Lovely Layers: Iris Birthday Card

Handmade birthday card featuring blue iris floral stamps and a sentiment label.

Hello, crafty friends!! I hope this finds you all well!! Brenda here with a birthday card featuring the new Lovely Layers: Iris Honey Cuts, along with a few other goodies from the Celebrate Release!! I see that some of you are starting to receive your orders!! I can’t wait to see what everyone creates with this fabulous release!!

Birthday card with three layered blue and yellow bearded irises on a navy mat, a Honey Bee Stamps project.

I began by die-cutting the flowers, stems and leaves in the Lovely Layers: Iris Die Set from white cardstock. I added color and shading with Distress Oxide Inks and the new Beeluxe Blending Brushes. I applied Prize Ribbon for the base color on the irises using the Beeluxe Size 10 Detail Blending Brushes, then added shading with Villainous Potion and Beeluxe Size 5 Detail Blending Brushes. Mustard Seed was added to the center of the irises and some of the petals and Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wildness inks were used on the stems and leaves. All of the layers were adhered together with Bee Creative Glue.

Straight-on view of the blue iris card with a pale yellow patterned background, created with Honey Bee Stamps.

A panel of yellow pattern paper from the Textiles & Textures: Celebrate Paper Pad was die-cut with the second largest die in the Sweet Stacks: Rectangles Die Set and adhered to an A2 panel of dark blue cardstock. I die-cut a panel of white cardstock with the fourth largest die in the Sweet Stacks: Ovals Die Set and embossed it with the Sandie’s Garden 3D Embossing Folder, then adhered it to the background panel. The irises, stems and leaves were arranged and adhered with Bee Creative Glue and the stems were trimmed flush with the bottom of the card.

Close-up of the vivid blue irises and script sentiment on the Lovely Layers card, by Honey Bee Stamps.

The sentiment is from the Celebrating You Stamp Set. It was stamped onto white cardstock with Versafine Onyx Black Ink and cut out with the Coordinating Die. I also die-cut three more layers from heavyweight white cardstock and adhered them behind the stamped layer for dimension, then adhered it to the lower right side of the card. Light blue pearls from the Celebration Pearl Sticker Pack were the perfect finishing touch. (I also stamped “Hope all your birthday wishes come true” from the Celebrating You Stamp Set on the inside of the card with Versafine Onyx Black Ink, but I forgot to take a photo.)

Angled view of the blue iris birthday card among white peonies and paper swatches, a Honey Bee Stamps card.

I absolutely love these irises!! I can’t wait to dig in to the rest of this amazing release!!

That does it for me today!! Thanks so much for stopping by!! Have a great week!!

Brenda

1 comment

Absolutely gorgeous and true to matures color of plant. My strive when completing a floral such as yours! Again, gorgeous!
Beth

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