The card I am sharing today is again made using the Stampin’ Up! Honeybee Home stamp set, along with the Hive 3D Embossing Folder.

My challenge for today is the Can You Handle The Pressure – their all-time theme is Day/Heat Embossing.

Also, the Krafty Chicks Challenge — anything goes

My card base is Basic White card stock. The art piece was cropped using the next to the largest  Scalloped Contour Dies.  I used the negative as a frame for the piece.  I embossed it using the Hive 3D Embossing Folder.

I colored the art panel using Old Olive and Misty Moonlight ink using Blending Brushes.  I stamped some of the flowers from the Stampin’ Up! Honeybee Home stamp set and cropped some from the Honeybee Blooms Dies.  I colored all using Stampin’ Blends Markers in Poppy Parade, So Saffron, Highland Heather, and Soft Succulent.

I arranged the flowers on the art panel, took a picture so I would remember the arrangement, then adhered them to the panel using Multipurpose Liquid Glue and Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.  I colored a length of a scrap of ribbon with a Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Marker, making a bow after drying.  I thought being an alcohol marker it would dry very quick, I found that out by getting the ink on my fingers.  I made a bow and popped it over the flowers on the art panel.  I popped the art panel back into the negative portion that is the frame.  This is a good way to save card stock if you are cropping a piece, use the negative portion and it looks like an added layer.

The greeting is from a stamp set I received for OnTour so I am not sure about showing it.  I stamped it in Memento Black ink on a scrap of Basic White card stock then fussy cut it to match the shape of the greeting. Using a Blending Brush I brushed Misty Moonlight ink over the greeting.  Using a Wink of Stella pen, I flicked the clear Stella over the card from giving it sparkle, you can see it in certain spots on the card front, all to do with the light shining on the card.   I put Wink of Stella all over the bee and popped him at the top of the flowers.

I cropped another panel of Basic White card stock and colored it as I had colored the art piece for the card front.  I stamped the greeting in Memento Black ink along with the flower.  I colored the flower using So Saffron and Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends Markers.

A medium Basic White envelope gets stamped with stamps from the Stampin’ Up! Very Versailles stamp set to the envelope flap using Old Olive ink.

If you would like to create this card all the products used are in the post instead of at the end of the post as they usually are.

Thank you for stopping by today. I hope you took the time to linger and look at my other blog post and cards and that you will join me on my stamping journey as I share my cards with you each day.  My hope and wish are that you will be inspired to create amazing creations yourself. Feel free to CAS(E) any card. Any questions you may have, you know you can always contact me.  Have a blessed day!

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Paper Pumpkin

WHAT IS PAPER PUMPKIN?

Paper Pumpkin is Stampin’ Up!’s monthly One-Stop Box™ that offers a unique variety of paper projects for subscribers of any skill level to enjoy! These thoughtfully-themed and all-inclusive craft kits encourage you to explore your creativity, try new techniques, and discover your potential in paper crafting.

ABOUT THE KIT

Name: Change Is Beautiful

This kit includes:

• Change is Beautiful Photopolymer Stamp Set
• Melon Mambo Classic Stampin’ Spot®
• Printed card bases
• Printed envelopes
• Printed, shaped die cuts
• Iridescent sea glass
• Dimensionals

Card size: 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ (10.8 x 14 cm)

Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Balmy Blue, Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Crushed Curry, Evening Evergreen, Granny Apple Green, Melon Mambo.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Use in Creating This Card

Honeybee Home Cling Stamp Set (English) [157943] $22.00	Old Olive Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154892] $9.00	Hive 3 D Embossing Folder [157955] $9.00	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $9.75
Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102584] $8.75	Poppy Parade Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154958] $9.00	Highland Heather Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154887] $9.00	Soft Succulent Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [155521] $9.00
So Saffron Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [154905] $9.00	Misty Moonlight Classic Stampin’ Pad [153118] $7.50	Old Olive Classic Stampin’ Pad [147090] $7.50	Blending Brushes [153611] $12.00
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $4.00	Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals [144108] $4.00

 Card Cuts

Basic White card stock

• card base — 4-1/4″ x 11″ scored & folded at 5-1/2″
  • cropped art panel and embossed panel — 4″ x 5-1/4″
  • flowers — 4-1/4″ x 11″
  • inside panel — cropped using 2nd largest Scalloped Contour Dies

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