Hi friends! It’s been a bit, hasn’t it? I have a good excuse, promise. Make that two good excuses! Meet Ben and Sam!

My (second set of) twins were born a bit earlier than expected at the beginning of April. You might know this if you follow me on Instagram (I’m @eamidgett), but if you don’t follow social media, you might not have seen these little guys yet. I had a couple of people reach out to ask where I went (thank you for caring <3), so I thought I’d pop on here and share my littlest fellas!
Because of their unexpectedly early arrival, I wasn’t able to share my projects for the Honey Bee Stamps Bee-day release! I collaborated on two different stamp sets for this release: In Full Bloom and Farm Fresh Flowers.


I have a few projects to share with you using these new sets (and some of the other goodies from the latest Honey Bee release, as well!). I won’t go into super huge detail, though, as my little guys are about to wake up from their naps! If you have specific questions about a project, please feel free to email me or leave a comment, and I will do my best to answer!

For this first project, I put the floral frame from In Full Bloom to use with the coordinating interior polygon die to create a pretty flowered shaker card. I colored the flowers with Copic markers in shades of pink, magenta, and coral! A bit of coral ink blending on the card base behind the shaker window added a pretty background for the sentiment.



My second project uses In Full Bloom again, this time pairing it with the new Polygon Thin Frames and some no-line pencil coloring. I stamped the main image from In Full Bloom on some black cardstock using white pigment ink, then coloring it using Caran D’ache Luminance pencils, adding a white die cut sentiment and and Polygon Thin Frame, popping it up on a black card base for some tone-on-tone with a pop of color!



My next project uses the new Farm Fresh Flowers. I heat embossed the super detailed spring bouquet and pitcher onto some watercolor paper, then watercolored the image using Karin markers in pretty shades of peach, coral, pink, and emerald green. I mounted it on a background that I’d stamped using the new Buffalo Plaid clear background stamp, finishing it off with a sentiment and some gems.



Next, I wanted to share some projects using some of the other darling new (non-floral, ha!) products from the birthday release! This project features Safari Babies, which I no-line watercolored using Distress Oxide inks for a super soft, almost storybook feel. I heat embossed the greeting from the Safari Babies stamp set, die cutting the images wit their coordinating Honey Cuts. I blended some white pigment ink on a blue card base using the Clouds stencils, adding a grass border and a few sparkling heart die cuts.



For my next project, I used the new Balloon Alphabet dies and Happy Beeday stamps to create a sweet birthday card. I die cut letters for “celebrate” from some dark gold cardstock, as well as a vellum polygon and celebration bear. I mounted all of the die cuts on a panel of patterned paper from the Spring Fling paper pad.



For my final project, I used the darling stamps and dies from the Happy Beeday to create a sweet birthday party scene, stamping several elements and adding color with Copic markers, then die cutting with the coordinating Honey Cuts. I added a greeting using the new Birthday stamps and Honey Cuts.


Well, that’s all for my projects! I am so sorry it took so long for me to share these… it’s been a busy few months! Honey Bee has a new release coming soon, so I will hopefully be back to share some of those projects very soon! Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a marvelous day! Stay healthy, friends!
Congratulations on your two little ones! I don’t know where you found any time to make these beautiful cards ! Blessings sent for all of you.
Oh the are so so beautiful. Congratulations Emily & partner on your next burst into parenthood. Please keep us updated every now & again, ok every time, on your blog of these cute dudes progress. Hope you all are healthy & stay safe during this horrid time.hugs xxx
Oh my, congratulations! So glad to know that you are well and such an adorable arrival was the reason for your temporary hiatus! I am impressed that you had time just two months later to make these great cards! Sending good thoughts your way!
Emily, you have two beautiful reasons for your blogging break. Your cards are fabulous, too. tfs-stay well.
Oh Emily, your little ones are beautiful!!! Congratulations on your new boys, I can’t imagine two sets of twins!!! They are precious!! Your cards are beautiful as usual, we will take whatever we can get get, we understand. Take care and God bless you all!! ❤️❤️
Those are some super cutie pies! 🐰🐥🐦🐢 Gorgeous cards, Emily. I love that shaker card and I LOVE black cardstock! Fabulous!
Congratulations!!! They are absolutely precious!!! Beautiful cards too!!!
Congrats on your little boys, I had seen the pic already on IG, what I didn’t know though, is that this is your second set of twins, oh my goodness.
I have a question about the cards, on the black one, did you actually stamped on black cardstock? How did you manage to get the colours so vivid? I always struggle when it comes to colouring on dark cardstock, any tips?
Thanks!
Monica
@needleandpaper
Hi Monica! Thank you for the congratulations on my little guys! To answer your question, I actually stamped the line image using white pigment ink, then colored the interior of the image using the colored pencils. The brightness of the coloring on black paper depends on which brand of colored pencils you use. I used Luminance pencils here, but I have also done this technique with Polychromos pencils. Sometimes, adding a layer of white pencil first, then coloring over the top of the white pencil with your colored pencils helps to intensify the color on black paper. Hope that answers your question!! 🙂