Spring Flowers Post Box Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello friends!  Is it cold and miserable where you are?  Well, I have a bright and cheerful card for you today!  I had so much fun using Honey Bee Stamps' awesome Post Box Card Base die to make this spring-time inspired card.

Steps for the card base:

1. Die cut the Post Box card base and the hinge from patterned paper from the Great Outdoors 6x6 paper pad.  Die cut another post box from white Neenah 80# card stock.
2. For the two additional pieces on the post box, I inked some white card stock with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide using a foam ink blending tool.  I then die cut them out with dies in the set.
3. Next I used stamps from Love Enclosed and stamped the sentiment, hearts and decorative corners with Versamark.  I heat embossed it with WOW Opaque Bright White embossing powder.

Embellishing the Post Box card:

1. Next comes the fun part!  Die cut a bunch of flowers, stems and leaves from the Bunch of Bouquets Honey Cuts.  (Note: Before die cutting the yellow flowers, green stems and leaves, I used a few Copic markers to color the white card stock.)
2. Using an embossing stylus from the Flower Shaping Essentials Kit, shape the flowers and leaves.
3. Add yellow and white NUVO Crystal drops to the flower centers and set them aside to dry.
4. Stamp an envelope from the Love Enclosed set in black ink and cut it out.  Tuck it into the mail slot adding some glue to hold it in place.
5. Once the flower centers were dry, I used liquid glue to attach stems and leaves to some of them.  I adhered the stemmed flowers along the bottom and then used the Grass Border Honey Cut to cut out two strips of grass.  I colored the front and back of these strips with a Copic marker.  This will hide the Copic ink bleed through when the card is open.  Adhere one grass strip to the bottom front.
6. Open the card and color any of the backs of stems that show.  Adhere the second grass piece on the inside of the card front.
7. I totally forgot to stamp the inside sentiment before adding all the dimensional elements!  The Thanks A Bunch set is perfect for this as it also has coordinating dies for the sentiments.  I stamped it with black ink, die cut it, and adhered it with liquid glue.

To add a bit more cuteness, I stamped and Copic colored three birds from the Birds and the Bees set.  I used the coordinating Honey Cuts to die cut them.

I hope my card has brightened your day some.  Spring will be here before we know it!  Thank you very much for stopping by!  Stay crafty!

Supplies:

Honey Bee Stamps:

Post Box Card Base

Bunch of Bouquets

Love Enclosed

Grass Border
Birds and The Bees stamps & Honey Cuts

Thanks A Bunch stamps & Honey Cuts
Great Outdoors 6x6 paper pad

Other:

Heartfelt Creations Flower Shaping Essentials Kit
NUVO Crystal Drops:  White and Dandelion Yellow
Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide
WOW Opaque Bright White embossing powder