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Hey friends! Honey Bee Stamps had a FABULOUS release recently (I haven't had a chance to film any Release & Review videos lately as there's been a TON of construction noise and chaos around here. BUT if y'all still want me to film and share them let me know in the comments!) and I was allllll over the new Lovely Layers: Peony wafer die set:
It looks a little overwhelming and blah when looking at JUST the die set eh? But HB has this awesome layering graphic:
You can right click on this and print it out or save it as a reference if needed - I of course show in the video how to layer all the pieces and trust me it comes together SO easily! Like all the previous Lovely Layers wafer die sets it's pretty much largest to smallest and then you're done.
Here's the first card I've made with this Lovely Layers: Peony wafer die set:
Just like all the other Lovely Layers sets the sky is the limit when deciding how you want to "color" them. Solid color card stock, watercolor paper and watercolors, ink blending, sprays, etc etc. I've shown many different variations in previous posts which you can check out at the links below if you missed them:
Honey Bee Lovely Layers: Tulips Card
Distress Ink Watercolor and Smooshing | Honey Bee Dragonfly Cards
HB Lovely Layers: Roses Mixed Media Card | AmyR 2022 Valentine's Card Series #9
Easy Ink Blended Die Cut Anemones | AmyR Christmas 2021 Series #1
Distress Mica Stain Die Cuts | Honey Bee Lovely Layers Coneflower Take 2
Distress Oxide Spray Die Cuts | Honey Bee Lovely Layers Coneflower
Easy Oxide Spray Hydrangeas Cards | HoneyBee Stamps Lovely Layers: Hydrangeas
Easy Watercolor Pinecone Slimline Cards | AmyR Christmas 2020 Series #3
Autumn Blessings Card | Distress Oxide Ink Smooshing | Honey Bee Stamps Lovely Layers: Maple Leaf
I LOVE peonies - in real life and in paper version. I planted some peony bulbs a couple of years ago and got my first bloom last year and it was SO pretty:
How can one NOT love peonies eh? I so hope I get a bunch more blooms this year!
OK back to the card info:
I used Memory Box's Vibrant Violet and Lush Green paper packs for the Lovely Layers: Peony blooms and leaves. The MB cardcardstock packs are heavyweight but FYI the color is PRINTED onto the paper so they do have a white core. Which I am fine with but I wanted to point that out as printed paper behaves differently than solid core when it comes to inking, stamping, etc (which usually isn't a big deal most of the time but if you notice a difference that will most likely be why). I like having all the variety of colors (there's several different packs - you can find them all here).
I used Honey Bee's Sweet Stacks Rectangles wafer dies to cut some white card stock and then ran that piece through my die cut machine with the Swirling Leaves Pierced A2 Coverplate to give it all that detail and texture.
The big sentiment is from the Thinking of You Big Time stamp set. I gold heat embossed it and then die cut it using the coordinating wafer dies.
For the inside of the card I gold heat embossed sentiments from the Inside: Kindness Sentiments stamp set and die cut them with the coordinating wafer dies and that was it!
To see how this card came together check out my video below:
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