Always Bee Yourself-Coffee And Cards With Celeste And Deb

 

Hello! This month Debra and I decided to feature cards using an embossing folder. I bought a Momenta honeycomb embossing folder sometime last year and am ashamed to admit that this is the first time I've used it. I created my card by layering butter yellow cardstock directly onto my card base. Then a smaller panel of black cardstock. I cut down an even smaller panel of white cardstock and die cut a circle from the upper center using a Spellbinders nesting circle die. I stamped the sentiment from the Hampton Art Hello Honey stamp set at the bottom right side. I took a smaller piece of the butter yellow cardstock and ran it through the Moment honeycomb embossing folder. I adhered it the card base and then popped up the white panel using thin foam tape and adhered it with the cut out over the embossed panel.  I stamped one of the blooms from Simon Says Stamps Butterfly Blossoms stamp set (I've been a little obsessed with this set lately) onto a separate piece of white cardstock, colored it using Copic markers, and die cut it using the coordinating die. I adhered that the lower left side of the card. I stamped the smaller bee from the Hampton Art stamp set twice, colored them using Copic markers, and fussy cut the images. I adhered them in the embossed circle using foam tape. I finished off the card by using some sparkling black gems I had in my stash and crystal Stickles to the wings and bodies of the bees and all of the flowers. I love how beautifully this card turned out.

 
For my coffee this month, I swung by my local Ziggi's coffee shop and picked up a frosty Horchata Blender, a nice frosty coffee with coconut milk, vanilla, and cinnamon. I will be purchasing this again! Now, be sure to stop by Deb's blog and see how she was inspired this month. 

Mom-Send A Smile 4 Kids

 

This month at Send A Smile 4 Kids we are using a sketch, with a focus on Mom cards. If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you will know that I am a huge fan of patterned papers and sketches. So, this was right up my creative alley! I just purchased the Butterfly Blossoms stamp/die/stencil bundle from Simon Says Stamp and I had to use it for this fun sketch. Following the sketch closely, I used beautiful, patterned papers from Bo Bunny's Early Bird 6x6 collection. I stamped the flowers and butterfly from Butterfly Blossoms onto white cardstock using Memento tuxedo black ink, colored them using the stencils and inks from Stampin' UP, and die cut them using the coordinating dies. I layered the elements onto a circle panel using white cardstock and a stitched circle die from My Favorite Things. I stamped the sentiment from WPlus9's Strictly Sentiments 4 using Versafine onyx black ink, and I heat embossed it using Zing's clear embossing powder. I fussy cut the sentiment out and adhered it directly to the panel. I finished the card off by adding some clear rhinestones from Recollections. Please pop on over to the Send A Smile 4 Kids blog and see how everyone else was inspired by our sketch challenge.  

Happy Birthday

 

Today's card was created for both the Color Throwdown, Freshly Made Sketches, and Flower card challenges. I started by layering some butter yellow cardstock from my stash onto my white A2 cardbase. I then die cut a smaller panel using white cardstock and embossed it using a Spellbinders plaid embossing folder. I matted that panel with some black cardstock from my stash and adhered that to my card base. I stamped the floral image, butterfly, and sentiment from Simon Say's Stamps Butterfly Blossoms, colored them using the coordinating stencils and inks from Altenew, and then die cut them out using the dies. I popped the sentiment, butterfly, and image up with thin foam tape and arranged it onto my card following the sketch. I finished the card off with some diamond confetti from Pink & Main scattered around the card and some Nuvo Glitter Drops in white blizzard on the florals and butterfly from some additional sparkle and shine. Thank you for visiting my blog today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! 

Have A Magical Day

 

 My adorable little fairy card was created for the latest AAA Birthday card challenge. I started by layering some pretty patterned papers from We R Memory Keepers Anthologie 6x6 paper pad onto my card. I stamped the fairy from MFT's Pure Innocence Fairy Girl stamp set onto white alcohol marker-friendly cardstock and colored it with my Copics. Using a Pink & Main's nesting rectangle die, I die cut the focal panel and the layering piece. I adhered them to the card. I paper pieced the dress from the same patterned paper I used for my background panel, fussy cut it, and adhered it directly onto the focal image. I stamped the image from the same stamp set and die cut it using a pierced edge nesting circle die from MFT and a decorative edge scalloped circle die from Papertrey Ink. I adhered them together and adhered it to the card next to the focal panel. To finish off my card, I added some clear crystal drops from Simon Says Stamp, and some pretty Nuvo Crystal Drops in white blizzard to the mushroom, the fairy wings, the wand, and her dress. Love the fun sparkle and shine it adds. Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Hope you have a wonderful day!