In The Garden Of Life, Friends Are The Flowers

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing my spring themed card that features several of Honey Bee Stamps previously released products! I'm loving the opportunity to pull out several of these "older" sets to use to make my card.  Honey Bee has lots of spring themed stamps, dies, and stencils.  Check them out here!

I've used these sets to create my card:  Lovely Layers: Branch and Leaves, Lovely Layers: Spring Birds, Lovely Layers: Nest, Whimsical Spring Flowers, My Favorite Flower stamps and Honey Cuts, and Horizon Slimline Borders (to make a cloud stencil).

I wanted a cloud background for my scene, so I used the cloud die from the Horizon Slimline Borders to die cut printer paper and create my own cloud stencil. Then I used a blender brush to ink light blue ink along the edges of the cloud "stencil". I trimmed it 4" x 5-¼" and glued it to an A2 card base.

The layers of the Lovely Layers: Branch and Leaves are die cut with two shades of green cardstock and white cardstock. I inked the branches with Gathered Twigs and Ground Espresso Distress Oxide inks.

All available cardstock colors are in the list below.

Next I die cut one of the flowers from the Whimsical Spring Flowers Honey Cuts from white cardstock and die cut the flower centers from yellow cardstock. I used a darker yellow Copic marker to color the center of the flowers, then I glued on the die cut yellow centers.

I glued the leaves and flowers to the branches, then adhered them to the card with glue and a few foam squares near the branch tips.

I die cut the Lovely Layers: Nest from white cardstock and inked on more of the brown Distress Oxide inks with a blender brush to color it. I wanted the eggs to have a speckled look so I sprayed some Distress Oxide Sprays onto small pieces of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I used these sprays: Villainous Potion, Salvaged Patina, Saltwater Tarry, and Kitsch Flamingo. When the pieces were dry I die cut the eggs with the die included in the Lovely Layers: Nest set. Then I glued them into the nest.

Yes, I realize that birds would not have a nest of assorted colored eggs. But, hey, it's almost Easter! Haha!

I die cut the sweet bird from the Lovely Layers: Spring Birds from colored cardstocks and glued the layers together. I used foam dots to adhere it to the card.

The sentiment from the My Favorite Flower stamp set is stamped with black ink and cut out with the coordinating die. (I love this sentiment!)  I used foam strips to adhere it to the card.

You can kind of see the sparkled from the clear sparkle pen I added to the eggs and flower centers. I love to add sparkles any time I can!

What older spring themed sets do you have?  I hope I've given you inspiration to get them out and show them some love!  Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

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Springtime Inspired Birthday Card with Cherry Blossoms and a Bluebird!

Hello crafty friends! Today I'm sharing my springtime inspired card that features a few of my favorite previously released products! My inspiration comes from the gorgeous cherry trees I saw in full bloom on my recent trip to Oregon for the Honey Bee Stamps 10th Anniversary Retreat! These trees won't grow where I live and I had never seen them in real life! I was awed!

If you are wondering about my inspiration for the bluebird, while I was sitting in the dental hygienist's chair last week, I saw one outside the window!

It was a 'no-brainer" to use the beautiful Lovely Layers: Cherry Blossom set today!

I began by taking three pieces of Bristol Smooth cardstock and having some ink smooshing fun! I smooshed Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron Distress Inks onto my glass craft mat and spritzed them with some water. I pressed one piece of Bristol into the inks. Then I dried it with my heat tool and repeated the steps 2-3 more times.

For the two remaining pieces of Bristol, I used Picked Raspberry, Kitsch Flamingo, and Spun Sugar Distress Inks and went through the steps mentioned above for one panel. I decided I wanted a lighter pink panel and pressed the remaining cardstock into Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar Distress Inks.

I used the dried inky panels and the Lovely Layers: Cherry Blossom to die cut all of the layers in the set. I used glue to adhere the layers and set the piece aside.

Next I die cut white cardstock with the dies from the Lovely Layers: Spring Birds Honey Cuts. I used a light and medium blue ink along with two brown inks to color the layers. I glued them together according to the Layering Guide.

I die cut white cardstock with the largest die in the Decorative Star Layering Frames die set. Then I used a blender brush to ink on blue ink. Then I pressed the ink pad onto my craft mat, sprayed a bit of water into the ink, and used a paint brush to splatter the diluted ink onto the panel.

When the Decorative Star piece was dry, I glued it to an A2 card base that I layered with the Spring Medley 3D embossing folder. I trimmed the overhang off with my scissors.

I stamped the sentiment from the Celebrating You stamp set with black ink and cut it out with the coordinating die. I added foam tape dots and squares to the sentiment, Cherry Blossom branch and Spring Bird to adhere them to the card.

I'm so thrilled to have finally seen Cherry Blossom trees!  I hope you are finding lots of inspiration around you this spring.  Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

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You're In My Thoughts featuring Lovely Layers Dies

Hello friends! The Lovely Layers line by Honey Bee Stamps is one of my favorites, and today I'm using three Lovely Layers sets on my card! And I'm also using some of the gorgeous floral paper from the Simply Spring paper pad. Check out all of the details on how to make this easy, but beautiful, card below.

First I die cut two of the Spring Vine Layering Frames from 80# Neenah. I adhered those together with Bee Creative glue and adhered the frame to the blue floral paper from the Simply Spring paper pad. (Note: I made sure leave that space where the branch tucks under without glue.) Then I added the layers to an A2 card base.

Next I die cut the pieces of the Lovely Layers: Nest from 80# Neenah. I used Copic markers to color the layers. The colors I used are E79, E59, E57, and E55. The feathers are colored with W7, W5, W3, and W1. I used glue to adhere the layers and set it aside to work on the other card elements.

The branch for the nest is the Lovely Layers: Cherry Blossom. I die cut it and the layers from 80# Neenah. (Note: I only die cut the layers that would not be hidden from the nest.) I wanted the flowers to coordinate with the beautiful floral paper, so I used Copic markers to add shading in the flower centers. I used B93 and B91, going over those colors with C1 and C0 to tone down the blue a bit. The green leaves are G85, G43, and G24. The flower centers are Y19, Y15, and Y11. I used E55 to color the branch.

After I adhered the Cherry Blossom layers I tucked the end of the branch under the frame using glue and a few foam dots to adhere it.

The final element is the Lovely Layers: Spring Birds. I die cut the blue bird pieces from 80# Neenah. This time I used a couple of blue inks in my stash to color the bird. The rusty color is Rusty Hinge Distress ink. I did color the beak, eye, and feet with a black marker. I used Bee Creative glue and my reverse tweezers for easy assembly. If you need help with the layers, be sure to check out the link for the handy layering guide found in the product description.

I stamped the sentiment from the Daisy Layers Bouquet stamp set with black ink. I cut it out with the coordinating die and popped it up with foam tape onto the card.

I love how this card turned out and it will be perfect to have for sending to someone that needs a smile. Thank you so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful and crafty day!

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