Go tell the Bees it's Spring time. We have seen our first very large bee in the garden this past week along with 4 different species of Butterfly. This card was inspired by me finding the piece of inked card( I used for the background) in my stash when looking for yellow cardstock for a different project. I think it was left over from a workshop I did years ago (pre Covid at least) and brought home having not used it at the time.
When I re - found it I immediately thought of bees and honeycomb. I also just happened to have a bee stamp in my stash of never used stamps so out they both came. The stamp set is by Craft Consortium called 'Tell The Bees ' and comes with A Queen bee with a crown, 3 different Worker bees, some honeycomb and the bee hives. I used one of the worker bees and stamped him out 3 times plus the bee hives. Coloured using my Graph'it marker pens and my wink of stella brush then fussy cut out. I also used a Rectangle stitch hole die frame by Crafts-Too PCD98 and hexagon dies by Julie Hickey. I cut a few small hexagon shapes from the inked backkground and then backed with yellow cardstock.I die cut a couple of larger hexagon shapes for the sentiment which was computer generated and then printed out. Everything is raised up on 3D pads for dimension. Picture below is a close up of one bee showing the wink of stella on the wings. The bee we saw in the garden was not much smaller!
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Bees seem to be appearing on cards at the moment and it is also good to see them in the garden as well. Great card
Love your busy bees Makes a great card…love your design….
We have a drizzly day today so not up to much take care xxx
Fabulous card Mrs A love your design. I saw a very large bee in the garden yesterday..it's nice to see them out and about hugs Sue x
What a fabulous design with the cut our honeycombe background, love this.
Lorraine
Such a beautiful card Valery Anne, I do love to see the bees and butterflies in the garden. A sure sign that summer is coming.
Sue xx
Lovely card...love how you've cut the shapes out of the honeycomb background..
Anne
What a gorgeous card Mrs A- shows we crafters are right never to throw anything away, love your honeycomb and the bright yellow background and those busy little bees.
xx
Your card and bees are adorable l like the honeycomb too x
Wow, this is so cute and such a fun card. I have been laughing at your attempt to make an egg story. I love your perseverance and hope you love the results. At least hubby got something good out of your efforts!
Fabulous card, like every detail!
Love all the sparkly Bees and great background.Don't you love it when you find something pre-made that is just perfect
Carol x
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Very atmospheric that beautiful ink background...and combined with the yellow border and the beautiful bees it makes a beautiful card ValeryAnne xx
What a wonderful card Valery, I love the hexagon panel with the cut outs, and all those little bees, fabulous design.
I Hugh bee visited me whilst sitting in the garden today, love to see them, take care, Kate x
Wow! This card is really beautiful and so love all the details of your design! The background looks amazing, it's really perfect and so clever of you cutting out the hexagons and adding others for backing the sentiment words!! Lovely bees with the sparkling wings and the hives looks so cute.
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Bee-tifully created and love the sparkle on the bees wings!
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This is such a wonderful design. I love the sparkly wings on your bees. Thanks so much for joining us over at CRAFT Challenge this week!
Oh my! This is such a welcome to Spring. I love the way you used the hexagons. Thank you for joining us at Try It On Tuesday, Chrisx
Great Bee card, Mrs A. Lovely design and I love all the dimension. Thank you for joining in the Allsorts Challenge this week with the In the Spring Garden theme. Good luck!
Liz xx
I'm BUZZING by to tell you how much I enjoy your amazing bee card, ValeryAnne. This is so sweet and I really appreciate you sharing it with us at The Four Seasons Challenge Blog. Have a blessed Easter weekend and please join us again soon.
LOVE your spring card! And those popped up hexagons are perfect for those buzzing bees! Thanks for joining us at Try it on Tuesday! ((HUGS)) Helen DT
Love your Honeycomb Background. Thanks for sharing with us at Pearly Sparkles Challenge. Lisa J
Lovely card, popping up some elements is a great idea to enhance the design! Thanks for playing with us at Country View Challenges this month!
A super happy card Mrs A. Fabulous layering to get the peek-a-boo background for those sweet sparkly winged bees. Lovely little hives for them too.
Thank you for joining in with the Crafts Galore Encore April Challenge “Anything Goes”. Good luck x
Love this wonderful card design. Thanks for sharing at Pearly Sparkles.
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