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It’s PARTY ANIMAL WEEK at Honey Bee Stamps!

We are celebrating a mix/match of all of Honey Bee’s animal stamps, coordinating dies, and stand alone dies today, Sunday, March 3rd through Saturday, March 9th. These items will be 15% off this week while the party is going.  Use Code PARTY15. Clearance items are not eligible. Also, there will be a daily giveaway of one of their paper piecing animal dies…so be sure to leave a comment below to be eligible!

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Honey Bee is well known for their many adorable animals that hold and wear fun coordinating accessories and clothing. The pieces have been sized so that they are interchangeable with all the other animals.

I showcased one long card and three smaller cards, but I just couldn’t stop partying. I have ten different card versions to share with you today. All the measurements are included throughout the post. So grab a cuppa and let’s get started!

I started by stamping the animals, accessories, and clothing with copic friendly Gina K Amalgam Ink onto #80 Neenah cardstock. I added eye glasses to all the animals with glasses from either the Mouse or the Llama set. The animals are fun…and nerdy! All the images were cut using their coordinating die sets.

Bill The Bear Stamp Set – (Bill The Bear Die Set)

Pinky The Pig Stamp Set – (Pinky The Pig Die Set)

Penny The Platypus Stamp Set – (Penny The Platypus Die Set)

No Probllama Stamp Set – (No Probllama Die Set)

Mae The Mouse Stamp Set – (Mae The Mouse Die Set)

Lily The Lamb Stamp Set – (Lily The Lamb Die Set)

Feelin’ Foxy Stamp Set – (Feelin’ Foxy Die Set)

I also stamped some additional accessories from:

Snow Buddies – (Snow Buddies Die Set)

Blah Humbunny – (Blah Humbunny Die Set)

I cut nine polaroid windows using the Lawn Fawn Selfie Frames Die Set. I started by just playing around and mixing and matching the pieces.

I had some new Arteza Acrylic paints that I wanted to try out. I added white to the colors to give them a lighter pastel look. I spread a small amount on my Tim Holtz Glass Mat and loaded a 2″ Speedball Brayer.

I cut a piece of black cardstock slightly bigger than the picture frame. Sentiments were added to each frame. I list them below with each individual pic.

Small pieces of patterned paper were added behind the openings. Penny The Platypus was turned into a duck. After all…the bill of a platypus looks like a duck!

The card bases are:
#110 Neenah Solar Crest 4 1/4” x 3 5/8”
Black cardstock 4” x 3 3/8”
Kraft cardstock 3 3/4” x 3 1/8”
The cards will fit nicely in a 4 1/2” x 4 1/2” or 5” x 5” envelope.

At one point I considered leaving the images plain. It sure would have saved a lot of time coloring. Because I made seven different animals, I used an insane number of copic markers! LOL

I have also included another version of the long card using three animals instead of four. The card base is 9 1/4” x 8” and folded lengthwise. Both long versions will fit in a standard business envelope.

I have included the details for each pic for those who are interested.

BILL THE BEAR
-Sentiment: No Probllama Stamp Set
-Bow Tie: Snow Buddies
-Hat, Cake & Party Blower: Pinky The Pig

MAE THE MOUSE
-Sentiment: Brie Mine Stamp Set
-Camera & Tooth: Mae The Mouse
-Top Hat: Snow Buddies
-Bow Tie & Sparkler: Pinky The Pig

LLAMA (NO PROBLLAMA)
-Sentiment: Cheerful Sentiments Stamp Set
-Pinwheel, Party Blower, Lemonade, & Hat: Pinky The Pig
-Scarf: Blah Humbunny

PINKY THE PIG
-Sentiment: Ham It Up Stamp Set
-Honey Jar: Mae The Mouse
-Wings, Antennae Headband, & Party Blower: Pinky The Pig

PENNY THE PLATYPUS (DUCK)
-Sentiment: Brie Mine Stamp Set
-Hat, Vest, Fishing Pole and Fish: Bill The Bear

LILY THE LAMB
-Sentiment: Hand drawn smaller copying from No Probllama Stamp Set
-Bell: Lily The Lamb
-Cactus, Sombrero, Blanket: No Probllama

FEELIN’ FOXY
-Sentiment: Heaven Sent Stamp Set
-Bow Tie: Bill The Bear
-Wings: Pinky The Pig
-Top Hat: Flakey Friends (oops my apologies…this set has been retired)

As you can see, the pieces mix and match beautifully between all the stamp sets. They are also great for creating patterned backgrounds here, here, and here. I have too many other posts using these animals to list here but if you type my name in the search box you can see additional examples.

With the 15% sale, now is a good time to add to your collection. Don’t forget to leave a comment below to be eligible for the paper piecing animal die giveaway!

As always, thank you for sharing a bit of your time with me today on another creative journey. You can find me on Instagram at jadanchik or on my blog at jadanchik.com.

Joyfully, Jo Ann

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36 responses to “Creative Sundays With Jo Ann: Party Animals”

  1. Christina Hetzler says:

    These are so adorable. I also love the acrylic background! So cool!

  2. Andrea Horabin says:

    Oh wow how busy have you been. These are brilliant and soooo much fun. TFS xx

  3. Sandi says:

    I love the colorful cards you have designed today. You have out done yourself with the animals, backgrounds, and accessories showing the many options available in each set. Thanks for sharing your talent with us today.

  4. Sue D says:

    How fun and colorful. My fave is the mouse with the Say Cheese caption.

  5. Hanh says:

    So cute! That is such a fun set of cards! Great ideas. Thanks for the inspiration!

  6. Wendy says:

    Wowza this is fabulous so creative and tons of fun

  7. Sharon Gullikson says:

    I LOVE that they all wear glasses. These are so darned cute!

  8. Brian Poteraj says:

    What cute designs. I also love how you colored them and brought them to life. Great job.

  9. Cindy says:

    Love these fun and colorful cards! My favorite animals are the mouse and the platypus- they are just so cute!

  10. Andrea M Hastilow says:

    These are absolutely gorgeous, so cheerful & vibrant. I never realised the there were so many cute creatures in the collection, think it might be time to invest in a few. Thank you for sharing x

  11. Amanda says:

    Beautiful as always!! So much work!

  12. Carla Hundley says:

    Fabulous work on
    all the cards! These
    are too cute.
    Carla from Utah

  13. These are so adorable! 🙂

  14. Oh my word, these are all awesome. I love Penny but after seeing your creations I am torn as to who I love more….. they are all just fantastic

  15. Shari Czerwinski says:

    Adorable critter cards! Love the colorful backgrounds!

  16. What fun party animals!!

  17. Laura Casselman says:

    Wow! All of these are so cute and done so well!

  18. Tracey Landt says:

    Oh my gosh these are so cute. Wonderful idea pairing them with the selfie frame.
    Thank you so much for sharing.
    T x

  19. Trina Pham says:

    These are adorable! Love the colours. Beautiful coloring. x

  20. Meghan Kennihan says:

    WHOA! Amazing coloring and card design! These animals are too cute! I love them framed as Polaroids!!!

  21. Vickie Davis says:

    Such adorable cards for kids and adults too! Brought me smiles & giggles! Thanks for sharing all of your hard work.

  22. Denise Bryant says:

    So many possibilities! These are all adorable!

  23. So adorable, Mae and the Piggy and Llama are my favourite I think, but the Platypus is adorable also! And so many other cute critters – I mean the foxes?! Love the cards in this post! Thanks for the fab inspiration

  24. Gail Davidson says:

    How adorable are these?! I love all of HB’s animals, but of course, being an Aussie I think my fave is Penny. 🙂

  25. Leanne S says:

    Cute! Love the mouse most.

  26. Brenda Abbott says:

    So fun and fabulous! I love the Polaroid cards….. Just too cute! And all of the accessories for each one are great!

  27. Arianna Barbara says:

    Adorable, sweet and funny cards!!!

  28. Kelly S says:

    These cards are absolutely perfection!!! Love!

  29. Amy Cooley says:

    I just love the variety of party animals. It’s hard to pick a favorite!

  30. Jackie S says:

    Love that all the accessories are interchangeable.

  31. Julie Booker says:

    Wow! All I can say is wow! What a lot of time, effort and attention to detail you have had to create such awesome cards. Love them!

  32. Ishani says:

    Amazing cards, and you put so much of effort ..so inspiring! Loved the background you created, I am must try it.

  33. Anita says:

    Wow, these are all so cute and fun!

  34. Katie Brooks says:

    Very Cute Jo Ann!

  35. Andrea Shell says:

    These cards are so cute and so creative! Love all of these critters!

  36. Andre M. says:

    it’s obvious that you enjoy creating with these sweet critters and have been very busy. Your coloring is fab and your acrylic paint background is so lovely. Thanks for sharing this inspiration with these fun products.

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