Giving your Background Dies their Main Character Moment on cards

Hiya Arty friends! Today I'm sharing 3 gorgeous cards with you that I've created using the Honeycomb Grunge background die so let's get into it!

 

 

 For card one I took a piece of 350gsm cardstock that measured slightly bigger than the Honeycomb Grunge die and swiped 3 of my favourite Distress Oxides ( Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet and Peacock Feathers) across it ans set aside to dry. in the meantime, I stamped my sentiment from the All Occasions Clear Stamp Set onto a hexie from the Hex Stack die set and splattered it with a bit of each of my ink colours for a bit of extra colour. Once my inked panel was dry I cut the Honeycomb Grunge die from it, trimmed the edges slightly and foam mounted it to a piece of black cardstock and added it to my A6 card base.

 For card two, I've die cut the Honeycomb Grunge Die from the 350gsm white cardstock and then coated it in Versamark Embossing ink heavily before adding a gorgeous green glittery embossing powder and heat setting it. I then repeated the process again to give the embossing a thicker coverage, then set aside to cool fully. I stamped the sentiment from the All Occasions stamp set onto a spare piece of cardstock and then glued down the Honeycomb die cut and the sentiment and set it under a heavy book for a couple of minutes to ensure the glue stuck down!

 

Lucky last, card three has been created in reverse to the other two.... and this is my favourite way to use cover dies as the main event. I took a piece of 350gsm and ink smooshed it with the gorgeous Spice Colour Artist Dye Ink, dried it, smooshed it again, dried it, then added a layer of smooshed Sunflower Shimmer Dust (that I sprayed with water to make it a watercolour style paint), dried it, smooshed again and then set it aside to fully dry. In the meantime I stamped my sentiment from the Butterfly Wishes stamp set in a coordinating ink I found in my collection, which I also used to create a small border piece for behind the sentiment. Once my inked panel was dry I cut it down to fit the front of my card base, glued it down, then added my Honeycomb die cut and then my sentiment. 

We'd love to see how you use your background dies as the main character, make sure you share it to our Facebook group which you can find here. 

Have a fab week friends, see you again soon.

Kelly.  

Valentine's Day Cards

 Hiya friends! It's almost time to sweep that loved one off their feet, and today I'm sharing three cards I've made using the Valentine's Day A4 Cut Apart Sheet and the smoooooothest paste I think I've ever used, so let's get into it!

 To start with, I cut three 14.3cm x 10cm panels from the 250gsm white cardstock and spread the Punch Colour Paste through the Impression A5 Stencil onto each panel randomly then set those aside to dry. 

 In the meantime, I chose what images I wanted to use from the A4 Cut Apart Sheet and got to work with my scissors. I also cut out my extra sentiment (for the Teddy tag card above). I then created three card bases from the 250gsm cardstock as well.

 To assemble, I cut three panels of silver glitter cardstock to 14.8cm x 10.5cm and stuck those to my card bases. I used a strong double sided tape to attach my stenciled panels, then topped the cards with my fussy cut pieces, and finished off with flat mirror sequins. 

Have a wonderful day and I'll see you again soon! - Kelly.  

Butterfly Grunge

 Hiya friends, welcome to my first DT post for Bee Arty for 2026! I'm super excited to be sharing with you some really awesome creations this year, today I'm starting off by combining the Grunge Duo dies with the Book Butterfly 3 A4 Cut Apart Sheet so let's get into it!

The first thing I did was cut out one of the circle die and two of the rectangle die from 350gsm white cardstock and used the Colour Artist Dye Ink in Oasis as a watercolour and went to town smooshing the paint down randomly on each die cut. I heat set them, smooshed again and repeated a couple more times until I was happy with the results. As I heat set the last layer, I splattered a little bit of the Walnut Colour Artist Dye Ink for a bit of extra texture. 

I set them aside to fully air dry while I created 3 card bases using the 250gsm white cardstock, and embossed some extra 250gsm cardstock with the Impression A5 stencil. The final jobs were to fussy cut my Book Butterfly's and stamp out my sentiments that came from the Butterfly Wishes Stamp set and fussy cut those too. 

To assemble card 1 (the circle one above) I cut a 14.3cm x 10cm panel from the bottom half of the embossed panel and glued it onto my card base. I mounted the circle frame with thin foam tape and glued my butterflies into place. I then foam mounted the sentiment in the centre.

For Card 2 (above) and Card 3 (below) I cut the remaining embossed panel into smaller rectangles that fit in behind the rectangle frames and foam mounted the rectangles on top. I added my butterflies and sentiments as shown. 

I look forward to joining you all again soon with my next Design Team post later in the month! Let me know via the socials if you create some cards or other projects inspired by this set of cards. - Kelly.