Hello and Welcome!
It's our most favorite Wednesday of the month...it's Heartfelt Creations new release day!
I'm sure you've seen the sneak peeks of the new Sweet as Honey Collection....it's the
"bee's knees"! LOL
Here's a little more about this "bee-autiful" collection!
It's our most favorite Wednesday of the month...it's Heartfelt Creations new release day!
I'm sure you've seen the sneak peeks of the new Sweet as Honey Collection....it's the
"bee's knees"! LOL
Here's a little more about this "bee-autiful" collection!
Life is busy and can “bee” overwhelming at times…and it’s in the middle
of that chaos that you need to get “busy as a bee” with your creative side and
refresh your soul with some fun and lighthearted art from the heart! The
“bee-autiful” thing about creating art from the heart is that
whether you’re needing to send “bee-lated” birthday greetings, remind someone
to “bee-lieve” in themselves, or simply let someone know you’ll “bee” thinking
about them, you’ve not only accomplished your act of kindness through
remembering and touching the hearts of friends and loved ones with your
creative projects, but you’ve refreshed your soul and refocused your heart as
well! Join us in spreading joy and “bee-autiful” creations with the new Sweet
as Honey Collection by Heartfelt Creations! “Swarming” with stunning
illustrations of whimsical honey bees, charming hives and “bee-autious” garden
scenes, this fun and lighthearted collection is ideal for creating projects for
a multitude of occasions and is sure to capture the hearts of the young and the
young at heart! A bright and happy hued paper collection will fill your soul with
rays of warm sunshine yellows, bright sky blues and rich golden honey colors,
while boasting captivating honeycomb patterns, happy hexagons, delightful polka
dots, perfect plaids and dreamy florals! An assembling of three “bee-coming”
cling stamp sets, along with coordinating dies provide endless inspirations
with a “bee-autiful” colony of honey bee maidens, whimsical hives and sweet
sentiments ideal for pairing with honeycomb die cuts! So, now that you know
what all the “buzz” is about, join us in “bee-ing” Sweet as Honey and sharing
“bee-autiful” art from the heart wherever you go!
It has been awhile since I created an altered art piece, and I have a bunch of canvases stashed in my craft room and decided it might be fun to do just a quick and easy canvas using this newest collection along with one of the pages from the Words to Live By journaling pages!
The journaling pages have such wonderful sentiments already illustrated on them, so creating a canvas with a "bee-autiful" message is quick and easy! I loved the message on this page because as the "queen bee" in the home surrounded by all of my worker bees, it a wonderful reminder to clothe myself in love, mercy, kindness, patience, peace and self control!
Let's take a peek...
I've used some yellow patterned paper from the Sweet as Honey Collection to do the background matting for the pretty journal page I chose to use on this canvas. I inked all of the edges with a brown colored ink and then used some strong scor tape adhesive to adhere the pages to the canvas.
To keep things super quick and simple, I opted to just go with one of the small preprinted panels from the Sweet as Honey Collection instead of stamping and coloring everything, but you could easily do a more complicated version of this canvas in a more mixed media style with more layering, stamping, some texture paste and stenciling, etc.
I die cut a honey comb piece and then cut it in half to use as a simple piece to add interest to the canvas. I've kept some of those itty bitty hexagon die cuts pieces and opted to ink the edges and then use a few of them as accent pieces after I had added the rest of the focal pieces. I had a center piece from the Intricate Swirl Frames Die sitting on my desk and decided it would be the perfect little frame to add some detail behind where I would create the floral bouquet. The frame a card dies make wonderful accent pieces in hidden places!
I then stamped one of the Honey Bee Maidens...aren't they just the cutest...as well as a crown for her to wear and a few worker bees to buzz around her. I colored them up with Spectrum Noir Blendable Pencils and Gamasol solution and then set them aside as I worked on stamping and die cutting the coneflowers from the Backyard Blossoms Collection!
I've created the dimensional coneflowers by stamping two images and then cutting off the foliage of the second image and then using my Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit to give them some shape. You can find the full instructions on how I snipped into the flowers to give then extra dimension in the set of instructions that follow this blog post.
....here's a closer peek at that cute little Honey Bee Maiden and the dimensional coneflowers...
I built up my coneflower arrangement and then added the queen bee to the cluster with dimensional pop dots. I shaped her worker bees slightly and then adhered them in and around the arrangement as well.
The icing on the cake for me is always the glittering and the adding of the prills on these stunning coneflowers. I've also added some glitter to the bees wings as well as the preprinted image on the journal page. (For full instructions and colors, etc. please see my instructions below).
Well, that's my share for today!
Thank you so much for stopping by my little home in blogland!
I do hope you've enjoyed what I've shared with you today!
Also, remember to "buzz" on over to the Heartfelt Creations blog as it's "buzzing with activity" and "bee-autiful" projects the rest of the design team have created for your viewing pleasure and inspiration!
Until next time...
Project Supplies and Instructions
HCDP1-291 Sweet as Honey
Paper Collection
HCPC-3831 Sweet as Honey
Cling Stamp Set
HCPC-3829 Honey Bee
Maidens Cling Stamp Set
HCD1-7185 Sweet as Honey
Die
HCD1-7183 Honey Bee
Maidens Die
9” x 7” white canvas,
white card stock, paper trimmer, scissors, pop dots, VersaFine Black Ink,
Spectrum Noir Blendable Pencils, Gamasol Solution, blending stumps, Gemini Die
Cutting Machine, scor tape
For more tips on creating with the Backyard Blossoms collection,
watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/swO34-n1HNc.
For more tips on creating with the Sweet as
Honey collection, watch the tutorial at https://youtu.be/89nlTDw3kOE.
From the Sweet as Honey paper collection, trim a 8 ¾” x 6
½” mat from a yellow patterned paper. From the Words to Live By Journal Pages,
locate the page with the yellow daisy as shown. Trim off side where punched
holes appear. Ink all edges of each of the pages using Ranger Archival Ink –
Coffee. Using a strong adhesive, attach matting panels to canvas as shown.
Locate honey comb with buzzing bees and coneflowers rectangle
shaped image panel in Sweet as Honey Paper Collection – it will be located on
page with smaller image panels, as well as small polka dotted square card
panel. Ink all edges of the rectangle panel again with Ranger Archival Ink –
Coffee and set aside. Die cut a rectangle honey comb panel from the polka
dotted decorative paper, trim around all edges, ink all edges using Ranger
Archival Ink – Monarch Orange, and then cut in half. Adhere one half to top
corner of rectangle card panel and one to opposite bottom corner as shown. Die cut the inner portion of the Intricate
Swirls Frame Die from white card stock using your die cutting machine. Adhere
decorative frame over card panel. Attach panel to canvas as shown using
dimensional foam tape.
Stamp two inkings of each of the largest coneflowers in
the Blossoming Coneflowers, Backyard Blossoms and Garden’s Edge Coneflowers
Cling Stamp Sets (three flowers in total) onto white card stock using Ranger
Archival Ink – Coffee. Color each of the coneflower images using Ranger
Archival Inks – Buttercup, Coffee and Monarch Orange. For full instructions on
how to color the coneflowers, please see video link above.
Die cut all stamped images using coordinating dies. To
shape the coneflower, snip into the petals following the stamped lines and then
shape using Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit. Shape all coneflowers. Snip off the
blossom on the second set of coneflowers. Adhere full image coneflowers to
canvas as shown, creating a floral bouquet. Now adhere the snipped coneflower
heads overtop the coordinating full image so that you have super dimensional
double blossoms.
Stamp Honey Bee Maiden, crown, and worker bee images
using VersaFine Black Ink onto white card stock. Color using blendable pencils
and gamasol solution. Die cut using coordinating dies. Adhere bee maiden to
canvas using dimensional pop dots. Adhere crown to bee maiden using a pop dot
as well. Shape worker bees slightly and adhere to canvas as shown.
Ink a few small octagon die cut bits from your honey comb
panel die cut using Ranger Archival Ink – Leaf Green and then adhere in random
patterns around honey bee maiden and along top and bottom of raised image
panel.
Using a dries clear adhesive, glitter wings on bees with
Blue Rain Transparent Glitter, coneflowers using Lion’s Mane Transparent
Glitter and large preprinted daisy image on side of canvas with Crystal
Transparent Glitter. Again using a dries clear adhesive, adhere Prills to tops
of coneflowers as shown.
