Happiest Birthday Ever! | Trinity Stamps + Honey Bee Stamps

Happiest Birthday Ever!  |  Trinity Stamps + Honey Bee Stamps

Hi friends!  Today I’ve made a birthday card using the Sarah Renae Clark Color Cube card #030 color scheme.  The stamp and stencil products I used are from Trinity Stamps and Honey Bee Stamps.  It’s definitely a hand delivery card with the amount of Hero Paste I used – but well worth it for the look I achieved.  Let’s get started!  

The supplies used were:

Trinity Stamps “Hey Cupcake” Stamp and Die Set

Honey Bee Stamps “It’s a Party” Stencil Set

Hero Arts Glitter Hero Paste

Brutus Monroe Gold Glitter Glaze

Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated Inks:

    Honey

    Field

    Morning

    Dusk

    Peachy

    Terracotta

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Dye Ink

Copic Alcohol Markers –

    Yellows:  Y04, Y18, Y26

    Blues:  B93, B45, B97

    Peaches:  YR01, YR65, E97

X-Press It Blending Cardstock

Spellbinders Sunkissed Cardstock

My Favorite Things Blue Yonder Cardstock

Pretty Pink Posh “Beach Day Shaker Beads”

Wagner Heat Embossing Tool

Misti Original Stamp Positioning Tool

Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

I started today’s card by cutting a piece of white cardstock that measured 4-1/2” x 5”, a piece of Spellbinders Sunkissed cardstock that measured 5” x 5-1/2”, and a piece of My Favorite Things Blue Yonder cardstock that measured 4-7/8” x 5-3/8” (approximately).  I used tape runner to adhere the yellow and blue panels together.

For the stenciling, I used the white cardstock panel listed in the previous paragraph and used the Honey Bee Stamps “It’s a Party” stencils to create my background.  There are six stencils in this set and I used a blending brush and Simon Says Stamp’s Pawsitively Saturated Inks in the colors: Honey, Field, Morning Peachy, and Terracotta.  After my stenciling was completed, I re-used the Layer 4 stencil (the one with the stars) and placed it back onto the ink blended panel and aligned it with the yellow inking that was already completed and applied a generous layer of Brutus Monroe Gold Glitter Glaze with a palette knife all over the stencil until it was evenly covered, returned the excess back into the jar and immediately cleaned off my work surface, palette knife, and stencil.  I set the background panel aside to dry while I moved on to the next step.

Using my Misti stamp positioner, a piece of X-Press It Blending Cardstock, and Simon Says Stamp Intense Black ink pad, I positioned the two cupcake stamps from the Trinity Stamps ”Hey Cupcake” stamp and die set into the Misti and stamped the images onto the X-Press It cardstock panel.  After cleaning off my stamps, I used my heat tool to dry/set the ink since I was going to be coloring with Copic alcohol markers. 

For the cupcake coloring I used Copic markers Y04, Y18, and Y26 for the icing portion; markers B93, B45, and B97 for the cupcake wrapper; and markers YR01, YR65, and E97 for the small cake portion.  I used the coordinating dies to die cut the images and also cut an extra layer of the icing from heavy white cardstock to make that piece more structurally sound since I will be applying paste to it later and the extra cardstock will help prevent warping as the paste dries.

I used the smaller icing die included in the “Hey Cupcake” stamp/die set and die cut a piece of heavy weight white cardstock to make a stencil for my pasting (which means I only wanted the negative space).  I used temporary tape to adhere this piece of cardstock to the top of my Copic colored icing die cut and carefully applied a thick layer of Hero Arts Glitter Hero Paste over the inked icing (again, using that negative space stencil I made).  I slowly removed the homemade icing stencil from the yellow icing die cut and used my fingertips and a metal piercing tool to sculpt the edges of the Glitter Hero Paste so that the edges were completed covered and to also clear the paste from the black inked shadow areas that were made by the actual stamp.  I did this until the entire die cut was evenly covered with the paste and then added some Pretty Pink Posh “Beach Day Shaker Beads” to random areas in the icing to mimic nonpareils.  I set this portion of the project aside to dry several hours since I didn’t want to smear my paste.

Once the Glitter Hero Paste dried, I used liquid adhesive to adhere the icing die cut to the top of the cupcake die cut.  I used a white gel pen to add some highlighting to random areas of the blue cupcake holder and allowed that a small amount of time to completely dry.  While the gel pen was drying, I used the “Wishing you the happiest Birthday ever!” stamp from the Trinity Stamps “Hey Cupcake” stamp/die set and stamped it onto a piece of white cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Saturated “Dusk” ink then used the coordinating die to die cut it and also an extra one so that I could add dimension to the sentiment.  I adhered the birthday greeting to the blue cupcake holder portion of cupcake using liquid glue and then applied thin foam squares to the back of the cupcake.  Next, I used tape runner to adhere the stenciled card panel to the card front panels, then removed the release paper from the back of the foam tape squares on the cupcake and adhered it to the card front and that completed today’s card. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the birthday card and found inspiration for some of your cardmaking projects!  Until next time… happy making!

2024 Holiday Series #6 | Sending Holiday Cheer

Hi friends!  For today’s holiday series installment, I decided to do some die cutting with a beautiful snowflake die set from Spellbinders called “Snowflake Card Creator” and an ornament from the Altenew “Lovely Ornaments” stamp and die set.   

The supplies used were:

Spellbinders Silver Treasured Cardstock – Glitter Metallic and Matte Metallic

Spellbinders “Snowflake Card Creator” Die Set

Altenew “Lovely Ornaments” Stamp and Die Set

Spellbinders “Festive Ornaments” Die Set (ornament topper)

Spellbinders / Simon Hurley 3D Embossing Folder “Sparkling Snow”

Simon Says Stamp “Christmas Wishes” Sentiment Strip

Pinkfresh Studios Navy Glitter Cardstock

Spellbinders Indigo Cardstock

Spellbinders Glimmer Foil – Silver

Nuvo Crystal Drops “Liquid Mercury”

Taylored Expressions Anti-Static Powder Tool

DMC Silver Diamant Thread

Simon Says Stamp Clear Embossing Ink

Brutus Monroe “Sterling” Embossing Powder

Heidi Swapp Mini Minc Machine (for foiling)

Wagner Heat Embossing Tool

Misti Original Stamp Positioning Tool

Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

I started today’s card by cutting a piece of Spellbinders Indigo cardstock to measure 5”x5” and cut a piece of Spellbinders Glitter Metallic cardstock from the Treasured Cardstock collection to measure 5-1/4” x 5-1/4”.  These two pieces will be used as my card front’s background.

Using the Spellbinders/Simon Hurley “Sparkling Snow” 3D Embossing Folder, I misted the 5”x5” Indigo cardstock with a little bit of water and placed it into the embossing folder and ran it through my Empress die cutting machine.  I removed the cardstock from the embossing folder and, once dry, I used tape runner to adhere the 3D embossed cardstock to the front of the Silver Glitter Metallic cardstock.

I created two snowflake die cuts using the large snowflake die from Spellbinders’ “Snowflake Card Creator” die set – one was cut from a previously splattered silver and white background piece of cardstock and the other was cut from Spellbinders Matte Silver cardstock from the Treasured Cardstock collection.  I placed liquid adhesive to the back side of the splattered cardstock snowflake and adhered it to the center of the embossed, indigo cardstock then placed liquid glue to the back of the matte silver metallic snowflake diecut and adhered it to the top of the last snowflake but twisted its orientation so they would be offset from one another. I carefully trimmed off any of the snowflake pieces that extended beyond my card front.

Next for the ornament.  I used my Misti and Altenew’s “Lovely Ornaments” stamp and die set and placed the stamp that looks like streamers on top of a scrap piece of gold matte cardstock and picked it up with my Misti door.  I inked the stamp with Simon Says Stamp’s clear embossing ink, applied a generous amount of anti-static powder to my cardstock, and stamped the impression onto the gold cardstock panel.  I used Brutus Monroe’s “Sterling” embossing powder and applied it to the embossing ink, tapped off the excess, and heat set it with my heat tool.  After the cardstock cooled, I used the circle die from the “Lovely Ornaments” die set to cut the gold, silver embossed cardstock with my die cutting machine.  Then I used a die from the “Lovely Ornaments” set that looked almost like dripping icing and die cut it from a piece of Pinkfresh Studios’ navy glitter cardstock.  I adhered the navy glitter die cut to the top of the gold ornament base using liquid glue.  I took a piece of silver DMC Diamant thread and tied it into a double bow (leave the tails long) and set that aside for the moment.  For the ornament topper, I wanted one that was more substantial than what came with the “Lovely Ornaments” die set, so I used the Spellbinders/Nichol Spohr “Festive Ornaments” dies and selected the two ornament topper pieces and cut the one with the base out of a scrap of silver metallic cardstock and the one with the hanger loop from some gold metallic cardstock.  I glued the metallic silver die cut on top of the metallic gold ornament topper die cut and held those two together with my reverse tweezers until they dried.  Once dried, I adhered the new ornament topper to the top of the navy/gold ornament and glued the silver thread bow to the top of the ornament hanger with liquid glue.  While the glue was drying on the bow, I decided to add some more texture to the ornament by adding Nuvo Crystal Drops “Liquid Mercury” to each of the little dots created with the embossing of the lower half of the ornament and set the ornament aside until all components were dry.

I selected the “Sending holiday cheer” sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp’s “Christmas Wishes” sentiment strips and used silver Spellbinders Glimmer Foil to add a metallic shine to the toner sentiment strip.  Once foiled, I added small, thin foam squares to the back of the sentiment strip.

I added thin foam squares to the back of the now dry ornament and adhered it to the center of my card front.  I removed the release paper from the foam squares on the back of my sentiment strip and adhered it to the lower center of the card front and that completed today’s card.

I hope you enjoyed the card and found inspiration for some of your own holiday projects!  Until next time… happy making!

2024 Holiday Series #5 | Let It Snow

Hi friends!  For today’s holiday series installment, I created a Copic-colored snowman cutie from AALL & Create’s “Snow Good” stamp set.   This project can also be found on my YouTube channel so you can watch the step-by-step construction process at https://www.youtube.com/@VeehattInspired .

The supplies used were:

X-Press It Blending Cardstock

AALL & Create “Snow Good” Stamp Set

Copic Alcohol Markers (colors listed below)

Spellbinders “Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag” Die Set

Snowflake Pattern Cardstock (from an older Simon Says Stamp card kit)

Memory Box Open Studio “Holiday Wishes” Stamp Set

Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink Pad

  Gelly Roll Glaze Pen - Black

Gelly Roll White Pen

Gelly Roll Glitter Pen #705 

Scrapbook.com 1” 1mm Foam Adhesive Roll

Ranger Heat It Craft Tool

Misti Original Stamp Positioning Tool

Anna Griffin Empress Die Cutting Machine

To begin the card, I used the largest die from Spellbinders’ “Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag” die set and die cut a piece of X-Press It Blending Cardstock to serve as the base of my card front.  I chose this cardstock for the base so it will match the same tone of white I used for the decorative cardstock that I used for the Copic coloring.  I added adhesive to the back of this card panel and adhered it to my side-opening, A2 card base.

Next, I pulled a piece of snowflake pattern paper that I had in my stash that was included in a winter-themed card kit that I had purchased from Simon Says Stamp – but any snowy pattern paper or even stamped or embossed would work fine.  I trimmed the pattern paper to be 2” x 5-1/2” and adhered it to the left side of my card front.  I have some spools of thin, glittered washi tape that I bought a couple years ago from Amazon – I think they were intended for people to use on their fingernails, but of course we crafters see beyond the intended use!  I used the gold glittered roll of washi tape and ran a strip of it down the edge of the patterned cardstock on my card front.

I used the fifth largest die from the Spellbinders’ “Perfect Touch Rectangles and Tag” die set and die cut a piece of X-Press It Blending Cardstock… this will be the panel that I stamp and color with the Copics.

Using the Misti stamp positioner and Simon Says Stamp’s Intense Black ink, I stamped the snowman from AALL & Create’s “Snow Good” stamp set and the “Let It Snow” stamp from Memory Box’s “Holiday Wishes” stamp set onto the small X-Press It cardstock rectangle.  I heat set the ink to ensure it wouldn’t bleed when I began the Copic coloring.

For the Copic coloring:

    Stick arms – E25, E27

    Carrot nose – YR16, YR18, E08

    Eye – B15, B000, White Gel Pen

    Sock Hat & Scarf – RV02, RV13, RV14 and BG07, BG15, BG32, Gelly Roll #705

    Body – B000, B00

Once the coloring was completed, I added two strips of Scrapbook.com’s 1” 1mm foam adhesive to the back of the colored panel and adhered it to the center of the card front.  My final touch was to add black Gelly Roll Glaze pen details to the snowman’s eyes and buttons and some random white Gelly Roll accents on the snowman’s hat and scarf.

I hope you enjoyed the card and found inspiration for some of your own holiday projects!  Until next time… happy making!