Hello & welcome to Day 2 of the blog hop celebrating Honey Bee’s 4th Anniversary!! Congratulations to Melissa and her team on this wonderful milestone and accomplishment!! Honey Bee has grown by leaps and bounds in the last four years and I, for one, can’t wait to see what the future holds!!
You should have arrived here from the oh-so-talented Bibi Cameron’s Blog!! I have also included a complete list below.
Boy, this release was HUGE!!! I have been having so much fun playing in my craft room!! You can view the new release HERE.
I have two cards to share with you today!! The first features the new Spring Chicks stamp set and Coordinating Honey Cuts, along with lots of other new goodies!!
How fun is this??!! I made this an A7 size, so I could fit everything that I wanted to…LOL!!
I began by stamping the images from Spring Chicks with Momento Tuxedo Black Ink onto white cardstock and coloring them with Copics. I used the Coordinating Honey Cuts to cut them out. Next, I die-cut the Chicken Coop from white, red and yellow cardstock. I colored the coop with Copics to resemble wood grain. The background was cut from Bristol paper using the largest of the Scallop A7 Card Frames Honey Cuts. I used the cloud stencil from Outdoor Scene Builders Set and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide to create the sky. Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxides were blended onto another piece of Bristol and the Grass Border Die was cut from it twice. I cut the bottom of the grass pieces with the Scallop A7 Dies, so that the bottoms would line up nicely. The sentiment (don’t you just love this?), from EGGcelent Sentiments, was white heat embossed onto black cardstock and cut out with the Coordinating Honey Cuts. I wanted to fill in more of the sky, so I cut a few clouds from white cardstock using the Partly Cloudy Honey Cuts. All that was left was to adhere everything together. I used liquid adhesive to adhere the grass, but most of the other images are popped up with foam adhesive for lots of dimension!!
My second card pairs one of the kitties from Oh My Whiskers with a sentiment from Thanks A Bunch…
For this one, I stamped the kitten with the bunch of balloons from Oh My Whiskers onto white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Copics. The Oh My Whiskers Honey Cuts were used to cut out the image. The sentiment, from Thanks A Bunch, was white heat embossed onto black cardstock and cut out with the Coordinating Honey Cuts. I also used the same die to cut a drop shadow from silver glitter paper. For the background, the cloud stencil, from the Outdoor Scene Builder Set (this has to be my most used stencil!), was used with Salty Ocean Distress Oxide on Bristol paper. I trimmed each side of the Bristol panel and matted it with black and white striped pattern paper and black cardstock. The die-cut sentiment and kitten were both popped up with foam adhesive. A Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen adds some sparkle to the balloons, while a healthy coat of Glossy Accents adds lots of shine. I used a black glaze pen to make the kitten’s eyes stand out a little more. Finally, a sprinkling of Aurora Lights Confetti Mix finishes off the card nicely!!
Here are a couple of cards that I shared earlier in the week…
View blog post HERE. Supplies: Fluttering By stamp set and Coordinating Honey Cuts
View blog post HERE. Supplies: Oh My Whiskers stamp set & Coordinating Honey Cuts, Purrrfect Sentiments & Coordinating Honey Cuts, Deckle Edge A2 Honey Cuts, Grass Border, Outdoor Scene Builder Stencils
Well, I am the last stop on the hop!! You can start at the beginning of Day 2 HERE or go back to Day 1 HERE!
Here is a complete list of all of the stops on the Day 2 Hop:
Keiko Ichikawa
Kelly Latevola
Vera Yates
Cathy Zielske
Carly Minner
Laura Bassen
Lisa Cisneros
Jo Ann Danchik
Emily Midgett
Jessica Frost Ballas
Bibi Cameron
Brenda Noelke<<<THAT’S ME>>>
Me sure to comment along the way for you chance to win a fabulous prize pack of products from the new release!!! Todays winner will receive the Spring Fling Prize Pack which includes: Spring Peony stamp and Dies, Spring Fling Paper Pad, Spring Fling Enamel Dots, and the Radiant Background Stencil!!!
There are also some gift with purchase promos going on: purchase of $35 gets a free bee stamp, purchase of $75 gets the free bee stamp & die, purchase of $100 or more gets the free bee stamp, die AND the bee enamel pin. The enamel pins are not available for sale. Only a gift with purchase.
Thanks so much for joining me today!! Happy shopping!!!
Love your cards! 🙂
Happy 4th to Honey Bee! Such cute illustrations! Love the Spring Chicks!
Your card creations are amazing! I love, love, love the chickens and the chicken coop! Going through the blog, I have fallen in love with it more and more! You did an amazing job using this set. I also think your cloud background with the cat is so super awesome! He looks like he is floating by! The butterflies are gorgeous and I love how it looks like a splash of color! The cats in the boot are amazing, and I love the way the dots are different colors on the boot! Super job on all your creations!
So many great cards! I should choose a favorite, but how!? oh never mind, cluck it 🙂 haha
Love that sentiment!
Love them all, but I smiled at the rainbow dot boots!
Beautiful cards shared during the sneak peeks and today. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
The curious, sweet kitties are so precious. I LOVE this scene. And the chicken card is great–I love how you used a scalloped edge with a tiny amount of red showing from behind. NICE
Wow! So many fun cards. That chicken just makes me laugh. Your chicken coop coloring is amazing. Very impressive. Your butterfly card is so pretty. All of your cards are great. Thank you.
Funtastic cards. Love the snarky
sentiment. The background of the
second is gorgeous – so much depth.
thanks for sharing.
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So many wonderful cards and love that sentiment on the Spring Chicks!
All your cards are beautifully created,but the butterfly card has to be my fave! Congrats to Honey Bee on your 4th birthday. Wishes for many more to come! 🙂
Wow!! All your cards are so adorable & colorful! I love that sentiment on your first card!!
So much I love in your cards but the little polka dot rain boot is over the top adorable!
The chicken is so cute
Such fun and adorable cards. Thanks for sharing.
Very nice cards. The kitten with the balloons is one of my favorite images from this release.
Well, I was going to pick a favorite but that is impossible! Great cards, great stamps!
Oh my, such cute cards! I’m lovin’ the cute chick, the pretty kitties and awesome butterfly cards! You have outdone yourself–and so has Honey Bee for creating such awesome new products. Congrats to all!
Wow! Fabulous cards and colouring!!!
Awesome release! Your cards are fantastic! The pink and yellow butterfly totally caught my eye!
Lovely cute cards. Love them all but my personal preference is teh cat flyinhg with a bunch of baloons with teh sentiment Bunch of thanks. Oh i love it so much.hugs
What an adorable card with the chicken
Wow! Fantastic cards!
Love all this sweet cards.
Beautiful work. Love those polka dot boots.
Your cards are amazing ! I specially love the butterflies and also the kitties in the boot.
Super sweet cards! Love!
Love your cards!! Happy Birthday Honey Bee!
Such a fabulous set of cards!! Your chick makes me smile. Love the sentiment!
All of your cards are lovely. Adore the butterflies. But all the kitties are stealing the show! They’re all so sweet & precious & cute!!
Love all of your cards! That chicken card might be my favorite . . or the cats in the boot . .. or, well, just all of them.
Such a cute card! I love it!
cute, cute, cute
“Cluck it!”. How cute is that! Love your rain boots too! Adorable cards!
Your cards are so beautiful and so much work! Thanks for sharing your talent!
Such a wonderful group of cards but I have to say that my favorite is the chick. I just love this chick and the saying just says it all 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing!
Wow! All the projects on the blog hop have been amazing! What a wonderful way to celebrate such a momentous occasion!!!!
I LOVE the butterflies! The kitties are too cute! And that funny chicken! Great job!
Super sweet cards. Love the kitties.
Super cute cards! Your coloring on the chicken card is AMAZING!
Your cards are so wonderful. The kitties are adorable. Thanks for sharing your fabulous inspiration.
Great cards! The kitties are so precious!
These are all so cute!!! I would be thrilled to receive such cuteness in the mail!!! TFS
hugs,
joni
Happy 4th anniversary!! Love the chicken!
All adorable! I really loved the watercoloring on the butterflies!
Awesome release and awesome cards! Congrats to Honey Bee on your 4th Birthday.
Love your cards, perfect!
I just love your cards. Such lovely cheerful cards. Anyone would be happy to receive them in the mail.
All of your cards are gorgeous! That chick one is so much fun and I love the sentiment! The butterflies card is absolutely stunning!
This is such a great release. The cards are awesome
Lovely cards!
These are all so fun and fantastic, and beautifully coloured, too! I love how the sentiments get cut out with the coordinating dies – very different and cool look from the usual “straight strips” – great idea!
amazing set of cards! love the polka dot boot!
What sweet cards. I love the kitties and the butterfly card is beautiful. TFS!
Beautiful cards and coloring. Must admit I like the Fluttering By – butterflies are a favorite. Always on my wish list are butterfly sets. Happy 4th Beeday!
wow your cards are fantastic – thanks for sharing:)
I love the kitten holding the balloon! Your cloud background is great.
Last but not least and sooooo worth it !!! LOVE these cards.That chicken ?!?! hilarious and the kitties ? too adorbs . I love the polka dots on the boot !! Fab hun !!
Such cute cards. I wondered about the chicken coop die being too specific (Easter only) but then heard suggestions of other uses (dog house, bird house) and thought ok, that makes sense!
All of your cards are fabulous. Love the chicken coop.
OMG those chicken sentiments, I LOL’d
Your cards are terrific! I especially loved the polka dot rain boot in the last card. So fun!
Love these awesome cards!
Cute cards!
This 4th birthday release is such a fun release. It has cute, snarky, and pretty.
All of your cards are fabulous!! Your coloring is awesome!! You really did a wonderful job!!
This chicken is so cute, lots of fun details and great coloring! Wow, the butterflies – so beautiful. My favorite thing from this release.
Fantastic set of cards!! Each one is so beautiful and adorable 🙂 I love your choice of colors and the coloring! 🙂
Your oh my whiskers card from earlier in the week was my favorite! I know it was not for the two day hop, but that set of wellies with the cute kitties in it, and the polka dots on the wellies, well I might have just jumped camp from dogs to cats! Don’t tell my family, or our dog! 😉 Super cute and I also really like your loose watercolor of the butterflies! Oh my, so beautiful! But your chick card with the coop! That is such love poured into the card; I hope the recipient knows how much time and thought you put into that. It is awesome!!! Truly great work for a fourth birthday celebration!!!!
What wonderful cards but the chicken one stole my heart!!
Super cute cards! Love them all!
Darling! How did you make the polk-a-dots so perfect on the rubber boot? Thanks.
Love all the cards you made. The chickens and kitties are super cute.
Your cards are so pretty! I love all the sweet critters.
Love your cards. Very beautiful.