Busy Bees

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   Oh my goodness! The Stampin' Up catalog year is quickly coming to a close. While I'm looking forward to playing with products from the new catalog and sharing them with you, I feel like I have to ink up some retiring stamps before they're gone. And I realized that I haven't played with the "Honey Bee" stamp set (retiring) hardly at all! I honestly don't understand why Stampin' Up is letting this bundle retire--it was so popular! If you want it, you'll need to act fast because the stamp set and matching Detailed Bee Dies (retiring) are only available while supplies last and will retire at midnight EDT on June 2nd. You can save 10% off their individual prices if you purchase the Honey Bee bundle. If you want these goodies, you can click on the thumbnails at the end of this post and you'll be sent to my online store where you can make your purchase.

So with all that out of the way, let's take a look at the card I made. I must say, I'm really pleased with how it turned out!

I used my Stamparatus to stamp the bee image in Soft Suede Ink onto Watercolor Paper. This allows me to stamp the image several times so that the ink gets into all the nooks and crannies. Then I used a slightly wet Aqua Painter (discontinued--but there will be a replacement!) to pick up the ink and color the bee's wings and stripes. Once that dried, I stamped the image again to fill in the details in the wings. I cut each bee out with the matching Detailed Bee Die (retiring).

I adhered a 3-3/4" by 5" piece of Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper (retiring) to a 4" by 5-1/4" Soft Suede Card Stock mat and then onto a Crumb Cake Card Stock card base. 

Next, I laid down a light Soft Suede Ink wash with my Aqua Painter onto a Watercolor Paper scrap and when it dried I stamped a sentiment from the "Honey Bee" set (retiring) in Soft Suede Ink. I cut this out with an oval Stitched Shapes Die and adhered it to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals. I also
adhered the bees to the card with Stampin' Dimensionals.

Remember, you only have a few days to get these retiring products, so act quickly if you want them!

Stay safe! Stay healthy!

tams# 45457

Product List

Honey Bee Bundle [153792] $41.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad [147115] $7.50	Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [120953] $8.75	Soft Suede 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [115318] $8.75
Come Sail Away Designer Series Paper [149481] $11.50	Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper [149612] $9.00	Stitched Shapes Dies [152323] $30.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Stamparatus [146276] $49.00

Creation Station: Cream of the Crop Shake Up

#stampinup   #creationstation   #faithfulinkspirations   Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! It's time for another inspiring hop with the Creation Station Design team! This month we're pulling out all the stops for our “Cream of the Crop Shake Up” interactive cards. Our task, should we choose to accept it, is to pick our MOST favorite stamp set or bundle and then challenge ourselves to put together a playful, interactive card that shakes, flips, or spins. I've been wanting to play with the Honey Bee Bundle and coordinating Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper. These really are my most favorites--I don't know why I haven't played with them yet. So I got them out and set to work.

I was inspired by a spinner pop-up card I saw over at the Mitosu Crafts blog. Thankfully, Jay posted a video tutorial that could follow because I could never engineer paper like Jay did!  If you're going to try to make a spinner pop-up, I have two words of advice: patience and practice! Jay makes it look so easy, but if you're like me, you're going to need some fiddly time to get the mechanism just right. But it's doable and the results are so fun!

Take a look at the janky video I made, opening my card.

I used a large Stitched Rectangle Die to cut the center out of a 4" by 5-1/4" Whisper White Panel so that I could reserve that card stock to use later for the elements of my card. I adhered a 3-3/4" by 5" piece of  Golden Honey Specialty DSP on top and then a 1" by 3-3/4" strip from the same DSP. I wrapped a length of Basic Black Glittered Organdy Ribbon around everything before adhering to a Basic Black Card Stock card base.

I stamped a sentiment from the "Honey Bee" stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White Card Stock (reserved from the center of the mat) and then cut it out with a Stitched Nested Label Die. I used the same die to cut a piece of Gold Foil. I trimmed the Whisper White piece so that it would fit into the Gold Foil Frame.

I cut two honeycomb pieces using one of the Detailed Bee Dies. I left some of the hexagon pieces in place and adhered it to the card. I used another Detailed Bee Die to cut out the bee from the Golden Honey Specialty DSP--it fits perfectly!!

Inside the card, I added some more Golden Honey Specialty DSP. I stamped some bees from the "Honey Bee" set in Memento Tuxedo Black onto the reserved Whisper White and cut them out with their matching Detailed Bee Dies. I cut a Whisper White rectangle with a Stitched Rectangle Die and stamped the "hello" and flower from the "Honey Bee" set in Tuxedo Black. 

Two more bees from the DSP and the second honeycomb finish the inside--no wait! I added some Wink of Stella to the bees' wings and to the flowers.

I hope I've inspired you with my project. For more inspiration, hop on over to Dena's blog!

You can order all the supplies I used to make this card by clicking on the thumbnails below. They'll send you right to my online store. Purchase the Honey Bee Bundle (item 153792), Wink of Stella (item 141897), and the Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad (item 132708) and you'll be able to get the Golden Honey Specialty DSP (item 152311) for FREE during Sale-a-Bration. But hurry: 
Sale-a-Bration ends on March 31st!

tams# 41926

Product List

Honey Bee Bundle [153792] $41.25	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121045] $8.75	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75
Golden Honey Specialty Designer Series Paper [152311] $0.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $5.00	Stitched Nested Labels Dies [149638] $35.00	Black 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon [147897] $8.50
Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $8.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00	Tear & Tape Adhesive [138995] $7.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00
Simply Scored [122334] $30.00	Paper Snips [103579] $10.00