Hello Honey Bee friends!!! Welcome to day 2 of the Honey Bee Stamps Bee Bold Blog Hop!!! What do you think of the new release? Pretty awesome, huh? All of the new products are available to purchase now!! What’s on your wish list? I’d love to know!
Anyway, let’s get to the hop!! You should have arrived here from the marvelous Emily Midgett’s blog. If you get lost along the way, there is a complete list on the Honey Bee Blog here, or there is a list at the end of this post.
I have two cards to share with you today!!
How fun is the Bill the Bear stamp set? When I first saw it, the fishing stamps really jumped out at me. My dad’s birthday is in October & he loves to fish, so I thought I’d get his birthday card finished a little early!
My idea was to use the negative area of the die-cut letters that spelled “DAD” to create a shaker card that looked like an underwater scene. I began by laying out all the fishing stamps from Bill the Bear and the dies to spell “DAD” from the Bee Bold Alphabet Honey Cuts, to get my placement. After I had everything where I wanted it, I cut “”DAD” from the lower right corner of a white cardstock panel, making sure I saved the center cuts of the letters. All of the fishing images were stamped with Momento Tuxedo Black Ink onto the card panel and colored with Copic markers. I also stamped, colored & fussy cut several fish. Clear Wink of Stella added some sparkle to the fish & dragonflies, then Nuvo Crystal Glaze added shine to all of the fish. I chose a teal background panel for the card & ink blended some Broken China Distress Oxide Ink where it would show through the die-cut area on the front panel. One of the patterns from the Bitty Patterns stamp set was stamped with Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide Ink to create some “waves”. I splattered the ink blended area with water and blotted it with a paper towel. Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops were added to create some “bubbles”. After the fish & “bubbles” were dry, the fish were adhered to the background so they showed through the die-cut area on the front of the card. Seas the Day Confetti Mix and Clear Bubbles Sequin Mix were the perfect combination for my shaker element. Foam adhesive was added to the card front, making sure to not leave any gaps around the die-cut area. Finally, the centers of the die-cut letters were adhered to the acetate, completing the “DAD” shaker window.
Here is my second card…
I love the sentiment from the Truly Great Friends stamp set!! I began by cutting the largest of the Stacking Hearts Honey Cuts from some rainbow pattern paper & heavyweight white cardstock. I adhered the two together to make the heart sturdier. The sentiment from Truly Great Friends was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder onto another sheet of rainbow pattern paper. The Truly Great Friend Honey Cuts were used to cut the rectangle around the sentiment & the scalloped frame from black cardstock. I trimmed a piece of heavyweight white cardstock, that once scored & folded, would be slightly smaller than the sentiment rectangle & form a small card. The scalloped frame & sentiment rectangle was adhered to the front of the small card, then adhered to the center of the heart. I wanted to add a little bling, so I cut a tiny heart with a die from the Bee Organized Honey Cuts from pink glitter paper and adhered it with foam adhesive over the stamped heart in the sentiment.
That’s it for me today!! The next stop on the hop is the talented Kaja Vezensek. Here is a complete list…
Brenda Noelke…you are here!!!
Be sure to leave a comment on each stop along the hop for a chance to win one of two $50 Honey Bee gift certificates!!!
Winners will be announced on the Honey Bee Stamps blog on August 10th here!! Good luck!!!
Wow, your cards are wonderful. Love designs on the dad card. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the inspiration with your DAD card. I love everything about it!
Ooooooh, I loooooove these, especially the DAD card – so very clever!
I love the Dad card. It is hard to find that really good dad stamp or die to make that perfect card for your man in your life. This is it. This card is beautiful!!
I LOVE THEM BOTH! But the Dad one is truly unique! what a great idea!
The heart is sweet but my fave is your DAD card!
Wow, your ‘Dad’ card is the best masculine card I’ve ever seen! Truly! It’s really awesome and just love the whole design of it. I love the ‘friend’ sentiment, too. Cute card.
I’m always looking for masculine card designs, so thank you for the “DAD” card, it’s super cute.
Oh my… the shaker… fantastic… that gorgeous rainbow heart… I can’t stop looking at it… thanks for the inspiration!
Love the rainbow heart and your dad card is such a great masculine card.
These are FABULOUS!
WOW, WOW ! Fantastically fun, bright, cards. The dad card is amazing, the colours, shading, size of letters & that amazing pattern behind them, so fun. Your funky heart card is adorable, so pretty, bright & unusal, id adore to send my very close girl friends a card like that with such a sweet sentiment. Thanks for the brilliant inspiration.
Great use of elements from the new release to make some unique cards.
such a cute way to showcase this stamp !!!!awesome idea
LOVE the Dad card.
Great cards, beautiful coloring. Love the heart.
Awesome cards! Love your clever shaker card, and the heart is just beautiful!
Both awesome cards!! Your dad is going to LOVE that shaker card!!
These are both great.
I’m really loving the dad card. It’s so adorable. Thanks for sharing.
I love that you used the negative space to make a shaker card and your fish are so perfect!
I love your father’s day card! It looks so cool! 🙂
I love the way you used those large letter dies! Too cute!
I LOVE the way that you did the shaker card! That underwater look pulls everything together. I am also a big fan of rainbow color schemes so your other card makes me super happy.
Your Fathers Day card is so creative and fun! I love the negative die cut word and the fun fishing theme.
Amazing cards!!
Super cool card for dad and the heart one is so colorful and pretty! 🙂
Love your cards. That fishing ne is extra wonderful:-)
Gorgeous cards. Love the letters as the shaker. Hugz
What great cards!! Love your colors!
The dad card is precious
Both projects are really terrific!! I love the DAD fishing card because all of the elements work together so well and create such a fun way to celebrate a man who loves to fish and loves his family!! The heart tag is very colorful and has such a nice heart-touching sentiment. Thanks for sharing both!!
Love these cards! The dad card is super fun!
great shaker! luv using all of the accessory stamps aside from the main stamp.
The birthday card you made for you father is awesome! My Dad was a big fishermen too and he would have loved it! I like what you did with the numbers! Your rainbow heart card is so sweet and I really love that sentiment! Great projects!
OMG the DAD card is pure genius. I LOVE it. WOWZERS! You do amazing work
I love your dad card!
Great cards. Love the fishing theme on the first one.
Fun cards! I love that you turned “DAD” into a shaker!!
Love that masculine card! Perfect! The rainbow heart is also beautiful!
I just love your heart friend card! So colorful.
Another reason to buy the Bill the Bear stamp set. Your Dad card is so adorable.
Beautiful, colorful and clever. I really like both cards
Wow, love your cards! The dad card is so special. I am pretty sure your dad is going to love it!
Absolutely fantastic cards! Wonderful designs and coloring. The fishing card in particular is just amazing.
Thanks so much for sharing your beautiful creations!
Love your cards! That DAD card is fantastic and so fun! Beautiful!
Love the card. Perfect for the fish men in the family.
Both your cards are awesome! The DAD card is impressive, I never would have thought of doing a shaker for dad. The little heart card is so cute and colorful, I just love it! Thanks for the inspiration!
I love blog hops because they inspire me to create. Thank you!
I so enjoyed your sneak peeks and these are just as lovely. Thanks for the inspiration.
Your rainbow heart is beautiful
Both of your cards are wonderful but that heart shaped one…love!
My dad would love that as a Father’s Day card. Cute idea!
What a cute idea for a Father’s Day Card. I know my dad would love it!
Too bad Fathers Day is over….that is a fantastic card. Hopefully his birthday is soon.
Really great cards – love them!
What dad wouldn’t love getting this sweet card!? The fish are perfect & they use my favorites colors. Thanks for sharing your design.
Love that Dad card… Bill the Bear has so many great accessories plus they are a great size. Lovely coloring.
Beautiful creations !
Both of these cards are wonderful! I love how you made a shaker card with just the DAD for the opening. The little card on a heart background is really clever 🙂
Awesome cards – LOVE the DAD card
Great cards! What a fun idea to make an underwater scene behind the letters and turn it into a shaker card.
The DAD card is great. Lucky man who gets it.
Your heart card is absolutely gorgeous but your first one is a great masculine one.
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Beautiful cards! I love the variety in this release.
Gorgeous cards! Love the bright colours!!! Your Dad card is adorable!!!
I am loving both of these. I am going to try to do my own version of the underwater scene and some kind of cut out word. Really enjoyed seeing your unique cards, so thank you for sharing them with us.
Love the masculine card. I always struggle with masculine cards.
Thanks so much for the inspiration.
Fabulous!! Love the Dad card!!
Both cards are amazing, the little details that you add really make a difference (thanks for giving the instructions) on them. I’m having a hard time deciding what from this release is “wish list” and what is “must have” LOL 🙂
I like the way you used the Bee Bold Alphabet letters on the Dad card. I love the Friend sentiment. It is very true. I have a friend who fits the bill for me for over 60 years.
Love thw Dad card. Mine loves to fish, so this is special!
Love your shaker and that it’s a decidedly masculine card. That heart is so sweet too!
Wow amazing cards! Especially that Dad card! I love the fish peeking through the letters! Such a great shaker card!!
Such a fun way to create a shaker. Cute rainbow heart.
These are great cards! I love how you did cut the letters to create a shaker for the first one and that colorful heart is terrific with the friends sentiment!