Honey Bee – Bee Mine Blog Hop – Day 2

Uncategorized | January 7, 2020

Hello, sweet friends and happy Tuesday!! Welcome to Day 2 of the Honey Bee Stamps Bee Mine Release Blog Hop!!! I hope that you were able to hop along for Day 1 yesterday!! We have even more inspiration using the new goodies from the Bee Mine Release today!!

You should have arrived here from the super talented Emily Midgett’s Blog. You can also start at the beginning on the Honey Bee Blog. Be sure to visit each stop on the hop (listed below) and comment along the way for your chance to win a $25 gift card to the Honey Bee Shop!!!

Let’s get to my projects!!

This first one combines several new products for this “Hogs and Kisses” card! I began by die-cutting my background panels from red & white cardstock using the Fluttering Hearts Coverplate and Fluttering Hearts Pierced Coverplate Dies. I absolute LOVE these dies and want to use them on EVERYTHING!!! They layer up perfectly so that the pierced hearts show through the die-cut hearts and create the best textured background!! Oh, the possibilities!!

Next, I stamped the pig from Bad Influence (how cute is he?) with Fadeout ink, colored it with Copic markers and cut it out with the Coordinating Honey Cut. I used the XOXO Honey Cuts to cut the “XOXO” from red and white cardstock and vellum. After layering and adhering them together, I added some Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the top layer for some shine. “Hogs and Kisses”, also from Bad Influence, was white heat embossed onto red cardstock and cut out with the Coordinating Die.

The pig and ‘XOXO” were popped up onto the die-cut background with foam adhesive. I felt that the pig need a little something, so I white heat embossed one of the squares from the Valentine Patterns stamp set onto red cardstock, cut it out with a heart die included in the XOXO Honey Cuts and popped it up with foam tape. I added Crystal Glaze to the heart and a black glaze pen to the little piggy’s eyes for even more shine!!

I couldn’t wait to play with the new Treat Shop Add-On stamp set and Coordinating Honey Cuts and used them to create the cutest little ice cream parlor on my second card!!

I started out with the House Builder Die set to die-cut the cardbase and front of the building. I wanted the parlor to look more like a little house, so I also pulled some dies (the door and scalloped trim around the window and door) from the Gingerbread House Add-On set and the window frame and curtains from the original House Builder Dies.

I stamped the images from the Treat Shop Add-On set onto Bristol Smooth paper with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink, colored them with watercolor markers and cut them out with theCoordinating Dies. The roof and awning were die-cut twice. I trimmed along the score lines and adhered them together to create the stripes. All of the elements were adhered as shown, popping up the bottom of the roof, sign and awning with foam tape. A few Hug Me Candy Hearts were added along the bottom of the scalloped roof.

Here is another project that I created as a sneak peek on the Honey Bee Blog last week. I provided links to the products used under the project.

Bee Mine (Free Bee with $50 purchase, Fluttering Hearts Coverplate Die, Fluttering Hearts Pierced Coverplate Die

Your next stop on the hop is the incredible Ilda Dias!! Here is a complete list of stops on the hop:

Be sure to comment along the way for your chance to win a $25 gift card to the Honey Bee Shop!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!! I hope you found lots of ideas and inspiration to use in your projects!! Happy hopping!!!

I’ll see you soon!!!

42 Comments

  4. Wow, fabulous group of cards, Brenda! Love the ice cream parlor and piggy cards. The hearts really make him pop!

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  7. So many cute cards. Love the ice cream parlor.
    Love to make the more detailed cards like that.
    the “hog and kisses” sentiment is great.
    thanks for sharing
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  8. Don’t know which is more adorable the pig or the bee. Like how the two heart dies work together to add so much texture and dimension.

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  11. Wowza, such fun cards, colored to perfection! The bee and pig are so adorbs.
    But the ice cream parlor is spectacular!

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  14. May I give you addresses? J/K! All of your cards are completely adorable! The ice cream shop as such sweet colors and those little hearts have such a nice touch. The pig is very cute and I like the way you layered the sentiment over the XOXO die cut. Your bee with the blended colors coming through in the heart die cuts! Lots of fun ideas to make my own Valentine cards better! Thanks for sharing!

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  17. Fabulous cards! Love the details on your ice cream parlor scene! The pig and bee cards are awesome with all the hearts in the backgrounds, and your scene with the balloons is beautiful!

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  22. Your treat shop is super sweet!! I love the design!! That little piggy has stole the show in this release I believe. He is a darling and your cards are adorable!!!

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  24. Wow, you really created some great cards there. I ordered a bunch from this release, but think I’m gonna have to go back and get that super cute pig!

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  29. Wow, all the cards look great. The 2 hearts coverplates look great together and the sweets add on is such a cute scene.

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  41. Oh wow, the colours are fantastic. That ickle pig is just too cute. So many fab new sets… which ones to get ❤️

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