Welcome to the CardMaker and Reverse Confetti blog hop and giveaway!
Those of you familiar with my work know that I love finding new and unexpected ways to use my stamps. Today's post is no different. I used 'The Buzz' stamps and matching dies from Reverse Confetti to create my two cards.
For my first card, instead of using the hive as one might expect, I used it to add detail along the edge of my tag. I heat-embossed it in black then colored it in with a yellow alcohol marker.
The bees are also heat-embossed and colored in with alcohol markers. I added foam tape behind the big bee, the sentiment tag and the little bee on the right.
For my second card, I used the bee's wings to create flowers.
I began by stamping the large bee stamp several times on pink and yellow cardstock. I cut the pieces apart as shown here. I did later stamp the bee on green cardstock to use to attach the stem. I thought it looked better in green, but yellow, as in this photo, works too.
Next, I arranged the petals into a flower shape and adhered them to each other. My pink flower has five sets of wings. My yellow flower has two sets of wings.
I set aside the bee's bodies to use as balloons on another card.
I used the same card base on both cards to show how versatile this stamp collection is. As you can see, I was able to really stretch this stamp set to get a completely different look.
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Thanks so much for hopping with us today. Your next stop is Amy Rohl .
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Make sure stop in at all the participating blogs today. We love hearing from you. And, don't forget the giveaway at Reverse Confetti
If you get lost or find a broken link, pop back over to CardMaker and you'll find a complete list of the hops.
Have fun hopping, Pamela
Materials used:
stamps & dies- The Buzz (Reverse Confetti)
cardstock- card base (DCWV CM-002-00008)
yellow, pink, green (the Paper Studio 449769)
ink- black dye (Memories Direct)
dragonfly black pigment (ColorBox)
powder- clear embossing powder (JoAnn Essentials)
markers- alcohol markers (Spectrum Noir, CT3, IG6, IG8)
