Honey Bee Stamps 5th Anniversary Release Blog Hop (+GIVEAWAY!)

Good morning! Today I’m excited to be a stop on the hop for the 5th Anniversary Release from Honey Bee Stamps! I decided to play with the fun new Barn Scene Builder dies to create my happy scene!

To start I die-cut all the elements of the barn using colored cardstocks. Then I added a little shading by blending distress oxide inks over the edges! I used Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, and Ground Espresso on the barn; Pumice Stone on the white trim; Black Soot on the Windmill (along with a matte silver cardstock for the blades); Tea Dye, Scattered Straw, and Mustard Seed on the bales of hay; and Frayed Burlap on the fence. Then I adhered the barn together using a mix of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape and tied a little twine around each bale of hay.

Then I created my background by blending Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn distress oxide ink onto the bottom of a piece of strathmore bristol cardstock. Next I placed the cloud stencil from the Outdoor Scene Builder stencil set on my panel and blended the cloudy sky using Tumbled Glass, Broken China, and Salty Ocean distress oxide inks. I let the ink dry and then built my scene by adding all the different die-cut elements with a mixture of regular adhesive and foam mounting tape. Finally I added the sentiment ad the copic-colored chicks from Way to Goat to finish the card and my cheerful scene!

I hope this gives you some inspiration for the new unbeelievable release and make sure to check out the full Anniversary release, you’re going to love it!!

To celebrate the release Honey Bee Stamps is giving away a $25 gift card each day as a prize to one blog reader selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop so make sure you leave a comment at each hop stop for the most chances to win! You should have arrived from the Brenda and Julianne is your next stop!

Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy the hop!!

Interested in the products I used? To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!

Barn Scene Builder Honey Cuts [ HNB ]	Way to Goat Stamp Set [ HNB ]	Way to Goat Honey Cuts [ HNB ]
Outdoor Scene Builder \| Background… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Fired… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Aged… [ HNB ]
Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Scattered… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Mustard… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Twisted… [ HNB ]
Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Mowed Lawn… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Tumbled… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Broken… [ HNB ]
Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Salty… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Tea Dye –… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Frayed… [ HNB ]
Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Gathered… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Ground… [ HNB ]	Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Pumice… [ HNB ]
Distress Oxide \| Ink Pad \| Black Soot… [ HNB ]	Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tool… [ SBC ]	Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tool and… [ SBC ]
Scrapbook.com – Ink Blending Tools… [ SBC ]	Copic Markers [ SBP \| SSS \| ELH ]	AF435 Intens-ified Black Ink Pad -… [ HA \| SSS \| AMZUS \| ELH ]
Connect Glue – Gina K Designs [ GNK \| SSS \| ELH ]	Amazon.com: Scotch 1/2-Inch by… [ AMZUS \| SSS \| ELH ]	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE… [ SSS \| ELH \| AMZUS \| SBC ]
MT100 Original MISTI Laser Etched… [ HA \| SSS \| ELH \| SBC ]	MT200 MINI MISTI Laser Etched Tool -… [ HA \| SSS \| ELH \| SBC ]	Rotatrim RC RCM12 12-Inch Cut… [ AMZUS ]
Gemini JUNIOR Die-Cutting And… [ SSS \| SBC \| AMZUS ]