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Let’s Celebrate Honey Bee Stamps

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I have another card featuring Honey Bee Stamps products and this time I have used the Spring Greenery and Birds dies. These are just fabulous and so easy to make cards with.

My project.

I have created a 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ top folding base card. I then die cut a piece of light blue cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and adhere it to the front of the card. I have then cut a piece of white cardstock 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ and die cut it using the Honey Bee Stamps Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Base – Honey Cuts. I sponged around the edges with Sky Blue ink and then adhere it to the front of the card. I die cut two dies using the Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top – Honey Cuts, stacked them together and adhered it to the front of the card.

I have die cut the bird using blue, red, black, grey and cream cardstock. I have sponged blue ink on the winds and body of the bird before assembling it and adhering it to the top right of the card.

I have die cut a range of leaves from the Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery and adhered them on the bottom left of the card. I die cut the flowers out of blue and purple cardstock and sponged the edges with Lavender Fields ink before assembling them and adding them over the leaves.

To finish I have stamped the sentiment from the Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments stamp set in Jet Black ink on white cardstock. I have die cut this with the coordinating die and also die cut another plain die. These were adhered together with the stamped image on top and adhere to the bottom right of the card.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Base – Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps – Delicate Daisy A2 Cover Plate Top – Honey Cuts

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Birds

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Spring Greenery

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Stamp and coordinating die

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Essentials cardstock – Rainforest, Fern, Peridot, Dahlia, Raindrop, Lunar Grey, Black Onyx, Glacier, Alabaster, Lilac Blossom

Archival ink – Jet Black

Altenew inks – Lavender Fields

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Summer Shower, Seaside

Clear Wink of Stella

Bearly Art Glue

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Have a Wonderful Day with Roses

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I love love love roses and when I saw the new Crafters Companion Vintage Rose 3D Embossing Folder – Timeless Rose I had to get it and it is just gorgeous. I have coloured the image with Copic Markers and then added a stunning frame to showcase the beautiful roses. Of course I had to add some cute butterflies made from Memory Box dies that I have had for many years. I really love this sentiment as it is so versatile and can be used for so many different occasions.

My Project

I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card base out of white cardstock. I then cut a piece of X-Press It paper 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and embossed it using the Timeless Rose embossing folder. I coloured the roses and background with Copic markers and adhered it to the card front.

I cut a piece of white cardstock 5″ x 7″ and die cut the frame using the Nos. 3 and 4 dies from the Heartfelt Creations Fancy Classic Oval Dies. I wanted to keep the decorative frame see through so I cut a piece of acetate 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and adhered it behind the whole frame. I then added the decorative frame to the acetate inside the outer frame and cut the inner oval out using scissors (I found it much easier doing it that way). To complete the decorative frame I have die cut the outer decorative frame from gold cardstock and added it to the frame as shown. The frame was then added to the front of the card with foam strips.

I heat embossed the sentiment from the Heartfelt Creations Heartfelt Sentiments on black cardstock using gold embossing powder. I then die cut the sentiment out using a die from the Altenew Featured Sentiments Die Set and added it to the front of the roses with foam strips.

I die cut the butterflies out using Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Paper and Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock. These were assembled and added to the card front.

To finish I have added gold pearls around the frame.

Products Used:

Crafters Companion Vintage Rose 3D Embossing Folder – Timeless Rose

Heartfelt Creations Fancy Classic Oval Dies

Memory Box Pippi Butterfly Dies

Memory Box Isabella Butterfly Dies

Altenew Featured Sentiments Die Set

Heartfelt Creations Heartfelt Sentiments

X-Press It Paper

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Black Cardstock

Lawn Fawn Pearlescent Vellum

Spellbinders Acetate

Pink Fresh Studio Gold Pearls

Bearly Art Glue

Bearly Art Foam Strips

Wow Embossing Ink

Ranger Gold Embossing Powder

Copic Markers – G28, G07, YG25, YG23, B00, B000, R39, RV25, RV23, RV21, R81, E93

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Vote For Me!

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I am so happy to announce that my card has been selected for the Creative Scrapbooker Magazine Card of the Month competition.

I would love for you to vote for me here: https://creativescrapbooker.ca/card-of-the-month-sept-2023/#/bracket/4682848

Thank you so much for all your encouragement and support for my creative journey.

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Just a Little Note from Honey Bee Stamps

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I have been going through my considerable craft stash and found this Stitched Lattice Frames die from Creative Expressions. I do love the gorgeous stitched trellis background and thought it would be great to have this as a background for some pretty dogwoods and a sweet little birdie from Honey Bee Stamps. My inspiration again has come from Dawn at Wplus 9 Designs.

My project

I have created a side opening base card of 5″ x 6 1/8″. I die cut a piece of blue cardstock using the second smallest die from the Stitched Lattice Frames die and adhered it to the front of the card. I die cut two lattice frames using the lattice and smallest frame dies – one from blue and one from white cardstock. These were adhered together and adhered to the front of the blue card front. I die cut two white frames using the two smallest frame dies from the Stitched Lattice Frames dies and adhered the together and added it to the front of the card using foam strips.

I stamped the sentiment from the Beccy’s Place Magnolias stamp in Jet Black ink on white cardstock and die cut it out using the smaller Stitched Scallop circles die from Pink Fresh Studio. I die cut another two circles and adhered three outside circle frames and two inner circle frames together and added them to the front of the card. I finished by adding the stamped image to the centre of the frame.

I die cut the dogwood branches out of white cardstock and coloured the branches with brown copic markers before adding all the flowers to the branches. I added one branch coming from the top right and one branch coming from the bottom left triming the ends of the branches.

I die cut the birdie out of grey, black, white and brown cardstocks and assembled them according to the instructions on the Honey Bee Stamps website. I added the bird to the left of the circle frame with foam squares. I added some more spare flowers and leaves to the base of the bird and the branches.

To finish I have added some blue iridescent gems around the sentiment.

Products Used:

Creative Expressions Stitched Lattice Frames Die

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Dogwood

Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Winter Birds

Beccy’s Place Stamp – Magnolia

Pink Fresh Studio – Scallop Stitched Circles Die

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, Black Onyx, Portabello, Snowdrift, Lunar Gray

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – Glacier

Bearly Art Glue

Ranger Archival ink – Jet Black

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Celebrating Your Special Day with Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers – Rose

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I really am getting a little obsessed with the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers dies. Today I have the Lovely Layers Rose to share with you. I have used the same shading technique I used for my peony and it came out lovely. Roses are my favourite flowers and I especially love the Double Delight Rose which is a beautiful full rose with yellow centres and dark pink edges and the most amazing scent. I have tried to replicate this rose with the colours I have used. And every rose deserves an elegant frame and for my card I have used one of my favourite frames from Heartfelt Creations – Fancy Classic Oval Frame. I have gone with my favourite style with a white on white background which allows the pretty rose to pop out and be the hero of the card.

My Project

I have created a side folding 5″ x 7″ card base out of white cardstock. I then cut a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and embossed it using the Spellbinders Tufted 3D Embossing Folder and adhered it to the front of the card. I die cut two frames out of white cardstock using the dies from the Heartfelt Creations – Fancy Classic Oval Frame. These were stacked together and added to the front of the card with foam strips. I then added a plain oval from the die to the centre of the frame.

I die cut all the flowers and leaves from white cardstock and coloured them with pink, yellow and green inks (listed below the photos). The rose, bud and leaves were assembled according to the instructions from the Honey Bee Stamps website using some foam tape for more dimension. I die cut a plain stem and leaves out of green cardstock and adhered the coloured stem and leaves to it to create more strength for the leaves and stem. The stem, full rose and bud were then added to the centre of the frame.

I stamped the sentiment from an old Heartfelt Creations stamp set – Heartfelt Sentiments in Jet Black ink on white cardstock and die cut this out using the long eyelet rectangle from the Heartfelt Creations Ticket and Tags die. I trimmed the edges and adhered the sentiment to the front of the card as shown.

To finish I have added some clear iridescent gems around the sentiment and the flower and added some Clear Wink of Stella to the rose, bud, stem and leaves for some subtle shine.

Products Used:

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Heartfelt Creations Heartfelt Sentiments Cling Stamp

Heartfelt Creations Ticket and Tags die.

Heartfelt Creations – Fancy Classic Oval Frame.

Honey Bee Stamps:Lovely Layers – Rose

Spellbinders 3D Tufted Embossing Folder

Ranger Archival ink – Jet Black

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Fresh Pear, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Sparkling Rose, Bubblegum, Raspberry Bliss

Bearly Art Glue

Neenah Classic Crest 80Ib White Cardstock

Taylored Expressions Iridescent gems

Foam Strips and squares

Clear Wink of Stella

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Amazing Paper Grace Pink Floral Elegance

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My very pink card today has been inspired by Barbiemania that has swept around the world in the last few weeks. My favourite colour is pink and this was an easy card for me to create with lots of pink and white layers. To soften all the pink I have used the beautiful Amazing Paper Grace Radiant Navette dies to create a pretty lace background for some gorgeous yellow and blue flowers. Also, I know a lot of people struggle with flower making and do not always have flower shaping paper to make flowers. So today I have created my flowers using a light weight white cardstock and with minimal tools and my fingers and I was very pleased with the result. And of course Barbie is full of bling and sparkle and I had to add some pink iridescent jewels and some sparkle with some glitter.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

For my card I have created a 5″ x 5 1/2″ top folding base card out of white cardstock. I have then layered pink and white cardstock with the top pink layer embossed using the Amazing Paper Grace Orange Peel 3D Embossing Folder from the Home Sweet Quilt collection by Becca Feeken. I have then die cut the lace background out of white cardstock using the Amazing Paper Grace Radiant Navette dies. I then ink blended the plain oval die using Spun Sugar, Saltwater Taffy and Kitsch Flamingo inks before adhering the decorative oval on top. These were all assembled and then added to the front of the card

I have reversed foiled the sentiment from the Amazing Paper Grace Elegant Occasion Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die using gold foil and die cut the die using the coordinating die. I then die cut three additional plain dies and stacked all together with the foiled sentiment on top. The sentiment was then added to the centre of the decorative oval.

I die cut the yellow flowers using the flower dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2021 – 3D Vignette Mason Jar out of Hammermill cardstock. I have coloured the centres with Lemon Whip and Sunshine inks and then shaped them using a large ball stylus. I finished shaping the flowers by pleating the petals with my fingers. I then assembled the flowers together with two of each size. I added pink iridescent jewels to the centres of the flowers and added the flowers to the bottom right and top left of the decorative oval as shown.

I die cut the leaves from the Amazing Paper Grace Die of the Month March 2021 – 3D Vignette Mason Jar and the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Dies using two different green cardstocks. The long leaves were trimmed and added around the flowers and the smaller leaves were added around the yellow flowers.

I die cut the small blue filler dies using the die from the Amazing Paper Grace Petite Floral Potpourri Dies. I have coloured these flowers using Summer Shower ink and shaped them using a small ball stylus. I added some yellow iridescent jewels to the centres and then added them around the leaves and yellow flowers.

To finish I have added some pink iridescent jewels around the flowers and on the decorative dies.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Radiant Navette Dies

Petite Floral Potpourri Dies

Die of the Month March 2021 – 3D Vignette Mason Jar

Elegant Occasion Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and Coordinating Die

Orange Peel 3D Embossing Folder

Other Products Used:

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Pink Sand, Rainforest, Peridot

Hammermill Cardstock

Spellbinders Foil – Gold

Distress Oxide inks – Spun Sugar, Saltwater Taffy, Kitsch Flamingo

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Summer Shower, Lemon Whip, Sunshine

Medium and small ball stylus

Pink Fresh Studio Jewels – yellow and pink

Bearly Art Glue

Pink Fresh Studio Blending Brushes

Blending Foam

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Amazing Paper Grace Flowers and Butterflies

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Today I am taking a fresh look at the Amazing Paper Grace Home Sweet Quilt collection by Becca Feeken. My card today was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest and I thought that I would challenge myself further and make a shaker card using the Amazing Paper Grace French Braid and Hexagon Panel Dies from the Home Sweet Quilt collection. I have added some pretty coloured flowers and butterflies from the Amazing Paper Grace Seasonal Label Motif Collection by Becca Feeken.

Dies were provided by Amazing Paper Grace for today’s creations.

My Project

I have made a 5″ x 7″ side opening card base from heavy white cardstock. I cut a piece Hammermill cardstock 5″ x 7″ and adhered it to the front of the card. I then cut a piece of white cardstock 4 3/4″ x 6 3/4″ and die cut the hexagon panel out on the left side using the hexagon panel die from the Amazing Paper Grace French Braid and Hexagon Panel Dies. I die cut the outline of the hexagon panels out of white cardstock and adhered it over the die cut panel. I cut a piece of acetate 5 3/4″ x 3″ and adhered it behind the die cut panel on the back. I then added foam strips around the panel and over the rest of the front panel on the back and added some iridescent heart sequins behind the die cut panel and added it to the card front to create the shaker element. I added some of the pieces left over from die cutting the hexagon panel to the left side of the panel to create a base for the leaves and flowers to lie on.

I die cut the flowers from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motifs Dies and the Spring Label Motifs Dies out of Hammermill cardstock and coloured the pink flowers with Light and Medium Carnation inks and the blue flowers using Crystal Violet and Alpine Aster inks. I die cut the leaves and stems out of two green coloured cardstock using the leaves and stems from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motifs Dies, the Spring Label Motifs Dies and the Amazing Paper Grace Layered Cherry Dies. I then arrange the flowers and leaves over the left side of the card using liquid glue and foam squares.

I die cut the butterflies out of vellum using the butterfly dies from the Amazing Paper Grace Summer Label Motifs Dies. I coloured the vellum wings with Squeezed Lemonade and Spiced Marmalade inks and assembled them with a black body. These were placed over the flowers.

Finally I die cut three ‘With Love’ sentiments from the Amazing Paper Grace With Love Regalia Dies out of Hammermill cardstock and stacked them together before adhering to the bottom right of the shaker panel.

Amazing Paper Grace Products Used:

Summer Label Motifs Dies

Spring Label Motifs Dies

French Braid and Hexagon Panel Dies

With Love Regalia Dies

Layered Tulip Dies

Other Products Used:

Hammermill Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Acetate

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Rainforest, Peridot, Black Onyx

Rajni Chawla’s Flowerite Vellum

Distress Oxide Inks – Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade

Gina K inks – Light Carnation, Medium Carnation

Altenew inks – Crystal Violet, Alpine Aster

Bearly Art Glue

Studio High Shaker Sequins – Hearts

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Celebrate with Honey Bee Stamps Magnolia Honey Cuts

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Welcome back and today I have a sweet celebration card to share with you that would be perfect for any occasion for celebration be it a wedding, birthday or a special milestone. For my card I have used the gorgeous Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers – Dogwood Honey Cuts dies to create a pretty floral accent to the embossed background and beautiful layering dies from Marianne Designs. I have been enjoying mixing and matching different products from different companies to create my cards.

My Project

For my card today I have created a 5 1/2″ x 4 1/4″ card and added an embossed layer using the Honey Bee Stamps Dogwood Blooms 3D embossing folder. I am so impressed with the embossing on this folder! I have then layered the gorgeous dies from the Marianne Designs LR0376 to create a frame for the beautiful layered dogwood blooms. I have die cut two bases for the flowers out of white cardstock and after stacking them together I have used Copic markers to colour the stems. I then die cut the flowers and leaves and coloured them with green and pink inks.

To finish the card I have added a hot foiled sentiment using the Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating die. And then I added some iridescent gems from Taylored Expressions.

Such a quick and easy card that took longer to decide what products to use than actually make the card.

Products Used:

Honey Bee Stamps – Lovely Layers – Dogwood

Honey Bee Stamps Dogwood Blooms 3D Embossing Folder

Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments Hot Foil Plate and coordinating die

Marianne Designs Creatables LR0376

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift

Spellbinders Foil – Gold

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Paper

Taylored Expressions – Bits & Pieces – White Rhinestones

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Bubble Gum

Bearly Art Glue

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