Honey to the Bee - #GDP066

WELCOME 

Today I have created a project using 4 yes FOUR

different stamp sets a die set + the GORGEOUS and NEW 

Hexagonal Dynamic TIEF.

Thanks for coming to my blog today! We are being highlighted internationally by Kylie Bertucci and you are able to VOTE for my project. The top ten winners will get to be part of an international blog hop so please vote for my project. You can do that here - VOTE from the 29th Dec 2017
Our theme for this highlight is encouragement as we all need a kind word said to us to build us up.

I wanted to make a card for the weeks challenge over at Global Design Project, as I saw their sketch and had this idea forming from it. 

You will see 4 upcoming and soon to be released to the public items, from the *NEW* Occasions Catalogue used for this card project.

Showing how all of our products at Stampin' Up!® work so well together!

Here is the Sketch from GDP for the challenge #066.

and here is my card that I created using the sketch above.

 "HONEY TO THE BEE"

#Hardwood #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Cooltreats #Dragonflydreams #Hexagonaldynamictief #KOCreationscards #Handmadecards #Australianmade #Giftoflove #Honeybees #Sweet

CARD STOCK:

Crushed Curry, Basic Black, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla and Water Colour Paper.

STAMPS:

*Dragonfly Dreams* 142924, *Cool Treats* 142982, Touches of Texture 2 of 2, Hardwood.

EMBOSSING FOLDERS AND DIES:

Layering Ovals Framelits, *Hexagonal Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder* 143231

TOOLS:

Big Shot, Paper Piercing Tool, Sponge Brayer, Aqua Painter, Stampin Trimmer and Paper Snips.

INKS:

Crushed Curry, Chocolate Chip, Basic Grey, Crumb Cake and Stazon Jet Black.

EPHEMERA:

Bakers Twine Basic Black, 3 x *Falling in Love Embellishments* 142791

ADHESIVES:

Glue Dots, Tear and Tape, Fine-Tip Glue Pen and Stampin' Dimensionals.

SIDE VIEW

"HONEY TO THE BEE"

#Hardwood #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Cooltreats #Dragonflydreams #Hexagonaldynamictief #KOCreationscards #Handmadecards #Australianmade #Giftoflove #Honeybees #Sweet

Making this card I realised just how versatile Stampin' Up! really is. 

Everything works in partnership with nearly ANY product we have or can easily fit with another theme!!

And this new Occasions Catalogue WOW...If you haven't got your copy yet then PLEASE let me know. At the top of my page I have catalogue form requests...Just go there and fill out your details and I can send you a NEW Occasions Catalogue for FREE!

BASIC DIRECTIONS:

• Cut your card base from Crushed Curry A4 sheet at 10.5 cm  length ways and then score and fold in half. 
• Cut the two sets of layers to fit the front and inside, I just eyeballed them to get my sizing so I had a small edge for both.
• Stamp the front with the Hardwood Background Stamp 1 fully and one by only stamping half of the stamp up with ink and then gently dabbing away some ink with a baby wipe. Join both sets of layers together.
• Die cut the oval shape window from the layer that is fully inked and stamped up. Do this by using the second largest plain Oval Framelit die. 
• Cut a frame for this window using Very Vanilla card stock and the Largest and the second largest oval Framelits. 
• Die cut a piece of Crushed curry using the largest plain Oval Framelit Die. 
• Run this oval shape through the Big Shot with the *Hexagonal Dynamic TIEF. (WOW I adore this thing!!!!)
• Sponge with the Sponge Brayer using Crushed Curry over the top of the embossed oval. Then using an Aqua Painter, colour the inside of the hexagonal (the small part) with Crushed Curry. Once coloured fill some random hollows with Glue from the Fine-tip Glue pen. Let dry! 
• Once dry cut out some of the small inner hexagons. Back this embossed and coloured oval with a piece of Chocolate Chip.
• Using Water Colour Paper Stamp a Bumble bee from the *Dragonfly Dreams stamp set and 5 bees from the Touches Of Texture Stamp set in Stazon Black. Colour them using Crushed Curry Stampin' Write Marker or your Aqua Painter and Crushed Curry Ink.
• Fussy Cut them out!
• Cut a length of Basic Black Bakers Twine (enough to wrap around at least 4 times) Tie the *Falling in Love embellishment in place to the bakers twine.
• Stamp you sentiment using the sentiment from the *Cool Treats Stamp Set onto Very Vanilla, cut and adhere to back of the embellishment using a Glue Dot.
• Glue your embossed oval in place, then adhere the front layers with dimensionals to the base.
• Adhere the other two embellishments in place and then attach Bees in desired places with Glue dots remembering to add one inside :)

OPEN VIEW

"HONEY TO THE BEE"

#Hardwood #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Cooltreats #Dragonflydreams #Hexagonaldynamictief #KOCreationscards #Handmadecards #Australianmade #Giftoflove #Honeybees #Sweet

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For You Anything - #CTC009

Welcome to my blog.

This is where I share my creations with you all. Sometimes I share tutorials and techniques here along with the cards I created using those techniques. Other times I enter my creations into challenges, then share them with you all here. 

Today is a day where I share with cards I entered into this weeks challenge over at www.jessieholton.com for her weekly Case This Card Challenge. This week we are CASEing Louise Jappe's card  pictured below.

I decided for my CASE I would use the colour scheme that she used for her card

Sweet Sugar Plum

Bermuda Bay

Melon Mambo

Dapper Denim (sentiment)

Blushing Bride

Pear Pizzazz

For my cards I chose the Hostess stamp set called 'Fabulous Flora' 

This stamp set becomes available to my hostess's as a choice to purchase when holding a workshop, or party. You can even hold your party online!

Without further ado I present to you my card entry for #CTC009 

'For You Anything'

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

For this card I used a water colouring technique with Aqua Painters and Ink pads. I stamped my image onto thick Whisper White in Stazon Black then proceeded to water colour. I coloured the flower in Blushing Bride the melon Mambo. The stems and leaves have been coloured in Pear Pizzazz. The centre of the large flower has been coloured using Crushed Curry. For the back ground I used a mix of Bermuda Bay and Dapper Denim.

As the stamp indicates a messier style of painting, I let the colours bleed outside the lines in some areas. 

I added the sentiment onto a Sweet Sugarplum strip of card, which I then cut into a ribbon shape. This was adhered using Stampin' Dimensionals.

I left the card front as clean as possible, something new for me :)

'Inside View'

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

I used the same process for the inside, making sure that I stamped the image of the paper. This leaves heaps of clean space for a personal sentiment/note to the recipient.

For my next card I used a technique I had used before, a long long time ago...

Meaning when I was in High School! 

OMG that was like, eons ago!?! 

Hang on ....counting the years.... Jeepers!!! OK I stopped counting at 30 :o hehehe

Anywho I digress. 

I was reminded again of this technique by Juan Ambiba and the colour stamping on dark card stock card, created a couple of days ago. You can see the card by clicking his name.

When I was my high school Art Class, we quite often used water colour pencils on dark/black paper to experiment and create with. 

And well, this was almost exactly the same, the only difference being a stamped image to colour in!!!

 So here is my card using the water colour pencils on dark card stock!

'For you Anything'

done on black card stock

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

Just to ass some interest I used the bumble bee from Touches of Texture set 2 of 2 and after making a mask for the Fabulous Flora image I stamped another floral image. The masking enables me to make the last image appear as if behind the first. 

For the inside of this card,  I stamped as per a normal image on white paper, but coloured with the pencils to keep the same feel and texture.

On the front image, I used clear Wink of Stella on the main flowers and the Bumble Bee after colouring with my pencils.

The sentiment has been created using White emboss powder.

I also added 3 Rhinestone jewels for some added sparkle.

 'Inside View'

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

I thought I would take a picture of both cards together

#Fabulousflora #Touchesoftexture2of2 #Hostessgifts #KOCreationscards #Stampinup #Handmadecards #Cardmaking #CTC009

The card stock used for the card on the left is: Sweet Sugarplum, Whisper White and a piece of floral Blooms and Bliss DSP in Dapper Denim and Mint Macaron.

For the Dark card  I used : Sweet Sugar Plum Whisper White and Basic Black.

If you would like to purchase any of the items I used to create this card, I have listed them for your convenience in the carousal below.

Thank you so very much for stopping by to see my creations. If you have any question please ask in comments below. I always reply!