Today's post features the Honey Bee Stamp Set and the coordinating Detailed Bee Dies from Stampin' Up!.  It is from the January-June 2020 Mini Catalog.

-The standard bottom mat and the feature mat for this first card was cut from Basic Black CS.

-The standard top mat for this card was cut from a piece of the coordinating Golden Honey DSP.

-The hive was stamped onto a scrap piece of Whisper White CS using Crushed Curry Ink.

-The bees were stamped onto scrap pieces of Whisper White CS using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, die cut and then the stripes colored with the Mango Melody Stampin' Blends set.

-The hearts were cut from Daffodil Delight CS.

The sentiment is from the featured set and was stamped with Memento Ink and cut out using one of the Stitched Label Dies.

-The standard bottom mat for this second card was cut from Bumblebee CS.

The standard top mat was cut from Whisper White CS, the honeycomb design is from the Butterfly Basics Stamp Set and was stamped with Bumblebee Ink, the small cluster dot stamp was from the Label Me Bold Stamp Set and was stamped with Memento Ink, the larger cluster of dots is from the Touches of Texture Stamp Set and was lightly stamped with Daffodil Delight Ink (it's very faint).  Then the top mat was lightly colored  using Blending Brushes with Daffodil Delight Ink.

-The two bees were cut from Basic Black CS, the body of the was attached to the card with Tape Runner and the wings were slightly raised by folding them back where they connect to the body.

-The hive was stamped onto a piece of Basic Black CS with Versamark Ink, and heat embossed using Gold Embossing Powder. (The photo doesn't do justice to how nice this hive looks in person.)

-The sentiment is from the featured set and was stamped on a scrap piece of Whisper White CS with Memento Ink and die cut with a die from the Stitched All Around Dies.

-The standard bottom mat for this third card was cut from Crushed Curry CS.

-The standard top mat was cut from Whisper White CS, and lightly inked toward the center (under the honeycomb die) with Crushed Curry Ink.

-The honey comb pieces were cut from Crushed Curry CS.

-The bees were stamped with Memento Ink. the stripes were colored with Mango Melody Stampin' Blends, and all three were popped up with Dimensionals.

-The sentiment is from the featured set and was stamped with Memento Ink.

-The standard size bottom mat and the feature mat were cut from Basic Black CS.

-The standard top mat was cut from a piece of Golden Honey DSP.

-The bee and honeycomb were cut from Brushed Metallic CS.  I only punch out some of the hexagons, I used double side tape to hold the other pieces in place and at the same time used it to attach the honeycomb to the feature mat.

The sentiment is from the featured set and was stamped on a scrap piece of  WW paper and cut out as in card two above.