: SSS | PF	SIMPLY SENTIMENTS - HELLO STAMP SET Shop at: SSS | PF	Nested Diamonds Die Shop at: SSS | PF
Nested Diamonds Hot Foil Plates Shop at: SSS | PF	ESSENTIALS: CRYSTALS MIX Shop at: SSS | PF	GOLD Metallic Pearls Shop at: SSS | PF	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB
Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	POLISHED BRASS - Glimmer Foil Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Juicy Ink Shop at: SSS | HBS | IO3	Gold Rush Emb. Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3

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!