Honey and Jelly Card for Catherine Pooler Designs

Hey friends, I've got another card featuring the Hey There Honey collection from Catherine Pooler Designs. I decided to create my own background with the Sweet As Honey stamp set, and do some watercoloring with a variety of inks. It's not just about the honey today, it's also about the jelly! Scroll down for creative details on my card, with my clickable supply list at the end.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you

 I love finding other ways to use my stamps, so creating jelly jars was a no-brainer! We go through a lot of jelly at our house and are lucky to have several farmer's markets in our area.

Last year, after living in our house for the last 22 years, a huge, random blackberry bush appeared out of nowhere! I made blackberry Italian cream sodas all summer long! This year, I'm hoping it makes a comeback as I'd like to try my hand at making homemade blackberry jelly.

I started by stamping random images on A2 sized white cardstock, using an acrylic block and CPD Midnight ink. For my jelly jars, I used a mask technique, placing tape over the honey bee image, inking up my stamp, then removing the tape before stamping.

Here are the CPD ink colors that I used to watercolor the honey and jelly, which I'm calling grape, strawberry, orange marmalade and pepper jelly:

Amber, Honeycomb,  Sparkling Berry, Succulent, Orange Twist, Drive-In and Serenade. To get the shade of purple I was looking for, I actually mixed a bit of Drive-In and Serenade together.

I wanted to do some tone-on-tone stamping to create the "fabric lid covers" for my jars, so I did some partial stamping on coordinating cardstock from the Spring Gingham patterned paper pack. I chose coordinating inks to match the papers, using Honeycomb, Amber, Succulent and Sparkling Berry,

While there's a coordinating die that matches the stamp that I'm using, there's not a separate die for creating just the "fabric lid covers". That's when we as stamper's get super creative, right? I simply hand trimmed all those stamped elements. It didn't take long but I find it much easier to fussy cut with a good pair of scissors, such as teflon coated or non-stick.

Before adhering my jar lid covers, I finished off my card panel by stamping more elements to my background, painting the background with more Succulent ink and adding paint splatters. The honeycomb stamped images were also watercolored with more Amber ink.

Since I created jelly and honey jars, I chose a sentiment from my stamp set that would work for both, using the mask technique again to stamp my colors with Midnight and Sparkling Berry ink. I popped up my sentiment strip on another piece of trimmed cardstock from the Spring Gingham paper pack, added one of the lid covers as an embellishment, as well as a stamped and die cut honey bee.

I also added little trimmed strips of burlap string to my lid covers, cutting tiny, thin strips of  adhesive from an adhesive roll. Again, good, non-stick scissors are very helpful for these type of crafty, surgical operations, haha!

I did eventually trim down my A2 card panel just a bit, to adhere to my A2 vertical card with a black trimmed cardstock backing.

I would say I spent a good hour on this card, but keep in mind, part of that time was spent deciding on each step along the way. I did not have a set plan in place when I began, other than stamping all those pots and watercoloring them. Everything else unfolded in the creative process, which is what I love. I find it to be very soothing, simply watercoloring and letting my mind take me where it will.

I appreciate you stopping by so much. You can click any of my affiliate supply links below for more product information, to browse or shop. Thanks again and have a great day!

Terri

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Honey Card for Catherine Pooler Designs

What's in your cupboard? The new Hey There Honey collection is now in the shop at Catherine Pooler Designs. I adore the new inks, Amber and Honeycomb, new additions to the spa color line. I came up with the idea to create some shelf space for my jars of honey, featuring the stamps and dies from the Sweet As Honey bundle. Scroll down for creative details on my card, a peek at my honey stash, and my clickable supply list at the end.

 (FTC Disclosure: as an affiliate for various companies in the craft industry, I will receive a small commission for purchases made through my convenient affiliate links, at no additional cost to you.)

If you didn't know, I'm an avid tea lover. I love coffee too. In fact, I usually start my morning off with a cup of coffee. Then, later in the morning, I generally switch over to a cup of loose leaf brewed tea. I have all the gadgets, too including infusers and an infuser mug which I LOVE! You should see my tea stash, I should totally be ashamed, I have so much, haha! Actually, I'm not ashamed at all. I love a good variety and have several favorite tea companies that I purchase from online.

Which leads me to my honey stash.

 

I typically purchase local honey and we are very fortunate to have several wonderful bee farms in our area, the benefits of living in rural Alabama! The center jar is from the 3D Bees farm, and the far right is from Eastaboga Bee Company. That one is my favorite. I don't know if it's the dark, amber color or what, but I just like the flavor better. The Lavender Raw Honey from Savannah Bee Company is one that I picked up at a T.J. Maxx not long ago. So yes, I go through a lot of honey and I love it. My tea wouldn't be the same without it.

When Catherine Pooler invited me to create with this new honey themed collection, I was ecstatic! As a brand ambassador, I occasionally receive free products to create inspired projects for various events. In this case, there will be lots of CPD designers and brand ambassadors sharing on Instagram and other social media, so go find us, and check out all the wonderful inspiration with this release. You can search Instagram, Facebook, etc. using hashtag, #cpheytherehoney .

Now, my card is A2 sized but let me tell you about some of the elements I created, and I'll give you some measurements. 

First, I trimmed some black cardstock for the backing of my card panel. Then I created my "cupboard" by simply swiping the Amber ink pad on white cardstock, then trimmed it.

Next, I trimmed some light green or mint colored plaid paper from the CPD Anchored paper pack. Both of these papers were adhered flat to my black cardstock. I tend to create first and measure later, so here are the exact measurements for mounting on an A2 size card:

Black cardstock - 3 3/8 x 4 3/8 inches

Amber Inked Cardstock - 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches

Plaid paper - 2 5/8 x 3 3/4 inches

Shelf strips - 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches

When I swiped my Amber ink on white cardstock, I didn't get full coverage on the outer edges. I'm not mad about it though, because I trimmed those edges to make cool, wood grain style shelves! I was so giddy about that!

I stamped and die cut my honey jars using both inks, then grabbed the honeycomb stamp and stamped again with Amber ink on the Amber honey pot, and Honeycomb ink on the lighter ink pot, for tone on tone stamping. I then accented my honeycomb inside each pot with a white gel pen.

If you look at my craft table further up, you'll see where I did some partial stamping for the lid from one of the honeycomb pot stamps. I simply placed some light tack tape on my cardstock, then stamped the lid above the tape line. Even some washi tapes are not low tack enough, but if that's all you've got, you can condition it by laying it across your arm, which grabs oils from your arm. When applied to cardstock, there's less concern for the tape ripping your paper as you gently peel off the tape. I did fussy cut the lid with my scissors. You could avoid all those steps, haha, by just stamping the entire pot and trim the lid off. You'll want to swipe black ink across the bottom of the trimmed lid though, either way.

I also used my waterbrush to add some color from the Honeycomb ink pad. I simply pressed the ink on my craft mat, and used my wet waterbrush to grab the ink and paint. I felt like my shelves needed another accessory in the cupboard! I also watercolored the top rims of my honey jars as well.

Lastly, I did some masking to stamp my sentiment. This works best when using a stamp positioner. I stamped the upper letters in CPD Midnight ink, taping over the word Honey. I did multiple inkings for good depth of color, you just need to remember to remove the tape in between stamping, or you'll have a mess on your hands. I did the same for the word Honey, taping over the upper words, then stamping the word Honey with the Amber ink, multiple times. I generally ink at least twice with a stamp positioner, sometimes more to get a good deep color. 

All of my stamped elements and trimmed shelves were popped up on adhesive foam strips, as well as my card panel.

I envisioned giving this card to someone like my bestie, my husband, or a tea loving friend. Here in the southern united states, we say Hey Honey all the time!

Thanks so much for stopping in. I'll have some of the other collections from this release linked in my supply list as well, for the sake of convenience, if you'd like to click and take a peek at the products. I hope you have a great rest of the week! Sorry, for rambling, I know I was wordy! Let me know if you have any questions in the comment section.

Terri

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