STAMPtember® Feature: Honey Bee Stamps!
Hi friends! Happy STAMPtember® 20th! Thanks for hanging with us all month and joining in the celebration! We still have lots of fun surprises in store!! Today we are so happy to be featuring this super sweet Honey Bee Stamps! You can now use code honeystmp to take 15% any in stock Honey Bee Stamps branded product(s)! Shop early for the best selection! We’re so honored to have first time guest Taniesa Vlasak on the blog today to inspire you with Honey Bee products! She made this DIY Papercrafter’s Coloring Book and it is just oh so fun, be sure to read on!
Happy STAMPtember!
I am super excited to be representing Honey Bee Stamps on the Simon Says Stamp blog today. I have three projects to share with you, and a video that walks through all three of them.
I will be listing all of the supplies used in my projects at the end of this post. Today I will be highlighting some of the brand new products from Honey Bee Stamps!
Zen Floral and Zen Bouquet were inspired from the popular adult coloring book trend. Both sets have matching dies and the large bouquet is almost 6 inches around. I thought that these would be perfect to show off today’s project share.
You can make a diy coloring book so many different ways, so I didn’t want to bore you with a step by step tutorial. Instead, I will walk through this project on camera and talk about several possible ways you can make your own custom coloring book with supplies you may have on hand already.
This coloring book measures approx. 5×7. To make this particular cover size, you will need two pieces of 5×7 chipboard, two pieces of cover paper measured at 5 ½ x 7 ½ , and two pieces of patterned paper that will go on the inside. Cut these slightly smaller than the chipboard. Mine measured 4 ¾ x 6 ¾. I adhered all of the pieces together with Scor tape but you can use your favorite adhesive. You can even skip covering the chipboard or paint it with acrylic paint.
I chose to decorate my cover with the Honey Bee Stamps Zen floral border stamp and die. I also used the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember stitched scallop die and the Honey Bee Stamps Color my world stamp set and die. I did some simple ink blending with distress inks then went over the letters with my Sakura black Glaze pen. I even added a little shimmer inside the letters with my spectrum noir glitter marker.
I made the inside pages slightly bigger than a standard A2 card base with a bit extra at the top for binding. The inside pages are 4 ½ x 6 ½ . I have pre stamped some card bases for my recipient to color. Pages/ bases are all on Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock, Neenah solar white, or Strathmore bristol paper. This is a great way to get more use out of your stamp collection. Consider stamping several pages in one session to make multiple books or card bases ready to color.
Another fun product that I have included is the Simon Says Stamp exclusive Suzy’s doodles. These are printed on Tim Holtz watercolor paper. I adhered each to a page in the book with temporary adhesive. This way they stay put in the book for coloring but when you’re ready to take it out and make a card it comes off easily.
I stamped each of the Honey Bee pages twice for each design. The top piece being the watercolor cardstock and then using temporary adhesive I glued that to the other stamped panel on Neenah solar white. The Bristol paper is embossed and is a separate sheet.
As a finishing touch to the coloring book I made a cute removable pallet that can go in and out of the book. I used a pack of Peerless watercolor sheets and although you can just cut these in small squares or rectangles I thought it would be fun to use the hexagon die from Simon Says Stamp perfect shapes dies to arrange the paint in a fun “Honey Bee Stamps” sort of feel. I arranged the little paint hexagons in a gate fold pallet. The pallet base is created by using a 6×9 piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper, 6×9 piece of printed paper and a piece of heavy acetate. The acetate protects the watercolors from running into each other should the pallet be put away damp, it can also be used as a mixing surface. Each end of the paper was scored at approx. 2 ¼ inches. I created a simple belly band to keep the pallet closed using a strip of the same patterned paper using the opposite side. I die cut a circle and stamped a floral from the Zen Bouquet stamp set to tie it all together.
I bound my coloring book using the We R Memory Keepers CINCH binding machine. There are other binding machines out there but I have only used this one. You could also punch some holes with a and bind using mini album rings, or tie together with ribbon or twine. You could even use an old planner or traveler’s notebook… SO many possibilities to create a coloring book for friends or for yourself to color on the go.
I am giving this coloring book as a gift, so I placed my coloring book in a mesh bag along with a waterbrush and chamois.
I also made a card that coordinates with the album. I used the huge Zen Bouquet stamp which I have cut down partially, I used my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers to do the coloring and added little touches here and there with my glitter marker and glossy accents. I used the Simon Says Stamp A2 curved card edge die and layered striped patterned paper behind it. For the sentiment I cut apart a sentiment from Honey Bee Stamps Happy everything (You Make Me) and added the new SSS Inspire die cut in the middle instead of “make”. For the final little accent I added the bee stamp from Honey Bee Stamps Sweet as Honey stamp set and die.
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Oh wow! How wonderful are these??!!!!!! Great inspiration, thanks for sharing!
Very inspiring coloring book set. I like the bright colors!
Wow!! This is really Beautiful!! TFS
Beautiful images & colors! Really love the card with the curved edge!
Great coloring pages!
Gorgeous watercoloring, and those coloring pages are so fun!!!
I am so into those coloring books these days, awesome stamp set!
Oh Taniesa, this is the most fantastic idea! I am definitely making this for my Mom!
Yours is absolutely beautiful!
This is a great idea!
I LOOOOOVE what you’ve done Taniesia! I LOOOOOVE those Honey Bee Stamps that you’ve used too! They EVEN HAVE DIES for them! HOW NICE! (I checked! LOL) What a FANTASTIC GIFT SET for your friend! THANK YOU for sharing with us this WONDERFUL PROJECT! ;)
What a great idea to create your own coloring book as a gift! The Honey Bee stamps are just perfect for coloring ! What a wonderful floral card that really shows of the Honey Bee Stamps! Thanks for sharing some your fantastic ideas!
What a cool idea! My goodness, the sky is the limit when it comes to creating custom big people or little people coloring books!
What a fantastic idea, really great tutorial as well, I know so many people who would love this as a gift! I think these 2 honeybee stamp sets are fantastic, I just received mine in the mail and I can not wait to colour them.
Such a cute and fabulous idea!!!!!
I love this idea–it’s such a great one! How cool! Love these lovely stamps!
Fantastic to see how popular colouring books are right now. Great idea to make your own.
I LOVE this project! Will be making one for myself and for Christmas gifts!
Love the bold colors. I love all of the fun coloring products.
Sooo awesome!!
Yeeeessss, I’ve been wanting to try these stamps for a while. Woo Hoo!
Just gorgeous!!!
Love this book! What a great gift idea!
Oh wow, what a great idea to make your own colouring book! Love it!
I’m in love with the vibrant colors and intricate design!
These are beyond beautiful. Love HoneyBee stamps. This coloring book is too sweet.
This was such a colorful and creative gift. One of my friends is in the hospital, and I want to make something similar for her. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a wonderful gift idea! Brilliant!
Love the drawings! Inspiring!!
Wonderful ideas, Taniesa. Thanks so much.
I love everything about this gift set! Absolutely gorgeous!!
Clever idea making your own colorbook. Love these stamps.
What a great idea!
Wonderful images to color…and an Awesome Idea to make your own coloring book!!
Pretty cool that you can make your own colori g book.
Such a great gift idea! Love the pallette!
Great inspiration. Thanks
What a great idea for a DIY coloring book! Thanks for sharing :)
Gorgeous coloring
and a wonderful
design.
Carla from Utah
These coloring books are so popular now and this one looks like it would be a lot of fun. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Wow super nice and really clever. I love your coloring book and paints that you put together. The card is nice too. Putting the paints together would be a good one for travel too.
Awesome idea! This will be great for my kids to keep them busy too. Thanks for the inspiration!!
Love, love, love these images! What an awesome little book! :)
What a wonderful gift set! Love all the little extra’s you added! Fabulous idea – TFS
Wow, what a fun idea to make your own coloring book with stamps. This would make a great little stocking stuffer for kids or adults!
I never thought about making my own coloring book pages! Thanks for the inspiration and for the opportunity to win!
Making your own coloring book is a great idea. Thanks for the opportunity to win!
What a fun idea. Love the card inspiration. And Bee-utiful coloring.
totally awesome. . . so much inspiration . . . .really enjoyed Taniesa’s projects. . . .
Great colouring book idea!
Wow! What a wonderful personal present! I love how you made the paint palette with the hexagon die!