Pretty Pink Posh - Decorative Hexagons Layering Stamps + Bee Friends

Hi there,

I'm super happy to be back with this fun and bright friendship card showcasing two new products from the Pretty Pink Posh May 2024 Release: the Decorative Hexagons stamp set and the Fancy Lattice stencil. And those beautiful hexagons definitely reminded me of bees, so I brought the Bee Friends back!

I started off by creating my background on a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel. I first covered the entire panel with salvaged patina oxide ink to get a nice aqua base, and then I used the Fancy Lattice stencil along with peacock feathers oxide ink to create a beautiful pattern on my piece of paper. I also added a little bit of peacock feathers oxide ink on the four edges of my panel, and then added texture. I first splattered water that I dried using a paper towel, next I mixed some peacock feathers oxide with water and used a small brush to add more splatters, and I did the same with black soot oxide ink and with copic opaque white ink.

I set my panel aside to dry, and stamped three Bee Friends on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them using the matching dies, and colored them using my alcohol markers. I used a white gel pen to add highlights and details to my three little bees, and applied white blizzard nuvo drops on their wings to make them sparkle. And I also white heat embossed three trails on vellum, cut them using the matching dies, and set those pieces aside for later.

Next I stamped multiple Decorative Hexagons outlines on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using the same black ink as the bees, and started off by "coloring" those hexagons using the solid images along with Lawn Fawn Merman dye ink, and I stamped the patterns using Lawn Fawn Peacock dye ink. I cut my hexagons using the matching dies, attached them all on my Fancy Lattice panel using 1mm foam squares, along with the bees and trails, leaving enough space for my greeting.

Speaking of which, I started off by cutting the Friend Shadow word out of gold glitter cardstock. Next I white heat embossed "Love you bunches" from Hedgehog Friends on black cardstock, trimmed it into a slim banner using a Sentiment Strips die, and then attached both pieces on my panel using 1mm foam squares. I finished my card by adding Onyx Black Pearls here and there, as well as a red heart from the Valentine Hearts clay confetti pack right above the "i" in "Friend".

PRETTY PINK POSH SUPPLIES

- Decorative hexagons stamp set

- Bee friends stamp set

- Hedgehog friends stamp set

- Friend shadow die

- Sentiment strips die set

- Fancy lattice stencil

- Black onyx pearls

- Valentine hearts clay confetti

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks: salvaged patina, peacock feathers, black soot

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- White blizzard nuvo drops

- Jet black ink by Lawn Fawn

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Gold glitter cardstock by Concord & 9th

- Black licorice cardstock by Lawn Fawn

- Vellum by Lawn Fawn

- 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images + hexagons)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)