Lovely Layers: Coneflower Birthday Card

 Hello friends!  Today my card features the oh, so popular Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Coneflower die set.  I decided to kind of transition the look of my card into autumn with some warm Distress Ink colors.

To begin, I had lots of inky fun with several of the yellow Distress Ink colors.  I smooshed the ink pads onto my craft mat, spritzed a bit of water onto the ink with my Distress Sprayer.  I like this sprayer because you can either mist the water or get larger drops, depending on how fast you squeeze the trigger.  Then I took watercolor paper and smooshed it into the ink.  The key to getting the layers is to be sure to use your heat tool and dry the layer before smooshing again.  I went for darker inks for the bottom layers of the flower.

Some of the Distress Ink colors I used are Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge, Wild Honey, Crackling Campfire, and Squeezed Lemonade.  For the leaves I used Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint Distress Ink and Twisted Citron Distress Spray.  After the panels were totally dry, I used the Lovely Layers: Coneflower dies to cut the parts of the flower and leaves.  (see photo above)  Next I used Bee Creative glue to adhere the flower layers together.  (Tip: For the petal layers, just add glue to the center so you can give the petals a little fluffing by using your fingers to curl the tips a bit.)

Then I used the Buffalo Plaid background stamp, inked it up with some beige ink and stamped it onto some Neenah Desert Storm card stock.  I added white spatters by diluting a dab of white gouache water using my paint brush.  When it was dry, I trimmed it to 4" x 5-1/4" and glued it to an A2 card base with Bee Creative glue.

For the sentiment I die cut the bottom layer of the Happy Honey Cuts from some of the lighter colored ink smooshed panel.  The middle layer is Neenah Desert Storm and the top layer is 80# Neenah Solar Crest card stock.  Then I used the "birthday" stamp I found in the Enjoy stamp set and stamped it onto Neenah Desert Storm with Bee Creative Intense Black ink.  I used my paper trimmer to cut it to a rectangle shape.

I used Bee Creative Glue to adhere the layered sentiment, leaves and flower.  I added a couple of small foam squares to the remaining sentiment strip and added it to my card.

I hope you enjoyed my version of this fabulous die set and have been inspired today!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

Two Masculine Birthday Cards With One Candle Cover Plate Die | Honey Bee Stamps

 Happy Wednesday, friends!  Today I'm sharing two masculine cards I made using Honey Bee Stamps Candle Cover Plate die.  I actually made the 40th birthday card in March and hadn't planned on sharing it. But then I needed another guy card for his 60th birthday and these were so easy to make, I thought I'd share them with you!

For both cards I stenciled the background first using the stencils in the Birthday Candles background stencil set.  I used my Background Blender brushes with some Distress Inks to stencil in the candles.  I used Blueprint Sketch, Squeezed Lemonade, and Spiced Marmalade.  When I was finished with my stenciling I die cut the Candle Cover Plate die once from white card stock, and another from blue card stock.  I adhered the die cut panels onto the stenciled panels and added them to a top-folding A2 card base.

For this card I used the Balloon Numbers Honey Cuts and the Birthday Honey Cuts.  I die cut them three times each from blue card stock.  The strings were die cut once.  I adhered the layers together with Bee Creative glue.  Then I die cut the "birthday" shadow from white card stock and adhere the blue birthday sentiment to it.  I popped it up with some foam tape.

Next I popped up the balloon numbers and threaded the balloon strings underneath the birthday sentiment.  I stamped "happy" in some blue ink and added it to the card.

For my next card I changed it up a bit by using the Balloon Card Borders Honey Cuts!

I die cut the Balloon Card Borders from blue card stock.  Then I used the Birthday Candle Stencil to dry emboss it.  I just used the tan embossing mat and the appropriate embossing sandwich for my die cutting machine!  I love the fun effect this adds!  I popped the balloon up onto the card with foam tape.

Next I die cut the Balloon Numbers and Happy Honey Cut three times each from white card stock.  I die cut the balloon strings once.  I left one of each of the pieces in the negative die cut space to make it easier to use my Blender Brushes and ink blend on some Distress Ink.  I used the same colors that I used for the candles.  Then I adhered these to the white die cuts to create more dimension.  I adhered the "happy" to the white die cut shadow and popped it up onto the card with foam tape.  After I adhered the Balloon Numbers, I added Glossy Accents to them for some fun shine!

I stamped birthday in black ink (from the Thanks A Bunch stamp set) and adhered it with glue.  I also did some dry embossing on the envelope with the Birthday Candles stencil.  Love how this looks!

Both of the birthday guys loved their cards and I do too!  Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope I've given you some ideas for those masculine birthday cards!

Supplies:

Candle Cover Plate

Birthday Candles background stencil set

Balloon Numbers Honey Cuts

Happy Honey Cut

Balloon Card Borders

Birthday stamps & Honey Cuts

Thanks A Bunch stamps