#CTC269 Favourite Retiring Bundle Week 2

Happy Mother's Day to all you lovely Mums - hope you've had an enjoyable day with your bubble mates!  This fortnight we CASE our favourite Retiring Bundle from either catalogue:

Yes, you guessed it - for me it will definitely be the Honey Bee bundle on page 30 of the Mini catalogue:

I've teamed it with the now retired Sale-a-bration Golden Honey Specialty DSP and Basic Black cardstock to make a Joy Fold card for our mothers:

The DSP has done most of the work using the Detailed Bee Dies. I've stamped a Crushed Curry beehive from the Honey Bee stamp set onto Whisper White card and diecut along with a large gold bee for the front with the greeting in Black Memento Ink.

The bee on the left has been raised with a Stampin' Dimensional and helps the front to stay closed.

Inside the card I've used the greeting from Tea Together in Black Memento ink and a couple more diecuts.

The Gold really stands out against the Black and White although it is hard to capture in a photo.

Let's hop on over to check out my friend Bec's cute card, and then we hope you'll play along using the link over on the right:

#CTC265 - 2nd Release Sale-a-Bration Week 2

CASE the second release Sale-a-bration Brochure:

I've headed back to page 6 - this time the image top right:

This has been a popular choice with the crew. 

I've used a base of thick Whisper White and a mat of Basic Black.  My DSP has been swapped out for a pattern with the leftovers from the honeycomb die.  I used it as a placement, and stuck the little hexagons into place - because, well - who wants to waste Gold Foil??

The rectangles have been diecut with the Rectangle Stitched Dies and matted with Whisper White. All the images used the Detailed Bees dies and the beautiful Golden Honey Specialty DSP from the Sale-a-bration offer. I will miss this so much when it goes!  The greeting is from the Honey Bee stamp set using Memento Black ink and Whisper White cardstock, with a strip of the gold and black pattern from the same Golden Honey Specialty DSP

Kenny wasn't sure why the cats got all the photos and wanted to be involved - the little hair bear that he is - #desperateforahaircut #dogsruletoo 

Gotta love the bees!! And gold ...

What a time we are having. Trust you are all taking on board the advisories we are given. Look after youself and your families. Take care. If you find time to craft you might like to play along - you have one more week to use the 2nd release Sale-a-bration catalogue.  Next up you'll find our lovely Lauren. Can't wait to see what she has for us: