Simple Stamping Honey Bee Cards

As Stampin' Up! Demonstrators, we love to teach others about stamping & card making, and to show how easy it is, with just a few basic supplies, to make a lovely card.

But most of us crafters, don't like to stop there! Once you're bitten by the bug, you want to learn how to make more spectacular cards, so today's cards are an example of how to make a very simple card, and how to easily step it up and make it a bit more special.

My first card is about as simple as it gets! I used the Honey Bee Stamp set, and stamped the Hive image in Crushed Curry & the other images in Memento Black ink. I used half a sheet of Thick Whisper White card, folded in half to make my card base. But, if you are a beginner card maker, I'd suggest getting a pack of our Notecards, as they come with envelopes, so helps to keep the initial cost down. The only other thing you'd need would be a block to mount your stamps on. I also used a yellow pencil (raid the kids colouring pencils or treat yourself to a set of our watercolour pencils) to colour the stripes on the bees.

If you ordered those 5 items (stamp set, Crushed Curry & Memento black ink pads,  clear block & notecards) it would come to just £46. Until the end of March this would also entitle you to a free item form our Saleabration promotion. You could choose the beautiful Golden Honey paper (while stocks last) which coordinates beautifully with the Honey Bee stamp set.

For this card, I stepped up the same layout, by stamping the same images, using the same inks on to a piece of Whisper White cardstock which measures 3 3/8" x 5" (8.5cm x 12.5cm). This time, I coloured the stripes on the bees using a Dark Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Pen. I adhered my stamped piece to a piece of Basic Black Card measuring 3 1/2" x 5 1/8" (9 x 13cm) and attached that to the front of a card base made from half a sheet of Crushed Curry card. Still simple, but requires a few more supplies, which really make the images 'pop'!

For the final card (for now!) I've used exactly the same layout as the middle card, but this time I've also used die cuts cut using the Detailed Bee Dies.You can save 10% by buying the stamps and dies as a bundle (until June 3rd)

Instead of stamping the hive, I die cut an aperture, in both the whisper white layer & the basic black layer, using the Hive die. I cut the honey comb from basic black card, and adhered this between the 2 layers, so that it showed in the aperture. I stamped, coloured & cut the flowers & the bees, and attached the flowers using wet glue, & the bees using stampin' dimensionals.

Come back next week & I'll show you how I used some of the Golden Honey paper, to step up the same basic layout for a real 'Wow' card!

Hope you like my cards!

Thanks for stopping by

Jane x