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Friday, April 29, 2022

VIDEO: Layering Peony + Bee Facts + Giveaways

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Okay today really IS Friday. Like, I'm CERTAIN of it. So I'm bringing you happy mail for the weekend. Literally. Happy. Mail. 

I started with the daisy cover plate - you know I'm obsessed with these right now - and you are going to see a CRAZY awesome way to use these on Monday - so you will have to wait to see that. But I do have a video today on the stunning layering flower die I'm using, so I'm not all in on the torture yet!

After I ran the panel through with the daisy plate, I die cut it with the happy die twice - once from the panel and once plain. I layered them together and pieced them back in and then stamped and die cut the mail word. Why doesn't every sentiment set have dies? I love the way it looks. 

I die cut all the pieces of the flower and colored them with my OLO markers, and then glued them together. All the layers make it a really detailed, sturdy accent - you'll see in the video. Very fun to do.



Here's a quick video of it - and then I'll show you the card for Monday's video!



OMG I love this next card so much! The background is a secret until Monday, but I took this VERY queenly bee and stamped her on sparkly marker paper (you can see the sparkles in the photo) and colored her with OLOs. I added aurora borealis gems to her crown, and cut her with her matching dies. I used this wildflower die cut behind her. for the sentiment, I did the old MISTI shift! I stamped it first in yellow matching the background, and then shifted it and stamped it in black. I need to do this more often - I love the look.

See her little sparkles on her fabby cape? Such a cute image.


Now let's talk about BLUE BEES. 

Texas' native bees are solitary, blue bees. They are so pretty and tiny. My sister made me a bee house for them once - you drill holes in a log, and face the log southeast, and the bees will seal themselves into the little holes. When I see them on my flowers - they're hard to recognize as bees because they are so tiny. Here's a great article with photos and info on the little bee houses. 

So when I saw this amazing little stitching bee - SQUEE - I made him a Texas bee with blue felt!!! I made this one flat for a coaster, but I'm going to make the next one a plush with stuffing. I also think it would be SUPER cute as a lavender sachet. So stinking cute - and the spacing on the stitching holes makes it easy and quick! I added the eye with Honey Bee glue which works great on felt - most glues do!



Peony
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Happy Happy Happy Stamp Set
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Happy Happy Happy Dies
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OLO
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Lazy Daisy
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Queen Bee
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Aurora Borealis
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Wildflowers
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100% Wool Felt - Browns, Blacks,...
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100% Wool Felt - Blues & Purples
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Bee Creative | Easy Squeeze Precision...
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Sweet Sentiment Premium Coloring...
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Honey Bee Stamps
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Understand Blue Bundles Specials for...
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Floral Glass Craft Mat — Glassboard...
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MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool...
[ ELH | MSP ]
Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board 9x7.5 -...
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MIS-T Rulers
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Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
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Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC
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Storage Envelopes, Medium 25pk,...
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CheckOutStore Stamp & Die Clear...
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Extra Large -50 pk, Avery Elle Stamp...
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Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies
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Today we are celebrating Honey Bee's 7th birthday - I remember their first birthday like it was yesterday - time flies! They have some fun giveaways for you, so be sure and leave me a comment, and head over to my Instagram for the full hop list, and good luck. Click the graphic below to see their full birthday themed release - it's awesome. I'll have more cards for you with this release in a few days as well as the video for the queen bee card above.


Loveyameanitbye.

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

VIDEO: JFF Easy Card & Tag Combo With Acrylic Sprays

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I started to type Happy Friday, but it's Thursday, if that tells you how it's going this week!
Today I just have an easy and QUICK tag and card combo where you can use a die cut both as a mask and as a design element. I used this layering doodly tag die with Pitch Black cardstock and white cardstock. I sprayed the white portion of the tag at the same time, with the black doodly die cut on top of the card panel to act as a mask. 

I have a terrible Copic accident during the video, which makes me feel even better about my sploot-free OLO markers LOL. You'll see. 

I colored these sweet little girls VERY minimally, focusing more on the kitty and guinea pig, and then cut them out with the matching dies. The sentiment cracks me up. 

*ALMOST* 

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Here's the very quick video and the marker accident and recovery.



Here are all the supplies I used today.

Best Friend Furever
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Best Friend Furever Dies
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Moodling Tag Die
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Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray -...
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Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray - Lime...
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Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray -...
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Dina Wakley Media Gloss Spray -...
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OLO
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PS323 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock...
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Compact Cutter
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20% off with code UNDERSTANDBLUE
[ GLS ]
Understand Blue Bundles Specials for...
[ CTC ]
MISTI Laser Etched Stamping Tool...
[ ELH | MSP ]
Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring Board 9x7.5 -...
[ ELH ]
MIS-T Rulers
[ MSP ]
Rotatrim Professional Series Cutter -...
[ BLIC ]
Teflon Bone Folder - Ellen Hutson LLC
[ ELH ]
Storage Envelopes, Medium 25pk,...
[ ELH ]
CheckOutStore Stamp & Die Clear...
[ CHC ]
Extra Large -50 pk, Avery Elle Stamp...
[ ELH ]
Airtable: Organize your stamps & dies
[ ART ]

Tomorrow really IS Friday, so I hope it zips by and we all have a good weekend. Loveyameanitbye.

CURRENT COUPON CODES
20% off anything at Glassboard Studio  - UNDERSTANDBLUE.
15% off anything at Marker Universe or any of their other sites - Understandblue15.
10% off at Sweet Sentiment with code UNDERSTANDBLUE
10% off the whole store at A Colorful Life Designs - LydiaFan10
5% off at LBC here with code LYDIA5
Arkon Mounts - 20% off sitewide with code UNDERSTANDBLUE