Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine for the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the Happy Inkin’ Thursday Blog Hop! The Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine bundle is my favorite Valentine set in the new January – April Mini Catalog. The whimsical bee, flower and heart stamps and wonderful sentiments are so much fun to play with and make Valentine projects. I made a book fold Valentine’s day card and used the stamps with the pretty Bee Mine designer series paper. You can find the supplies I used along with card stock cuts at the bottom of my post.

We have a pretty color challenge this week:

I adhered the left hinge of my Pool Party card base closed with liquid glue. I adhered a strip of Bee Mine designer series paper to a Sweet Sorbet mat and adhered it to the hinge. I adhered another panel of Bee Mine DSP to the main section with liquid glue.

I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a Basic White panel. I stamped several stems across the bottom in Lemon Lime Twist ink and stamped flowers on top in Pool Party, Sweet Sorbet and Petal Pink. I adhered the panel to a Lemon Lime Twist mat and adhered the panel to the card front. 

I stamped the bee from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set in Daffodil Delight and Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Basic White and punched it out with the Bee Builder Punch. I stamped the wings in Pool Party and used Stamped off Pool Party to stamp the large heart over the wings to give them light color. I punched it out and adhered it to the back of the bee. I stamped the antenna and punched it out and adhered it to the back of the bee and adhered the bee to the card with dimensionals. I tied Pool Party ribbon around the hinge and made a knot and added flowers embellishments to the stamped floral panel

For the inside of the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine stamp set in Sweet Sorbet ink on Basic White. I stamped the hearts in Petal Pink, the stems in Lemon Lime Twist and the flowers in Petal Pink and Pool Party. I stamped a bee trail in stamped off Pool Party and adhered the panel to a Bee Mine DSP mat. I adhered the layered panel to the inside of the card.

The Stampin’ Up! Bee My Valentine bundle is so cute and very versatile. And when paired with the Bee Mine designer series paper, it always results in cheerful and cute Valentine projects!

On with the Hop! Click on the Next Blog button to move forward to see the beautiful project Karen Ksenzakovic has created.

If you get lost along the way, here are the participants for the hop:

• Amy Koenders
• Mary Deatherage
• Jaimie Babarczy
• Karen Finkle
• Akiko Sudano <– You Are Here
• Karen Ksenzakovic
• Tara Carpenter
• Terry Lynn Bright
• Carol Buckalew
• Nel Thames

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Cardstock Cuts for this project:

• Pool Party – 4-1/4″ x 11″ card base scored at 4-1/4″ and 5-1/2″
• Sweet Sorbet – 1″ x 4″ (hinge mat)
• Lemon Lime Twist – 2-1/8″ x 3-1/8″ (stamped image mat)
• Basic White – 4″ x 4″ (inside panel), 2″ x3″ (stamped panel), 2″ x 4″ (punched bee)
• Bee Mine DSP – two 4″ x 4″panels (front background and inside mat), 7/8″ x 3-7/8″ (hinge)

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Stampin’ Up! products used in this project:

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