Hap-BEE Friday, Friends!
We have enlisted some very talented designers to help Surprise Melissa (the owner of Honey Bee Stamps) for her 2nd Honey Bee Stamps Birthday. Be sure to hop along for all the fun & prizes!! Each stop on the hop will have a drawing for a FREE stamp set of their choice from the Honey Bee Stamps store. Be sure to comment at each stop to enter all of the drawings. The winners will be announced on the Honey Bee Stamps Blog on May 3rd at Noon PST.
I have to say this month’s new release is my favorite so far. I sat down to make one card and ended up making a few more. I’m telling ya, my mind was buzzing with ideas for these new products.
My first card is this cute bee hive card which is a shaker card.
I made this card using the new Hive card die and Hive stencil set. I also used two of the bees from Busy Bees and the Bee-You-Tiful sentiment set.
I love that the stencils make shading the hive super easy. I used my distress inks and finger daubers to do the shading. the inside of the shaker has the new layered hexagon die cover plates cut apart, and I used Nuvo Drops to add Honey like accents. I filled the shaker with the special birthday Honey Jar sequins mix and of course that cute little busy bee!
Next card is another hive, but this time I used only the stencils. All 4 of them actually. I used the hive cut out to lay down color, the two shading stencils to give detail, and then when I was all done with that I used the hive cut out piece as a mask and applied the blue distress ink background.
The leaves are from the Busy bees stamp set. I just made a branch with a zig clean color real brush brown marker. The hexagon confetti / sequins is in the spring sequins pack. The cute little bee is from the Build a Bee stamp set. The bee is actually on a little action wobbler and, with the addition of the google eyes, it makes for a very fun interactive element.
This next card was totally inspired by a pack of acrylic mirrored hexagons I have been hoarding. You could achieve a similar look with mirror cardstock that I used as an accent strip along the side of the card.
I colored my little build a bee with my zig markers and added some hexagons that I cut out using the new stack hexagon dies. I also added those awesome hexagon mirrors. I think the patterned paper along the side added the perfect final touch. I love this sentiment from the Bee You Tiful sentiment set. I think it’s the perfect card to remind someone how bee-you-tiful they are, inside and out.
Okay, now a super quick card that is great for any of our new buzz words…
This card was super quick to make! I had a piece of cardstock that was already stamped and embossed using the Zen Bouquet stamp set. I trimmed it down to A-2 size and used the new Hello Buzz word dies to do a fun inlay look. This could work with your favorite patterned paper too.
You can keep it simple and leave it just black and white, Or you could color it in to make the word stand out even more! The main panel was cut using the Honey Bee Stamps Double stitched A-2 dies.
These next cards were so much fun to make. I did one card with Color burst watercolor powers and the other with distress oxide inks.
I couldn’t decide which I liked better so I thought I would show you both!
I used the Stick with me stamp set and the prickly sentiments stamp set for the sentiment. The bee is from the Busy Bee stamp set. I had one little hexagon outline cut out left over from another project so I stuck it on one of the sentiment strips. I thought it was a fun little touch. Which one do you like better?
Last but not least is my first real attempt at no line coloring. I took the jar from the sweet as honey stamp and die set (which was a part of Honey Bee Stamps very first release, and one of my most used stamp sets!) and I decided to turn it into a mini Terrarium with the help of the new stick with me stamp set.
I colored the cacti, plants, and rocks with my Copic markers and then added a bit more detail with my colored pencils. For the background I used the hexagon stipple plate die. On the little banner, I used a sentiment from the prickly sentiments stamp set.
The jar is layered with 4 pieces of cardstock instead of using foam, (I had scrap paper I needed to use up). The sentiment is popped up with one layer of foam tape. I finished the card off with a bit of twine around the top of the jar. This was probably my most challenging card but I had a lot of fun. I will be practicing those no line coloring skills more often now!
Here is a photo of all the cards created today. Supplies are listed below.
I hope I inspired you with ways to use these awesome new products (and some of your older ones too). Come back soon BEE-cause I will have lots more projects to share!
Don’t forget to leave a comment for your chance to win your choice of stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps!
Next up on the Hop is the kind & talented, Yana Smakula! Buzz on over and see what beautiful creation she has to share with you today.
Here is the lineup for the Hop in case you get lost:
Taniesa Vlasak (Thats me!)
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Taniesa Vlasak | The Crafty Pickle 
Great cards and inspiration! Love the buzz word card with the black and white panel! Thanks!
Your jar card is gorgeous. You are a very talented lady.
Very nice work!
I love all the sunny cards. Great for an everyday lift. Thanks for sharing.
All of your cards are amazing but I really Love the beehive shaker card!!!
Love your cards
Wow – what an awesome array of cards! I don’t know where to begin, but your mirrored hexagon elements are just amazing!! Your beehive shaker is very interesting and I love the hexagon/honeycomb elements you added to the inside – such a neat feature! And your final card is my favorite because of the colors you used and the CAS layout. The coloring of the succulents is just beautiful and how you popped the image against the soft green textured background is stunning!
Love the Hexagon..looks like a real bee hive
Oh my goodness!!! I’m definitely in love for all your stunning cards!!! You’re very creative!!! This new release is really awesome and very cool!!! Your hive card is FANTASTIC!!! Great work!!!
Wow, you made so many bee-youtiful cards – love them all! Shakers are my favorite and yours is truly amazing & cute & so creative. I also really love the “bloom where you are planted” card. Love the “quilted” beehive BG and the gorgeous vase of succulents. So pretty!
Love your cards especially the Bee cards. I love the bees, so very cute!
Oh my gosh…fantastic cards ALL! I love the terrarium you created and the cactus cards have got to be my favorites! I love both the distress oxides and the color bursts! I am loving this release and blog hop. Thanks for ALL the amazing inspiration here!
WOW -omg -every single one of these cards is fantastic…but that hive shaker card is the BEST!!!
Wow, these are wonderful creations.
Lots of great cards! Thanks for sharing them!
Loved the jar of succulents! Such wonderful projects!
Such adorable cards! I love the build a bee stamps and your cards are so innovative. Happy Birthday to Honey Bee Stamps.
Love them!
That hive shaker card is amazing…and the googly eyes on the bee is too cute. Great job!
Fabulous cards and a great release!
Wow–one amazing card after another! All of them are beautiful. I wish my first attempt at no line coloring looked as good as yours!
Gorgeous cards!Thank you for the inspiration!The Blah blah blah stamp set is fantastic…I fell in love with it! 🙂
Adorable shaker card. Happy 2nd Birthday Honey Bee Stamps! Love your new release!
These are so so cute!!! I love the succulents inside the jar!!! Supper great ideas thanks for sharing. And the chance to win 😄
What adorable cards!
Thanks for sharing !
Wow these are all great cards. I especially love how you used the mirrored hexagons and the succulent set.
Love your creations! …especially the bee hive…
Love all the cards you made. Especially the shaker one. The masking technique on the hive is a great idea.
Wow!!! All of your cards are just stunning!! I’m so in love with the beehive shaker card. Thanks for so much amazing inspiration 😊
Love the desert and the terrarium cards! (The lady bee is so cute, too!) What great stamp sets!
So, so cute!!!
All are such cute cards. Love them all.
I love the beehive card! I think the Prickly Sentiments are awesome!
I’m in love with your bee hive shaker card! So cute!
I couldn’t believe the amount of work and creativity in each card and it kept getting better and better! I loved the shaker card- I’ve never hidden the “shaker” part before- cute touch! Really liked the desert/ cacti cards- the darker backgrounds appealed to me the most. But I would have to say the the no line coloring of the cacti plants and the glass jar tickled my fancy the most!! thanks for all that work! It was well done!
I like how you did the background with the cacti stamps.
WOW! Your carsd are AMAZING, ADORABLE & BEAUTIFUL!
Wow I love this whole collection, and you did a gorgeous job showcasing! The beehive is just too cute! beautiful background on the cacti cards. Just amazing!
Your cards are beautiful!
Thanks for sharing these great cards. Congrats to Honey Bee on their birthday! Love the Build A Bee set.
A really nice variety of cards. Loved the shaker bee hive.
What fantastic cards you have made. I am just loving all the inspiration from those designs.
Happy Birthday Honey Bee! Love your stamps and dies!
Adorable cards, love the succulents the best!
Amazing cards! I love the hive-shaped shaker card and the cacti terrarium!
I’m always inspired when I see your cards!! Thank you for sharing your talent with us and teaching that we can have beautiful cards like yours!!! Hugs
Very cute cards…all of them.
You outdid yourself with these cards!! They are all gorgeous! Wish I could be like you!!!lol
every one of your cards is lovely!
What adorable cards! I love how you mixed in mirror like hexagon’s on the bee card! Nice touch!
I love the succulent Jar, so inspiring… thanks for sharing!! Love Honey Bee stamps, just ordered almost all of the new release…