Floral Birthday Card With Stencils and Layered Die Cuts

Hello crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing (another) card featuring one of my favorites:  Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Dianthus!  Birthday cards are one of my favorite types of cards to make since it is always a happy occasion!

I guess you can say I'm doing a "series" of pink cards with the Lovely Layers floral sets!  If you missed them, check out this blog post, and this one too!

The first thing I did was make my inked and texture paste background.  I used the Garden Lattice stencil set (now at a "sweet price") and a blending brush to ink Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink onto white cardstock.  Then I placed the second stencil over the panel and spread a white pearl texture paste through it.  I removed the stencil and cleaned up my tools.

While the panel dried I die cut all of the dies of the Lovely Layers: Dianthus set from white cardstock.  I used ink blending brushes to color the layers with Distress Oxide inks in these colors:  Picked Raspberry, Shabby Shutters, and Rustic Wilderness.

I used Bee Creative glue to adhere the layers together.  Refer to the downloadable Layering Guide, if needed.

With the stenciled panel dry, I used the largest die in the Spring Vine Layering Frames Honey Cuts to cut the panel out.  Then I glued it to an A2 card base.

The sentiment is from another oldie, but definitely goodie, set called Bitty Buzzwords.  I stamped the sentiments with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.  Then I cut out the "birthday" sentiment with the coordinating die and trimmed the "happy" to a strip.

I glued the Dianthus to the card.  Then I added foam tape to the sentiments to adhere them to the card.

I am loving getting my stash of birthday cards filled!  I hope you are enjoying my series of Lovely Layers florals.  Now I get to choose another set for next week's post!

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

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Beautiful Autumn Birthday | Honey Bee Stamps

Happy Wednesday crafty friends!  Is it feeling like autumn where you're at?  Here in Texas, we are still in full-on, totally-hot summer mode!  I'm kinda over it--LOL!  My card today featuring Honey Bee Stamps gorgeous Autumn Splendor A2 Cover Plate die is helping me get the autumn feels!  I used my Zigs to watercolor this beauty and then made it into a shaker card--read on for the details!

After I die cut some Bristol Smooth card stock with the Autumn Splendor A2 Cover Plate, I used various Zigs to color the elements.  I've listed the Zig colors I used at the end of this post.  It was really fun and so relaxing (just what I need right now!) to color this and play around with various colors on the leaves.  I used the Zig Blender brush instead of a brush and water to blend the colors.  I like the Blender Brush on Bristol because you can work the blends a lot more without pilling, like I get sometimes with water.

I didn't want the shaker part to be so prominent and take away from the colored panel, so I used vellum for the shaker covering.  I adhered the vellum to the back of the panel, added foam tape around the edges, and then behind two of the leaves near the center.  To keep the sequins from sticking to the sides of the foam tape, I patted my anti-static pouch around the inside edges of the foam tape, then wiped away the excess with a clean microfiber cloth.

It doesn't show too much in the photos but I added some olive green card stock to my card base.  Next I sprinkled some autumn colored sequins on the card base and then adhered the panel to close up the shaker.  The sequins I used are no longer available, but I've linked some I think would be perfect in the product list below.

I added Nuvo Ruby Slipper Glitter Drops to each of the berries and set it aside to dry.

Next I die cut some gold glitter card stock and white card stock with the Autumn shadow and script dies from the Bitty Buzzwords: Seasons Honey Cuts set.  I die cut the script three more times with white card stock and adhered the layers together with Bee Creative glue.  Then I used a dark brown Copic to color the top layer and adhered it to the gold glitter shadow.  I used the same brown Copic to color a scrip of Neenah 80# card stock and then stamped the sentiments with Versamark clear ink.  The top sentiment is in the Bitty Buzzwords: Seasons stamp set and I found the "birthday" in the Bitty Buzzwords stamp set.  I sprinkled on some gold sparkle embossing powder and heat set it.  After I trimmed the sentiments I added thin foam strips to the back.  I added these thin foam squares to the back of the "autumn" sentiment and adhered them all to the card.

I totally love how this turned out!  I hope I've inspired you to try your own version of watercoloring using this gorgeous Autumn Splendor A2 cover plate!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

Zig markers:

Dark Brown, Mid Brown, Brown, Beige, Olive Green, Light Green, Deep Green, Geranium, Orange, Bright Yellow, Yellow Green, Blender

Four Easy Cards Featuring Bitty Buzzwords with Stenciled Backgrounds | Honey Bee Stamps

Happy Wednesday friends!  Today I'm sharing four cards I made (in one day!) using the awesome Honey Bee Stamps Bitty Buzzwords stamp set and coordinating dies.  I used four different stenciled backgrounds to go with each one!

 These cards really were very easy to create!  I do want to say that the two cards on the left side in the photo above were made with backgrounds I created a while back.  I love to sit down with my background stencils and play with all the inks, texture pastes and foils!

To keep this post from becoming super lengthy, I'll list the products used beneath each card (aside from the Bitty Buzzwords) and mention any special tips or notes, as needed.  Each of the main sentiments are popped up with foam tape.  I used the Sentiment Banners dies to die cut the secondary sentiments after I stamped them with the new Bee Creative Intense Black ink.  Also, I spray the back of all stencils with Pixie Spray!  So helpful for holding the stencils down.  All of the products will be listed, with links, at the end of my post!

This features the gorgeous Garden Lattice stencils.  This is a set of two, however, I just used one layer.  I added some Aquamarine Nuvo Embellishment Mousse through the stencil.  When it was dry, I die cut it with an A2 Deckle Edge die.

I love the subtle shine of the Embellishment Mousse!

The next card uses the Honey Dipper Background stencil.  I used Background Blender brushes to blend these Distress Oxides: Faded Jeans, Broken China, and Mowed Lawn.  I left the stencil in place and spread some Ranger Transparent Matte Texture Paste through it.  When dry I die cut it with an A2 Scallop die.

The matte texture paste adds a lovely muted shine!

This background features the Layering Balloons stencil set.  First I placed the top layer onto some 80# Neenah Solar White and spread Deco Foil Transfer Gel through it.  When it was dry, I used some pink sparkly foil from my stash, placed it over the piece, and ran it through my Minc Mini foiling machine.  Then I used the other layer and added Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide with a Blender Brush.

I love the shimmer and shine of this festive card!

This next card is a background I made quite some time ago with the Garden Lattice stencil set.  First I inked up a white card stock panel with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide.  Then I added the bottom Garden Lattice stencil, and added more Peacock Feathers for a tone-on-tone look.  Then I placed the top stencil on it and smoothed on some Turquoise Sea Glitz Glitter Gel.  The panel is die cut with an A2 Double Stitched Frames die.

I really hope you've enjoyed these cards and feel inspired to get your stencils out and have fun!  The Bitty Buzzwords are at the top of my most favorite sentiment sets!!  Thank you so much for stopping by!