Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Five: Eat The Donut
It’s Release Week at Honey Bee Stamps. This is Day Five and the final day of the 2018 Spring Release Sneak Peeks. This release is HUGE! Be sure to visit the Honey Bee Stamp Blog to see what the other DT members have created.
Today’s card uses four sets from the new release. The Donut Card Die Set (5 dies) is the base of the card. I used the Stitched Scallop Circle Die Set (6 dies) to create the icing on the donut. The sentiments come from the Donut Worry Stamp Set (9 stamps) and the coordinating Donut Worry Die Set (12 dies). On the back I used a sentiment from the Angel Policy Stamp Set (23 stamps) and the coordinating Angel Policy Die Set (8 dies).
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I love donuts! Who doesn’t? If it weren’t for the high calories of these sweet confections, that are fried in oil, I would probably eat them more often. Donuts even have their own National Holiday on the first Friday of June. I guess that I will just have to grab a Starbucks, go to my favorite donut shop, and celebrate!
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Today’s card starts by cutting the donut base, from Neenah Desert Storm Cardstock, using the Donut Card Die. I used the plain circle from the set, to cut the liner for the inside, out of #80 Neenah Classic Cardstock. I cut a circle out of My Favorite Things “Sweet Celebration Polka Dot” paper using a die from the Scallop Circle Die Set. I also cut two more of the scallops from white cardstock.
I lined the pattered scallop piece up with the sprinkles cutout die and cut it. I used the larger donut whole die and cut a circle from the middle. The best way to get the circle in the correct place on the two white pieces is to line up the white piece under the patterned piece and tape them together. If you lay the die back over the hole that you have already cut, it will nestle in. Tape it down and run the whole thing back through the machine. Repeat with the second white piece and glue them all together. This will add a dimension to the icing. If you haven’t tried the Therm O Web Purple Easy Removal Tape yet you really should. It works beautifully when die cutting.
Line the patterned piece over the Neenah base and repeat the procedure. The card base was thin enough that it cut through both pieces. If it doesn’t, you can lay the die back over the indent and run it through again with the card open. Line the white liner up and repeat. Glue the liner to the inside. This will give you a place to write your message. I think that it would be fun to write the message in a circular method!
The left over sprinkles were colored with Copic Markers. I die cut another set, stacked and glued them together, and pieced them back into the holes on the card. I stamped the sentiment, from the Angel Policy Stamp Set, on a piece of darker Khaki cardstock. It was treated with an Embossing Powder Tool, stamped with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed with Hero Arts White Detail Powder.
Donuts may be “junk food” but the card that I lovingly made for you is not “junk mail”…so don’t throw it away until after I leave the room! LOL
I added Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the outside edge with a Sponge Dauber. I wanted to jazz up the icing so I painted a thin line of Spun Sugar Distress Ink around the inside and outside edges. I would have used a Sponge Dauber if I had thought to do it before I had glued it onto the cardbase. Nuvo Crystal Glaze was added to the sprinkles and left to dry.
I colored a scrap of paper with the same pink copic marker and die cut the sentiment from it using the Donut Worry Die Set. Three more were cut from white cardstock and glued together with a Lawn Fawn Glue Pen. The Tim Holtz Die Pick was great for removing the thin pieces of paper from the die. I also cut the shadow piece to glue behind it. The sentiment from the Donut Worry Stamp Set was stamped and embossed using the same method as above. To adhere it all, I laid the pieces on top of the dried sprinkles and determined where small pieces of Scotch Foam Tape were needed and could be hidden behind the words. The glue pen was added to the other parts on the back, also hidden behind the words.
This card could easily be made without the extra layers. It would make the words easier to adhere if the sprinkles had been inlaid flat. I like the dimension so it was worth the extra attention to me.
Thanks for joining me today. Be sure to check back tomorrow, May 1st, at 7:00 am CDT, for Day One of the Spring Release Blog Hop, where you will be able to find more inspiration. There will be many well known artists joining us.
Joyfully,
Jo Ann
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