Shimmering ornaments, frosty evergreens, and a little holiday magic make today's card sparkle with Christmas cheer! I'm featuring the beautiful Season to Sparkle Card Kit from Honey Bee Stamps, using a wintry palette of blues and teals to create a festive arrangement of sparkling die-cut ornaments nestled among snow-covered evergreen and mistletoe branches. Pearls and sequins add touches of shimmer, while realistic-looking snow gives the greenery that freshly frosted look. A bold "Merry" sentiment, topped with a dusting of snow, completes this winter wonderland of a card. It's a beautiful mix of sparkle, texture, and frosty holiday elegance!
I'm using the following Honey Bee Stamps products available now:
Display Box Holiday Add-On Honey Cuts dies
For the basics... my Honey Bee Stamps featured project below is made from Neenah 80lb Solar White cardstock for the card base and card front panel. All of the black ink stamping was done using Honey Bee’s Bee Creative Intense Black Ink. I use Honey Bee Stamps Bee Creative Precision Glue and for when I want more dimension, Bee Creative Foam Honeycomb Foam for adhering my elements together. My blender brushes (large and small) are a must for ink blending color on the background, too. For white highlights, I use my white acrylic pen. My card is 5" X 7" in size.
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The card kit comes with 4 pre-folded white card bases for those who prefer an A2-sized card. I'm a 5" X 7" cardmaking girlie so I made mine in the bigger size using the cardstock included in the kit and Neenah 80lb Solar White cardstock for the card base. You can choose any size card and fit your design to your preferred size.
To create this 5" X 7" card, I started by die cutting my ornament elements using my Honey Bee Stamps Bee Creative Scout die-cutting machine. I cut the ornament pieces from the teal and blue cardstock included in the Season to Sparkle Cardstock Pack and the Antique White Glitter cardstock included in the kit. I assembled the ornaments, adding pearls and sparkle sequins from the sequin pack in the kit. I wanted to add a bit of gold to the ornaments so I used an antique gold cardstock for some of the elements like the hangers and bows at the top. This gold metallic cardstock is not included in the kit. I used Pearl Pen that I had on hand in gold metallic (similar to Stickles Glitter Accent Glue) to add the smaller gold dots of metallic gold to the ornaments.
Once all the ornaments were assembled, I die cut the evergreens and mistletoe branches included in the Display Box Holiday Add-On Honey Cuts dies from a beautiful green cardstock included in the kit and also included in the Make It Merry cardstock pack. I chose these branches because the evergreen branch is long and lean, allowing me to hang the ornaments directly from the branch with no strings attached. I used Ranger Collage Matte Medium similar to Ranger Multi Medium Matte (not included in the kit) and the Ranger Rock Candy Glitter (INCLUDED in the kit) to add "snow" to the ornaments and branches. I set them aside to dry and worked on the background.
I die cut the teal cardstock in the kit to a 5" X 7" card front size. Using the Bee Creative Brilliant White Ink, I blended ink around the edges and a few blends in the center just to soften the look. I used my large Blender Brush to add the ink. I attached the branches at the top, positioning them hanging down a bit and crossing over in the center on the card front. I used Honey Bee Stamps Bee Creative Precision Glue to attach them.
I attached all of the ornaments using the Bee Creative Foam Honeycomb Foam tabs. The foam makes them stand out from the background and offers nice dimension to the card design. I positioned them so that either the string would be hidden behind an ornament or the ornament is touching a branch to make the design work. I cut one teal and four white "merry" die cuts. This die is part of the card kit. I stacked and glued the teal and three white cuts together to make the sentiment thicker. I kept one white die cut as an offset shadow in the background. I did this so that the sentiment would really pop off the navy cardstock. I added Ranger Rock Candy Glitter "snow" to the tops of the "merry" letters and attached the "merry" die cut in the lower right corner. TIP: Add the "merry" die cut to the bottom corner of the card front before attaching the ornaments to make sure there is room for this large word die cut.
To finish the card front. I splattered white paint over the front for falling snow. I glued on clear sequins to the front for some added texture and interest.
Lastly, I die cut a 5" X 7" card base from white cardstock and stamped the inside using stamps form the Merry Additions stamp set and coordinating Honey Cuts dies included in the kit. I splattered teal and blue watercolor over the inside for a little color.
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