Hugs, Kisses, and Rainbow Wishes | Honeybee Stamps

Happy first day of spring my friends!   Today I have a cheerful card using Honey Bee Stamps Rainbow Wishes stamps and Honey Cuts.  It has been cloudy, with off and on rain, for over a week where I am!  I emptied 7" of rain from my rain gauge yesterday!!   With the gloomy weather and news, I just had to make a bright, cheerful card!

I began with a top-folding A2 card base.  I masked the edges with purple tape and stenciled some clouds with Tumbled Glass Distress ink and the cloud stencil from the Outdoor Scene Builder stencil set.  The Honey Bee Background Blender brushes make this so easy!  I added the polka dot strip and the green strip to the bottom of the card base.  These papers are from the Over The Rainbow 6x6 paper pad.

I die cut, from Neenah Solar White card stock, the rainbow, sunshine, and cloud pieces.  I also die cut two more cloud pieces from a foam sheet to make the shaker.  Next I colored the rainbow and sunshine with some Copic markers.  I added double-sided tape to the back of the rainbow pieces to hold it together.  I hand cut some foam to fit behind the rainbow and adhered them together.

For the cloud shaker, I used Ranger Multi Medium Matte adhesive and glued the foam cloud border pieces together.  I adhered the white card stock cloud to my card base and then adhered the foam borders to it.  I added some blue sequins from the Rainbow Deluxe Sequin set, covered it with a cloud-shaped piece of acetate, and topped it with a card stock cloud border.  So fun!!

The sentiments are also from the Rainbow Wishes stamp set and I used the coordinating die for the large sentiment and the black layer behind it.  I used my paper trimmer to cut down the "sending you".  I adhered a black card stock piece behind this one too.  Both are popped up with foam squares. For a bit more sparkle, I added some clear Wink of Stella to the rainbow.

I hope my card brings you as much cheer today as it did me when I was making it!  Sending YOU hugs, kisses and rainbow wishes (and lots of fun crafty time!)  Thank you for stopping by--I appreciate you!

Supplies:

Honey Bee Stamps:

Rainbow Wishes stamps and Honey Cuts

Rainbow Deluxe Sequin set

Over The Rainbow 6x6 paper pad

Background Blender Brush set

Outdoor Scene Builder stencil set

AECP Celebration: Stencil Techniques

Hello!  My post today is, finally, getting back to progressing through the Altenew Educator Certification Program.  

My cards today are to complete the Altenew Academy Celebration: Stencil Techniques class.  I took this class back when it first came out and have four cards in the gallery.  However, as part of the certification, we need to create cards for each class in each level.

This class is about different ways to use stencils and using die cuts for stenciling.  I do love getting out texture paste, tinting it with ink and applying it through a stencil.  That's what I did here for my first card.  I used Altenew's Leaf Burst Stencil and applied the texture paste I tinted with Altenew's Forest Glades ink.

I taped the stencil to my card stock and work surface.  I just
tape along one edge to create a sort of hinge--it helps when
removing the stencil.

Here is the lovely texture paste after I applied it.

I let this dry overnight and then cut the stenciled image down its center creating a piece that is 2-¾" x 5-¼".  I layered that with some black card stock and adhered it to a green card base.  I used a stamp from Altenew's Label Love set for the sentiment.  I wanted to keep the stenciled portion as the focal point, so I just added a few black sequins to tie in with the black layer.  Here is a close up of the wonderful texture!

I made a second card--because it was SO easy!!

I die cut the Layered Blossom Cover Die A to use as a stencil, placed it over a piece of 4-¼ x 5-½ inch card stock, then sprayed Altenew's Ink Spray in Ocean Waves over it--just a few spritzes is all.  For the sentiment I used their Happy Birthday Die.  I cut it from a piece of card I had heavily sprayed with the same Ocean Waves so it would coordinate.  I trimmed the sprayed panel to 4" x 5-¼", added foam tape to the back and put it on a folded card base.  Then I adhered the sentiment and added a few clear crystal drops for a bit extra.

Thank you for stopping by!   Carol :)