Honey Bee Stamps Beach Cards

A break from Disney!

I needed a couple birthday cards, and no surprise, I wanted a beach theme for both. I recently ordered Honey Bee Stamps' "Flippin Fabulous" stamp set and matching dies, along with their "Beach Vibes" 6x6 paper stack.

The stamps and dies are great quality. I've never bought Honey Bee Stamps products before, but I definitely will again. 

I made this card for my friend using the stamps, dies, & paper. I used blue glitter embossing powder for the sentiment and raised it with dimensional adhesive. I spread Nuvo glitter drops (blue lagoon) on the sandal straps. I also added some little shiny star and circle sequins.

The second card needed to be masculine. I just changed up the colors of the sandals (I paper-pieced these), and added some brown strips under the sentiments, which I stamped in plain black. The paper is another from the same Honey Bee stack but more subtle.  I distressed all the edges with brown ink. Just those few changes made this card much for masculine, although I think both cards could be for either a female or male recipient.

Tip: The sandals come as one stamp, but I cut them apart so I could position them however I want. The dies are already separated.

Thanks for looking at my cards, and give Honey Bee Stamps products a try!

Cheers,

Ms. Molly

A Few Cards

Vintage Card Elements

I made these cards weeks (months?) ago and just found them on my camera.  They were both made from vintage cards a friend gave me. I use a lot of antique postcards (early 1900s), but these are from more like the 1960s, which I guess is vintage now.

I fancy cut around the right edge of the picture and left the left edge squared, added some background paper and border (CTMH retired stash), and the three little stars. Done.

The centers of these cards--the little velum squares with the stork paper element on top are little gift tags from baby gifts. The originals were appropriate for a boy or girl, but I added pink paper on one and blue on the other to make both girl and boy cards. I attached the velum with brads and on one a safety pin (I don't recommend this--that's why it's only on the one). The brown square is cardstock. I used a dark color so the light colors on the velum would be more visible. The background papers, bird, and banner are from a Collage Art Stack from DCWV

Dig in your drawers and closets for your old cards and recycle them into something special!

More Vintage

More cards made from pieces of antique postcards:

 

 

Individual Shots:

The background stamps are B&T paper, the front stamp is antique.

A rare yellow-themed card from me. The scene is from an antique postcard.

I like the masculine feel of this card.

The postmark on this card is 1902!

This might be my favorite of the bunch. The postcard in the background's postmark shows up really well, and I like the scene in the picture in the foreground--also from an antique postcard.

I like the monochromatic theme of this one.

All of these cards will be available for purchase at Spring City Vintage in Colfax, Iowa, on February 14, along with the Valentines in my last post.



Camper Crazy Cards

Aren't these little Airstream-like campers adorable?  I made these two cards with the stamp set "Camper Crazy" and the paper set "Lollydoodle" from CTMH's new Idea Book.

 

  Here are close-ups of the two cards:

Everything I used is from CTMH, except for the little paper flowers from Recollections and the coloring was done with Copic markers.  I LOVE the Lollydoodle paper.  It had the perfect vintage/outdoorsy look to go with the campers.  The leaf border is the zip strip from one of the papers.  "You make me a happy camper" is a sentiment included with the stamp set.

 

This card uses all the same elements, except I added a strip of CTMH Lagoon cs to match the colors I used on the camper.  On both cards I used dimensional adhesive to pop up the sentiment.

Finally...a new workshop: Stock up on Birthday Cards

Finally!  I've put together a workshop.  Join me at 9 a.m. on Saturday, January 29, to make eight birthday cards (2 each of the four cards shown).  Some of the techniques include stamping, sanding, faux sewing, ink distressing, water distressing, coloring with watercolor pencils, and crafting a paper flower.

(the card on the bottom right is based on a design by Tresa Black (I must give the stamping goddess her due), but the other cards are my own creations)

Contact me for details!

Key to My Heart cards

I'm trying to use up some existing papers instead of buying more (Like that will work--I'm not even fooling myself.)  These cards were all made with CTMH Key to My Heart papers and the stamp sets Delightful Things (watermark), Childhood Portrait ("Thinking of You"), Treasure Life (flowers), Fringed Phrases ("You're Special"), and It's Your Day (gift & sentiment).  The colors are mostly CTMH juniper and sorbet.

Retro Christmas Cards

Simple Thank You Cards

A few simple Thank You cards I've made recently:

It's Your Day Birthday Card

Stamp Set: It's Your Day
Colors: Ocean, Watermelon, Citrus Leaf, Hydrangea, and Sunny Yellow

Family Ties - Golf

I made this card for a friend's dad's June 3 birthday using the Today's Date and Family Ties-Adult stamp sets. The original figure with the golf bag (in shorts and a cap) seemed a little young, so I masked it off and used the figure with pants and polo instead. I really like using the Today's Date set to put a person's birthday on their card.

Graduation Cards

And, a bit more timely, a graduation card I made for Amanda V.:

Baptism Announcements

I helped a friend make these cute baptism announcements. We had trouble choosing a favorite...

Mother's Day

A little out-of-date, but here's the Mother's Day card I made. The colors are crystal blue and sweet leaf. The flower and words were stamped in color then embossed with clear embossing powder.

Extreme Happiness

These great hibiscus are from the new stamp set "Extreme Happiness." I used the second generation rock & roll technique (shown on p. 23 of the Summer 2009 Idea Book) to get the varied color on the petals. The background paper is from the new "Moon Doggie" Level 2 paper packet.

Play Time

This little hula-hooper is from the new stamp set Play Time. The paper and ribbon are from the new Creative Basics / Animal Cookies Collection.

Makin' Waves

This duck, along with the waves and bubbles, is from the new stamp set, "Makin' Waves." I used Liquid Glass on the duck and Stickles on the life preserver. The Stickles made the ink bleed a little, and Jen (Obi Wan of stamping) suggested using Staz-On ink to prevent this.

Popcorn Card

I was away from work for two weeks, so I brought a huge bag of movie theater popcorn in to the office as a thank you to my coworkers for keeping my work done during my absence. I made this card to go with it. I used markers to color the popcorn stamp (different shades of yellow for the popcorn), and a little glitter on the popcorn to make it look oily and salty. I used a little liquid glass in the circle portion of the popcorn box.

A couple things I worked on today...

Here's a couple of cards I made today. The red birthday card is from mostly Stampin' Up papers courtesy of Jen. I got the idea from a book Jess gave me for Christmas last year titled "10-Minute Cards to Give and Share." I made the other birthday card from part of an antique postcard. The photo isn't too good, but the postcard background is off white, and it is matted in baby pink that matches the flower and sassy strands. I think it turned out pretty nice.