Quilted Autumn Friendship Card -- Honey Bee Stamps

Hello, crafty friends!  When I first saw this new Bee Quilted: Honeycomb Hexies Honey Cuts by Honey Bee Stamps, I knew I wanted to create a quilted autumn themed card!  I love the warm and rich colors of autumn and a few papers from the newer Acorn & Ember paper pad and one from the Fall Is In The Air paper pad helped me create this beautiful autumn card!

I began by creating my "quilt" with the Bee Quilted: Honeycomb Hexies dies.  I die cut the base with cardstock from the Hive Hues Acorn & Ember paper pack.  I used a piece of the dark orange that you see here on the card.  I doesn't show but I chose this for two reasons: 1) it's a 100 lb. cardstock that will add stability to the patterned paper, and 2) I was afraid that white cardstock might show through.

Next I die cut one of the, what I call ornate hexies, three times, from paper in the Acorn & Ember paper pad.  Then I proceeded to die cut more paper from the Acorn & Ember paper pad with the single die that cuts three shapes.  (You will have extras to use on more cards!)  The floral paper you see is in the Fall Is In The Air paper pad.

I die cut more paper from the Acorn & Ember pad with the die that cuts the intricate border of the quilted look.  Again, you will get lots of extras to use in another project.

I LOVED having the new Bee Creative Platinum Scout die cutting machine beside me for these small die cuts!!

Then I glued this piece to the base and filled in all of the other pieces in the grid with Bee Creative glue.

I wrapped some twine I have twice around the Honeycomb Hexies piece and tied it into a bow.  I added foam tape to the back to adhere it to my A2 card base.

The detailed elements are from the Lovely Layers: Autumn Bouquet Honey Cuts, except the flower.  It's in the In Stitches: Pumpkin Honey cuts.  I added a bit of shading to the flower layers and green stems.  (I had saved the wheat stems and the cotton bole stem from a previous project!). I used Bee Creative glue to arrange and adhere the pieces to the card.  I added a double thick layer of small pieces of foam strips to the flower so it would fit over the knot of the twine bow.

I pulled out a scrap of the orange cardstock in the Acorn & Ember cardstock pack and stamped a sentiment from the Keepsake Sentiments: Fall stamp set with black pigment ink.  After I cut it out with the coordinating die, I added foam strips to the back to adhere it to the card.

I am so pleased with how my quilted card turned out, and hope you are too!  There are so many ways to use the Bee Quilted: Honeycomb Hexies for all seasons.  Do you think I should make one with holiday themed papers?

Thanks so very much for stopping by today!  I hope your day is awesome and crafty too!

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Crafty Cart and Craft Room Decorated Autumn Card

Hello, friends!   I really do love the colors of autumn and I've decorated Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Craft Cart in that style!  I've also used a few older favorites to add the autumn touches!

The A2 card base is layered with patterned paper from the Fall Is In The Air paper pad.  Then I scored a 4-¼" x 2-½" piece of white cardstock ¼" across the width and glued it to the card.  A white scored strip of cardstock tops off the paneled piece.  I added a wood patterned strip to the bottom of the card.  This is from the Grain And Grunge paper pad.

Then I die cut the Lovely Layers: Craft Cart from gray and green cardstocks and used glue to adhere the layers together.

The supplies in the cart are from the Lovely Layers: Arts & Crafts Supplies set.  I chose the ones with a knitting/crochet theme and die cut them from colored cardstock and white cardstock.  I colored the white pieces with Copic markers and also added shading to the colored cardstock pieces.  After I glued the layers together, I adhered them all to the Craft Cart.

The autumn elements are from the so cute Itty Bitty Leaves Honey Cuts and the Itty Bitty Pumpkins Honey cuts.  I die cut nine leaves from three different colors of cardstock.  TIP:  Place your twine onto a sticky mat, taping the ends down if needed.  I planned the spacing of the leaves and then added glue to the backs to adhere them to the twine.  I left the leaf banner on the sticky mat until the glue had dried.

I used more glue on the back of the leaves to adhere the banner to the card.  I added one of the Itty Bitty Pumpkins to a shelf of the Craft Cart.  Glue and foam tape adheres the other three pumpkins to the card.

I stamped a sentiment from the Heartfelt Hello stamp set in black ink and cut it out with the coordinating Honey Cut.  More foam tape adheres the sentiment to the card.

I love this fall version with the Lovely Layers: Craft Cart and hope you do too!  Thanks for stopping by and having an awesome day!

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Giving Thanks For You -- New Lovely Layers: Pheasants

Hello friends! I made a card to share with you that features the new Lovely Layers: Pheasants along with the Fall Forest 3D embossing folder and patterned paper too!

To be honest, I really didn't know what a pheasant bird looked like! Haha! But I did discover that they are not in my state and that the male has beautiful markings! I die cut my Lovely Layers: Pheasants from white cardstock, except for the male's dark teal head and red eye markings. I used Detail Blending Brushes and a few reddish brown inks from my stash to color the layers.

I consulted the Layering Guide to assist in the assembly since this was my first time using these dies. I used glue to adhere the layers and set them aside to create the card base and layers.

I embossed white cardstock with the Fall Forest 3D embossing folder leaving about 1" hanging outside the embossing folder. Then I trimmed the sides and top so that the panel measures 5" x 3-¾". 

I chose a few patterned papers from the Fall Is In The Air paper pad and trimmed a piece 5" x 1" and adhered it to the bottom of the white embossed panel. Then I added a brown and orange strip with glue and trimmed the edges even with the panel. These are adhered to 5-¼" x 4" brown patterned paper and then to an A2 card base.

Did you notice that the Wax Stampers in the Falloween release are 3D?!!! I used the new 3D Sunflower Wax Stamper and some brown toned wax from the Autumn wax melts to create the wax seal for my card. There is also a new Fall Is In The Air wax melts that you can check out. I added some thin cord from my stash below the wax seal. Oh, the wax seal is adhered with a Wax Seal Sticker and some glue just to be sure it stays put!

I stamped a sentiment from the new Mini Messages: Fall Sentiments in brown ink. I used a Mini Messages Banners die to cut it out and then trimmed the ends just a bit more with my scissors. I adhered it with a thin foam strip.

I used a gold pen to color part of the flower's center on the wax seal and added a few Fall Is In The Air gem stickers for a little something extra!

I really love how this card turned out, and I learned about pheasants too!  I really appreciate you stopping by and hope your day is awesome!

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