Honey Bee Stamps Birthday Blowout Sale

Hi everyone! just popping in to let you know about a big sale Honey Bee Stamps is having now through April 21st. Click here to see all the sale items. There's some very good deals to be had! Be sure to scroll down to see card inspiration using some of the retiring sale products. 

Spellbinders Angel Trumpets Card

Hello everyone! Spellbinders has just released some new sets to expand their very popular Fresh Picked Collection.  I had the pleasure of working with the Angel Trumpets set. It's such a unique set of dies to create a large focal point. I've have used it as intended on an A2 size card but you could separate the florals and leaves and get creative with it.  

I have die cut all the pieces from white card stock then used blending brushes and the following Catherine Pooler inks to color: In the Park, Mardi Gras, Coral Cabana, Do-Si-Do, Polished, & Lemon Grass. 

I created a greeting for this card with the Smooth Lines Mix & Match Sentiments die set.  I adhered the Just a Note greeting to a vellum panel.  I used a die from the Notched Corner Frames set to create the little decorative vellum panel.  

Sunny Studio Thanks A Buzzilion Card

Hi everyone! I'm sharing a bee themed thank you card complete with custom made bee hive.  I just love the little bees in the Garden Critters stamp set from Sunny Studio.  I thought they needed a bee hive to call home. 

The hive was very easy to make.  I used one the mid sized Stitched Oval dies to cut out an oval from yellow card stock. I then cut the oval in half.  I used the smallest oval in the set to cut out an opening and backed it with dark brown card stock. To give the hive some details lines I simply used tape to mask off sections and lightly blended on some dark yellow ink. I stamped the "thanks a buzzilion" sentiment from Garden Critters right onto the hive. 

I Copic colored three bees and tulips planters. I die cut with the coordinating Garden Critters dies. I added the hive, bees, and tulips with thin foam squares to a Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace panel. I then adhered the eyelet lace panel to a hot pink A2 size card base. Lastly I embellished the scene with a few sequins. 

Copic colors used: RV14, RV29, R12, R32, Y32, Y35, Y38, YG61, YG63, BG11, T2, T4, T6

Waffle Flower April Release

Hello there! Just a quick post today. I'm thrilled to be guesting this month for Waffle Flower Crafts. The April release is loaded with lots of floral themed stamps, dies, and stencils.  

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Also be sure to check out my latest Instagram post where I'm giving away a $20 gift certificate to one lucky winner! Click here to see the post!

I made 3 cards showcasing some of the pretty products.  All the Waffle Flower products I have used are listed below each photo. 

Mother's Day Card:

• Painted Flowers Background stencil
• Painted Flowers Background die
• Mother's Day Word die

Where Flowers Bloom Card:

• Lovely Tulips Stencil Duo
• Pop-up Tulips Panel die
• Full Bloom Sentiment stamps
• Postage Collage die
• Postage Collage stamps
• Wild Flower Silhouettes stamps

Wild Flower Postage Collage Card:

• Postage Collage stamps
• Postage Collage die
• Postage Collage Wild Flower stencil
• Full Bloom Sentiment stamps

Pixi Dust Designs Tea Pot House Treat Box

I'm sharing more fun tea theme projects created with dies from Pixi Dust Designs latest release.  I have used the Tea Pot House and Tea Cup Shaker die sets to create a tea pot shaped treat box and coordinating tea cup card. 

To make the tea pot into a little box, I used the Mug Add-on die. If you don't have this one, I highly recommend getting it. With this die, you can easily turn any large shape die cut into a little treat box. 

For my tea pot house, I have die cut all the pieces from pattern paper.  This pretty paper is from a Carta Bella 6x6 paper pad. The collection is called Here Comes Spring. I love the color palette of this paper collection. The 6x6 paper pad includes small scaled prints that are perfectly sized for creating die cut projects like this.  

The tea pot house box will hold several tea bags.  

This would make a nice little gift for any tea drinker.  

For the card I again used Carta Bella paper for all the die cut elements. The solid colors are from the Here Comes Spring 12x12 Solid paper pack.  

I used some Copic markers (W0, W1, & W3) to add subtle shading to the pieces and then a white gel pen to give them some highlight detail.