Honey Bee Sneak Peek Day Two: Lady Bug Birthday
It’s Release Week at Honey Bee Stamps. This is Day Two 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 I am using the adorable Little Ladies Stamp Set (29 stamps) and the Coordinating Die Set (10 dies). This set includes faces, dots, antennae, and additional body shapes, allowing your to create and customize your Lady Bugs. I am also using a sentiment from the Love Bug Sentiment Stamp Set (40 stamps). You can use them alone or mix and match them to come up with your own expressions. I have been itching to use the Pinky The Pig Stamp Set (29 stamps) and the Coordinating Dies Set (28 dies), that was introduced yesterday, but I have future plans for it which I will share on my Creative Sundays Blog Posts here, and on the Honey Bee Blog. Today I will just be using a few of the accessory pieces.
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Lady Bugs are considered a symbol for good luck around the world. What could be more appropriate than to host a Lady Bug party for Honey Bee’s 3rd Birthday? Let’s get started!
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I stamped two of the Lady Bug images, and some accessories from the Pinky The Pig set, onto Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock, using Black Archival Ink. I love to use Distress Inks to watercolor. The trick is to add layers of color. My DaVinci Cosmotop Spin Series paintbrushes are the ones I reach for the most. Today I used a size 2 and size 4.
The images were cut out using the coordinating dies from each set. I use my Sizzix Sidekick all the time to cut small pieces. Seriously…it never leaves my workspace. I used a Sakura Black Gelly Roll Pen to darken their eyes and mouths and to outline their dots. A Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen was used to add the white dot back into the eyes. I know that someone will ask me where I got that cute pencil case so I have included it below.
Next, I stamped another of the Lady Bug images onto red cardstock using Versamark Ink. I heat embossed each image using Hero Arts White Detail Powder and a heat gun. You can stamp a few images before you need to add the powder and heat but be sure to use an Embossing Powder Tool each time. Loose embossing powder will really show up on red cardstock. I also stamped the sentiment, from the Lady Bug Stamp Set, onto black cardstock. I like to use the Misti and the Creative Corner Pieces to line everything up. Again, use the Powder Tool before you emboss with Versamark and Hero Arts White Detail Powder, especially on dark paper.
I cut out the Lady Bug background, and some Vellum, using the Hero Arts Oval Infinity Die Set. I put two dies together to cut out a frame from black cardstock. The frame was glued to the vellum panel using a Lawn Fawn Glue Pen.The lady bugs and the sentiment were added on top using Scotch Foam Tape to give added dimension. For a mostly one layer card you could just use the glue pen. I used a Versamarker Embossing Pen to color in the spots on the lady bugs. It darkens the paper.
Glue the two pieces together with the glue pen, gluing behind the images and around the black frame. This will hide the adhesive.
To assemble the card I glued the panel to a #110 Neenah Classic Cardstock card base. I sprinkled the new Bubble Gum Confetti Mix around and adhered them using the glue pen and a Jewel Picker, to pick them up and place them.
Thanks for joining me today. Be sure to check back each day for more sneak peeks of the new release. I will also be part of the Day One New Release Blog Hop May 1st, at 7:00 am CDT, where you will be able to find more inspiration.
Joyfully,
Jo Ann
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