Honey Bees galore

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I made this using just the one (retired) Layers of Color set, Honey Bee.

The main image is designed to fit into a spellbinders labels 20 die cut.

 I painted the image with Twinkling H2O's, and added Kindy Glitz for the sparkle.

The sentiment was stamped onto the same parchment like yellow card as the big image, cut using a Spellbinders classic oval and  mounted over a scalloped oval cut from mulberry paper.

The background was created using the small bee image, randomly stamping it over the kraft card stock and painting them.  This was distressed and sponged, and then I added the torn mulberry paper and ribbon before mounting the images onto it.

Rhinestones were added and the the whole mounted onto a cream card base.

I am linking this to:

Art Impressions Challenge #54 - Sparkle and Bling or Embossing

Crop stop Challenge #62 - Rainbow of colours (Must use 4)

SJ PaperCrafts Challenge #2 - flowers (Inc red or pink)

Crafts and Me Challenge #74 - Things with Wings

Divas By Design Challenge #25 - Favourite things (Kindy Glitz and Layers of Color stamps)

Paper Shelter Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #111 - Things With Wings

Simaon Says Stamp - Mothers Day or Special Girl

Thank you for visiting - may your day be blessed

Monkeying Around

Greetings  and welcome - thank you so much for visiting.

One of this weeks releases from McMahon Five Design.com is the set 

Monkey Business by Studio 313.

Isn't he just so cute??  

There are a variety of sentiments with the set - I printed this one, cut it with an oval spellbinder die, sponged it while it was still in the die, and mounted it over a scalloped oval.

I printed the image directly onto the dp from the Prima 6x6 stack Fairy Flora, then painted it with Twinkling H2O's.  the finishing touch was a feather stitch rub-on down one side.

There are some fabulous releases this week - please feel free to follow the links on my side bar to see the other releases by the design team.

Thank you so much for visiting - May your day be blessed

Christmas Card 2011

Thank you for visiting, and may I take this opportunity to wish you Christmas greetings. 

Just a short post today to display my Christmas card for this year, as I know folk I posted to have now received them. 

I kept them very CAS this year and was pleased with the result.

The images are from Layers of Color, from two of their new Christmas sets

Christmas Verses and Glad Tidings.

The dove was stamped and gold embossed, the holly painted with twinkling H2O's and some Kindy glitz added. 

I cut a spellbinders classic oval die out of some scrap card, stamped the image on another scrap, then cut it out and adhered it inside the edges of the cut oval, this was used as a stencil so I could sponge the edges of the oval.  After sponging I ran a blue glitter pen around the inside edge of the die.

The sentiments were both stamped in red.

My apologies to the overseas recipients that they did not get the glitter on their cards - that inspiration did not strike until later .

I am linking this to:

Stamping Sisters In Christ - Challenge 120 - Christmas Card showing the Christmas message

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge #16 - Christmas

Crafts and Me Challenge #66 - Christmas

Little Darlings Challenge #13 - Christmas

Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas

May your Christmas be blessed.

recipe:

Card: white

Ink: memento Red Rooster and Danube Blue, Clear Embossing ink.

Accessories: Blue glitter pen, spellbinders classic oval dies, kindyglitz.