Happy Bee Day!

Hello and happy Monday everyone!

Today I'm sharing a birthday card that I made for a friend.

Since I was in High School,  so a very long time ago, I have LOVED bees!

Over the years I've amassed quite a nice collection of stamps, dies and embossing folders.

I've only just recently began to really use them though.

I decided to make a bridge card.  The die is from Crafter's Companion from the Bee-Youtiful collection and is called Bumbling in the Flowers.  The embossing folder is also from that collection and is called Bees and Flowers.

I die cut on metallic gold paper that I got at Michael's.

On the inside I used some of the hexagons that popped out of the die on the front of the card.  I also used some retired stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms.  This set is called Sweet Bee 6021FUM

If you love bees then keep checking back often.

I have LOTS more cards to share.

Art Impressions Mini Die Bridge Cards

 Hello Ai fans!

What a fun new release these Mini Dies have been!

I simply can't decide which set is my favorite!

I have 3 cards for you today.

I used 5325 Sail Mini Dies on my first card.

I made a bridge card which was new to me.

I put together a brief tutorial on how I made it.

First, I cut the paper to A2 size vertically...4 1/4" wide x 11". Then I scored across the middle at 5 1/2".  Place the paper into your paper trimmer and cut 1 1/8" in from the right side, down to the score mark.

Flip the paper over and cut at 1 1/8" again, down to the score line.

Turn the paper so that's it's horizontal and then make a cut from the first cut mark to the other one.  Your paper should look like the lower half  of an H.

Once you have your base cut you can cut pieces to fit exactly over the "flap" pieces or that are ever so slightly smaller so you see the base.

I used the 5338 – Baby Mini Dies to create a baby girl card.

The verse is from 5185 – Baby Girl Set.

For my last card I used 5328 – Halloween Mini Dies.

This is the inside.

I cut two bats so that I could pop him up and spread out his wings.

I also used 5133 – Flag Double Stitched Dies, 

5063 – Rectangle A2 Double Stitched Dies and 

5064 – Circle Double Stitched Dies.

So...are you as obsessed with these new die sets as I am??

I know these will get used CONSTANTLY!!

Copics used:

W5, T4, N1, B34, R37, E33, E42