Cards By Carol: Paradise Blooms

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Happy Wednesday my friends! Today I have a card using Paradise Blooms and Pineapple Lattice Cover Plate Honey Cuts, which are products from Honey Bee Stamps Hello Summer release. You may know that this release is all about summer and the topics. However, with a change of colors and a different sentiment, it becomes a sympathy, encouragement, or get well card!

Other than the no-line coloring, which I am still practicing, this was a very easy card to make! I stamped the lilies and palm frond in Ink on 3 Fadeout Detail ink. I used these Copic markers: YG67, G07, YG45, G21, G40, W1, W0, and W00. I used the coordinating Honey Cuts to cut them out.

I die cut the top Pineapple Lattice die from 80# Neenah card stock and the bottom Cover Plate from Simon Says Stamp Fog card stock. I used the fabulous new Bee Creative Precision Tip glue to adhere them together and to the A2 card base.

The sentiment is from the With Sympathy stamp set. I stamped it and then die cut it with a die in the Sentiment Banners die set. I adhered it to Fog card stock and trimmed it to a banner shape. I finished it off with a few of the Dappled Moss acrylic hearts (I love how these coordinated with my coloring!)

I love how this turned out and how those cover plate dies don't scream pineapple for this card! Thanks so very much for stopping by. I sure hope you've been well and are staying crafty!!

Supplies:

Honey Bee Stamps:

Paradise Blooms stamps and Honey Cuts

Pineapple Lattice Cover Plate Honey Cuts

With Sympathy stamp set

Sentiment Banners Honey Cuts

Bee Creative Precision Tip Glue

Dappled Moss acrylic hearts

Other:

Ink on 3 Fadeout Detail ink

Simon Says Stamp Fog card stock

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Paradise Blooms No-line Coloring Birthday Card | Honey Bee Stamps

Happy Wednesday friends! Today I'm sharing a very special card I made with Honey Bee Stamps beautiful Paradise Blooms stamps and dies. What makes this card so special is that I made it for our daughter to give to her on her birthday, which was Monday. I had so much fun creating the background with the Palm Frond stencil and then no-line coloring the flowers and leaves.

I stamped the flowers and leaves with Ink On 3's Fadeout No-line Coloring Detail ink and copic colored them all. I used a couple of Prismacolor pencils to add details and more shadows to the flowers. When I finished my coloring, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. What I've learned about no-line coloring is that it will look way worse before it looks better! Just tell yourself to keep going!

For the background, I used the Palm Frond stencil (spray the back with Pixie Spray to make it easy to use this intricate stencil) and inked on some Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Inks onto white card stock. Then I slightly shifted the stencil and applied some Ranger clear transparent embossing paste through the stencil. After I removed the stencil, I immediately sprinkled on some chunky glitter. I love the subtle sparkle of this background!

I die cut a frame from the Double Stitched Squares Honey Cuts and added foam tape. When the background was dry, I trimmed it to 5-¼" square and adhered it to the background. I adhered all of this to a 5-½" square pink card stock base.

The sentiment is from the Slimline Sentiments Eyelet Honey Cuts and I die cut three from white card stock and one from pink. I adhered all of the layers together, added some clear sparkle pen and adhered it to the frame. I stamped "birthday" from the Wish stamp set in clear embossing ink, sprinkled on white embossing powder, and heat set it. After I trimmed it into a rectangle I added some small foam squares to the back and adhered it. Then it was just a matter of die cutting my florals and arranging them. I used glue to adhere the leaves and foam squares for the flowers.