Honey Bee Stamps Under The Sea Blog Hop!

Hello everyone!
Today I'm here to share my cards for the Honey Bee Stamps Under The Sea Blog Hop. We have an a amazing new release and loads of inspiration & prizes, you wouldn't want to miss. You should have come here from the amazing Galina's Blog, If not, you can start from the Honey Bee Stamps blog. Here's a look at my cards for the hop :

CARD INSPIRATION :

 I have added few clear dew drops, stars and sequins from the Coral Shell Sequin Mix.

To create this card, I started with the new Swimming By set. I stamped the mermaid on Neenah Solar White Classic Crest 110 lbs cardstock and coloured it using the Zig Clean Color markers. I fussy-cut it out and placed it on my card base. The sun-rays were lightly ink blended using a DIY stencil I made. The waves were also created using the same way. I used Broken China for the waves & Mustard Seed Distress ink for the rays. I also stamped, fussy-cut and added those tiny elements on the bottom of the card using stamps from Under The Sea set. The sentiment is from the Mermaid Song set. I added few sequins, dew drops and stars from the Coral Shell Sequin mix to complete my card.


CARD 2 : MISS YOU SHAKER CARD 

I have used the Ocean Borders stamp set for this card. I started by stamping the large 6'' X 6'' Ocean Waves pattern using Versamark Embossing ink on Neenah 110lbs cardstock and heat embossed it in white. I watercolored the background using Zig Markers.  For the focal of my card, I again used the mermaid from the Swimming By set as well as the smaller images from the Under The Sea set. All of them have been stamped, coloured and fussy-cut. I added sequins from the Birthday Bash Sequin Mix to create the shaker. I then used an inverted scalloped rectangle die frame to complete the shaker. I added another scalloped frame over the watercolored background and popped it on foam tape for that raised look. It was colored lightly using Broken China Distress ink. Matted everything on a A2 Card Base to complete my card.

BLOG HOP DETAILS :
Swim along with our New Release - Under The Sea with Honey Bee! So let's Shellabrate with some splashingly sweet prizes!!  We will have TWO winners that will each receive a $50 gift certificate to purchase new goodies in the Honey Bee Stamps Store.
All you have to do to win is comment on the Honey Bee Stamps blog and again at each of the designer’s blog by Sunday, July 16th. Winners will be announced on Monday, July 17th at Noon PST. So swim along and get ready to SEA some inspiration!

BLOG HOP LIST :

>>The next stop on the hop is the lovely, Jo Herbert. Hop over to her blog to see some amazing inspiration!

The wonderful line-up of the Honey Bee Stamps designers is as follows:

Alanna Moses

Alexandra Stapleton

Amy Rysavy

Angel Rivera

Bibi Cameron

Brenda Noelke

Carrie Bryant

EK Gorman

Emily Midgett

Galina Fillippenko

Hussena Calcuttawala >>> That's ME!

Jo Herbert

KajaVezensek

Kelley Kohout

Lisa Cisneros

Melissa Bickford

Melissa Chipperfield

Nichol Spohr

Patricia Lara

Taniesa Vlasak

Tracy Freeman

Vera Wirianta Yates  

Yulianna Neginskaya

I hope you like my cards. I would love to hear what you think of them and if you have a favourite? Have a nice day everyone!