Hello - You're Bee-utiful Bees and Flowers card - 365 day challenge

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 Hi Craft addicts!     

Today's latest handmade card for my 365 day challenge is this Bee themed square card using the Bee-youtiful collection in the Nature's Garden set from Crafter's Companion.

  • I used the Bees and Flowers Mini embossing folder from the collection and cut a strip of card that I had previously created a background on and embossed it.
  • I then used some Obsidian Black ink from Gina K and brushed the ink pad over the embossed area a couple of times so that the embossed area is highlighted.
  • I trimmed it to approximately 4.5" and 1.5" wide and stuck it with a tape pen to a strip of Lynda Chapman's black cardstock and trimmed that so that it fitted the left hand side of a 5" white card.
  • I used the Bee stamp and stamped it on to the card (1st and 2nd Generation) to create a background.
  • I then cut out the flower using the die from the Bee Blooms pack, to stamp it, I stuck the waste card with the outline in it onto my stamping platform (making sure it was attached with some Washi tape) placed the die cut into it, placed the stamp over it, picked it up with the other side of the platform, added some Gina K Obsidian Black ink and stamped it - the great thing using the platform is that if I hadn't quite got it right I could repeat it until it was!
  • I then used Spectrum Noir Triblender markers to colour it in - Golden Yellow and Green shades and blended them in until I was happy with it.
  • I added some foam pads to it and placed it on the right hand side.
  • I stamped the Hello and You're Bee-utiful sentiment on to some white card with the same Gina K ink and then fussy cut around them, added them to some black card, repeated the process and stuck them to the top right and bottom left corners with a tape pen.

So if you think this sounds interesting then why not:-


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