Honey Bee Stamps Celebrating 5 Years Blog Hop Day 2

Hello Honey Bee friends!  Welcome to my blog and to Day 2 of Honey Bee Stamps "5 unBEElievable years" blog hop!  I am so honored to be a part of this amazing team and to celebrate their five years!

You should have come here from the amazing Courtney Kreeber.  There is so much wonderful inspiration on this hop, so I hope you will hop to each stop and you will find the complete list at the end of my post.  Be sure to comment here, and at each stop along the way, for your chance to win a $25 Honey Bee Stamps gift card!  If you missed the Day 1 hop, get started here, and comment on each stop for your chance to win for Day 1.

My card for today features the beautiful Farm Fresh Flowers stamps, that is illustrated by the so talented Emily Midgett, and the coordinating Honey Cuts.  Also new is the COOL and awesome Buffalo Plaid Builder stencil set.

I stamped the images with Copic safe ink and colored them with Copic markers.  The flowers were a delight to color as they are just the right size!  I used the coordinating dies to cut them out and added foam tape to the back.



I had so much fun using the Buffalo Plaid Stencil Builder stencils to create my background.  I began with an A2 Neenah card stock piece and used Peacock Feathers Distress Ink and a Background Blender brush to ink up the striped stencil.  Then I rotated the stencil 90º and brushed on more Peacock Feathers.  Next I used the second stencil in this set--the one with the squares--and lined it up over the  remaining white squares and brushed in some Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink.  I love this stencil because you can make any color Buffalo Check pattern at all!!  I used a Double Stitched Oval Honey Cut to die cut an oval, then adhered the piece to an A2 top-folding card base.  I then adhered the flowers and pitcher.  To finish it off, I added the sentiment and a few True Blue Acrylic Hearts.



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In case you missed it on my Instagram, I'll share the other cards from each sneak peek day this past week.  I've listed the Honey Bee products for each card so you can click on any of the links to go directly to the Honey Bee Stamps shop.

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Sneak peek Day 1 products:  Candle Cover Plate Honey Cuts; Party stamps & Honey Cuts

  

Sneak peek Day 2 products: Far Out Friends stamps & Honey Cuts; Stellar Sentiments and Honey Cuts; To The Moon Scene Builder stencil set; Twinkle, Twinkle background stencil

   

Sneak peek Day 3 products:  Card 1:  Mommy To Bee stamps & Honey Cuts; Stacking Hearts Honey Cuts; Spring Lullaby 6x6 paper pad; Card 2:  UnBEElievable Free Bee stamps & Honey Cuts; Birthday Bash 6x6 paper pad

   

Sneak peek Day 4 products:  Card 1:  Farmhouse Add-on stamps & Honey Cuts;  House Builder Card Base; Home Essentials 6x6 paper pad; Card 2:  Buffalo Plaid Background stamp; Friend stamps & Honey Cuts

   



Sneak peek Day 5 products:  Card 1: Spotlight Rectangle stencil set; Good Friends stamp set;  Card 2:  Spring Bouquet Honey Cuts; Floral Vases Honey Cuts; Circle Thin Frames Honey Cuts; shape your florals with the Flower Shaping Essentials Kit; Card 3: Circle Spotlight Stencil & Masks set; Buzz stamps & Honey Cuts; Busy Bees stamps & Honey Cuts; Outdoor Scene Builder stencils; Detail Blender Brushes

   



Thank you for hopping by!  Be sure to leave a comment here and at all the stops for your chance to win!  Up next is the awesomely talented Leanne West!

Here is the complete Day 2 hop list:
Honey Bee Stamps
Laura Bassen
Lisa Mensing
Courtney Kreeber
Carol Hintermeier << that's me!
Leanne West
Becky Roberts
Channin Pelletier
Angelica Conrad
Lisa Cisneros
Jana Millen
Mindy Eggen