Hope Your Birthday Is Tea-rrific! A New Release By Honey Bee Stamps

Hello crafty friends!  Are you ready for Honey Bee Stamps newest release?  It's available now and is called Hello Harvest and is filled with so many awesome products including the Life's Sweet Moments stamp set and coordinating dies that I've used on this card.

Do you enjoy creating backgrounds with masked images?  If so, this one's for you!

First I created the background.  You will need a stamp positioning tool like the MISTI to do this technique.

Place a 4-¼" x 5-½" piece of white cardstock into a corner of your stamping tool.  Ink up the cup from the Life's Sweet Moments stamp set with Intense black ink and then stamp the ink off onto scrap paper once.  Next I stamped it onto my 80# white cardstock piece.  (I didn't want the lines to be too dark as I plan to come back and gold heat emboss the image.)

Very important:  DO NOT remove the stamp from the lid of the stamping tool.

Next I stamped the cup onto masking paper and cut it out with my scissors.  Set aside the cup portion of the masking paper.  Adhere the negative portion of the mask onto the cardstock panel around the stamped cup.  I placed one of the flower stamps from the Life's Sweet Moments set onto a stamp block.  I inked it up with Intense black ink and stamped it near the edge of the coffee cup.  I repeated these steps with one more flower.

I stamped a mask for the upper right flower, cut it out, and placed it over the stamped image.  Then I stamped a leaf and removed the mask.  Next I colored the cup with Copic markers.  I used the warm grays of W3, W1, and W00 to color the cup.

Place the panel back into the stamp positioning tool.  Add some anti-static powder and stamp the cup again with clear embossing ink.  Add gold embossing powder and set with a heat tool.

Next I placed the mask for the cup over the cup.  After I sprayed the back of the NEW Swirl & Flourish Stencil with Pixie Spray I put on onto the masked panel.  Then I added a strip of masking tape about 2" above the bottom edge of the panel.  Then I carefully spread some pearl texture paste through the stencil with a palette tool.

Carefully remove the stencil, masking tape, and cup mask and set the piece aside to dry.

While panel is drying, I stamped more flowers, the saucer, and cupcake from the Life's Sweet Moments stamp set with Intense Black Ink.  I colored the images with my Copic markers and cut them out with the coordinating dies.  (NOTE:  I also added gold embossing powder to the saucer using the same technique as described above.)

When the texture paste was dry, I added a piece of masking tape to mask off the bottom of the stenciled area and inked on brown ink with a blender brush.  I used a brown pencil and t-square ruler to draw lines to emulate wood planks.

I adhered the images with foam tape.  The sentiments are from the Hello Sweet Tea stamp set, stamped in black ink, and cut out with the coordinating dies.  I popped them up with foam strips.

I really enjoyed making this scene!  It is really fun to mask off images and creates a unique card!  Be sure to check out all of the NEW Hello Harvest products to see what you like.

Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Let's Make A Card For Our Friend With New and Older Sets!

Hello crafty friends! It is SO cold here, and a lot of other places, I know!  I've been staying warm in my craft room and making another card my favorite way!  I love using new products with older ones, and I've made a card that features two of the products from the Honey Bee Stamps Perfect Match release and two products that are older, but still favorites!

If you follow me, you may have noticed that I don't make a lot of cards that have critters on them. It's not that I dislike them, I just don't seem to reach for them often. However, this Sweet Spring Mice stamp set is one that I have used multiple times!! I stamped this cute mouse with Copic safe black ink and did some simple coloring with a few Copic markers. I cut it out with the coordinating Sweet Spring Mice Honey Cut and set it aside to work on the other card elements.

The second older product I used is the Clover Petals 3D embossing folder. I embossed light green cardstock with the embossing folder. Then I custom dyed some pearl shimmer paste with a couple drops of light green reinker that coordinates with the cardstock. Once I had the paste mixed I used my finger to rub the paste onto the raised areas of the embossed cardstock. I set it aside to dry.

Next I die cut white cardstock three times with the top layer of the Lucky To Have You die. I die cut the layer once more from more light green cardstock. I used glue to adhere the layers together and then glued it to the white layer I die cut with the bottom layer of the Lucky To Have You die. I swiped a clear glitter pen over the sentiment for some subtle sparkle.

Then I stamped "friend" from the Love You, Friend stamp set with light green ink and cut it out with the coordinating die. I adhered it to the middle of the Lucky To Have You sentiment with thin foam tape.

After making sure the embossed panel was dry, I trimmed it to 3-¾" x 5" and glued it to an A2 card base. Then I glued the sentiment to the card.

I adhered the cute Sweet Spring Mouse with foam dots. I wanted a bit more bling and was happy to find that the Dappled Moss acrylic hearts coordinated perfectly! I used little dots of glue to adhere the hearts to my card.

While this card has a bit of a St. Patricks Day vibe to it, I think it is good to send to a special friend at any time! Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful and crafty day!

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Altenew February 2025 Release Blog Hop + Awesome Giveaway

Hello friends!  I'm so happy to be a part of Altenew's Blog Hop to celebrate their amazing February 2025 Release.

By leaving a comment below, and on each stop of this hop, you will be entered to win an awesome prize!  Keep reading for the details below.  If you would like to start at the beginning, please head over to the Altenew Blog.  There are so many talented creators on this hop, so please go visit them all!  I have the list below.

For my card today, I've used several new products including the gorgeous Craft-A-Flower: Bearded Iris!  Bearded Iris are one of my most favorite flowers and my colors are inspired by a variety I have grown in my garden!

Can you believe that I colored these gorgeous Bearded Iris with ONE ink color and ONE Detailed Blending Brush?!!  It is true!  I used a size 10 Detailed Blending Brush (angled) and Midnight Violet Fresh Dye Ink to color each petal of the Craft-A-Flower: Bearded Iris.

By turning the angled Detailed Blending Brush and just using the tip of the angle, you can get some amazing effects with your ink blending!  To get more coverage of ink at the base of the petals I used a Mini Blending Brush.

I colored the leaves with three of the inks in the Tropical Forest Fresh Dye Ink collection and a Mini Blending Brush.

I added these gorgeous flowers to a background I made with a panel of Deep Iris Crafty Necessities Cardstock.  Have y'all tried the new Shimmer Relief Pastes?  If not, let me just say that these pastes are truly the best because they spread like butter and have so much gorgeous shimmer!!

I used stencil 3 in the Patterned Petals Builder Stencil Set and spread Pearl Shimmer Relief Paste through it with a pallet knife.  Once the paste was dry, I used a Mini Blending Brush with Deep Iris ink and the stencil 4 Patterned Petals stencil to add more detail.  Then I blended more Deep Iris ink around the edges of the panel

I used glue and Instant Dimension Foam Tape to adhere the Bearded Iris flowers and leaves to the card.  The stencil is from the Craft Your Life Project Kit: Garden Whispers stamp set and stamped with Obsidian black ink.  I cut it out with the coordinating die.

I hope you've seen some inspiration at my stop for using this beautiful Craft-A-Flower: Bearded Iris set!  Be sure to comment here and at each stop along the way to increase your chances of winning one of these fabulous prizes!!

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Here are the supplies I've used for my card (affiliated links-never any additional cost to you).