Hey everyone! Yesterday was a holiday here, so between the noise of the kids plus construction going on etc etc getting a voiceover accomplished just didn't happen. Anywho - I got it done this morning so here's my "bee-themed" cards - yesterday was World Bee Day and Honey Bee Stamps was part of a blog hop with a bunch of inspiration for it.
It was only fitting that Honey Bee Stamps was part of this - and it gave me an excuse to pull out some of the "bee-themed" products I have and hadn't had a chance to use yet:
I used Honey Bee's Bee Hive Card dies to make hive shaped cards with little doors that open up to reveal the "inside" of the hive.
I die cut the hive cards from yellow card stock, and then used Distress Inks to blend over the coordinating Bee Hive stencil to create some dimension. I of course added a bunch of splatter while I was at it - as sill as it seems I am LOVING the Distress Oxide Sprays for splatter. Having all the colors (well all the ones available at the moment - there's still a bunch to be released down the road!) for splatter is just FUN for me LOL!
I used the Busy Bees Stamp set and coordinating wafer dies for the little images to decorate the hives. All were stamped onto Neenah Classic Crest 80lb card stock with Simon Says Stamp's Intense Black ink, then coloured in with Copic markers.
After everything was assembled I added Crystal Glaze to all the images, and then used my Glitter Duster (filled with Simon's Unicorn Dust glitter) and dusted glitter over everything. The Glitter Duster basically blows a fine little cloud of glitter over your project - so you need something for it to STICK to - like glue or Glossy Accents/Crystal Glaze etc.
I finished off the inside of the cards with sentiments from the Hi Honey stamp set stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne ink. I adhered a few more bees and that was it!
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