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Emily Midgett

Honey Bee Stamps Cheerful Love Blog Hop!

Hi Crafty Friends!! The Honey Bee Stamps Cheerful Love Release is now available in the store. To celebrate the new release, we are having a two day blog hop called Cheerful Love. So please hop along with us both days to be inspired! Be sure to visit each blog & leave a comment to be entered to win!!! We will be giving away two $50 gift cards to the Honey Bee Stamps store, one from each day. The winners will be posted on our blog Tuesday, February 27th.

For my first project, I couldn’t resist putting my Zig markers to that sweet little Platypus from Penny the Platypus. Isn’t she just so darn precious?? The sweet, innocent expression on her face just melts my heart. I stamped her using sticky black ink onto some watercolor paper, then added clear embossing powder. I also stamped a balloon and a little bouquet of flowers, also from the Penny the Platypus set, onto the same watercolor paper. I watercolored all of the images with my Zig markers and used a damp paintbrush to blend everything out.

I cut an A2 sized panel from some more watercolor paper and added a sweet “feel better soon” sentiment from Cheerful Sentiments on the background wash using waterproof ink. Next, I used the same three shades from the bouquet to create an ethereal wash for the background panel, using very little Zig marker and lots of water to blend everything. I die cut the balloon, flowers, and Penny herself using the coordinating dies and popped her up on the watercolored panel. I added a few Unicorn Jewels to add some sparkle. Pretty straightforward, but that little platypus is just so darn cute that you don’t need much!!

For my next project today, I used the new Congrats Grad stamp set in conjunction with some of the cute accessories from the Penny the Platypus stamp and die set. I started with an alcohol inked panel from my stash (I like to make a bunch at a time and use them at leisure) and die cut it using the Double Stitched Rectangle dies. I then used a massive amount of very strong adhesive (Score Tape, in this case) to adhered it to my card front. I did this to add extra stability to help prevent warping when I embossed the greeting from Congrats Grad onto my alcohol ink panel using white embossing powder. I also cut a shimmery silver frame using the same Double Stitched Rectangle dies and created a shaker out of it, filling it with both Bokeh Lights Confetti, Clear Bubbles Sequins, and Frozen Tree tiny leaves sequins.

I stamped more balloons, the graduation cap, and the diploma scroll from Penny the Platypus onto watercolor paper and colored them with colors that coordinate with the alcohol ink background. I die cut them out with the coordinating dies, then added them to the front of the shaker in a cluster.

Well, that’s all for my projects today! We have a super fun two-day blog hop planned to help celebrate this darling release. You should have arrived here from the Honey Bee Stamps blog and your next stop is Kelley Kohout’s blog. Here’s the full hop list, in case you get lost:

Honey Bee Stamps
Emily Midgett (that’s me!)
Kelley Kohout
JoAnn Danchik
Carly Minner
Carrie Bryant
Carol Hintermeier
Ilda Dias

Be sure to visit each blog & leave a comment to be entered to win!!! We will be giving away two $50 gift cards to the Honey Bee Stamps store, one from each day. The winners will be posted on our blog Tuesday, February 27th.

 


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  1. Emily, both your cards are so beautiful, you are right that little platypus is so adorable, it’s the first time I’ve seen her & she’s won my heart. Thank you for showing

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  4. Love the graduation card and the rich colors you got using the Zig markers! Also love how the platypus is colored with them. I have the small collection of 12 and haven’t had a chance to work with them yet. This is inspiring!

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  15. Emily, great idea showing how to use one stamp set and get two completely different looks. They are both spectacular!

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  17. Love the graduation card. To
    personalize it, the background
    colors could be adapted to the colors
    of the school. the little platypus
    is adorable. thanks for sharing
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  34. What beautiful watercoloring you did! Penny really pops. And I love the bouquet of flowers for the get-well sentiment. I also like the contrast of the watercolor balloons with the alcohol ink background. Just all-around beautiful cards; thanks for sharing!

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  38. Yes, both cards are great! Love the expression on the face on the get well card and the vibrancy of the graduation one!

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  50. The coloring on your cards is beautiful! I’ve been wanting to try a shaker cards for some time but haven’t had a chance yet. Thanks for sharing your great cards!

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  54. The platypus card is adorable and so beautifully colored! I really like the grad card too–am needing ideas b/c our youngest is graduating this year.

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  58. Both of your cards are adorable, and so useful. I love all the accessories that come in the darling Platypus stamp set. Thanks for sharing your talents.

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  62. Beautiful colors in your graduation card! The sequins in the shaker blend well with the card, yet still give that shimmer and shine! Your platypus card is so sweet!

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  80. Both cards are amazing! But I really like the grad shaker card! I really like how versatile this set can be.

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