A Ton of fun with this Honey Bears card set!

Hi everyone!  This last weekend I had some fun working on a little card set using the 

Honey Bear stamps and dies from The Ton.

I was able to incorporate some Copic coloring and some ink blending techniques with distress inks that made some sweet little scenes that kind of remind me of  a children's storybook.  I tried to keep the backgrounds light and dreamy and make each card cohesive so that they formed a coordinating set of four cards that I can gift to a friend.  While each card is different, you will see that there are many elements to each of these cards that bring them together as a set.

I'm not going to deny, these little bears completely stole my heart!

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bears, Haute Stripes (The Ton), Birthday Bears (My Favorite Things).

Ink: old paper, tumbled glass (Ranger Distress), bubblegum (Hero Arts Shadow Ink), tuxedo black (Memento).

Paper: silver sparkle cardstock (My Favorite Things), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: Honey Bears dies (The Ton), Scribble Clouds (Poppy Stamps), Copic markers, white Gellyroll pen, Glossy Accents (Ranger), fun foam.

On each card there is one small element coated in Glossy Accents to add a little shine.  On this one it's the balloons.

Another design element that makes this set cohesive is the addition of stamping or in this case stenciling along one side of each card.  There is also a card front that is popped up with fun foam.

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bears (The Ton).

Ink: tumbled glass, old paper (Ranger Distress), orange soda (Hero Arts Shadow Ink), tuxedo black (Memento).

Paper: white 140 lb carstock (Neenah).

Accessories:  Honey Bears dies (The Ton), Harlequin Stencil (My Favorite Things), Copic markers, Glossy Accents, Black Enamel Accents (Ranger), bakers twine, fun foam.

I can't believe how well these teeny, tiny honey bees diecut!  The Honey Bears coordinating dies to this set are awesome!

For the perfect bear in the woods theme on this card, I pulled out the Wild Cherry Blossoms stamp set by The Ton. To keep things soft and dreamy I stamped all of the leaves with Old Paper distress ink.  I don't usually stamp with distress ink but because these leaves were so small it worked well.

For this card I used the following supplies:

Stamps: Honey Bears, Wild Cherry Blossoms (The Ton), Birthday Bears, Split Diagonal BG (My Favorite Things).

Ink: found topaz (The Ton), tumbled glass, old paper (Ranger Distress), butterbar (Hero Arts Shadow Ink), tuxedo black (Memento).

Paper: white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: Honey Bears dies (The Ton), Copic markers, Glossy Accents, black enamel accents (Ranger), clear Wink of Stella glitter pen, bakers twine, fun foam.

I colored this sweet little beehive and then added clear glitter from my Wink of Stella pen over the color.  Then I gave it a coat of Glossy Accents.  I just love how the glitter from the pen sparkles through the glossy top coat.

By the time I made my final card, my mojo was flying!  I went all out on this card and just couldn't stop myself.  I diecut a little balloon stencil to use so that I could get a soft, airy feel to them using distress ink.  I added the balloon strings and bows myself using a black soot distress pen and a t-square ruler for nice, thin straight lines.  It just looks like a party going on up in here!!

For this card I used the following supplies:
Stamps: Honey Bears, Haute Stripes (The Ton), Birthday Bears (My Favorite Things).
Ink: tumbled glass, old paper, spiced marmalade, picked raspberry, salty ocean (Ranger Distress), ultra pink (Hero Arts Shadow Ink), tuxedo black (Memento), clear emboss (Versamark).
Paper: black (Simon Says Stamp), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).
Accessories: Honey Bears dies (The Ton), Balloon dies (Lil' Inker Designs), Copic Markers, black soot marker (Ranger Distress), white embossing powder (WOW!), Glossy Accents (Ranger).

Such a cute bunch of bears!  The birthday cake and sentiment came from the Birthday Bears stamp set by (My Favorite Things).  I thought these two stamp sets coordinated so well together.  Perfect size!

Well, I did warn you all a couple postings ago that there would be Tons of bears being posted soon.  I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did.  My Copic coloring is still a work in progress but I've heard that practice makes perfect.......

Have an awesome week!!