Praying for Peace Card | Cards For Ukraine

Hello friends, 

I am still in disbelief at what is happening in the world right now. It feels like the last couple of years have been robbed from us because of the Pandemic and now we are facing war. Watching the events, leave me filled with feelings of sadness and helplessness for the people of Ukraine. So I turn to my creativity to help me work through my feelings, just as many other cardmakers I know are doing. If you want to share a card and do the same post it using the hashtag #CardsforUkraine

Please join me over on Instagram as many of us from the cardmaking community have joined together for a 2 Day Instagram Hop to flood the grid with Blue and Yellow 💙💛images to show support and solidarity for the Ukrainian people. 

This card will also be auctioned off soon, as part of the Ukrainian Card Drive for Peace. So make sure to follow this Instagram account to see when it will go live for auction 👉@ukrainecarddrive and for more details.

Thank you for stopping by and until next time, please keep on praying for the people of Ukraine and for peace. 

Ilda 💙💛

SUPPLIES

Helping Hand | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Praying Big Time Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Praying Big Time Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	High Five Stamp Set Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	High Five Dies Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS
Fluttering Hearts Cover Plate | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Fluttering Hearts Pierced Cover Plate | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Intense Black Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Honey Bee Reverse Tweezers Shop at: SSS | HBS
White Foam Dots With Tab Shop at: HBS	Liquid Pixie Dust Shop at: SSS | IO3	Glossy Accents Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | 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!

Hot Air Balloon Dream Card | Hero Arts | MMHK 02/22

Hello friends and happy Monday!

Have you ever taken a Hot Air Balloon ride? I haven't but it is definitely something I would love to do someday. Hopefully, I will as the sentiment says "live the life of [my]dreams"

CARD RECIPE

Today's card comes from a few of the Add On sets from this month's My Monthly Hero Kit. This Hot Air Balloon Looking Glass die set is so pretty. Once I had die cut all the layers, I colored the balloons in Rainbow colors using Copic Markers and then added some ink blending using Splash ink to the edges of the clouds. The rest is so simple, stack all the layers together and add a piece of Black glitter paper to the background. I wanted this to look like the Hot air balloons were floating in the starry night sky. How dreamy, right!?

Wishing you all a wonderful day. Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda🎈

SUPPLIES

Looking Glass Hot Air Balloons Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Glitter Paper Basics Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Intens-ified Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Sea Palette Reactive Cubes Shop at: SSS | HA	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
Hero Tools Ink Blending Brush Small Shop at: SSS | HA	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB	New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB	SK Foam Tape Shop at: SSS | SK	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!

Foiled Tulip Thank You Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, again my crafty friends,

This has been a busy crafty week for me, so I hope you aren't tired of all the posts, lol! I promise it is the last blog post for this week. 

Today's foiled beauty is part of Honey Bee Stamps Modern Spring Release Instagram Hop. So if you would like to take part, hop along for a chance at winning one of two $25 Gift Cards to the Honey Bee Stamps Shop. Click 👉HERE to hop.

CARD RECIPE

If you saw my last card from the release, the one with the bee, you would have seen I foiled the background using the Lovely Layers: Greenery | Honey Cuts with the Hot Foil System. Here is a quick video in case you missed it, or see the previous post for more 👉here.

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Always keep the negative scraps of your foil so that you can use it to make another background as I did here for this shiny background. To do that you will need a solid foil plate SSS|SB and a hot foil system SB and I used the Aura Glimmer foil. Once my panel was foiled, I trimmed it to 3.75 X 5 inches and glued it to the card base. 

I then die-cut all the pieces for the Lovely Layers: Tulips | Honey Cuts and pieced them together. For the center of the tulip, I also added Aura foil, by adding a layer of glue (wait for it to dry until it is tacky but not wet using a Zig Glue pen) to the stamen and brandishing it with a piece of glimmer foil scrap.

Next, I foiled the Thanks sentiment from the Small Card, Big Hug Foil Plates on Black cardstock using the same foil. Cut it and glued it in place.

To embellish the card I added a foiled ribbon tied in a bow to one of the stems and added some Warm Pearls Stickers. 

I hope this simple and yet so elegant foiled card inspired you. This card was a challenge to photograph because of the ever-changing colors from the foil, but it is so so pretty in real life.

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

Ilda 🌷

SUPPLIES

Lovely Layers: Tulips | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Lovely Layers: Greenery | Honey Cuts Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Small Card Hot Foil Plates Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Warm Pearls Stickers Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	White Foam Dots With Tab Shop at: HBS
Bee Creative Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Hot Foil System Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Platinum 6 Die Cutting Platform Shop at: SSS | SB | SB	Solid Foil Plate Shop at: SSS | SB	AURA Glimmer Foil Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | SB
Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	ZIG Glue Pen Shop at: SSS | HBS	Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | HBS

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!

Dreams Come True See Through Shaker Card | Hero Arts Global Team Blog Hop

Hello again my friends, and welcome to the Hero Arts Global Team Blog Hop. Today our design team is sharing inspiration featuring February's Hero Art Releases. If you have started to hop already you may have come from my friend Erica's Blog and you are on the right track. I will share more about the giveaway and the hop list at the end of the post.

CARD RECIPE

To create a see-through front panel card like this you will need a cello bag the width of your card (usually used to store finished cards) to create the panel. This bag is the closest I have found to A2 size.

•  Next cut a piece of acetate slightly smaller than A2 size to slide into the sleeve. This will give the panel the rigidity and strength it needs to stand. 
• Pour your sequins/confetti bits into the sleeve ( I like to make sure they are on top of the acetate to decrease the bulk). 
• Cut off the top of the bag, leaving it about one inch taller than the panel (6.5 inches for an A2 vertical card). The top of the bag will create the hinge for the back panel.

I used a card base and blended out mermaid lagoon oxide ink to the bottom of the panel (masked off the top of the panel at the scoreline). I then spritzed it with water and picked up the drops with a paper towel.

• Fold the overhang of the Cello Bag (1 Inch) over the top of the upside-down card base and crease the Clear Bag fold with your fingernails. This will create the flap that you will be sandwiched between the card base. 
• Cut the corners off the top of each side of the clear bag. Make sure to cut above the line that you just creased. 
• Add two strips of double-sided tape to the card base. One just under the edge of the card base and one ½’ below that one. 
• Remove the protective piece from the double-sided tape. Center and align the Clear Bag in front of the upside-down card front and press the cello flap down onto the double-sided tape. 
• Just above the creased area of the cello bag add another strip of double-sided tape to seal it up and keep sequins from falling out of the bag. For extra insurance, you can add a piece of tape over the edge of the flap.
• Add glue or double-sided tape along the edges of the front panel to glue the card base together.

You could also use two-card panels, one that you have added ink blending to and a plain white one, and just sandwich the top of the bag in between them. Using a card base just saves a step and makes it easier to align. 

To finish the see-through panel, I die-cut two layers of Star Wreath, one die-cut from white cardstock and the other from Silver Sparkle Glitter Paper. Glued them together and then glued them to the card front. I also used the negative die cut silver stars to add on top of the panel and on the inside of the card. 

To the wreath, I also added another star and trailing tail that comes from the You Sparkle sets. I heat embossed it in silver and colored it using purple and blue Copic marker.

On the inside, I stamped out the "Dreams come true" sentiment using Intens-ified Black Ink from the You Sparkle stamp set.

If you have been following me, you will know I have made many of these see-through cards in the past as I came up with this technique.  If you want to see other versions of them including quick videos, click 👉here or here for similar versions to previous posts. 

GIVEAWAY

To enter the giveaway make sure you leave a comment on every stop of the hop to win a $25 Gift card to Hero Arts. The deadline to leave a comment is Feb 26th and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts Blog on Feb 27th.

HOP LINE UP

Anna Celdran Mahtani

Daniel Diaz

Erica A B Andersson

Ilda Dias You are here 👈👋

Jen Kray

Lisa Tilson

Michelle Lupton

Sandi MacIver

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

Ilda 🌟

SUPPLIES

Star Wreath Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	You Sparkle Bundle Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Acetate Card Panels Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Glitter Paper Holiday Sparkle Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HA
Silver Embossing Powder Shop at: SSS | HA	Ink Blending Brushes Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Intens-ified Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Precision Glue Shop at: SSS | SB | HA	Gemini Jr. Die-Cutter Shop at: SSS | SB
Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Mermaid Lagoon Oxide Ink Shop at: SSS | AMZ | SB | HBS	Slimline Cello Bags Shop at: HBS	Scor-Pal Tape Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS	Bedtime Stories Sequin Mix Shop at: HBS

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!

Modern Spring Release Day 4 Sneak Peeks | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello and happy 2/22/22!!! Welcome to the final day of sneak peeks for the Modern Spring release from Honey Bee Stamps. Make sure you stop by the Honey Bee Stamps Blog for more inspiration from the Design Team featuring more day 4 product reveals! Please note that new links will not be active until the Release goes live on February 22nd, 2021 @9pm CST.

This BEE-autiful card features a ton of new products mostly revealed from day 3, except for the latest foil plates from the new Small Card Hot Foil Plates.

So here is a list of the new products I used:

• Small Card Hot Foil Plate - foiled "I miss you" sentiment
• Small Card, Big Hug Stamps - inside sentiment stamps
• Small Card, Big Hug | Honey Cuts - coordinating die to cut the foiled sentiment
• Lovely Layers: Greenery | Honey Cuts - background foiled using the die cuts
• Lovely Layers: Bugs | Honey Cuts - Bee colored using Copic Markers, Liquid Pixie Dusted wing, for a furry texture I used a white gel pen and a black marker.

Older products used:

• Back to Basics Gem Stickers
• Bitty Buzzwords | Honey Cuts - Friend layered sentiment 
• Black Foam Dots 1/4"
• Bee Creative Glue
• Intense Black Ink - inside stamped sentiment

You are always on my mind, stamped on the inside of the card using Intense Black Ink. Oh no, now I have Willie Nelson's song playing in my head... always on my mind😆 Sorry for the earworm, lol!

Well, the wait is almost over... the release will go live tonight after the lives with Honey Bee Stamps on Instagram and Facebook. Make sure to tune in as there is always a giveaway!

I hope my sneak peeks inspired you, can't wait to see what you all make with the new goodies! I'll be sharing more throughout the coming weeks, plus later this week the DT will celebrate with an Instagram Hop and YouTube Hop.

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

Ilda👋

SHOP new release ➤ Modern Spring

For more Modern Spring Inspiration click the images below.

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Modern Spring Release Day 3 Sneak Peeks | Honey Bee Stamps

Welcome back to Day 3 of the Honey Bee Stamps Modern Spring Release. Make sure you visit the Honey Bee Blog for more Day 3 inspiration from the Design Team. Please note that new links will not be active until the Release goes live on February 22nd, 2021 @9pm CST.

Today's card is so sparkly, I wish you could see it in real life. 

This sparkly creation features the new:

• Secret Garden A2 Cover Plate
• Bitty Buzzwords: Bloom Stamps
• Bitty Buzzwords: Bloom Honey Cuts
• Lovely Layers: Bugs | Honey Cuts

Older supplies include:

• Hugs and Kisses Gem Stickers
• Ocean Breeze Gem Stickers
• Sentiment Banner Dies
• Intense Black Ink
• Bee Creative Glue

Other supplies:

• Liquid Pixie Dust - Sparkle on wings
• Glossy Accents - eyes 
• Prisma Glitter - glitter on eyes

Dragonfly was colored using Copic markers.

Here is a close-up.

Thank you for stopping by and I will see you back here tomorrow for day 4 sneak peeks... Until then, Happy Crafting!

Ilda 💖

Modern Spring Release Day 2 Sneak Peeks | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello again, and welcome back to Day 2 of the Modern Spring Release for Honey Bee Stamps. Don't forget to check out the Honey Bee Stamps Blog for more Day 2 inspiration from the Design Team. Please note that new links will not be active until the Release goes live on February 22nd, 2021 @9pm CST.

This cute St. Patty's inspired card features the new:

• Sweet Spring Mice Stamps
• Sweet Spring Mice | Honey Cuts
• Kind Buzzword Stamps
• Kind Buzzword Honey Cuts
• Spring Leaves A2 Pierced Cover Plate

And older supplies:

• Intense Black Ink
• Hugs And Kisses Gem Stickers
• White Foam Dots With Tab

The stamped images were colored using Copic Markers as well as the shadow layer for the Kind Buzzword. White gel pen used for highlights. Sentiments stamped and heat embossed using white ink and embossing powder.

Thank you for stopping by and I will see you back here tomorrow for day 3 sneak peeks... Happy Crafting!

Ilda🍀🌈🐭