When I created my 2020 Class schedule back in
December, I had no idea I was going to have to cancel so many of them this Spring. April 26 was to be a 2nd Annual Fundraiser class for Cystic Fibrosis. Money raised from this event was to go towards the Cystic Fibrosis walk my daughter does every year with her softball team. The walk has been postponed until the end of September. I imagine the team will still walk despite it being off-season. If this is the case, I will host a fundraising event in August
or early September, otherwise we'll do the event next April.
Had we done the event this April, everyone was going to go home with their own Honey Bee stamp set. Since this is no longer happening, I wanted to let you know in case you were holding out on getting this great set. I'm happy to say the Detailed Bees dies are now back in stock too, so if you purchase them together as a bundle, you save 10%.
Link here.
Below is one of the cards we were going to make. I thought I would share the photo and instructions with you so you can make it at home. Feel free to change up the colors to those you have on hand.
Think about other stamps you have to create this motion effect - boats, bikes, cars, motorcycles, other flying creatures. It's a fun technique.
Flying Bees into Honeycomb Card
Stamp Set:
Honey Bee 151527
Ink:
So Saffron 147109
Poppy Parade 147050
Basic Gray 149165
Paper:
Whisper White 100730
Calypso Coral 122925
Grapefruit Grove 146972
Accessories:
Wink of Stella Glitter Brush 141897
White Baker’s Twine 124262
Snail Adhesive 104332
Instructions:
- Cut Grapefruit Grove to 8 ½” x 4 ¼”. Score at 4 ¼” for your base of the card. Fold along score line.
- Stamp Beehive onto middle of 3 ½” x 3 ½” piece of Whisper White with So Saffron ink.
- Stamp sentiment of your choice on top of beehive with Poppy Parade ink.
- Stamp smaller bees in a moving pattern by stamping once in Basic Gray ink and then repeatedly stamping three more times, slightly moving bee stamp behind the previous stamped image.
- Adhere stamped piece onto 4” x 4” piece of Calypso Coral. Wrap White Baker’s Twine twice around the bottom of these two pieces and tie a bow. Adhere to Grapefruit Grove card base.
- Stamp one or two bees on the inside of card in an identical moving pattern.
- Using the Wink of Stella Glitter Brush, glitter the wings of the darkest stamped bees.
This is another card using the Honey Bee stamp set that I saw online made by a German Demonstrator, Kerstin Kreis. I think it's a perfect card for right now. She used the alphabet set Make a Difference (and a retired block alphabet set) to
stamp her message.
From Kerstin: I first stamped the bees in mint macaroon. Then I mixed mint macaroon ink with a lot of water and "painted" the gaps - only very lightly, it should only be a little colored in the background. Then I traced the outline of the bees with a fine line pen. A few splashes in melon mambo and
stamped the text in navy blue.
And here is one more project involving bees. You can click on the link to my blog and watch the video on how to make these fun post it holders. Swap out any paper and labels.
Did you know that the Golden Honey specialty paper was the top chosen Sale-a-Bration item across the world? 107,000 packs of paper were sent to happy stampers and paper crafters!
The last tip today using the all important bees shows how you can get better cuts with detailed dies and your die cutting machine. These two tips work well with almost any dies that has a lot of details.
It's that time of year when the Retirement Lists comes out. Make way for the new, by clearing out the old. The Retirement List will come out tomorrow, April 22. I will send a separate email with the list and links. But, we can be certain the 2018-2020 In Colors will be
on that list: Blueberry Bushel, Call Me Clover, Grapefruit Grove, Pineapple Punch and Lovely Lipstick. If you want anything in any of these 5 colors, I suggest you order them ASAP because we know they will sell out and sell out quickly - paper, stamp pad, ink refills, Blends Markers, Stampin' Write Markers, ribbons, buttons and gems.
| Do you need an extra dose of inspiration? Don’t worry—it’s right at your fingertips. All you need is a catalog and a willingness to experiment. Start by flipping through the annual or January–June catalog and pick a project that catches your attention. Then, CASE it (Copy And Share Everything)! |
| Here’s how it works—you choose one aspect of your chosen inspiration piece and copy it on a new project. We* selected the Enjoy the Little Things card from page 125 of the annual catalog as the inspiration piece. Then, we used these CASEing techniques to create three additional projects. |
- Copy the color scheme. The Great Places card uses the same color scheme as the inspiration piece.
- Copy the technique. The Thanks card copies the technique of the original card by incorporating a die-cut background with separate cut-out pieces added back in.
- Copy the layout. Take the guesswork out of project design by using the inspiration piece as a template as we did on the Love & Joy card. Simply mimic the design but substitute different stamps, paper, and accessories.
*This article was copied from the weekly Stampin' Up! emails sent to all their Demonstrators. Each week they send us exclusive photos and ideas of samples for inspiration in our business or own creative outlets. Just another perk of being a Stampin' Up! demonstrator!
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The mission of Stampin' Up!, or as they call it, The Statement of the Heart.
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