Each Friday I will describing the features of the products I have focused on during the week.
The Bee My Valentine Stamp Set includes 24 photopolymer stamps – 17 images and 7 greetings.
There are four stamps that can be used for two step stamping – the bee body and the wings – and being photopolymer means it is so much easier to align the images when stamping. The remaining images can be used to enhance the bee image or to use to create floral elements.
The 7 greetings are designed with two different fonts. Some of these greetings have fun word play, such as ‘bee mine’. The great thing about these greetings is that they can be used for a range of occasions.
Some other features of this suite include the coordinating Bee Builder Punch (cut a strip of card stock to 1 3/8″ and you can feed it into the tail end of the bee body area of the punch, turn it around and create a ‘banner’ for greetings).
The Bee Mine Designer Series Paper 12 different designs and 12 sheets in total. these designs are also great for a variety of occasions.
And, as far as embellishments go, the Adhesive-backed Hearts & Flowers and Sweet Sorbet 1/4″ Bordered Ribbon are perfect for any project.
Finally, the Square Pillow Boxes are a new 3D stampable gift box. I haven’t featured them this week, but I will soon.
Now, for today’s project!
I actually made this card in the lead up to the OnStage @ Home event from a little while ago but it’s perfect to share here today.
This is my interpretation of a Bridge Fold Card.
The Thick Basic White card base measured 9 1/4″ x 4 1/2″. It was scored at 1 1/2″, 3″, 6 1/4″ and 7 3/4″.
I cut several panels of DSP to the card base panels – four measuring 1 3/8″ x 4 3/8″ and one measuring 3 1/8″ x 4 3/8″. If you take care when cutting the DSP the pattern will align perfectly across the card.
The ‘bridge’ piece measures 6 1/4″ x 1 1/4″ and is scored 1 1/2″ in from each side.
I stamped the honeycomb, using Tuxedo Black Memento ink, several times and fussy cut them all. They were then added to the ‘bridge’ piece with Multipurpose Glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I stamped, punched and assembled three bees. Two were attached, with dimensionals, to the two side panels.
A length of white Baker’s Twine was threaded into the centre space of the card – I made a small hole on each side, threaded the twine through, secured it with adhesive and a small circle of cardstock.
The third bee was secured to the twine, so that it would ‘fly’ in the space.
The greeting was stamped and punched, using the Heartfelt Hexagon Punch, before being adhered behind the bridge panel.
I fussy cut some of the honey jars, from the DSP, and added them to the bridge panel using dimensionals. Some black Baker’s Twine was tied into bows and added to the jars.
Well, that is my first week of creations for 2024. I hope that you have liked what you have seen. Over the next few weeks, my posts will expand and evolve. If there is anything you would like to see, please let me know.
Until then, happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.
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