Hi friends! I am back today with more inspiration using today’s STAMPtember Collaboration release! Today, we’re spotlighting Honey Bee Stamps, a favorite company of mine with an owner good as gold and sweet as honey! The new stamp set, called Holiday Greetings, is a large cling stamp set with a gorgeous, wintry outdoor scene with a lovely and detailed birdhouse filled with sweet birdies and beautiful foliage, accompanied by poignant holiday sentiments. Check out the full set HERE.
If you are new to STAMPtember from Simon Says Stamp, throughout the month of September, Simon Says Stamp will have exclusive collaborations with some of our favorite stamping companies, releasing an exclusive, limited edition stamp set designed in collaboration with a different company nearly every day! (Click HERE to see the Collaboration Sets page, and be sure to bookmark it!)
For my cards today, I chose to allow the exquisitely detailed illustration do a lot of the work for me, stamping and embossing the image on both white cardstock as well as vellum, to create two completely different cards with the same stamp!
For my first card, I stamped the image from Holiday Greetings on a panel of plain white cardstock using Juniper ink, then stamped again directly over the top of the stamped image with embossing ink and added Hero Arts Iridescent Purple embossing powder, creating a lush, iridescent sheen on the stamped image. I then used a blending brush to blend Jade and Morning Pawsitively Saturated Ink on bottom and top, respectively, adding a hint of “foliage” and “sky.” Once I had finished blending, I applied Multi Medium Matte to the birdhouse and branches, sprinkling Rock Candy Glitter over the top of the wet adhesive to create gloriously sparkly, textured snow. I added a double bow tied with Simon Says Stamp’s Silver Cord to the top of the bird house, then added a couple of the greetings to the bottom of the card, created with the same ink/embossing technique used on the card itself. Some iridescent watercolor splatters and a few gems finished it off!
For my second card, I decided to emboss the beautiful image on some vellum, keeping the imagery botanical by adding some additional die cut foliage and a large die cut greeting. I heat embossed the image from Holiday Greetings onto some vellum, then adhered it to a panel of deep navy blue cardstock, adding dots of liquid adhesive behind the solid embossed areas. I die cut some foliage from the Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers Candy Cane using two different shades of soft sage green cardstock, as well as a shiny foil bow. I created a swag with the die cut pine boughs, arranging it around the die cut Joyeux Noël die cut and tucking the bow beneath. I added some slim strips of navy glitter cardstock around the edges of the card front to add a touch more sparkle, then tucked a few gems on the card front for a simple and elegant card!
Well, that’s all for my projects today! You can find more Honey Bee Stamps products HERE. Melissa’s designs are exquisite with intentional details and gorgeous imagery. Her holiday products, especially, are some of my absolute favorites!!
If you love the STAMPtember Collaboration Sets, don’t wait to purchase them, because these limited edition sets will NOT be restocked. Once they’re gone, they’re gone! (Click HERE to see the Collaboration Sets page, and be sure to bookmark it!) Each day holds new surprises, so be sure to check out the Simon Says Stamp social media at noon ET every day throughout STAMPtember so that you don’t miss out. Thanks so much for stopping by today, and happy STAMPtember!!!
