Nested Friends Trio of Cards

This week's stamping class featured a stamp set called Nested Friends.  (There's only one bird image in it, so I'm not sure why it's called nested "friends.")  I paired it with Honeybee Home and made three cards.

The idea to make this first card is from Gail Ellis on Pinterest.  I like a lot of her designs and use of color.  The background is Cinnamon Cider and the white frame is made using the Stitched Rectangle dies.  I embossed a piece of vellum with the Timeless Texture folder and adhered it to the back of the frame.  Then I put it on my card using dimensionals to give it some lift and interest.  

The flower is from Honeybee Home, as well as the the sprigs.  One of the flower cut outs is acting like a little branch for the bird to sit on.  The flower cut out is from Hand Penned dies and the tan flower is from Regency Park, using the punch for the trio of flowers.

Hello There sentiment is from Nature's Prints.  I love the soft, look of this card.  

For the second card, I used Blushing Bride cardstock, with a layer of embossed white and some papers from Abigail Rose papers.  I added the nest and the bird from Nested Friends along with some cut out eggs that I speckled.  The oval frame is from Framed Florets.  The saying is from Honeybee Home and the flower is from Regency Park.  I got the idea for this card from Kim McGillis.

The third card uses more designer papers from Abigail Rose and the cut outs from Nested Friends.  The pink sprig is from Honeybee Home and the flower from Regency Park.  This idea is from Julie Gilson.

I have to say that I love all of the new products from Stampin Up.  They make paper crafting such a pleasure.  You can mix and match the stamp sets and the dies for truly amazing cards and projects.  I am so glad to be a part of the Stampin Up family.  

This summer will be 20 years for me.  Crazy, I know.  

 

Honeybee Home

I'm so glad that the stamp set called Honeybee Home has made it into the new catalog for the next year!  I found some pretty samples using this set on Pinterest and this week I put together some cards with my own spin on them.  

The idea for the first card is from Krisi Gray.  I used some blue paper from the Sunshine and Rainbow pack that was available from the last Sale-a-Bration.  I added the pretty hollyhocks and smaller flower (I'm not sure what kind of flowers they are!) and colored them in with Stampin blends.  I love the Hive 3D embossing folder that coordinates with this set.  If you look closely, there are some navy blue and white cut outs from the die set. 

Add the honeybee, some Wink of Stella and a few embellishments and you have a bee-utiful card!  

For my next card I used the Hive 3D folder as a stamp to make the honeycomb look on the background paper.  I just love the subtle honeycomb look.  I stamped two hollyhocks and added some white and vellum sprigs for the background for an easy and elegant card!  I got the idea from Vicki Boucher.

The last card in this series uses some watercolor painting.  I cut out the sprigs from the thick white cardstock and then painted on the color using the ink refills and a spritz bottle.  The flowers are stamped and cut out and then I watercolored them using the same technique.  

For the background on this card, I used the blending brushes and sponged on some Mint Macaroon ink to the center of the card base.  I added some flowers in Smoky Slate and a couple of older stamps to give it a "collage" look.

I added a strip of the new Vellum Layering designs and one from the Sunshine and Rainbows designer pack.  There is a little bit of scrunge dots on the front in green and grays to tie it all together. 

The ladies in my class loved making this card.  I'm not that much into "collage" cards, but we all thought that it looked great and all of the pieces came together.  

This card idea is from Janneke Dijkstra.  

I had fun with this set and hope to make some more pretty things with it.  Which card in the series do you like the best?