A Merry Little Christmas | Honey Bee Stamps

Hello crafty friends!! Today I'm sharing a holiday card using my favorite Big Pickup Tailgate set and the new coordinating Loads Of Holiday Cheer set! I truly do have fun decorating the Big Pickup for each season and love that Honey Bee makes it so easy for us to do that! I've even used some of the extras from the Loads of Holiday Cheer set to decorate the inside of my card. Keep reading for all the details!

First I created the layer for the card base:

• I inked the edges of a piece of 6-¾" x 4-¾" blue card stock with Prize Ribbon, Blueprint Sketch and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks (in that order) using Background Blender brushes. I then used a heat tool to dry the ink.
• Next I placed the snowfall stencil in the Winter Wonder Scene Builder Stencils set over the blue card stock and spread on some white texture paste. The stencil isn't quite large enough for this size card, so I let that dry and then stenciled the remaining area.
• When the stenciling was drying, I adhered the panel to a top-folding A7 card base I made from 80# Neenah Solar White card stock. Bee Creative glue is perfect for this and is what I used!
• Then I die cut two hill from white glitter card stock with the hills from the Horizon Slimline Borders Honey Cuts. I trimmed it to 4-¾" long and adhered them to the card with Bee Creative glue.

Now it's time to stamp, color and die cut the images:

• First I stamped the pickup from the Big Pickup Tailgate stamp set with Intense Black ink. This truly is my most favorite ink ever!! Then I colored the truck with my Copic markers. I used C5, C3, C1, and C00 for the body and the bumper of the truck. The tires are C9, C7, and C5. The lights are R39 and R37. Then I die cut the truck with the coordinating Honey Cut.
• I stamped the "hohoho" (from the Loads of Holiday Cheer stamp set) onto the license plate with Versamark ink (after applying my anti-static pouch) and sprinkled on some white embossing powder. Then I heat set it with my heat tool.
• Next I stamped the other images with Intense Black ink, choosing several from the adorable Loads of Holiday Cheer stamp set. I used these Copic markers: reds are: R89, R39, R37, and R35; greens: G28, YG17, and YG25. The toy bag and the elf's hair are E59, E57, and E23. When I was finished coloring I used the coordinating Loads of Holiday Cheer Honey cuts to cut them out.
• Using Bee Creative glue, I adhered the elf and toy bag to the truck. I added foam tape to the poinsettia garland and attached it to the truck.
• Next I die cut the "Christmas" from the Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays Honey Cuts. I colored the shadow layer with a few of the same red Copic markers I used previously. I adhered the top layer to the shadow with glue.
• Before attaching any of the images to the card front, I folded the card inside out and placed it in my MISTI. I planned out my placement of the extra images by just setting them in place without gluing. (see photo below) Then I stamped the sentiment from the Bitty Buzzwords: Holidays stamp set with Intense Black ink.

With my sentiment stamped, I can now adhere the die cut pieces to the inside of the card.

I finished up the card by adhering the pickup to the card front. I added some foam tape to the tree and added it to the card. I added details to some of the images with a white gel pen and also some more dots for snow to the background. A clear glitter pen adds some fun sparkle to the white parts of the elf's hat and candy canes, and the mirrors.

I hope you've enjoyed this version of the Big Pickup for the holidays!  Thank you very much for stopping by.  I hope you have a wonder, and crafty, day!

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Most Wonderful Time | Rubbernecker Stamps

Hello friends!  Today I'm sharing a quick and easy holiday card using Rubbernecker Stamps Blossoms in Spring stamps and coordinating dies.  I've taken this non-holiday stamp set and created a shiny, heat embossed card that was really fun to make! 

Here are the steps for my card base:

• Adhere some patterned paper to an A2 top-folding card base.  I used a piece from Honey Bee Stamps Holiday Cheer paper pad.
• Die cut the Diamond w/Stitch Cover die three times from 80# Neenah Solar White card stock.  Adhere the layers together with glue and then to the card base.

• Next I stamped the outline of the flower from the Blossoms in Spring stamp set with Versamark ink.  Then I sprinkled on some silver embossing powder and heat set it.  Then I stamped and heat embossed the flower center and leaf outline with silver embossing powder.
• I stamped the detailed layer of the flower with Silver ink from the Color Fuse set #12.
• I used both Silver and Chill inks to stamp the leaves.
• Next I used the coordinating dies to cut out the flower and leaves.  I added foam squares to the flower and adhered it to the card front.
• I arranged the leaves, then added some glue to the ends to adhere them to the card.
• Next I stamped sentiment that's in the Snowmen with Presents stamp set with black ink.  I used a Nested Square Stitch die to cut it out.  I added some foam squares to the back to pop it up.
• For a bit more shiny bling, I added some silver metallic pearls from Pretty Pink Posh to the card.

I hope you've enjoyed my quick holiday card today.  Thank you so very much for stopping by!

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Merry Christmouse | Honey Bee Stamps

Happy Wednesday crafty friends! Today I'm sharing a cute mini slimline card I made using the totally adorable Merry Little Mice stamps and coordinating Honey Cuts by Honey Bee Stamps. I made an inky snowy background with lots of sparkles and spatters to set the scene for the mice--keep reading for the details.

 First I die cut some watercolor paper with the largest die from Sweet Stacks: Mini Slimline Honey Cuts. Then I spritzed on some Villainous Potion Distress Oxide Spray near the top of the card. I used a paper towel to dab up some of the color and then dried it with my heat tool. I don't have the Oxide Sprays of my next two colors, Salvaged Patina and Spun Sugar, but I do have the Oxide ink pad re-inkers. I just squeezed out a bit of the colors and used a brayer to swipe on the colors, overlapping them just a bit.

Then I used my heat tool to dry the panel, and spattered on some white gouache. I also used a white gel pen to add white dots.

Next I die cut more watercolor card with the hills in the Horizon Slimline Border Honey Cuts. I trimmed them to 3" and glue one directly to the inky panel and popped up the second one. I then put a line of Bee Creative glue along the edges, sprinkled on some chunky glitter and set it aside to dry.

I stamped the images from the Merry Little Mice set with Intense Black ink onto 80# Neenah Solar White. I used some Copic markers to color them and then cut them out with the coordinating Honey Cuts. I added some white dots with a white gel pen to the mice's cheeks and also to the Christmas tree.  Next I stamped the sentiment from Merry Christmouse with Versamark, added black embossing powder and heat set it.  I used the coordinating Honey Cut to cut it out.

To assemble the card, I adhered the inked panel to a side-folding card base with Bee Creative Glue. You can create by scoring a piece of 6-½" x 6-¼" card stock longways at 3-¼". I popped up all of the card images with foam tape and foam squares. I used my nonstick scissors to cut a few small foam strips for the music notes.

I decided to make a coordinating envelope to go with my mini slimline card.  I die cut some 32# printer paper I have in my stash with the Mini Slimline Envelope dies.  I adhered the pieces together with Bee Creative glue.  Then I used the Snowfall Background stencil to add some pink snowflakes to the front of the envelope.  This was really easy with a Background Blender Brush and some Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink.

I added a bit more sparkle and shine by adding some Glossy Accents to the tree's ornaments.  Then I used a clear glitter pen to add sparkle to the star and splatters to the background.

I hope you've enjoyed my inky, mouse-filled card today!  Thank you so much for stopping by!

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Graciellie Design Cup Of Cheer and Guest Design!

I'm thrilled to have been invited to Guest Design for Graciellie Design for the months of November and December!  Today I'm sharing two cards using her latest digital release called Cup of Cheer.  Also, if you are interested, Gracie has allowed me to give away a $15 gift certificate to her shop for my first post!  The giveaway is being held over on my Instagram--all you need to do is leave me a 💗and a comment!

For the first card, I printed out the cup with cookies from the Cup of Cheer digital stamp set onto 80# Neenah Solar White card stock.  I also layered the pine branch, from the Winter Blessings digital stamp set, under the cup.  It's been a little while since I had worked with digital stamps.  The best "how to" source, at least for me, is found HERE.  Click "resizing digital stamps" and then the version you want to use.  I changed the color of the pine branch to green before I printed it out.

I recently had to buy a new printer as our very old one did not survive our move last month!  I bought an Epson XP-7100 that has a rear paper feed slot.  My 80# Neenah went through it perfectly!

Next I used Copic markers to color the images and then used a Honey Bee Stamps Sweet Stacks: Rectangle die to cut it out.  Then I used a metallic gold Gelly Roll pen to add stitching around the edges.  I also added gold lines to the cup and saucer.

I die cut some red card stock with a rectangle stitched die and adhered it to a top-folding card base.  I added foam tape to the back of my colored panel and adhered it to the card.

For a bit more bling I added White Blizzard Nuvo Glitter Drops to the candy bits on the cookie and Glossy Accents to the coffee.  To coordinate with the other gold touches, I also added some dots of Golden Rod Stickles.

On my next card, I printed out the cup and sentiment along with some beautiful digital paper for my background.  This gorgeous paper is part of Gracie's digital paper pack called Rustic Winter Wishes.

I did learn something about printing the digital paper.  This is sized as a 12" x 12" paper.  Well, I don't have a wide format printer, (and I wanted it a size suitable for card making) so I poked around and figured out that all I needed to do was resize the digital paper.  I use a Mac, and after I downloaded the paper, I double clicked the image to open it up in Preview.  Next I clicked Tools, then Adjust Size.  I changed the measurement from pixels to inches, and sized it to 6" x 6".  That's all!  By keeping it square, it retains the perspectives and none of the images are distorted.

Now that it's resized, it's time to print it.  When I first printed it, I used 80# Neenah, just like I did for my first card.  (I also added the cup image and the sentiment to the page to print at the same time.)  What I noticed is that the colors of the digital paper were a bit muted and the images weren't quite as crisp as I'd expected.  Then it dawned on me that since this is a .jpg image, maybe I should use photo paper.  I happened to have 8-½" x 11" matte photo paper for ink jet printers and used that.  What a difference! 

 

I die cut the digital paper, some gingham paper and coordinating brown card stock with the Sweet Stacks: Rectangles dies and adhered the layers to an A2 card base.  Then I colored the cup with my Copics, fussy cut it, and adhered it with some foam tape.

I cut the sentiment out with a die from the Tag Builder die set.  Then I tied a bit of twine onto it and popped it up on the card with foam tape.

I was amazed at how quick these beautiful cards were to make!  Now that I've fine tuned the details of working with digitals, the next ones should be even faster to make.  Thank you so much for stopping by!  Don't forget, if you would like a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to Graciellie Design, click HERE to go to my Instagram and leave me a comment.  Have a wonderful, and crafty, weekend!

Happy Howl-idays! | Honey Bee Stamps

 Happy Wednesday crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing a card that features Honey Bee Stamps' new, and so adorable, Riding By...Holiday Style stamp set and coordinating dies!  This is a fun holiday add-on set for the Bicycle Builder die set that has lots of options for your holiday cards.

First I worked on my background layer. I used a piece of patterned paper from the current "free BEE", a beautiful vintage holiday paper pack that's free with your qualifying purchase. I die cut it with the second largest Sweet Stacks: Rectangles. Then I die cut some white glitter paper with the hill die from the Horizon Slimline Borders Honey Cuts. I trimmed it into two 4" hills and adhered them to the patterned paper with Bee Creative glue. 

I made the evergreen tree by stenciling the tree using the Farmhouse Tree Details stencil. I first stenciled the base layer lightly with Rustic Wilderness Distress Oxide ink and my Background Blender brush. I positioned the second layer of the tree over the first and applied a heavier layer of Rustic Wilderness ink. Then I used the tree die from the Farmhouse Tree Builder Honey Cuts to die cut it. I added white dots to the tree with my white gel pen and adhered the tree to the card. I trimmed off the overhanging part of the tree and then I adhered the piece to a top-folding A2 card base.

I die cut the Bicycle Builder pieces from some red glitter paper, silver matte, and black card stock. I adhered the pieces together with Bee Creative glue.

Next I stamped the images and sentiment from the Riding By... Holiday Style stamp set with Intense Black ink. I colored all the images with my Copic markers and used the coordinating Honey Cuts to cut them out. After I adhered the images to the bicycle I added very narrow strips of thin foam tape to the back. Then I decided to stamp the tiny snowflakes that are also in the Riding By...Holiday Style set. I put the card in my MISTI, positioned the bicycle (without adhering) and then placed the snowflake stamps where I wanted them. I removed the bicycle, patted on my anti-static pouch, inked up the stamps with Versamark and stamped them. I added some white embossing powder and heat set it. and then added it to my card. Here's a super close-up photo for you to see the details:

I added some fun details to the dog's scarf, the little tree, and the bow with a white gel pen. Then I added some sparkle to the lights by dotting on Nuvo White Blizzard glitter drops. The sparkle on the large tree are some red gem from the Vintage Holiday Gem Stickers set.

Before I finish my blog post I wanted to share with you this awesome new Bee Creative Tool Caddy from Honey Bee! I am really enjoying using it to keep my most-used tools right in from of me. Honey Bee has a lot of new products from this tool caddy to foam tape. If you type "bee creative" in the search bar, you will find lots of awesome new products for your everyday card making.

Well, I think our pup is enjoying his bicycle ride!  Be sure to check out the set to see all of the other holiday options for your bicycle!  Thank you so much for stopping by today!

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Christmas Card with Lovely Layers: Anemones | Honey Bee Stamps

Happy Wednesday crafty friends!  Today I'm sharing a sparkly holiday card using Honey Bee Stamps newest Lovely Layers: Anemone die set!

I started by creating my background with lots of sparkly heat embossing.  After I masked the center of my card panel I stamped the Falling Snow background stamp with Versamark and heat set BEE Kind embossing powder on it.  I rotated the panel 180º and stamped it again and added White Puff Twinkle embossing powder.  After I heat set it I added the NEW Bee Creative Double Sided Sticky red tape to the edges of the stamping and sprinkled on BEE Kind embossing powder and heat set it.

Next I added thin strips of silver card stock and trimmed the panel to 4" x 5-¼".  Then I adhered it to a top-folding A2 card base.

Next I die cut all of the pieces of the Lovely Layers: Anemone from 80# Neenah.  Then I used a few Copic markers to color them.  For the flowers I used BG34, BG11, AND BG10.  The leaves are colored with G29, G17, and G09.  I used Bee Creative glue to adhere the layers and to add them to the card. I did use a few foam squares on the flower to pop it up.

I stamped the sentiment from Inside: Holiday Sentiments (I love how these also work on the card front!) in Intense Black ink and die cut it with the coordinating die.  I popped it up with a thin foam strip.

I had fun making this sparkly Christmas card--it was really easy too!  Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Mixed Media Thank You Card with Fall Pumpkins | Rubbernecker Stamps

 Hi crafty friends!  Today I have a fun mixed-media thank you card using Rubbernecker Stamps new Fall Pumpkins set!  I had so much fun making this card with inking, coloring, and embossing!  I've shared all of my steps to make this below!

Card base and layer:

• Die cut a piece of 4" x 5-¼" Neenah Desert Storm card stock with the Diamonds die.
• Next I used a Versamarker Watermark Pen to trace around the diamond openings and the edge of the card.
• I actually intended to do this very neatly, however, that was a fail! LOL!  So I went with the kind of "messy" look and intentionally went a little sloppy with the Versamarker pen.  Then I sprinkled on some gold sparkle embossing powder and heat set it.
• Repeat with the pen and heat embossing until you're happy with the look.
• Ink the edges and openings with Walnut Stain Distress ink.
• I thought I'd add more sparkle and splashed on some gold metallic paint drops with a paintbrush!
• Add foam tape to the back and adhere to an A2 card base.

Images and sentiment:

• I wanted to color the images with my Copic markers before adding the embossing powder.  I've heard that embossing powder and Copics are not friends!
• So first I used my MISTI to stamp the pumpkins, leaf stems, and berries with no-line coloring ink onto 80# Neenah card stock.  Leave the stamps on the MISTI door!
• TIP:  Using a stamp positioning tool such as the MISTI is essential for this technique.  After I finished the images, I placed the card stock back into the MISTI, patted on anti-static powder, and stamped them again.  This time I used Versamark clear embossing ink.
• Sprinkle on gold glitter embossing powder and heat set.
• Fussy cut the images.
• Die cut the script portion of the You die three times from 80# Neenah card stock.  Press your Versamark ink pad onto one of the die cuts to cover completely.  Add the gold glitter embossing powder and heat set.
• Adhere the three "You" die cuts together, with the embossed layer on top.
• Die cut the shadow for the "you" twice, once from white card stock, and another time from Neenah Desert Storm.  Adhere the script "you" to the white shadow.
• Ink up the edges of the Desert Storm shadow with Walnut Stain Distress ink. Adhere, offset, beneath the white shadow.
• Stamp the "thank" in black ink.  This is from the Thanks Set and I actually masked of the "s" and the comma with masking tape--ink up the stamp--remove the tape--and stamp onto white card stock.  Trim and adhere to the "you" layers with a foam square.
• Die cut white card stock with a Grass die, color with Copics, and trim to 4".  Adhere to the base of the card.
• Adhere the pumpkins and leaves with glue.  I did use foam tape to adhere the pumpkin on the right.
• Finish up by adding drops of Caribbean Ocean Nuvo Crystal Drops here and there around the images.

Well, if you stuck around through all of my crafty fun, thank you!  I always so appreciate you!!!

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