The World Is Brighter Because You're In It

Hello, crafty friends!!  Today I am sharing my card that features some of the awesome products from Honey Bee Stamps new Style In Bloom release!

This card features a beautiful rainbow of butterflies I made with the Lovely Layers: Petals & Wings Honey Cuts on top of a background embossed with the Tooled Leather 3D embossing folder.

First I embossed white cardstock with the beautiful Tooled Leather 3D embossing folder and glued it to an A2 card base.

Then I pulled a rainbow of Distress Oxide ink pads in these colors:  Spun Sugar, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, and Milled Lavender.  I used ink blending brushes to blend the inks in rainbow color order onto white cardstock.  I placed the butterfly dies, from the Lovely Layers: Petals & Wings set, onto the ink blended panel and ran it through my die cutting machine.  I die cut three large butterflies and three small butterflies from the inked cardstock.

I used glue to adhere the butterflies layers together.  I added glue just to the center of the wings so I could "fluff" them up.

The hardest part of making this card was deciding how to arrange the butterflies!!  Haha!  As much as I tried, I could not fit that third large butterfly on the card in a way I was happy with.  Hopefully I'll find a use for it on another project!  Once I finally decided on a layout, I used glue to adhere the butterflies to the card.

I stamped two sentiments from the awesome Heart Of Our Family Stamp set.  There are SO MANY wonderful sentiments in this set, not only for friends, but also moms, sisters, grandmothers, and more!  Then I cut them out with the coordinating Honey Cuts.  To adhere the sentiments to the card, I added foam strips to the back of each sentiment.

For a bit of sparkle, I added some gems from the Let's Party Gem Stickers to the butterflies antennas.

I can see using the three adorable flowers in the Petals & Wings set in this same fashion!  What do you think?

I really do appreciate you stopping by today!  Have a wonderful and crafty day!

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3-Dimensional Purse Gift Bag/Gift Card Holder

 Hello crafty friends!  I'm thrilled to be giving you a little sneaky peek of Honey Bee Stamps' upcoming Style In Bloom release, available after the release party on April 15.

This adorable project features the amazing Lovely Layers: Tote For All Seasons Honey Cuts (dies).  You can use the dies in this set to create a 3-dimensional purse or a flat purse to be used as a small gift bag (as I did), a gift card holder, or a custom gift tag!

Be sure to check out my Instagram on Friday, April 10, to watch my reel of how to assemble this darling purse!

I found the Lovely Layers: Tote For All Seasons super easy to assemble.  The Layering Guide is very clear and easy to follow too.  On the Layering Guide you will find that you need to die cut two each of the side die and the purse front/back die.  All of the score lines you need for the folds are pressed in for you when the pieces are cut out with the dies.

I also die cut three pieces of the purse handle.  Once from white cardstock and twice from brushed gold cardstock.  I glued the layers together to create a nice sturdy handle.

I chose some pale rose pink cardstock to die cut all of the pieces for the purse.  I die cut the handle and buckle from brushed gold cardstock and the front flap layer from white cardstock.

Before I glued the pieces together, I added the quilted detailing with the two dies in the Accessorize It: Quilted die set.  This made me realize that I could have centered these dies into the Tote dies to accomplish this in one step.

Next I used Bee Creative glue to adhere the Tote pieces together.  You could definitely use a double sided adhesive, but I like the "wiggle room" you get with the glue before it sets.  I did need to wait a few minutes to let the glue thoroughly dry before continuing with the rest of the gluing.

The main thing to remember when glueing the pieces together is to make sure to get all of the tabs to the inside of the purse when fully assembled.  I glued all of the pieces together flat, and then adhered the sides and bottom to the back of the purse.

Once the purse was fully assembled, I glued on the handle and buckle pieces.  I used a gold pen to trace the etched stitching for another touch of gold.

Of course, we don't want just a plain purse, right?!  Haha!  I embellished the purse with flowers from the new Lovely Layers: Petals & Wings dies.  The scarf, from the new Accessorize It: Charmed,  is die cut from patterned paper found in the Textiles & Texture: Celebrate paper pad (retiring).

I stamped a sentiment from the, coming soon, Luxurious Friend stamp set.  I cut it out with the coordinating Luxurious Friend die.

I love how the buckle strap slides into the holder to hold the purse closed!  For another bit of gold, I added a gem sticker to each flower center.

There are so many different ways to used the Lovely Layers: Tote For All Seasons dies!  I love a good and versatile set like this one.

Be sure to come back here after the April 15 release party to shop these products in the Style In Bloom release.  I will update the links for you as soon as possible after the release is available.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope your day is wonderful and crafty too!

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