We are saying "Goodbye to Old Friends" for our Control Freaks May Blog Hop. I am so sad to see some of our products retiring but that means we have new products coming! You may have arrived here from
LeeAnn Greff's blog or you may be starting the blog hop with me. Either way, I will direct you to the next person at the end of my post.
For my cards this month, I opted to use the following retiring products:
- Dragonfly Dreams stamp set
- Detailed Dragonfly Dies
- Hexagons Embossing Folder
These are my two projects:
I decided to stick with black, white & yellow on both projects as it's one of my favorite color combinations. Yellow always looks so striking against black and of course adding the die-cut bumblebees was perfect for these three colors. Can't you just hear them buzzing now?
Let's look at my first card:
I used the Hexagons Embossing Folder on both cards. You can see the embossing on the Basic Black layer on this card. The two smaller layers were cut with the Rectangle Stitched Dies and the die-cut dragonfly was colored with Clear Wink Of Stella. It's gorgeous!
Card Recipe:
- Card Base: Thick Whisper White Cardstock 11" x 4-1/4". Score and fold at 5-1/2".
- Layer #2: Basic Black Cardstock 5-1/4" x 4". Emboss with the Hexagons Embossing Folder and glue to card base.
- Layer #3: Pineapple Punch Cardstock cut with the 4" x 2-5/8" Rectangle Stitched Dies and glue to card front to the left and angled.
- Layer #4: Whisper White Cardstock cut with the 4" x 2-5/8" Rectangle Stitched Dies. Stamp the dotted image at the top using Pineapple Punch Ink. Stamp the sentiment at the bottom using Memento Black Ink. Glue to card front to the right and angled.
- Dragonfly: Cut out one dragonfly with the dies and Basic Black Cardstock. Color with the Clear Wink Of Stella and glue to card front using Stampin' Dimensionals.
Card #2:
How could you not love these adorable bumblebees? My hubby is actually terrified of them so maybe he would beg to differ. What's neat about them too is you can stamp the yellow image first and then glue the die-cuts on top so the yellow peeks out. You can see what I mean here in this photo:
Card Recipe:
- Card Base: Thick Whisper White Cardstock 11" x 4-1/4". Score and fold at 5-1/2".
- Layer #2: Basic Black Cardstock 5-1/4" x 4". Glue to card base.
- Layer #3: Pineapple Punch Cardstock embossed using the Hexagons Embossing Folder. Set aside.
- Layer #4: Whisper White Cardstock 5" x 1-3/4". Stamp the sentiment using Memento Black Ink, centered at the bottom of the strip. Glue to Layer #3 at an angle and trim the ends. Glue to card base.
- Bees: Stamp the bee image on the white cardstock strip twice above the sentiment. Stamp a third bee on a scrap of white. Cut out (3) die-cut bees using Basic Black Cardstock with the bee die. Glue all three of them over the stamped bees. Hand-cut the bee on the scrap and glue to the hexagon background.
I will now direct you to my fabulous teammate
Cindy Elam's blog. You can click on the next arrow below and make sure you visit all of my teammates! Have a good night!
