It’s PARTY ANIMAL WEEK at Honey Bee Stamps!

We are celebrating a mix/match of all of Honey Bee’s animal stamps, coordinating dies, and stand alone dies today, Sunday, March 3rd through Saturday, March 9th. These items will be 15% off this week while the party is going. Use Code PARTY15. Clearance items are not eligible. Also, there will be a daily giveaway of one of their paper piecing animal dies…so be sure to leave a comment below to be eligible! (If you are reading this on my personal blog, be sure to head over to Honey Bee and leave a comment there to be eligible for the prize.)

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Honey Bee is well known for their many adorable animals that hold and wear fun coordinating accessories and clothing. The pieces have been sized so that they are interchangeable with all the other animals.

I showcased one long card and three smaller cards, but I just couldn’t stop partying. I have ten different card versions to share with you today. All the measurements are included throughout the post. So grab a cuppa and let’s get started!

I started by stamping the animals, accessories, and clothing with copic friendly Gina K Amalgam Ink onto #80 Neenah cardstock. I added eye glasses to all the animals with glasses from either the Mouse or the Llama set. The animals are fun…and nerdy! All the images were cut using their coordinating die sets.

Bill The Bear Stamp Set – (Bill The Bear Die Set)

Pinky The Pig Stamp Set – (Pinky The Pig Die Set)

Penny The Platypus Stamp Set – (Penny The Platypus Die Set)

No Probllama Stamp Set – (No Probllama Die Set)

Mae The Mouse Stamp Set – (Mae The Mouse Die Set)

Lily The Lamb Stamp Set – (Lily The Lamb Die Set)

Feelin’ Foxy Stamp Set – (Feelin’ Foxy Die Set)

I also stamped some additional accessories from:

Snow Buddies – (Snow Buddies Die Set)

Blah Humbunny – (Blah Humbunny Die Set)

I cut nine polaroid windows using the Lawn Fawn Selfie Frames Die Set. I started by just playing around and mixing and matching the pieces.

I had some new Arteza Acrylic paints that I wanted to try out. I added white to the colors to give them a lighter pastel look. I spread a small amount on my Tim Holtz Glass Mat and loaded a 2″ Speedball Brayer. 

I cut a piece of black cardstock slightly bigger than the picture frame. Sentiments were added to each frame. I list them below with each individual pic.

Small pieces of patterned paper were added behind the openings. Penny The Platypus was turned into a duck. After all…the bill of a platypus looks like a duck!

The card bases are:
#110 Neenah Solar Crest 4 1/4” x 3 5/8”
Black cardstock 4” x 3 3/8”
Kraft cardstock 3 3/4” x 3 1/8” 
The cards will fit nicely in a 4 1/2” x 4 1/2” or 5” x 5” envelope.

At one point I considered leaving the images plain. It sure would have saved a lot of time coloring. Because I made seven different animals, I used an insane number of copic markers! LOL

I have also included another version of the long card using three animals instead of four. The card base is 9 1/4” x 8” and folded lengthwise. Both long versions will fit in a standard business envelope.

I have included the details for each pic for those who are interested.

BILL THE BEAR
-Sentiment: No Probllama Stamp Set
-Bow Tie: Snow Buddies
-Hat, Cake & Party Blower: Pinky The Pig

MAE THE MOUSE
-Sentiment: Brie Mine Stamp Set
-Camera & Tooth: Mae The Mouse
-Top Hat: Snow Buddies
-Bow Tie & Sparkler: Pinky The Pig

LLAMA (NO PROBLLAMA)
-Sentiment: Cheerful Sentiments Stamp Set
-Pinwheel, Party Blower, Lemonade, & Hat: Pinky The Pig
-Scarf: Blah Humbunny

PINKY THE PIG
-Sentiment: Ham It Up Stamp Set
-Honey Jar: Mae The Mouse
-Wings, Antennae Headband, & Party Blower: Pinky The Pig

PENNY THE PLATYPUS (DUCK)
-Sentiment: Brie Mine Stamp Set
-Hat, Vest, Fishing Pole and Fish: Bill The Bear

LILY THE LAMB
-Sentiment: Hand drawn smaller copying from No Probllama Stamp Set
-Bell: Lily The Lamb
-Cactus, Sombrero, Blanket: No Probllama

FEELIN’ FOXY
-Sentiment: Heaven Sent Stamp Set
-Bow Tie: Bill The Bear
-Wings: Pinky The Pig
-Top Hat: Flakey Friends (oops my apologies…this set has been retired)

As you can see, the pieces mix and match beautifully between all the stamp sets. They are also great for creating patterned backgrounds here, here, and here. I have many other posts using these animals if you want to look around on the home page.

With the 15% sale, now is a good time to add to your collection. Don’t forget to leave a comment on the Honey Bee Post to be eligible for the paper piecing animal die giveaway!

As always, thank you for sharing a bit of your time with me today on another creative journey.

Joyfully, Jo Ann

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