Rainbow Dreams Inspirations Day 2 | Honey Bee Stamps

Happy FriYAY!

Are you tired of rainbows yet?! I hope not because I have 2 more rainbow cards coming for you tomorrow, hehe. I will share the last two as part of our IG hop for the Rainbow Dreams release from Honey Bee Stamps.

For today, I am using the leftover dies from the cards I will share tomorrow to create this super cute stacked rainbow.  

Please note all NEW products will go live after the Honey Bee Stamps live stream tonight, so the links below will not be active until then. Visit HBS for more details.

CARD RECIPE

This cute card features the new:

• Good Vibes Layering Stencils
• Rainbow Builder A2 Card Base
• Rainbow Accents Dies
• Look For The Rainbow 

I also used a few older supplies:

• White Foam Dots With Tab
• Bee Creative Glue
• Intense Black Ink
• Background Blender Brushes

Other supplies:

• Assorted Moonshine Sequins 
• Atelier Bee Sting Yellow Ink Cube
• Atelier Sweet Petunia Pink Cube
• Atelier Peacock Blue Ink Cube

For the background, I used the Good Vibes Layering Stencils and blended the inks out to create a rainbow blend. 

For the rainbow, I used the middle arch of the rainbow from the Rainbow Accents Dies that I cut in all the colors and stacked them together in rainbow order. I then accessorized it with the clouds, stars, and hearts, finishing it off with a sentiment and some sequin bling. 

I absolutely love how this card turned out. Rainbows always make me happy and I hope they do the same for you!

Thank you for stopping by and I will see you back here tomorrow for the Rainbow Dreams IG Hop... Until then, Happy Crafting!

Ilda 💖🌈

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Rainbow Dreams Inspirations Day 1 | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, again friends, and Happy Thursday!

Have you been bitten by the foil bug? Either you love it or hate it. I have mixed reviews, lol. It depends on the day for me. Sometimes I foil without any issue and sometimes I get the worst transfers. For me, I think it is figuring out the papers that transfer best with solid plates that I sometimes have issues with. The thinner-lined foiled designs always transfer well for me. 

For my project today, I have a foiled card to share with you featuring products from the Rainbow Dreams release. *To use foil plates you will need a hot foil system. I used the Spellbinders one.

Please note all NEW products will go live after the Honey Bee Stamps Youtube live stream on Friday, May 27th, so the links below will not be active until then.

CARD RECIPE

This foiled rainbowlicious card features the new:

• Rainbow Hot Foil Plate
• Look For The Rainbow 
• Look For The Rainbow Dies
• Rainbow A2 Pierced Cover Plate
• Rainbow Builder A2 Card Base 

Other Supplies used:

• Scallop A2 Frame Dies
• Outdoor Scene Builder Stencils
• Intense Black Ink
• Bee Creative Glue
• White Foam Dots With Tab
• Iridescent Rain Drops
• RAINBOW Glimmer Foil
• AURA Glimmer Foil
• RED Glimmer Foil
• Hot Foil System

As you can see from the pictures the darker rainbow colors foiled beautifully, but if you look closely at the yellow on the rainbow, it is a bit patchy. That is why I only used half of the rainbows that I foiled to create this wave. The yellow and the red didn't transfer as well, and since I hate to waste I came up with this design to salvage the good pieces.

This card is so pretty in real life. The reflective properties of the foil make it difficult to photograph them well, but I think I captured them as well as possible.

I hope this inspired you today, and if you are like me don't give up on foiling if you had a few bad attempts. If I had I may have not made this pretty card. Also even though, things sometimes are challenging I love learning from my mistakes.

Thank you for stopping by and I will see you back here tomorrow with more Rainbow Dreams Inspirations... Happy Crafting!

Ilda💗💛💚💙💜

Rainbow Dreams Sneak Peeks | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends👋

If you have been following me you will know that I am a bit rainbow obsessed. Most of my creations contain rainbows in one form or another. So when I found out about this Rainbow Dreams release from Honey Bee Stamps I was beyond excited!

Please note all NEW products will go live after the Honey Bee Stamps Youtube live stream on Friday, May 27th, so the links below will not be active until then.

CARD RECIPE

This cute card features the new:

• Look For The Rainbow Stamps
• Look For The Rainbow Dies
• Look For The Rainbow Paper Pad
• Rainbow Dreams Stamps

I also used a few older supplies:

• Scallop A2 Frame Dies
• Aurora Borealis Gem Stickers 

The rainbow doodle stamps come from the Rainbow Dreams Stamp set, using inks from Simon Says Pawsitively set.

Well, that wraps it up for the Rainbow Dreams Release sneak peeks from me. Thank you for stopping by and I will see you back here tomorrow for day 2 Inspirations. Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🌈

Rainbow Foiled Roses Mini Slimline Card and Tag | Studio Katia

Hello friends and happy Saturday!

Have you had a chance to check out Studio Katia's latest release? There are so many new pretty stamps, dies, bling, tools, and all-new Hot Foil plates! If you do and decide to shop there is a May Release Special, Save 20% on new products use code MAY20 at the checkout.

I was super excited to try out the hot foil plates. With these plates, you need to have a hot foil system to be able to foil the design onto the paper. And, if you know me I had to use Rainbow Glimmer Foil.

CARD RECIPE

So to begin I foiled the Roses Hot Foil Plate using the Rainbow Glimmer Foil. I then die-cut the images using the coordinating Spring Roses Dies. Set these pieces aside to work on the card and the tag.

For both the card and the tag I used the Mini Slimline Set One dies. The pattern paper comes from the Black, White, and Rainbow Paper Panels.

I then used foam tape to add the scallop layer to the mini slimline card base. For the sentiment, I used a stamp from the Cone Bouquet set, that I stamped and heat embossed in white on black cardstock. 

For the tag, I used a sentiment that comes from the Gift Tag Greeting: Winter set. I just trimmed it down and added it to a black shadow layer.

To finish I just sprinkled on some pearls for more bling!

If you love foiling, I think you will love this Roses Hot Foil Plate. 

Thank you for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend, and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 🌈

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Arctic White Emb.Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3

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Mini Slimline Balloon Birthday Shaker and Floral Cards | Crafty Meraki

Hello again! I am back once again today to share with you a few cards I made to help celebrate Crafty Meraki's Second Anniversary! 

Join me over on Instagram as I am super excited to participate in the Crafty Meraki IG Anniversary Hop. ONE lucky winner will win the FULL RELEASE BUNDLE 💃🏻🎉 and ONE additional winner will win 💵 $100 gift card to redeem towards Crafty Meraki Products!! 

Since it is their birthday I thought a birthday shaker would be fun to make. This mini slimline frameless shaker features the new Party Balloons Mini Slimline Meraki Para-dies that I paired with the sentiments from the Birthday Slimline Tag.

If you are curious about how this shaker was assembled, click HERE for a video I made a while ago. To create the background there was a lot of paper piecing happening here. I die cut the Party Balloons Mini Slimline Meraki Para-dies 3 times, one white layer and two black layers. For the white layer, I ink blended all the balloon colors using distress oxide inks. I then sandwiched the white layer between the two black ones. For the top black layer, I snipped the inside out just using the black frame. 

For the next two cards, I kept them super simple and just focused on the flowers. I sometimes like to keep the sentiments off the card until I am ready to send it to someone. This way they are more versatile. Both finished cards are 5X7s.  

To create this first one I used masking tape to block off a frame, and then added the ink blended grass and sky. Next, I die cut and pieced together the June Meraki Fora Para-Dies.

I then added the Meraki Sparkle Prismatic Green Crystals. To the centers, I also added some tiny beads.

This next card features the Madison Meraki Flora Para-Dies. The fun part about these dies is the cut lines in the flowers. They allow you to easily do some masking for ink blending, which is awesome if you want to use more than one color. I just slipped post-it paper in the cut lines and then blended.

You can see on the left flower my masking wasn't perfect, but I learned from my mistakes when I blended the one on the right. 

To finish up this card I added some Meraki Sparkle Prismatic Blue Crystals, even though they are blue they reflect a lot of purples.

I hope these Merakiversary Cards inspire you today. Happy 2nd Birthday Crafty Meraki, and thank you for inviting me to join you on your special day. To join the Hop click HERE.

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

Ilda 🥳🎉

Watch how this last card came together. Lots of little tips and tricks 😉

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Hello Poppy Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Happy Monday friends,

Today's card features the pretty poppies from the Lovely Layers: Wildflowers Dies. As you may know from previous cards, the Lovely Layers Die Collection has to be my favorite from Honey Bee Stamps. This card could be used for any occasion but I also think it would make a great Remembrance Day Card.

CARD RECIPE

• Die-cut 2 of each of the Poppy flowers using colored cardstock.
• Piece flowers together. Add ink blending to add shading and foam in between layers for dimension.
• To the centers, I added glue and sprinkled black microbeads. Set flowers aside to work on the background.
• For the background, add the foiled dots to the background by using the Ombre Dots | A2 Hot Foil Plate with Brass Foil on the Hot Foil System.
• Use the Sweet Stacks Mini Slimline Dies to cut the background panel for the mini slimline card.
• To create the slope, I die cut the hill from Horizon Slimline Borders then again using the same frame from the Sweet Stacks Mini Slimline Dies.
• Stamp the Hello from Grandma's Garden stamp set on the hill panel using white ink and embossing powder.
• Glue the foiled panel onto the slimline card base and piece together the card.

Here's a close of the poppies and the foiled background. I absolutely love how the little microbead centers turned out. It's all about the details!

I hope this pretty Poppy Slimline card inspires you. Thank you for stopping by and until next time... Happy Crafting!

Ilda 💖

SUPPLIES

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Unicorn Pigment Ink Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS | HA	Arctic White Emb.Pwd. Shop at: SSS | IO3	Oxide Ink Pad MOWED LAWN Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	Neenah Solar White 110lbs Shop at: SSS | AMZ | HBS
New Mini Misti Shop at: SSS | SB | HBS	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 | HBS | SB

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First Holy Communion and Confirmation Shaker Cards

Hello Friends, it feels like it's been a while! I have been soooo busy with work and life that had to take a little break from crafting.

Let's talk about last weekend... not this past weekend but a week ago May 1st weekend... I am still trying to catch up from it, lol!

Let's just say a little busy for me... On Saturday, April 30th I set up for an event that I had been planning for the last 6 months, which was a Celebration of Life for my dear friend Elaine that passed away last year during the peak of the pandemic. Sunday, May 1st was the year anniversary of her passing. Although I couldn't attend the event that I had planned for her, (story to follow) I made sure all the details were taken care of as if I had been there. Thankfully Elaine had many wonderful friends that I called on to help fulfill her wishes for her celebration and according to all that I have heard from, it was a success! Phewww, I lost lots of sleep over this event... but it was worth it all for my dear Elaine. My heart is happy knowing that it went well and my mind is a peace knowing that I fulfilled her last wish.

Unbeknown to me, May 1st was also the same day our Church would also celebrate First Holy Communion and Confirmations. My niece, my cousin's son, and God Son all celebrated their Communion on Sunday morning. Later that afternoon I had the honor of becoming a God Mother/Sponsor to a couple of young ladies that are close friends of the family. Needless to say, I had to be there for these girls. I was sad, that I couldn't attend all the events but somehow everything thankfully worked out in the end. 

CARD RECIPE

To prepare for the weekend I obviously needed to make some Religious Cards for both the Communions and Confirmation. So I needed a design that I could easily replicate and make multiples fairly quickly. This first card was my initial idea for the design, but I quickly realized that this was going to take too long as the embossing involved stamping and heat embossing of multiple stamps and then fussy cutting the cross. So this was the only card I made this way. 

I won't go into details on how the frameless/infinity shakers are assembled only that I used a shaker pocket to make the process more streamlined. For a DIY version of the pockets click HERE.

The gold embossed image was done using the Floral Cross from Studio Katia on vellum paper. The sentiments I used come from the Praying Big Time stamps and coordinating die set from Honey Bee Stamps. For the background of each of the cards, I used the Spring Leaves A2 Pierced Cover Plate. For filler shaker bits, I used a variety of sequins such as the flowers and stars you will see, I won't link to them as many have been discontinued, but for each card, I did use the Cross Glitter.

The next four cards were designed exactly the same, using diffrent colors for a little personalization. These cards feature the Shaker Simple Cross Die from Studio Katia. To keep things simple, I kept the cross die-cut pieces together by adding tape to the back of them to hold all the pieces together. For these cards I also stamped the sentiments on the inside panel of the shaker using the Praying Big Time stamps.

The Bless Script sentiment also comes from the Praying Big Time stamps, then it was die cut using the coordinating die set. 

So here are the steps to streamline the multiple cards:

• Dry emboss all the background panels using the Spring Leaves A2 Pierced Cover Plate. 
• Stamp out the sentiments on all the panels using the Misti. 
• Stamp the Bless out 4 times and die cut with the coordinating die.
• Wrap panels using the A2 Shaker Creator Pocket leaving one side open.
• Fill with shaker bits.
• Die-cut Simple Shaker Cross.
• Glue Cross to the front of the Shaker.
• Glue the die-cut script Bless to the top of the Cross.
• Finish the Cross with a coordinating pearl.
• Attach shaker front to the card base.

As you saw, the difference in these cards was just the colors and the shaker bits to coordinate. 

Honestly, I made these last 4 cards in under an hour and a half. Coming up with the design took the longest part of that. But once I had it figured out it went quickly.

I hope you were inspired by my cards today. I know it's Communion and Confirmation season and hopefully, these will inspire you to create some Religious Shakers if you need them. 

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

Ilda 🕆

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