I Couldn't Have Picked A Better Friend Featuring Fun Coloring Stencils

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing my sweet card featuring Honey Bee Stamps beautiful Awesome To The Core stamps, Honey Cuts, and coordinating stencil set! I thought I'd create an unexpected green apple to coordinate with the patterned papers I chose. Read on for the details!

For the layers of my A2 card, first I added white cardstock that I embossed with the Burlap 3D embossing folder (I love that texture). Next I chose papers from the Pinstripes & Polka Dots: Outdoors paper pad and the Heartfelt Harvest paper pad and die cut them with two of the Fancy Fall Layering Frames dies.

I added foam tape to the back of the green layer to adhere it to the card. Before I adhered the pink layer, I glued an oval I die cut from a Sweet Stack: Ovals die to the back of it. I used thin foam tape strips to adhere this layer.

I stamped the images from the Awesome To The Core stamp set with Intense Black ink. I also stamped extra flowers and leaves to use for the card . I made sure the ink was dry before I began coloring the images with the coordinating stencils.  These stencils have some fabulous details in them and are so fun to use!

I used ink blender brushes to color the apple, the slice, and flowers with inks I have in my stash. For the leaves I used Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness Distress Inks. The stem and seed are Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I very lightly colored the apple slice with Antique Linen Distress ink. Once all of the images were colored, I cut them out with the coordinating Honey Cuts.

To adhere the pieces to the card I used Bee Creative glue and foam tape for a bit of extra dimension. Then I added three pretty pearl stickers from the Harvest Pearl Stickers.

I will be adding this card to my stash to use any time of the year for one of my sweet friends!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Autumn Birthday Card With Fall Foliage

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a birthday card I made with the new Lovely Layers: Mushroom and Lovely Layers: Autumn Bouquet. My color palette was inspired by the gorgeous patterned paper in the Homestead Harvest paper pad. I will always say it--Honey Bee has THE most gorgeous papers of any company!

I created an A2 card base and added a layer of the gorgeous patterned paper from the Homestead Harvest paper pad that I die cut from the largest Fancy Fall Layering Frames Honey Cuts. Next I die cut the blue polka-dot paper found in the Pinstripes and Polka Dots: Harvest paper pad with the oval Fancy Fall Layering Frames die.

I added foam tape to the back of the oval to adhere it to the card base. Then I die cut the Lovely Layers: Mushroom from 80# Neenah. (Note: I die cut the two smaller mushrooms two times.) I chose the leafy branch die and the cotton boll layers from the Lovely Layers: Autumn Bouquet to die cut from 80# Neenah.

Then I set about going through my various ink pads to get just the right color combinations to color the die cuts and to coordinate with the patterned paper.

I used small ink blending brushes to blend the ink onto the die cuts. The leaves are colored with Weathered Wood, Stormy Sky and Faded Jeans Distress Inks. The other Distress Ink I used was Aged Mahogany along with another brand of a reddish-brown ink. The cotton bolls are shaded with a few light brown inks in my stash.

I played around with the arrangement of the elements, and when I was satisfied, I picked them all up with a piece of Press N Seal. So handy! Then I added dots of Bee Creative glue to the back of the pieces to adhere them to the oval layer on the card.

I die cut a piece of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock with the banner die in the Fancy Fall Layering Frames die set. The shading I added is Gathered Twigs Distress Ink. I popped it up with foam dots placed at each end of the banner.

I stamped the sentiment from the Bountiful Banner stamp set with brown ink. I die cut it with the coordinating die and used glue to adhere it to the banner.

Have you used your patterned paper colors as inspiration for your cards?  Let me know!  Thank you so very much for stopping by--you are appreciated!!

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Give Thanks Card With The New Heartfelt Harvest Release!

Happy shiny new week, crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing my first card using new products from Honey Bee Stamps gorgeous new release called Heartfelt Harvest!  We will be sharing "inspiration" ideas for this release today through Tuesday.  Then on Wednesday, we are having an Instagram hop with prizes!

As you may imagine, I've been super busy, and still have lots to prepare for, so this will be a brief blog post.  If you have any questions, please use the "contact me" form in the left column.

This card features the absolutely gorgeous Give Thanks stamp, stencils, and coordinating die.

I love the font of this sentiment!  I let is shine by heat embossing it in gold.  A few pretty accents from the new Lovely Layers: Autumn Bouquet adds that bit of special!  These were die cut from metallic gold paper and patterned paper from the Pinstripes and Polka Dots: Harvest paper pad.

The gorgeous layers with paper from the Heartfelt Harvest paper pad (let me just say, Honey Bee has the most gorgeous papers!) are die cut with the Fancy Fall Layering Frames dies.  I added a bit more shine by swiping a metallic gold ink pad around the edges of the layers.  This really helps the detail of the dies stand out. 

Thank you so very much for stopping by.  Be sure to check out the entire Heartfelt Harvest release HERE.  Have a beautiful Sunday!

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