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:
Case the colours of the Kerchief Card Kit - Balmy Blue, Coastal Cabana, Early Espresso, Gold, Mossy Meadow, Night of Navy, Petal Pink, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade, White. (I've crossed out the ones I didn't use!)
Yes, I caved and bought the Honey Bee bundle and am so pleased with it! For some reason I thought I had enough bee images but it appears there's always room for just one more (LOL)!!
I started with a piece of Whisper White cardstock and sponged Coastal Cabana ink on the centre, then I dripped/flicked some water onto the sponged area and allowed it to dry. I've inked the greeting from Peaceful Moments but masked half off at a time and stamped on the top left, then the remainder on the bottom right using Night of Navy ink. Using the same ink I stamped a couple of bees (I think they look more like bugs actually!) and diecut them with the Detailed Bee dies. I've diecut a piece of Gold Foil sheet, not quite through, then I moved the die on my piece of foil turned it around and ran it not quite through, there was only a tiny bit that actually cut through. (This meant I ended up with a piece of honeycomb twice as big as the die if you don't see what I mean there) I've left a few of the hexagon pieces in and adhered all to the top of the sponged area.
When I was happy with the front, I added it to a mat of Night of Navy before adhering to a Coastal Cabana base. I then added a tiny Poppy Parade heart using the same dies. My bees (bugs) were added with Stampin' Dimensionals.
That honeycomb die is just the cutest! I think it will get a good workout here.
Last weekend hubby and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary, so this card was made for him! On the inside a Coastal Cabana beehive with a greeting from Well Said in Night of Navy, this time the bugs are departing the hive and there's the other little heart from the Detailed Bees dies.
Hope to see you play along! You have two weeks to choose your colour combination from above and make your card - then add using the link over on the right. Meantime please visit Peta and her stunning project:
