Bee Happy!

Good Morning Crafty Friends!

It is Pam from Stamper at Heart Blog sharing ideas with you!  Before we get started I wanted to remind you that we are having a sale in our online store!!  So don't miss out!!
Now onto today's project! I am using the new Collection In Stitches.  If you haven't checked out this collection please take a peek it is just adorable!

Designer Steps:

 1.  Cut a white piece of card stock 4  5 1/4 use a hexagon stencil to add the honey comb to the top of the card

 2.  Cut a piece of DP 3 1/2 x 4 and glue to the lower half of the card

 3.  Using the largest die from the Pierced Wide Rectangle Frame Set and cut out of white card stock save the inside piece

 4.  Before you glue the frame to the front of the card add the black and white twine

 5.  Use foam tape on the rectangle frame and pop to the card as shown

 6.  Cut all of the pieces from the Stitched Honey Bees die out of white card stock

 7.  Use copic markers to shade and color the bees and hive.  On the inside retangle stamp bee happy then glue the retangle flat to the center of the frame

 8. Cut the wings out of vellum.  Glue the hive and little bee trails to the card then add the bees and sequins to finish

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Blessings

Pam

Stitched HB2U Birthday

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Saturday edition of the Blog. Hope you are staying warm during this cold snap that is currently with us.

Here is some good news that comes in the middle of winter! We have a new release of dies. There is a In-Stitches release with 12 new dies and a Spring release with 21 new designs. And, some other good news is that for a limited time, you can get the new dies at 25% off. Just in time to create your Easter or Springs cards.

Today, I am using the new Stitched Alphabet, Stitched Owl and Bird and the Stitched Sun, Clouds and Umbrella dies to create a birthday card for a little girl.  So let's get started with some details on how I created my card.

Step 1: Since I was creating an outdoor scene, I started by sponging my cardstock with distress inks. I used tumbled glass and mowed green lawn on distress ink cardstock.

I sprayed the panel with a mister to move the ink around a bit and get a more muted look.

I used my heat tool to speed up the drying process. I like the water spots and how the ink splattered a bit in the comer of the card.

Step 2: I started cutting my images.

Bird: cucumber crush cardstock for the body and pacific point cardstock for the wing.

Cloud: I cut it from the sponged background

Sun: I cut this out intending to use it in the corner of my card. When I started assembly, I forgot I had it and put the bird image up to high on the panel (LOL)!!!

Tree Branch: cut in brown sugar cardstock and the leaves are cut in garden green cardstock.

HB2U: cut in cucumber crush cardstock.. I just love the look of the stitched letters.

 

Step 3: Now that all the images are cut, I am ready to start card assembly. I think this little stitched bird is just to cute. She could be used for a variety of occasions, but today I am using for a birthday card.

Step 4: I finished off my card by stamping the sentiment directly on the cloud. I thought it added interest and didn't interfere with my sponged background. Used my MISTI for placement and also to insure I would get a good stamped image.

I wanted to add some enamel dots but I didn't have any in the cucumber color. So I cut some small circles and used those on the card. I secured the image panel to the card base to complete this card.

Cucumber Card Base: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Image Panel: 4 1/8" x 5 3/8"

Well, that's it for me for this post. I hope I have given you an idea for the new stitched dies. Here is a link to another card I created in different colors using these same dies. See you next Saturday.

Dies I used to create card:

 

 

Bee Yourself

Hi, Lois here with some exciting news today.  CottageCutz has a brand-new release of two series of dies -- In Stitches and Spring Designs -- for a total of 33 new dies.  PLUS, for a limited time both sets of dies are 25% off.  I'm using two dies from the In Stitches series (Stitched Alphabet and Stitched Honey Bees) for my card today.  I so enjoyed the card I made a couple of weeks ago using the Eclipse technique, I "sort-of" used it again today.

For the card base, the following pieces of cardstock are needed:

Black heavy cardstock - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4"

White cardstock - 4" x 5 1/4"

Honeycomb patterned paper - 4" x 5 1/4"

Because all the letters of the Stitched Alphabet are on one die, I cut four sets of letters from yellow cardstock.  I had to cut four additional E's from scraps of cardstock.  I'll put the remaining, unused letters into a bag for future use.

I ran the letters through my Xyron sticker maker.

I then cut the images from the Stitched Honey Bees die . . . 

. . . and colored them with ink and markers, assembling the pieces to create my hive, bees, and honey pot.

After stacking the letters, I sponged them with a bit of Wild Honey ink and created the front of my card.  I did not use all the die-cut images on the front.

The remaining images I glued to the inside of the card and stamped an appropriate sentiment.

CottageCutz dies used on this card are: