Welcome to the Pals’ Blog Hop! We’re so glad you’re here because it’s “Time to Sale-A-Brate”! We’re showcasing our favorite new products from 2020 Sale-A-Bration brochure. You may be starting the hop here or coming from a previous Pal’s blog. Either way, you’ve come to the right place. You’ll find the full line-up below to help you move, or “hop” along from Pal to Pal.
Sale-a-Brate with Golden Honey DSP
If you haven’t seen the Sale-a-Bration catalog, especially the Golden Honey DSP, which coordinates with the Honey Bee Bundle in the January to June mini-catalog. Take a look at this gorgeous paper:
All the gold paper and accents are gorgeous! What’s even better is that the dies from the bundle cut out bees from the gold and Whisper White DSP! Winner, winner!
I created two cards for this blog hop. The first is for a beginning stamper and the second is for a casual or avid stamper. Both cards have the same basic layout, it’s just all the other “stuff” that goes along with creating the cards.
Here’s the first card:
Here’s the second card:
Using the Bundle and DSP
Once I picked the DSP, it seemed like the rest just fell into place using the Paper Players #353 sketch, as seen below:
I used the same DSP for the background matted by gold foil. In addition, I used the flax ribbon and large bees on both cards. Isn’t it great that these dies will work with both the stamp set and the gold and Whisper White DSP? Both cards have the oval shape cropped using layering ovals die set.
Both of the sentiments came front the Honey Bee cling stamp set. For the beginner card, I cropped the sentiment and gold mat using the same layering ovals die set. The “hello” sentiment was cropped using the Stitched Shapes die set. I outlined the oval using gold ink because I thought I had enough going on with the card without an extra mat for the sentiment.
The first card turned out clean and simple, which follows the CTS #353 sketch. Both the card and the sketch are minimalist formats. My upline, Brian King, designed the sketch, and his cards are usually beautifully clean and simple.
While following the same sketch, I added more embellishments for the more involved card using the Honey Bee bundle. The honeycomb gold foil pieces came from the honeycomb die. I stamped the beehive on Whisper White cardstock that I ran through the Big Shot using the subtle 3D embossing folder. Originally, I thought that the texture would be enough for the behive. When I was dry-fitting the card elements, I decided that I needed something more. I pulled out my clear wink of stella pen and drew lines across the beehive horizontally. I cropped both bees out of the Golden Honey DSP using the dies from the bundle.
As always,
Thank you so very much for stopping by my blog today. I appreciate your the time you take to read, and comment, on my blog.
Keep on hopping!
More inspiration awaits! Use the Blog Hop Line-up below to visit the rest of this month’s Design Team. My fellow Pals are excited to show you what they’ve created! Don’t forget to show us some love by commenting on our creations. Mark your calendars for Wednesday, February 12th, for our Art From The Heart blog hop when our Design Team showcase projects made from the heart for any occasion. Don’t miss the fun!
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
Pals Blog Hop Line-Up
- Mary Fish at Stampin’ Pretty!
- Su Mohr at Aromas And Art
- Jen Roque at Stamp Camp with Jen
- Denise Hoepfner at The Mountain Magpie
- Karen Hallam at Karen’s Stamping Habit
- Tricia Chuba at ButterDish Designs
- Linda Suarez at Lucky Dog Stamper
- Mary Hanson at Up North Stampin’
- Peggy Noe at Pretty Paper Cards
- Lori Pinto at LollyPop Paper and Ink
- Jackie Beers at Blue Line Stamping
- Jennifer Michalski at Stamping Serenity
- Debra Simonis at Deb’s Stampin’ Grounds
- Lisa Ann Bernard at Queen B Creations
- Beth McCullough at Stamping Mom
- Stesha Bloodhart at Stampin’ Hoot!
- Katy McGloin at Just Fun Stamping
- Lynn Kolcun at Avery’s Owlery
- Leah O’Brien at Ink, Paper, Stamps, Oh My!
- Debbie Mageed at Secrets to Stamping
- Sue Jackson at Just Peachy Stamping
- Pamela Sadler at Stampin Pink Rose
Supplies Used
Golden Honey DSP – FREE with a $50 purchase! Free!
Honey Bee cling stamp set, item # 151527
Detailed Bee die set, item # 151526
Getting the bundle saves you 10%
Honey Bee bundle, item # 153792
Stitched Shapes die set, item # 145372
Layering Ovals die set, item # 141706
Flax Ribbon, item # 148764
Whisper White cardstock, item # 100730
Gold Foil sheets, item # 132622
Subtle 3D embossing folder, item # 151775
Wink of Stella clear marker # 141897
Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad, item # 147110
Dimensionals, item # 104430
Tombow liquid adhesive (my fav!), item # 110755
Very Vanilla Medium envelopes, item # 107300
Love, love! Really shows off the Golden Honey DSP!
Thank you, Linda! I love this whole suite!
Both of these are just beau! I’m drawn to the first because of simplicity and ease of duplication. But that second one is a WOW!
Thanks, Jackie! They both were so much fun to create! The CTS layout really helped!
Beautiful card! What a great idea to use a card sketch for your layout inspiration.
Thank you, Jennifer. I love playing along with card challenges because of all the inspiration contained within them.
Sue, we love the bees, don’t we! Wonderful card!
Thanks, Su! I do love the bees! Especially since the mascot of the high school where I teach is a hornet and the colors are black and gold. Winner!
Great cards, Sue! I love that you show how a few elements can make such a big difference with a simple layout. Great showcase of these new products! ♥
Thanks, Brian! I love everything about this suite of products! I am definitely going to have to earn another pack of the DSP! My school’s colors are black and gold, and we are the hornets. LOL
Both cards are sweet but the second appeals to my avid hoarder of stuff personality! Love all the extras that you added to the card. Now to go back and pin!!
Thanks, Katy! I love that saying, “Avid hoarder of stuff personality”. Sometimes I like clean and simple and sometimes I like to do an “avid hoarder of stuff” card.
These are such lovely cards — I love your use of the rich papers and laying.
Mary, thanks so much. This paper is gorgeous and it does all the work. Love it!
The black and gold color palette is so rich and beautiful for your lovely bee themed card! The gold honeycomb layer adds nice texture and I love those bees! Thanks for joining The Paper Players this week!
Love your great cards, Sue! They are both wonderful. I would never pick a “child” but I must admit that I love details so that hexagon die is calling my name! I’m so happy you joined us for the hop – let’s do it again next month!
Thanks for all you did, Debbie, to make this hop possible and successful! Love the hexagon dies as well. I’ve saved all the inside pieces and will have to use them on another project. I’ll definitely do it again next month. Thanks!
Sue, these are lovely and spot on for your sketch challenge.
Thanks, Tricia! This whole suite is fun!
Great job taking a simple sketch and making a great card!
Thank you so much! I love playing along with CTS!