Hi Honey

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Being a brand new month it's time to introduce a new challenge hostess which is Lois Bak.

Apparently September is Honey Month. For our challenge this week, include something related to honey on your card – bees, honeycombs, beehives. 

I had hoped to create a card using the new Divinity Designs Bee themed stamps, dies and papers which were released yesterday. At the time of making this card I am still waiting for my August parcel, so I knew the odds that my September one would get here in time was pretty slim. So plan B it was!

I decided to pull out my Elizabeth Craft Designs Mason Jar Kit to make a Shaped Slimline Shaker card. I think I covered everything honey related ... honey jar, honeycomb, bees, beehive and bears.

I die cut the the Mason Jar four times from light yellow cardstock with one cutting the window in the front of it. This panel I covered with acetate.

For the jar panel that was to be behind the acetate window, I used Whimsy Stamps Honeycomb Drips Stencil to create the honeycomb background. I also die cut the dripping honey from the Mason Jar Kit which I added to the top of the jar.

I used Whimsy Stamps Hello Bear Stamp Set to create my scene inside the Mason Jar.

For the jar's lid, I die cut the lid from a different shade of yellow cardstock, sponging ink around the edges. I added the "Hi Honey" to the lid using stamps from the Honey Bee Stamps Hi Honey stamp set, the sentiment in the shaker portion of the card is also from this stamp set.

For the inside of the card, I used an oval die included in the Studio Katia Dotted Slimline Set 1 die set. I used more stamp sets from Honey Bee Stamps to add the sentiment and images (see supply list for details)

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Kelly McKown-Santi

Chill Out Mason Jar Card

 

Hi Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing a fun Mason Jar shaped Slimline Shaker Card I created recently. 

This card uses Elizabeth Craft Designs Mason Jar Kit, which included dies and stamps to allow you to create Planner pages as well as Slimline cards.

As I per cards to planners, I created a Slimline card. This card will fit in a #10 envelope. The kit includes all the dies to die cut the Mason Jar, the penguins, trees and ice/sauce as well as a few other dies. So for my first card using the kit i decided to use mostly what was included in the kit.

I created a side folding card with the lid at the bottom of the card by placing the folded cardstock just in from the cutting line of the side of the die. 

For the sky area, I used the inner die included in the kit, to die cut a piece of blue paper included in Lawn Fawn's Watercolor Wishes 12 x 12 Paper.

I die cut the trees from green cardstock and the icicle die from white glitter, it's hard to see it in my card as the penguins and trees hide a lot of it, but it is there.

I die cut another of the mason jars, this time with the inner panel included to die cut a piece of cream corrugated card which I used for the front of the mason jar. I added a piece of acetate to cover the opening which keeps the glittered stars inside the skater area of the card.

The birthday sentiment is from a freebie stamp set I got some years ago from a magazine.

After creating the shaker card, I added the second penguin to the outside of the card. The lid of the jar is created using dark grey mirror card to which I added a birthday sentiment which was die cut using the same cardstock, layering up the sentiment three times.

For the inside of the card I added the glitter icicles die cut to the bottom of the card as well as another of the lids. The penguins were added to the ice portion of the card.

I die cut Lawn Fawn's Giant Happy Birthday from blue and black cardstock, layering the two together offsetting the black under the blue to create a shadow effect.