Sunday, May 24, 2020

Happy Bee-day

Hello, everyone!  Today I'm sharing a bee-themed card!


I started by stencilling the honeycomb background with Distress Oxide and then I die-cut the white panel with a stitched rectangle.  I stamped the flowers, fussy-cut, and adhered.  I stamped the bees, coloured with markers, fussy-cut, adhered, and applied Stickles to the wings. I heat-embossed the sentiment in white on a black scrap, matted onto a yellow scrap, and then adhered with foam tape.

Clear stamps:  STAMPlorations Blossoms Spray 1 (flowers), Joy Clair Bee Kind (bees), Pink and Main Bee Happy (sentiment)
Die:  Gina Marie Designs Stitched Rectangles
Stencil:  Honey Bee Stamps Hexi Background
Ink:  Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide, Gina K Designs Amalgam, Versamark
Other:  Ranger White embossing powder, Stickles Diamond

I would like to support the following challenges:  2 Crafty Critter Crazies AG w Critters 2/5; A Perfect Time to Craft AG UE; A Bit More Time to Craft AG UE; A Bit More Time to Craft Extra AG UE; Ally's Angels 34 AG 1/3; Arty Divas 22 AG 1/5; Cardz TV 115 AG 1/3; Craft Stamper Take it Make it May AG 2/3; Crafter's Castle AG 2/3; Creative Fingers 186 AG 1/3; Creative Moments 191 AG Optional Twist Birds and/or Bees 1/3; Dare 2B Artzy In the Garden 1/3; Gem of a Challenge 11 AG 1/3; Get Creative 91 Make it Sparkly (Stickles on wings) 1/3; Incy Wincy AG 1/5; Jan's Digi Stamps May AG 2/5; Lil Patch of Crafty Friends AG 1/3; Simon Says Stamp Monday We're All a Buzz 1/5; STAMPlorations Spring Fling Blog Hop and Linky Party Spring 1/5; STAMPlorations May Stencil AG w Stencil UE; STAMPlorations Never-ending Anything Goes AG UE; STAMPlorations May CAS AG CASE Optional Pink 1/6; The House That Stamps Built Repeat Impressions DCC M620 ~ Spring Flowers 1/3; The Outlawz Festive Friday Birthday UE; Through the Craft Room Door AG 1/2; Tuesday Throwdown 457 Tic Tac Toe (image, a die, embossing) 1/3; Virginia's Show and Share May 2/4; Word Art Wednesday 440-441 AG w Uplifting Sentiment 1/5 wk1





Thank you for looking at my card! Wishing you a joyful day!

30 comments:

Bunny said...

Bee u ti ful. You knew that was coming. I love the little honeycombs. [Bunny]`

Liz said...

Stunning card, Kitty. I love how you've left the main image uncoloured - very effective. xx

Suzanne H said...

I love the color of the yellow ink you've used. I find some yellows so bright. I love how you left the flowers uncolored. A great use of restraint - which I don't have when it comes to card making!!!!

Lisa Lynn said...

Kitty, your bees are gorgeous. Just love your card.

Chandhini said...

Love the monochrome look of your card, the flowers look so beautiful, though they are uncolored.

aussie aNNie said...

Wow, really love this, the yellow and white is so nice..xx

Heather said...

This is beautiful!! I love how you left the flowers uncolored; it looks really elegant! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

New Creations said...

The yellow looks so pretty with uncolored cluster of flowers, awesome bee card dear!
Happy weekend!

Donna said...

Such a striking card, the bees are so cute and like the stenciling! Thanks for sharing at The House That Stamps Built!

Barbara Godden said...

Super cute card, love those bees, great work with the stencil and great design.

jimlynn said...

STUNNING!!! WOW!! This is so beautiful! LOVE!
Lynn

Margreet said...

Fab card, Kitty. Love the yellow and white together.
xxx Margreet

Linda Simpson said...

This is fabulous Kitty, love the pop of yellow on the bees and honeycombe.
Hugs
Linda xxx

KraftyKoolKat said...

This is so gorgeous Kitty. I adore the stencilled background & the awesome stamping.
Hugs
Cathy
xxxx

Pink Unicorn said...

What a beautiful card, I love all the different details of it - the bees, the honeycomb and especially those beautiful flowers which pop against the honey yellow background. Thank you for joining the STAMPlorations Spring Fling Blog Hop and Linky Party.

Maria Giselle B. said...

Love this card. It is gorgeous. The layout, the color and the elements...great job! Thank you for sharing your creation with us @ Incy Wincy Designs Anything Goes Challenge. Good luck!

Verna Angerhofer said...

So well designed and beautiful! I love the combination of stencils and the images.

Patti J said...

Wow! This is bee-utiful!!! Thanks so much for joining us at The House That Stamps Built!

Donna said...

What a fun card! Kitty! Love your bee theme. Just bee-utiful! Love how you used the stencil for the pop of color but left the flowers neutral. Great idea. Thanks for the inspiration!

Alyson Mayo said...

That floral design left in black over the honeycombs allows your bees to really pop! I love everything about this :)

Linda said...

This looks fab ..... I like how you've kept the colour to the background and you main image just black and white ..... looks really cool! Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge!

Fikreta said...

so very nice card!
hugs

Jan Mahew said...

KT- The bees are a-buzzin'! Love the sentiment, layout, and the honeycomb makes it perfect! Thanks for entering JDS May Challenge. Stay safe and be well.
Hugs,

Jan (owner/illustrator Jan's Digi Stamp Shop)

creationsnz said...

Great design, a fabulous card. Thanks for sharing with us at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, CarolG

nancy littrell said...

Love the Clean, Crisp look of your Creative floral spray and stenciled background. All perfect for your sweet bees and black, white and bright yellow color combo. Loved ALL your fussy cutting too:-) TFS and joining us at STAMPlorations Stencil. Hugs..Nancy

Virginia L. said...

Beautiful pairing of images! Love them all! Thanks so much for playing Virginia’s “Show & Share”! FABULOUS! Glad to see your lovely work. I appreciate your support!

The Hopeful Crafter - Tracy Shultz said...

Very pretty. All the elements came together so well. Thank you for joining the Crafter's Castle Challenge Blog! Tracy, DT Member

Asmah Zainal Abidin said...

One word --> AMAZING!! Thanks again for playing along with us at STAMPLorations May Stencil Challenge and Spring Fling Blog Hop & Linky Party. Best of luck :)
Hugs and smiles,
Asmah
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MariLynn said...

It is stunning how you left the flowers uncolored. I guess I'm too fussy I would have had to color them. I never think outside the box like you did. Awesome job. Thanks for sharing with STAMPlorations Stencil challenge.

cm said...

Echoing the others: your card is gorgeous! Fabulous combination of images and I love that you've left the flowers *as is*! Stunning! Thank you for sharing your creativity in the STAMPlorations CAS gallery!
~carol