Designer's Choice: Garden Fairy Shaker Tags with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with this trio of bee themed shaker tags. I've had this idea of creating bee fairies since last year, so I'm glad I can finally share this project with you.

I started off by stamping my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and my Graph'it brush markers.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I picked:

• Garden Fairy for three fairies
• Garden Critters for the bees
• Just Bee-cause for the beehive
• Little Birdie for the branch
• Love Birds for a heart and flowers

Next I worked on the shaker tags. I built them following the same process, so here are the different steps:

1. Cut a Scalloped Tag Circle out of light brown woodgrain cardstock, and use a 2,5 inches circle die to cut a window out of it

2. Use the same Scalloped Tag Circle die to cut a whole tag out of acetate, and another one out of a Polka Dot Parade aqua pattern paper

3. Attach the acetate tag at the back of the woodgrain tag using liquid glue, and add foam strips on the acetate, all along the scalloped edges of the tag, following the rounded shape

4. Pour some shaker accessories on the acetate, I used 3mm clear sequins, peel the backing papers off the foam strips, and attach the polka dot aqua tag to close the shaker tag

I stamped "What's buzzin'?" from Garden Critters on each tag, directly on the acetate, using white stazon ink, attached my images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, added ribbon and twine, applied a little bit of white blizzard nuvo drops on the hearts and wings, and finished my tags with highlights and details using a white gel pen.

And that's it! I really love how those shaker tags turned out, I hope you like them too! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Just Bee-cause Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Just Bee-cause Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Circle Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Garden Critters Card with Leanne

Hi everyone! Leanne here and I'm sharing a bee theme thank you card complete with custom made bee hive. I just love the little bees in the Garden Critters stamp set. I thought they needed a bee hive to call home. 

The hive was very easy to make. I used one the mid sized Stitched Oval dies to cut out an oval from yellow card stock. I then cut the oval in half. I used the smallest oval in the set to cut out an opening and backed it with dark brown card stock. To give the hive some details lines I simply used tape to mask off sections and lightly blended on some dark yellow ink. I stamped the "thanks a buzzilion" sentiment from Garden Critters right onto the hive. 

Copic colors used: RV14, RV29, R12, R32, Y32, Y35, Y38, YG61, YG63, BG11, T2, T4, T6

I Copic colored three bees and tulips planters. I die cut with the coordinating Garden Critters dies. I added the hive, bees, and tulips with thin foam squares to a Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace panel. I then adhered the eyelet lace panel to a hot pink A2 size card base. Lastly I embellished the scene with a few sequins. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio

Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tree Branch Die Focused Card with Isha

Hello everyone, Isha here with a fun and whimsical card featuring the Tree Branch die. As you know me, I love to experiment with my products, so instead of having the branch horizontal, I created a vertical whimsical tree for this enchanted forest scene.

I started by sponging salty ocean distress ink to a white layer, flick some of the same ink. Die-cut the grass using the Mini Grass Border dies, sponge with mowed lawn and  twisted citron inks, flick some peeled paint ink.

Stamp the images, color using copic markers and die-cut using the coordinating sentiments.

Gnomes - Home Sweet Gnome stamp and dies
Mushroom House - Garden Fairy stamps and dies
Bird - Love Birds stamps and dies
Bees, caterpillar - Garden Critters stamps and dies

Die-cut the branch and leaves using the Tree Branch die. Color using copic markers. Assemble the scene and adhere this panel to a white card base. I didn't use any sentiment on this card so that it can be personalized as per the need. 

Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Home Sweet Gnome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Home Sweet Gnome Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tree Branch Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gift Card Envelope Die Focused Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with you with a spring theme cute card featuring the new Gift Card Envelope die. I made this for a friend in France and the older Paris Afternoon stamp was a great help :)

I started by creating the sky. Simply sponge kitsch flamingo ink through the cloud stencil. Next I die-cut grass from both the Mini Grass Border dies, spong them with mowed lawn oxide inks.  Adhere to the cloud panel and die-cut using the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil die.

Die-cut the envelope using vellum, flowers from the Gift Card Envelope die. Adhere behind the grassy hill. Stamp the Eiffel Tower from the Paris Afternoon stamp, die-cut using the coordinating dies. Stamp the bear from the Bighearted Bears stamp set, color using copic and die-cut using the coordinating dies. Stamp the sun from the Garden Critters stamp set, color and die-cut using the coordinating dies.

Die-cut the rectangle from the Mini Mat and Tag 3 dies, sponge ink and stamp the word Merci. Stamp the rest of the sentiment from the Lovey Dovey stamp, die-cut using the coordinating dies. Assemble everything together. To finish, add color to the flowers using copic markers, add sparkle crystal to the center. 

Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio	Paris Afternoon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Paris Afternoon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Bold Greetings Cards with Cathy and Bobbi

Hey friends! Cathy here today sharing a sweet little panda in his stylish home who would love some company!

I had a lot of fun creating this living room for my panda. I started with the wall and floor of the scene. First, I die-cut of piece of paper from the Subtle Grey Tones Paper using the second largest Stitched Rectangle Die. For the floor, I embossed a piece of light gray cardstock using the Woodgrain Embossing Folder and die-cut the piece twice using the ribbon die from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. I cut the ribbon pieces into "planks" and adhered 2 rows to the bottom of the die-cut paper piece. I then trimmed the excess from the right and left edges.

Next, I matted the paper piece on black cardstock and matted it again on green cardstock that I die-cut using the largest Stitched Rectangle Die. I adhered these combined pieces to the center of an A2 card front.

For the window, I die-cut the smaller window from the Wonderful Windows Dies from black cardstock. I traced around the outside of the die-cut window with a pencil on white cardstock, cut it out with scissors and inked a light blue sky with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I die-cut the Autumn Tree Die from white cardstock, colored the branches with Copics and adhered portions of the branches to the right side of the sky piece. I trimmed off the excess along the right edge. I then die-cut leaves and flowers from the Wonderful Windows Dies from white cardstock, colored the flowers with Copics and inked the leaves with Twisted Citron Distress ink. After adhering them to the branches, I adhered the black window frame to the sky piece and adhered the window 2" from the bottom of the card and 1" from the right side.

Next, I stamped the panda from the Panda Party Stamps and the pillows/sofa from the Cozy Christmas Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them out. I decided the little panda needed a houseplant so I die-cut a small tag topper from the Stitched Arch Dies from white cardstock and colored it with Copics to resemble a basket planter. For a tall plant, I inked white cardstock with Rustic Wilderness Distress ink and die-cut a small fern leaf from the Spring Greenery Dies.

To finish, I stamped the "Miss You" sentiment from the Big Bold Greetings Stamps in Versamark ink on black cardstock, heat embossed it with white embossing powder and die-cut it using the coordinating dies. To add a little more color, I die-cut the coordinating "Miss You" die from light blue cardstock and layered the sentiment slightly overlapping it.

I hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.

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Hi friends! It’s Bobbi here with a BIG and BOLD greeting card! I am using the Big Bold Greeting stamps and coordinating dies for this vibrant birthday card. This is such a quick and easy card to make and is age-appropriate for anyone. I am using a fun paper from the Spring Fever paper pack that just makes the card happy and that cute sun is from the Garden Critters stamp set and coordinating dies.

I stamped the “Make a Wish” phrase using three ink colors, stamping one color at a time. I used a Memento ink in yellow, orange and pink. I cut out the phrase using the matching die. I also cut three candles from the same set and colored them using Copic Sketch markers in B05, B02, V09, V04, YG17 and YG03. The flames were done in R17, YR07, and YR19. I drew the wick with a fine-tip black marker. I also stamped the sun from the Garden Critters stamp set and cut it out using its coordinating die. I colored the sun using Copics in Y08, Y15, Y19 and Y38. I added white highlights to the sun and the candles using my Gelly Roll pen.

To make the background for this 5″ X 7″ card, I cut a 5″ wide X 4-1/2″ tall piece of patterned paper and attached it to the front of the card base. Next, I added dots of Pearl Pen in coordinating colors to the scallop joints at the top on each of the pink strands. These dots of color give the paper dimension and interest in a quick and easy way. Note: Pearl Pen is similar to Nuvo Drops. Either will work for this application. 

I attached the sentiment, the candles and the sun to the white space at the top of the card, offsetting the design to the right. I used foam tabs under the sentiment to make it stand out above everything else for emphasis. I also added accent dots around the collage for more festive fun. You can see from the photo above how much dimension this card has. It’s so cute and so easy to do! This card is ready to send.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll send you updates on new posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio		Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodgrain Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cozy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cozy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wonderful Windows Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio