National Tea Day Blog Hop Honey Bee Stamps
April 21, 2019
Hello everyone! welcome to my blog. It is National Tea Day and here in the UK is celebrated across the country in tea rooms, hotels, pubs and cafés through special events and charitable fundraising events, including a tea 'Fes-Tea-Val' at Chiswick House & Gardens in London.
Honey Bee Stamps and Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s gather together 23 papercraft artist from different countries to celebrate this day and I'm amongst those who joined the celebration! Yay!!!!!
For my card today I used Mae the Mouse stamp set by Honey Bee Stamps, the sentiments is from "Perfect Blend Stamp set", I also used Bee Bold Alphabet Honey Cuts ( die set) and Double Stitched Square Honey Cuts.
The teacup in the mice hands is from Pinky the Pig stamp set and the little tea bag is from Tea Time stamp set.
Ok so for today I went a bit crazy. I wasn't fussy about my colouring and this is my first distressed brownish background ever. When thinking about tea I just couldn't think of any other colour.
I used Strathmore Bristol Smooth paper (217 grams) because it is awesome to use with water-based markers.
To add colour to the background, I applied an easy technique called "ink smooching" and I used a selection of brown and yellow Distress inks.
I first applied the ink directly from the ink pad on a piece of clean film, I sprayed water over and then I smooched the ink on the already stamped and die cut panel. I simply tap the creased and inked clean film over and over the paper using different ink colours.
I allowed each layer of ink to dry before repeating the process with the next colour and I was being careful of not covering the stamped images with the ink. I didn't mask the images.
I added colours to the images using Zigs and I then die cut the panel using Bee Bold Alphabet Honey Cuts ( die set) and Double Stitched Square Honey Cuts .
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That's all for today I hope you enjoy these projects and the hop!
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Bibi
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47 comments
awwwww...this is so much FUN!
ReplyDeleteEven mice need tea! <3 it!
ReplyDeleteAwesome mice! Great coloring! I Love the Tea splatter background of your card!
ReplyDeleteOMGosh so cute!
ReplyDeleteAdorable!!! Love all of them.
ReplyDeleteWonderful, so fun and cute and the colors are perfect for this card. thanks for the amazing inspiration!
ReplyDeleteAdorable card! Your coloring talent is amazing. Wow.
ReplyDeleteOh my what a cute card and your background is simply gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLove those sweet mice with their teacups! So adorable! The background looks like tea too! Happy Tea Day and Happy Easter!
ReplyDeleteYour mice are so cute! I am inspired to use the smooch technique again. Thank you
ReplyDeleteCute card using the the Mae the Mouse set.
ReplyDeleteWhat adorable little mice!
ReplyDeleteOh my, what a darling scenery and great sentiment.
ReplyDeleteSuper card.
Cute as can be! Love these adorable tea drinking mice! Adorable card! Happy National Tea Day and Happy Easter to everyone!
ReplyDeleteAdorable card!
ReplyDeleteYour card is fantastic and my favorite from this hop!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness....they are sweet!!!
ReplyDeletelovely card - these critters are adorable:)
ReplyDeleteOh my word, this is THE cutest card ever!! Gorgeous coloring.
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Such a fun hop!
ReplyDeleteUnexpected combo of mice and tea, but very fun!
ReplyDeleteGreat background for these cute tea drinking mice.
ReplyDeleteSo adorable those little mice. Brilliant, thinking outside the box using these with the tea set!!!
ReplyDeleteHappy tea day! Great and cute card you have here!
ReplyDeleteThe kids are a cute touch.😁
ReplyDeleteThat is too cute!! I love the colors!! You did a wonderful job!!
ReplyDeleteStunning! Your background is amazing, and such a fantastic coloring job!
ReplyDeleteLove the trio of mice, cute card.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing on the wonderful Blog Hop.
This is so cute!
ReplyDeleteOh how sweet and so different from the rest of the blog hop. Love it
ReplyDeleteLove how you gave each mouse its own personality!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on this sweet card. Love these little mice. Using that little tea bag tag was so smart. Cute.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for sharing. Happy spring week.
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ReplyDeleteYour coloring is absolutely amazing! The mice look so real! It is so cute with the tea cups in their hands! B
ReplyDeleteMae is such a sweetheart on your lovely card. Happy tea day!
ReplyDeleteThe mice are very cute. Good idea to add them to the tea theme.
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute! This looks like a lot work with all the details! Great job!
ReplyDeletefantastic coloring! cute card!
ReplyDeleteSo, so cute!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! I'm totally in love for your gorgeous card! Amazing colouring!!!
ReplyDeleteCute card!
ReplyDeleteOh! Such a super cute card, Bibi! Love those little mice that add such a different twist to this blog! Very clever! Thank so much for sharing and the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteHi Bibi :) Your critter card is 100% pure sweetness!!! Also you coloring is through the roof! Thanks for all the inspiration :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Your coloring is amazing!!!! Thanks so much for sharing your inspiration with us!
ReplyDeleteThese critters holding teas are just too cute!
ReplyDeleteAww, the mice are very cute! Great card!
ReplyDeleteSuper sweet card!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments.