More Hexagons with Honeycomb Hello

I was just sitting down to make a "job well done" sort of card for my daughter for completing her paralegal course with an A. (Yes I'm proud of her for always exploring new avenues of adventure!) My husband came in the room to ask if I'd received a text from our daughter. Sure enough, she was texting to tell us she accepted the position of Tasting Room Manager at the winery she works at... So, decided a "WOW!" card would cover both achievements.
Using the Confetti Celebration Designer Series Paper and the Hexagon punch makes this a really quick card. I figure I needed to get this one made and in the mail before she did something else!

Honeycomb Hello

 My son actually saw this stamp set at a booth at the County Fair this past summer. I have held off getting it until now; it has been on my wish list since the soon to be replaced catalog came out. I finally decided to order it with my demonstrator SAB dollars earned. The top card is almost an exact case of a card by Gloria Kremer I found on Pinterest. I rarely make a card exactly like one I see but this was just so cute; I just chose a different color for the flowers.
When using the Hexagon Hive Thinlit it really helps to layer a piece of wax paper between the card stock and the thinlit. That little layer make everything just pop out of the thinlit without tearing. It's a trick I use a lot with my Big Shot.
I made this more masculine card using the same idea.

TBT with Say It With Scallops

I've used the same layout as yesterday's cards and Sheer Perfection Vellum with a stamp from the long retired Say It With Scallops stamp set and the retired scallop square punch.
When working with vellum it can be fun to hide your adhesive. I've used two small punched circles to mimic the image on the stamp to hide the glue dot in the upper left corner. The other adhesive used on the vellum is hidden under the Garden Green and Daffodil Delight strips of card stock.

Great Layout

I had so much fun with this layout I found on Mary Fish's blog. Two totally different cards using the same layout.
If you look closely at my fox you'll see I used the fine tip of the marker to color him. I thought this was more in keeping with the line drawing image. Just another way to change up how you do things.

Grape Hyacinths

The pattern on this piece of Sheer Perfection Designer Vellum made me think of Grape Hyacinths. So, I used an idea from Dawn Olchefske's blog to make this card.
You color the reverse side of the vellum using markers, I've used Wisteria Wonder and Wild Wasabi. After the ink has dried use a stylus and paper piercing mat and gently rub the flowers in a circular motion on the wrong side of the vellum. This pops the flowers out on the right side of the vellum. So pretty. Wish I could get a better picture of it.

Vellum Fun

This week I'm going to show some fun cards made using the Sheer Perfection Deisgner Vellum that was an added Sale A Bration Product. If you didn't get the vellum you can still make these cards. You could just use the layouts with designer paper or you could stamp on vellum with Staz On Black ink and make similar cards.
I sure hope the new catalog has some similar printed vellum in it!
These two cards have a sheet of Designer Series Paper layerd behind the vellum to give more pizzazz.
CASE:  Kay Kalthoff

Amazing Birthday

I finally caved in and purchased the Amazing Birthday stamp set. And I have to say I do not regret it! So many fun ways to use this set. Here I've used a piece of matching Designer Series Paper I found in my stash and used markers to ink the expression stamp. I used my Banner Framelits for quick cutting of the banners. A quick masculine card!