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  • Sale-a-Bration Countdown–6 days left!–a bit of Sweetness with Honeycomb Happiness

    The countdown is on!  We only have 6 days left of Sale-a-Bration, and I’d hate for you to miss out. Smile  Today I’m sharing some ideas from one of my FAVORITE options from Sale-a-Bration, the Honeycomb Happiness stamp set.  The funny thing is, you actually get a few different images from the set, but I’ve pretty much only used the Chick from the set… as you’ll be able to see from my multiple samples below, ha ha!  So, just so you know everything that is in the set, here is what it looks like:

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    NOTE – they are RUNNING LOW on the clearmount version of this stamp, so you might want to grab yours sooner rather than later! Since they are not making more at this point!

    But let me share a new-to-the-blog card with another idea for this set.  This was a card from my new Terrific Techniques series.  Last month we did Heat Embossing and this was one of the cards everyone made practicing the basics!

    heat embossed honeycomb happiness sweet card

    The other thing about this card that is cool, is that it is an example of how AWESOME the Project Life Grid Cards are.  But this isn’t a Project Life album page you say… that is right!  The cool thing is that the grid cards are a really economical way to have precut 3”x4” layers for your cards.  One side has a light grid pattern and the other side is plain white.  It isn’t as glossy as Whisper White cardstock, but when you are doing things like simple stamping or in this case, heat embossing, it works great!  And you get 50 cards for only $3.50.  Which is a steal of a deal!

    In this card, you ink the chick with VersaMark and stamp onto the grid card and then cover with Black embossing powder.  Heat with your heat gun to set and then you can color to your hearts content with your Aqua Painter!

    white embossing on dark cardstock

    Then we showed how great heat embossing looks on dark colored cardstock.

    • Rub the paper lightly with an Embossing Buddy (if you press hard, the white powder will show up on the paper)
    • Ink your stamp with VersaMark ink and stamp on the dark paper (this was Blackberry Bliss, one of the retiring In Colors)
    • Generously coat with light colored embossing powder like this White embossing powder
    • Tap off the excess and then heat with your Heat Gun
    • Only heat until the powder becomes shiny.  If any part is not shiny, you haven’t melted the powder enough.
    • TIP – if you are using metallic embossing powders, make sure to stop heating as soon as it becomes shiny!  Overheating will cause the metallic finish to dull and it will look tarnished instead.

    Sponge the edges and layer with some of the Pretty Petals designer paper.  Add some of the White Perfect Accents (currently on the Weekly Deals!) and you have an oh so cute card!

    close up of honeycomb happiness card

    See why I love this chick?  He is just too dang cute!

    NEW Terrific Technique Class is coming next week!  We’ll be playing with Vellum and different variations with it!  You can get your instruction sheet, samples, video instructions, and supplies to make two cards FREE with your $40 purchase through Monday!  Just use hostess code MZ2REKD7.

    Shop online and get your Honeycomb Happiness stamp set FREE with a $50 order! Get shopping – www.nwstamper.com/shop

    More fun ideas with the Honeycomb Happiness Stamp Set

    treat bag with gift bag punch board using Honeycomb Happiness

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  • Two Washi Tape Techniques, One Thank You Card

    First off, LAST CALL on the Holiday Catalog retiring list and Year-End Clearance Sale.  Today is the LAST DAY for these items and great deals!

    Holiday Catalog Retiring List – see the list of what’s leaving

    Year-End Clearance Saleshop the sale online

    In the meantime, I have one more project sharing a few fun items on their way out today:

    We made this in last week’s Washi Tape technique class and had fun with TWO washi tape techniques on this card… can you spot them?

    We can start with the obvious one, using Washi Tape to create a background designer paper.  I used the In Color washi tape bundle and wrapped all 5 patterns repeatedly across a 3×4 Project Life grid card.  It just makes it bright and vibrant, and when using the grid cards, its easy because no cutting is involved!

    Then we punched out the shape to create a window for our sentiment (the Thank you from the Tin of Cards stamp set) and layered it over another Project Life grid card.  The fun thing is these cards have grid lines on one side and plain white on the other.  So you can use the white side for layering your washi tape over and then the grid lines for a different texture behind.  Pop the top card up on dimensionals over the bottom piece and stamp the sentiment in Blackberry Bliss ink.

    We also added two of the Home for Christmas Enamel dots to just pull it all together.

    Then under the cards, I did the second technique!  We used the washi tape pieces to PICK UP INK from the ink pad.  Just set the strip of tape down on your ink pad and gently run your finger across to get it to pick up ink.  Then pull the washi tape up and place it on your cardbase.  We used Lost Lagoon ink on Lost Lagoon cardstock.  Gently rub the washi tape on your card front and then peel up… it will leave behind the cool ink stripes!  I promise, I’ll do a video on this shortly. Smile

    Layer it all over the retiring Into the Woods cotton ribbon in Rich Razzleberry and your card is cute, pulled together, and really fun to make!  So grab that washi tape (there is a TON on sale in the Year-End Clearance Sale) and start playing!

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