bee-ing happy again

I posted my bee cards earlier today HERE.
I want to enter both cards in some challenges,
so this post is to focus on the narrower version.

This card was trimmed to be 4.5" x 7"

You might be asking why did I trim it.

... I confess, I printed two sentiments on an A5 panel and got a bit carried away with my inking, the honeycomb went a little bit too far over on the panel, so I had to trim it so you couldn't see it.

I combined a STAMPlorations honeycomb stencil, a freebie Paper Smooches digital sentiment and Paper Smooches die cut bees with some fun challenges.

I printed two sentiments on a A5 panel of cardstock, secured the honeycomb stencil on an angle over one sentiment panel and blended Distress Ink over it, repeating for the second sentiment.

I die cut the bees in black, yellow and white.

I coloured the "white" wings with Copic markers and finished them off with a clear Wink Of Stella glitter brush.  I adhered the black bee bodies in place and inlaid the yellow body bits, tiny teenie eyes and sparkling wings.  The panel looked a little "lost" on the white card base, so I matted them with black cardstock.

*** INGREDIENTS ***

STAMPlorations - ARTplorations Stencil - Honeycomb Delight

Paper Smooches - digital stamp freebie - bee happy

Paper Smooches - Bees Dies

Copic markers - wings - Y0000 Y000

Wink Of Stella - clear Glitter Brush

Helmar450 Quick Dry Adhesive (to adhere the layers)

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue (to adhere the bees)

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #239 - Clean and Simple
Crafty Catz - Challenge #368 - Anything Goes + optional twist CAS with no DP
Hiding In My Craft Room - HIMCR #299 Freestyle
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Anything Goes
STAMPlorations - CUTplorations April Challenge

the two striped green & white chicks

remind of my two little bees with their stumpy stings

STAMPlorations - April CAS Card Challenge

STAMPlorations - April Challenge - Theme and Sketch

STAMPlorations - Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

Don't worry, bee happy

Had fun making a couple of CAS cards today.

I combined a STAMPlorations honeycomb stencil, a freebie Paper Smooches digital sentiment and Paper Smooches die cut bees with some fun challenges.

I printed two sentiments on a A5 panel of cardstock, secured the honeycomb stencil on an angle over one sentiment panel and blended Distress Ink over it, repeating for the second sentiment.

I die cut the bees in black, yellow and white.

I coloured the "white" wings with Copic markers and finished them off with a clear Wink Of Stella glitter brush.  I adhered the black bee bodies in place and inlaid the yellow body bits, tiny teenie eyes and sparkling wings.  The panel looked a little "lost" on the white card base, so I matted them with black cardstock.

This card is 5"x7"

This card was trimmed to be 4.5" x 7"

You might be asking why did I trim it.

... I confess, I printed two sentiments on an A5 panel and got a bit carried away with my inking, the honeycomb went a little bit too far over on the panel above, so I had to trim the one below so you couldn't see it.

*** INGREDIENTS ***

STAMPlorations - ARTplorations Stencil - Honeycomb Delight

Paper Smooches - digital stamp freebie - bee happy

Paper Smooches - Bees Dies

Distress Ink - Fossilized Amber
Mini Ink Blending Tool
Copic markers - wings - Y0000 Y000

Wink Of Stella - clear Glitter Brush

Helmar450 Quick Dry Adhesive (to adhere the layers)

Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue (to adhere the bees)

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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Addicted to Stamps and More - Challenge #239 - Clean and Simple
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 17 - Anything Goes
Hiding In My Craft Room - HIMCR #299 Freestyle
Pile It On - Challenge #129 - Interactive and/or Birthday
QKR Stampede - Challenge #241 - Wheels or Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says: Anything Goes
STAMPlorations - CUTplorations April Challenge

the two striped green & white chicks

remind of my two little bees with their stumpy stings

STAMPlorations - April CAS Card Challenge

STAMPlorations - April Challenge - Theme and Sketch

STAMPlorations - Never-ending Anything Goes Challenge

It's All About A Boy ... with Team Lou at the Southern Girls

It's time for another challenge with us at the Southern Girls.

This fortnight Team Lou have created projects to inspire you for the new challenge

Challenge #158 - About A Boy with Team Lou

Our awesome sponsor for this challenge is

Sasayaki Glitter

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Today I have used the super cute Shy Flies A Kite digital stamp by Sasayaki Glitter, our generous sponsor this fortnight.

I opened the image in Adobe Photoshop and sized to fit on an A5 panel.

I added the sentiment using the AR Carter font.

... I confess, I cannot see a kite without thinking of Mary Poppins.

I printed the panel on X-Press It Blending card, two copies, one for the card, one so that I could make a mask.  I "set" the printed image using my heat gun.  I placed some X-Press It Mask-It over one of the images and fussy cut it to make a "Shy" mask.

I applied the mask to cover the image then made another mask to create a sloping hill for the background.  I also made a stencil from cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo and a digital cut file for the sun rays in the background.

I blended Distress Inks to create the hill and rays of sunshine.

I heat set the inky panel before dragging out my Copic markers to colour Sky and his kite.

I coloured the image panel with Copic markers, adding red Wink Of Stella Glitter Pen to the bows on the kite tail.  Yes, I needed to layer colour on top of the kite tail bows as I forgot to mask them before adding the background, a lesson learnt for next time.

I trimmed the panel down and adhered it to black mat then adhered it to a top folding card base.  It started as 6 1/8" square but I didn't want to trim too much off the sides of the image panel, so I trimmed the bottom off the card instead, ending up with a 6 x 6 1/8" card.

*** INGREDIENTS ***

Sasayaki Glitter - digital stamp - Shy Flies A Kite

X-Press It A5 Blending Card

Copic markers - skin E0000 E000 E00 E01

Copic markers - hair - E31 E34 E35 E37

Copic markers - cap - R21 R22 R24 R27

Copic markers - shirt - YG03 YG25 YG17

Copic markers - trousers -  B91 B93 B95

Copic markers - shoes - E41 E42 E43 E44 E47

Copic markers - kite - YR15 YR16 YR18 E37 E39

 Wink Of Stella Glitter Pen - red

added to the bows on the kite tail

Silhouette Cameo electronic cutting machine

Silhouette Design Store - cut file - Design ID #47228
Sunburst Mat Stencil by Amanda McGee 

Distress Inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed & Peeled Paint
pre scored 6 1/8" card base

black textured cardstock

Helmar 450 Quick Dry adhesive - to adhere the layers

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Sending a big Thank You to Sasayaki Glitter for sponsoring

Challenge #158 - About A Boy with Team Lou with us at the Southern Girls.

I hope I have inspired you to create a masculine card and look forward to seeing your project shared in the challenge gallery.

Remember we are not just a card blog, we love to see scrapbook layouts, artjournal pages and all types of papercraft.

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I am going to enter my card in the following challenges (alphabetical order):

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AAA Cards - CAS Game #88 - Stencil

A Bit More Time To Craft - Challenge #42 - Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Challenge - Week 15 - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers Challenge Blog - Challenge #128 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Challenge #116 - always Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #474 - Birthdays
Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge - WK 16 - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge - So So Cute
Morgan's ArtWorld - Challenge #7 - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Challenge #325 - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Paper Craft Challenge - Week 14 - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede - Challenge #239 - Flowers or Anything Goes
Sasayaki Glitter Challenge Blog - April Challenge - Colour Yellow
Scrapbook Stamp Society - Challenge #114 - Anything Goes option Easter
Scrapper's Delights Challenge Blog - Blog Challenge #65 - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts Challenge Blog - Challenge #35 - Anything Goes / Add A Sentiment
The Paper Nest Dolls - Challenge #4 April 2017 - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #290 - Sentimental
Through The Craft Room Door - TTCRD Anything Goes for the week of 18th April