Things With Wings

Hello again!! It’s time for a brand new challenge at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. This week the challenge is

Things With Wings

We are showcasing Honey Bee Stamps Products this week. If you have any of these products, we’d love to see them used, but it’s certainly not a requirement to join the challenge.

As always, the generous folks at Simon Says Stamp will be giving away a $25 voucher to one randomly selected winner to shop at the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store. You can enter 5 times which means you can make 5 different projects following this week’s prompt and have 5 chances to win a shopping spree!! Sounds like a win/win to me!! I’ve linked all of the supplies that I used at the end of this post. Compensated affiliate links used where possible at no cost to you.

I love the title of the theme this week. I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to do something with fairies or bees and I obviously went with bees. This card came together rather quick and easily. I used the Sweet Honey Bee stamp set and coordinating dies and I also used Birthday Wishes both by Honey Bee Stamps.

I colored my images with my Copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I usually use X-Press It Blending Card whenever I color anything with my copic markers but with the white scalloped layer directly behind my die cuts (in some areas), the color difference was obvious so I just used some Neenah Solar White 110 lb. Card Stock. I feel like I get a much better color blend with the X-Press It Card, but it just wasn’t going to work for this one.

I trimmed a piece of (Honey Bee Stamps) patterned paper down to 2.75″ x 4″. I stamped my sentiment on the patterned paper from the Birthday Wishes stamp set. I used a scalloped rectangle die that I had in my stash and die cut a white panel measuring 3 3/8″ x 4 5/8″. I trimmed another piece of patterned paper from the same pack down to 4″ x 5.25″ and then I attached it to an A2 size sized piece of Lemon Chiffon Card Stock.

I popped up my scalloped layer with some Craft Foam and then I decided to add a little sparkle to my bee’s wings and the flowers with my Aqua Shimmer Pen. I went over the wings with some Crystal Glaze because I just can’t seem to make a card without shimmer and sparkle. I didn’t have enough room on the front of my card for another adorable little bee so I decided to add it to the inside of my card. To finish off my project, I added some Clear Drops in various sizes.

So now it’s YOUR turn. Happy Crafting!!

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