Flowers And Feathers!

Hi everyone! There is a beautiful new color palette up at the Color Throwdown Challenge #536 and I could not resist making a card for this one! I took some inspiration from the picture too and added in some pretty flowers along with the feathery leaves!

I inked the background with a stencil and ink and then stamped and die cut my two colored feathers. The third feather is just die cut from cream card stock and layered with the others along with the tiny blooms! 

I added in a bit more of the challenge green color with polka dots and stamped the sentiment in a darker mauve. For shine, I topped off a few areas with glitter! A soft and pretty card with a sweet sentiment!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:

Memory Box Textured Diamond stencil

Cheers To 29!

Hi everyone! Birthday cards are always a joy to make and this one was especially fun as it was for my beautiful daughter! What better way to end the last year of her twenties than with a beautiful birthday card!

I used some of her favorite colors for this card and incorporated lots of layers. The pretty Reverse Confetti blooms look so lovely paired with the bold Concord & 9th numbers. For even more boldness, I added in a few accents of black with ink and sequins.

The vellum die cut leaves add a bit of softness to the bold colors and there is even a tiny detail on the inside of the card! 

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

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Bloom!

Hi everyone! Even though the calendar says it's Spring it's still pretty cold here in Colorado and there is a lot of snow still on the ground. I'm ready for some sunshine and warmer weather so I am really digging the color scheme of this week's Color Throwdown #535!

I kept my card clean and simple and brought in the red and white buffalo checks with a die cut that has been backed in cheery red. The sweet plants, as well ad the sentiment, are part of the new Simple Stories 'Spring Farmhouse' clear stamp set and I love them! 

The plants were stamped in black and then simply colored with Copic markers. I layered a few frames together with the sentiment tag and added in a few red enamel dots! Super cute and easy!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:
Copic Markers
Offray ribbon

Life Is An Adventure!

Hi everyone! Simple Stories has some new paper collection releases and they are fabulous! One of my new favorites is the 'Simple Vintage Traveler'. I love to travel and I think one of the best (and cutest!) ways to document a trip is a mini album!

I made this mini into a travel folio with lots of places for photos, journaling spots and mementos! There are even some hidden pockets too! The folio, which measures 5"x7 3/4" when closed, has a tie closure and I included a luggage tag from the Bits & Pieces along with some travel charms as accents.

This inside flap has both a photo and journaling spot as well as a hidden pocket with a pull-out card! The tickets on the edge are from the combo stickers included with the kit! The other flap is actually a large pocket with a long pull-out card that features quite a few spaces for photos or journaling.

The flaps open up to reveal a pocket with a large tag that also holds photos. The pocket has a few sticker embellishments and been stamped with one of the new clear stamps from the 'See The World' stamp set! In the center are a couple of multi photo flips that have been decorated with small stickers and sentiments.

The center of the folio has three sections. The left flap features a beautiful frame from the Layered Frames packet and the right flap has one of the Bits & Pieces adhered to the corner to hold a couple of photo and tag card! For the center, I folded a Simple Stories pocket page in half to hold more photos. Behind the pocket page is another hidden pocket holding another cute card!

The center section folds up and flips over to reveal the back of the folio. There is another frame, ready for a photo, and a pocket that hold a travelers notebook that I made using a piece of the patterned paper. I cut notebook paper down to size and used that for the inside of the notebook. Super cute! Now I just need to got a trip so I can fill up this folio!

There is so much more amazing detail to this folio that you really should see! Head over to my YouTube channel to check out a short walk-through video to see it all!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:
assorted ribbon
mini eyelets

Soul Shine Mandala!

Hi everyone! I had originally made two cards for the latest Color Throwdown challenge but in the end, only used one. So I got a bonus blog post with this other card!

Mandalas are very trendy right now so I took the opportunity to create a multicolored one in shades of blue, green and coral using a Simon Says Stamp background stamp. I stamped the main image on white before coloring it with Copic markers. This was mounted onto  bright green and then onto a larger piece of white card stock that has the same stamped image without colors for a striking, layered effect.

Keeping with the green hue, I stamped the sentiment in a complimentary color and also added in a couple tiny green gems alongside some bronze sequins. I added in a bit more of shine with some Glossy Accents in and around the image. The card base is a simple kraft to let the mandala image really shine!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:
Cartwrights Sequins
Copic Markers

Rainbows And Candy!

Hi everyone! My favorite sweet is chocolate but there is something about these adorable candy stamps from Stampin' Up that make me think of rainbows. I could not resist coloring them in bright and fun colors and adding in rainbow hued accents.

The first card is a trio of apothecary jars that I filled with a variety of sweets. I made the jars the focus of the card by not adding in too much background but gave it fun details in the scalloped edge and tiny rainbow colored gems. I layered in more colors with striped papers along the edge and under the sentiment as well as the inside of the card.

More charming jars on this card over a rainbow lined background. I also added in rainbow paint spatters before layering on the die cut jars filled with solid colored candies! I added in some solid colored accents to the background and under the sentiment.

The last is a vivid colored tag perfect for adorning a bag full of treats! The solid white tag is embossed in glittery polka dots and topped with a smaller dotted tag. The rainbow dotted patterned paper is the perfect background for the sentiment and there is a scattering of bright colored candies over the tag.

Thanks for checking out my blog!  Bee Happy!!

Supplies used:
Copic Markers
Memory Box Main St. Tag dies

Great Places!

Hi everyone! I have a colorful inky card to share today for the Color Throwdown #532 challenge! I was inspired by the gorgeous sky in the inspiration photo and chose to create a blended ink background with the challenge colors!

After blending my background of three colors, I layered on two whimsical houses that had been stamped in the kraft challenge color and then embossed in clear. I water colored in the images with the same distress inks along with a few clouds. I tucked a few sparkly sequins and stamped the sentiment in bold black!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

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