“Love You” Hexagon Shape Card
Hi friends! TGIF! Please welcome first-time special guest JoAnn Danchick to our blog today! Please follow along in her fun tutorial of this gorgeous card inspiration using Honey Bee Stamps!! Enjoy!
Hi creative friends! I am Jo Ann Danchik and I am thrilled to be here today representing the Honey Bee Stamp Company and showcasing some of their beautiful stamps and dies. I drew my inspiration for today’s card from the Dutch Blue Delft Tiles that I saw in Amsterdam many years ago. I thought that it would be fun to create a card using only shades of blue.
I started by using the small blooms, from the Sweet As Honey Stamp Set, and the larger blooms, from the newer Spring Blossoms Stamp Set. Both sets pair beautifully together. I inked up the stamps using an African Violet Marvy LePlume marker. I find that the Tombow markers work equally as well. Both brands hold a lot of pigment, are easy to stamp with, and can handle a lot of water. I stamped onto the smoother side of Tim Holtz’s Watercolor Paper. I used a MISTI, as it took several layers of ink to get good coverage on the textured paper.
Starting from the center of each blossom, and using a nearly dry watercolor brush, I pulled color from the stamp outline. I added clear water to the edges to lighten the color as I moved out along each petal. While I start out with a general idea of where the card is going it usually evolves and goes in a different direction. LOL! I decided to add the honey pot and a few bees, also from the Sweet As Honey Stamp Set. They were colored in the same manner.
I die cut all the pieces using the coordinating Sweet As Honey Die Set and the Spring Blossom Die Set. The Sizzix Sidekick never leaves my desk. I use it ALL THE TIME! Also, I have been using the Therm O Web purple tape for awhile and love it as well. It releases beautifully and doesn’t tear your paper.
I decided to make the card a hexagonal shape to further mimic a tile. I die cut #110 Neenah Cardstock using the Hexagon Solid Stack die set. Fold your cardstock and make sure that the die is slightly above the cardstock fold to make a shaped card. I also used two smaller dies from the set to create a smaller hexagon frame.
I used Tim Holtz Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink, and one of his new Distress Blending Brushes, for an ombre effect. I continuously added color from the bottom and blended upward. There are some scratch marks on my paper from using old plates on my die cutting machine. I thought about starting over but decided that most of them would be covered and they added a vintage look.
For the smaller frame, I simply went direct-to-paper with the ink cube. I played around with adding the frame to the card and leaving the inside blue…there was not enough contrast. I also tried putting the white inside piece back in…there was too much contrast. I finally settled on brushing a light layer of the Blueprint Sketch Ink on the inside piece. Everything was glued down using a Lawn Fawn Glue Tube.
I colored some #80 Neenah Cardstock using the Blueprint Sketch Distress Ink. I cut one blue and three white pieces using the Love You Die Set. They are small thin pieces and are easily released from the die with a Tim Holtz Die Pick…or the Pokey Tool…as most of us refer to it. They were stacked and glued using the Lawn Fawn Glue Tube. I offset the top piece slightly to give a white contrasting edge. It helped to set the sentiment apart from the background.
The pieces were laid out and adhered with the glue tube. Some of the flowers and the honeypot were given added dimension with Scotch Foam Tape.
Thank you for joining me today on this creative journey! I appreciate the opportunity to share my work and hope that it has inspired you to try your hand at a monochromatic card.
Joyfully,
Jo Ann
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Throwback Thursday – Fabulous Projects You Might Have Missed!
Welcome to another edition of Throwback Thursday — a trip back in time! For each throwback, we’ll be spotlighting fantastic cards and projects using products from previous releases. The new stuff is always SO fun, but think about all of those great products you’ve collected and set aside. They are STILL AWESOME! And we want to inspire you with fantastic inspiration from our creative archives.
We hope you are having a MAGNIFICENT summer! Our Good Vibes release includes lots of wonderful products to celebrate summer, but you might remember some pretty spectacular products from last year’s One of a Kind collection. In celebration, let’s take a look at some glorious cards created with goodies from our One of a Kind release!
First up this project from Amy Rysavy:
Amy embodies the deliciousness of summer with this happy card featuring the Artsy Fruits stamp set from our One of a Kind release. You can see Amy’s original post HERE. And if you want to see how she created this card, she’s got a fun video that you can watch HERE.
Next, let’s throw it back to this colorful card from Jennifer McGuire:
This vibrant all die cut card from Jennifer features two dies from the One of a Kind release: Heart Sprinkle Trail and Script Thanks. In her original blog post which you can see HERE, Jennifer created four fantastic cards from this release, and of course, there’s a wonderful video that you can see HERE.
And let’s not forget this beautiful project from Kristina Pokazanieva:
The Bouquet of Thanks stamp set from the One of a Kind release is a showstopper, and Kristina makes it SHINE on her gorgeous card. She paired the newer Center Cut Burst Background stamp with the set on this stunning design. Visit Kristina’s original post HERE.
Our last throwback project takes us way, way back to our Pure Sunshine release in 2014 with this cutie from Nichol Spohr:
Cute flowers just NEVER go out of style, and even though the Pure Sunshine release is four years old, the Scribble Flowers stamp set is still available in our store! You can check Nichol’s original blog post HERE. And there’s even a how-to video that you can see HERE!
Did you know that we have inspiration galleries on our website showcasing project ideas for all of our releases and card kits? It’s a veritable treasure-trove of terrific ideas just waiting to inspire you, and you are invited to share your projects, too! You can find all of the Simon release galleries HERE and galleries for our monthly card kits can be found HERE. Scroll through today, and maybe you’ll find one of YOUR projects linked there!
Thanks for throwing it back with us and checking out these cool projects from four talented ladies!
Amy Rysavy’s supplies
Jennifer McGuire’s supplies
Kristina Pokazanieva’s supplies
Nichol Spohr’s supplies
