The base is crumb cake, and I stamped the front with the BE and BLESSED sentiments in opposing corners, leaving room in the center for some ribbon to tie the folder shut. Next I stamped the bee in black, and cut with the coordinating die from The Buzz Die Set. I colored the bee with markers, then accented with glossy glaze and dusted some glitter on the wings before it dried. I then stamped the teeny bee from the set on crumbcake, colored with colored pencils and then punched out with a 3/4" circle punch, matted with black and added some white gel pen accents.
The bee die in this set is an exact cut of the stamped image (no border) in The Buzz stamp set. I've made a short little rambling of a video showing an easy trick for lining up dies that don't have alignment holes, especially tricky ones that are solid (like the honeycomb) or that have little to no border (like the bee). Hope you enjoy it! Sorry about the low video quality. It was high def when I recorded it, so not sure what went wrong. A great big huge thanks to Mr. Verve who got it working (despite much technical difficulty) when I was ready to scrap it all! :) View below or directly on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blD_Oo2FNJk
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Today's spotlight is shining on The Buzz illustrated by Julee Tilman and the coordinating The Buzz Die Set.
The Buzz is a 4" x 8" set of 15 clear stamps and will retail for $18.
I've had a bee set on my mind almost as long as Verve has been around. I didn't want it to be like all the other bee sets, so I kept thinking. Then I ran across a beautiful art deco piece of jewelry with a bee image that made me stop and stare. I HAD to illustrate it, and the set grew from there. Honeycomb needed to be involved and I wanted some sentiments that were both congratulatory and fit some occasions that would pair nicely with our other art deco set. The beehive image was one I illustrated way, way back while I was designing the now retired Cupcake Affair. This particular cupcake attempt looked more like a bee hive to me, so I filed it away for future use, along with the all things are possible sentiment.
Coordinating dies for the large bee, honeycomb and beehive are available in The Buzz Die Set (sold separately).
The Buzz Die Set is a set of 3 open style dies and will retail for $17.
Two of the dies in our The Buzz Die Set are open style in the center, so you can just lay them on top of your stamped image for easy alignment. The bee die is an exact cut of the stamped image (no border when cut), the beehive leaves a 1/16" border all around the coordinating image. The honeycomb is an exact cut on the inner hexagons and leaves a 1/16" border around the outer image.
The Proverbs 16:24 plain jane will retail for $3
That's all for today! We'll see you back here tomorrow for the big release and another day of hopping!
I've had a bee set on my mind almost as long as Verve has been around. I didn't want it to be like all the other bee sets, so I kept thinking. Then I ran across a beautiful art deco piece of jewelry with a bee image that made me stop and stare. I HAD to illustrate it, and the set grew from there. Honeycomb needed to be involved and I wanted some sentiments that were both congratulatory and fit some occasions that would pair nicely with our other art deco set. The beehive image was one I illustrated way, way back while I was designing the now retired Cupcake Affair. This particular cupcake attempt looked more like a bee hive to me, so I filed it away for future use, along with the all things are possible sentiment.
Coordinating dies for the large bee, honeycomb and beehive are available in The Buzz Die Set (sold separately).
The Buzz Die Set is a set of 3 open style dies and will retail for $17.
Two of the dies in our The Buzz Die Set are open style in the center, so you can just lay them on top of your stamped image for easy alignment. The bee die is an exact cut of the stamped image (no border when cut), the beehive leaves a 1/16" border all around the coordinating image. The honeycomb is an exact cut on the inner hexagons and leaves a 1/16" border around the outer image.
That's all for today! We'll see you back here tomorrow for the big release and another day of hopping!
