STAMPtember | Honey Bee Exclusive – On My Mind

Happy Friday, friends! I’m away on a quick one-day road trip today to Kyiv (the capital of Ukraine), going to get a new car!!! Meanwhile, I have another STAMPtember Exclusive card to share, this time featuring the Honey Bee – On My Mind stamp set. It is a large 6×8″ set featuring a large stunning fall wreath and lots of gorgeous sentiments to stamp inside the wreath.

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CARD DETAILS

I decided to go with a simple design when making this card, although I did add a bit of interest by partially coloring the background with a C1 light gray Copic marker. I’m a big fan of colored backgrounds and having stamped and colored the wreath I really wanted to add something else to the background to help it pop. Coloring it a light gray seemed to have done the trick.

As for the leaves, this is probably the first time I tried coloring one image with red, green, and orange all in one. It was fun. I let go of the fear of messing it up and colored the maple leaf. I started by adding YG03 to the bottom part of the leaf. Next, I colored the top part with R22 and overlapped the R22 with YG03 – those gave such a pretty fall color! Next, I added darker green to the bottom of the leaf, darker red to the top of the leaf, and also orange here and there. It was fun! I’ll have to remember this coloring method for next time.

Follow these steps to re-create this card:

• Stamp wreath in Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Neenah Solar White 80lb cardstock (this reminds me to get a refill for my memento ink pad)
• Stamp the sentiment of your choice inside the wreath. This stamp set offers many options.
• Color the flowers using yellow and orange markers. I used: Y11, Y15, YR15 for the largest and Y15, YR15, YR18 for the smaller flowers. Flower centers were colored using C9.
• Color the leaves using a mix of green, yellow, and red. I used YG01, YG03, G99, R22, R24, R39 as well as the yellow colors mentioned above.
• Add highlights using a white pen.
• Color the bottom part of the background using the C1 marker. Feather it out about midway up. Trim panel to 4 x 5 1/4″ and foam mount to A2 white card base.
• Color the wreath itself using a C3 marker. Add white dot detail. Embellish with gold sequins and clear drops.

HONEY BEE ON MY MIND STAMPTEMBER 2020 EXCLUSIVE

This exclusive collaboration stamp set is available for a limited time – show now! It will not be re-stocked once it sells out.

SUPPLIES

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Honey Bee Stamptember 2020 Exclusive Shop at: SSS	Honey Bee Stamptember 2020 Exclusive Stamp + Die Set Shop at: SSS	Neenah 80LB Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker Y11 Pale Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker Y15 Cadmium Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YR15 Pumpkin Yellow Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YR18 Sanguine Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker R22 Light Prawn Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker R24 Prawn Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker R39 Garnet Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YG01 Green Bice Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker YG03 Yellow Green Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker YG99 Marine Green Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker C1 Cool Gray Shop at: SSS	Copic Sketch Marker C3 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS
Copic Sketch Marker C9 Cool Gray Grey Shop at: SSS	Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS	Simon Says Stamp Stay Gold Sequins Shop at: SSS	Sakura Classic White Gelly Roll Pens Set of 3 Shop at: SSS
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS	Journey Craft Glue Shop at: