Hexagon Love

Well, I have seen hexagons all over the place and finally took the plunge and bought a set of hexagon nesting dies.  There are 15 in all so you get some great matting possibilities.

I cut an Andrea Victoria My Mind's Eye card with a larger hexagon and then a smaller one for the sentiment.  Fun, huh?  The sentiment is from Studio Calico/Hero Arts' Wonderful World.

I made another with a larger middle portion featuring a fun sentiment from  Fabulous by Technique Tuesday.

For this one, I cut a bunch of hexagons from the Simply Jane patterned paper (PTI) and then swiped chamomile tea dye ink around the edges before adhering them to Aqua Mist cardstock.  I stamped the Think Big Favourites sentiment on vellum and wrapped it around the front panel before adhering it to an Autumn Leaves kraft card.

Since I used vellum, I will enter this one into the challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays:

Next, I tried a shabby vintage look on this one with lots of layers of inking and stamping.  I got this fun set from Cavallini & Co with all sorts of airmail and postage stamps.  I stamped off the Brown Sugar Jenni Bowlin ink and stamped a whole bunch of images all over the panel.

Then I stamped the hexagon background (Market Street Stamps) over the whole front without stamping off.  I stamped the sentiment in Vintage Cream ink and swiped more of the ink around the outside and smudged it with my fingers.

I mounted it with foam dots on a vintage cream card.  Not my usual style but I quite like it!

Now, I celebrated Father's Day a little early and I've already posted my Father's Day card that I made using the MIM technique of a pocket card:

 I wrapped up his gift with some tissue paper that I stamped with 'Vater' (German for Father) using my new Stepping Stone Alphabet set:

I crumpled the tissue a bit and then repeatedly stamped it all over.  I even stamped a manila tag and used Fillable Frames as well.

I used the globe image stamped off from this Wonderful World stamp set:

He loved that it was so personalized!  That's why I love using alphabet sets ... you can write their name, a special sentiment or whatever you like.

So, have you been caught by a new trend and purchased something new lately?

Supplies:

Paper: Andrea Victoria My Mind's Eye card, Gina K chocolate
Stamps: Wonderful World (Studio Calico and Hero Arts collaboration)
Ink: PTI Vintage Cream ink
Misc:  foam dots, QuicKutz hexagon nesting dies 
Jenni Bowlin
foam dots

Paper: Andrea Victoria My Mind's Eye card, Gina K chocolate
Stamps: Fabulous by Technique Tuesday
Ink: PTI Vintage Cream ink
Misc:  foam dots, QuicKutz hexagon nesting dies





Paper: Autumn Leaves kraft card, PTI aqua mist, Gardner vellum, PTI Simply Jane patterned paper
Stamps: PTI Think Big (selectively inked)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, PTI Vintage Tea dye duo
Misc: Tombo Mono Multi glue, QuicKutz hexagon nesting dies

Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Kraft
Stamps: Cavallini & Co Par Avion stamp set, MSS hexagon background
Ink: PTI Vintage Cream, Jenni Bowlin brown sugar
Misc: foam dots

Paper: red tissue paper, Avery manila shipping tag
Stamps: Stepping Stone Alphabet set:, PTI Fillable Frames, Wonderful World (globe image)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black;  Jenni Bowlin chili powder, brown sugar
Misc: hemp twine