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 
Your cards are so creative!
I love your creative and unique card designs!
What wonderful projects! I love how you used a unique approach to these outstanding products!
These are gorgeous, I especially love your succulents! This is the best release!!!! I can’t wait to shop ☺
Love all of your creations!
WOW WOW WOW What a fabulous bunch of wonderful cards and techniques. Thank you!
WOW! What a wonderful assortment of cards with this month’s release. It looks like you had a wonderful time playing with all the new products! Thanks for sharing. I love them all!
How in the world did I miss the Honey Bee Hive Stencil when I ordered?!!! Because of you and your beautiful card, I’ll be placing another order!! LOL!!! Seriously, each and every card you made is awesome and beautiful!!!
so pretty!!!
All of these projects are amazing!
WOW what a lot of cards and ALL fantastic. Not sure which I like better they are all great and have given me so much inspiration. Thanks for sharing and happy birthday to Honey Bee stamps. Thanks for the chance to win at least some of these yummy products.
Love all the cards. Especially the bee hive. Ingenious!
Wonderful cards. Love the cute beehive.. Thanks for the great inspiration.
So cute. Love stamps! I’d love to win!
I love how you used the hexagons in different ways. I’ve always found them to be difficult but I love the look of them.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎂 Congrats on 2 years. What an AMAZING release. I love it all❣️
so glad you highlighted the stencil for the hive. I hadn’t realized it was in the release.
Wow!!! you are very creative and these are adorable cards. Thanks for sharing.
Love all the cards, but the beehive shaker is one of my all time favorites.
Wow! Somebody had fun playing with the new release!!! LOL Can’t say I blame you, I love so many things from the release I don’t know where to start! All your projects are awesome, but I think your no line coloring card at the end was my fav. Saved the best for last!
Wow, these are all so pretty so many different techniques!
love all yours cards thanks for sharing……
Wow you had tons of fun creating and came up with some awesome stuff. Happy Birthday to Honey Bee they have some really great stamp sets.
Everything in Honey Bee’s 2nd birthday release is awesome! I like the succulents stamp set the best! Your cards are great and give so much inspiration! Great job Honey Bee and happy birthday!
WOW! Your cards are terrific! Love the bees!
Such pretty work thank you for sharing with us.
Marvelous cards. You are a rock star.
So many different ideas! Wonderful!
Wow! So many great cards! I really like how you did the ‘hello’ with either the black and white option, or the colored in option. Love the idea!
Lots of lovely cards. Favourite is the “buzzing by to say hi”, but they are all great.
So many lovely cards!! I absolutly love how you did the succulent cards with the small amount of ink blending to create a background. So stunning.
Wow, so many great cards! You are so talented. Hard to pick a favorite out of them.
LOVE LOVE all the bees, googly eyes, and mirrored cardstock! AMAZING cards!
What happy , creative cards. Love the new release from Honey Bee stamps.
Really cute cards! I love this new release!
The cards you made are awesome! I really love all the texture you put inside the hive.
Wow, I thought the release was big! So much inspiration 🙂
Wow I loved all the cards you made! Amazing!
What a super set of stamps and dies!! LOVE it!! Fantastic cards, they’re truly adorable.
Just spectactular!! And I love how each one is completely different from the previous one!! LOVE!!!!
Wow you really went to town creating with the new release. I have to say I love all the layers, textures and little details in your hive diecut card – amazing!
Your cards are wonderful. I especially love the hive series of cards. That bee with the lipstick is adorable and so much fun!
I’ll take one of everything! These projects are adorable!
Wow! You were a busy bee! But how can you say no to the creative vibe when the inspiration just keeps coming?! Love this HBS Bee-Day release!
wow so many clever cards
Loved all of your cards
Love the cards you made. I really like the peek-a-boo shaker card and the succulents in a jar card.
All these projects are just gorgeous! Lots of work!
So many beautiful examples of the release. Nicely done!
Love your cards…now I have to order about 70% of the release…..