Bees, Bees, Bees

Check it out! 2 weeks ago tomorrow, Beate, paper genius, sent some of those adorable, cute Stampendous Bees to myself and Sharon, paper genius. I have had my cards ready to go for a few days, but the Pony Express in Texas decided that Sharon wasn’t quite ready, so they delayed delivery of her bees until YESTERDAY! Yep, that’s that US Postal increase hard at work! On to the Bees ~

For this Bee card, I wanted to hoard this absolutely divine maize colored paper from Daisy D…but I didn’t. Simple layout. Colors are Chocolate Chip & Regal Rose. Prima Flowers & Making Memories pink brads. Ribbon is MayArts. Little guy is colored with PrismaColor pencils and Gamsol.

I used my SU! corner punch (with the guard removed) to create a scalloped edge to the Chocolate Chip piece. I used my paper piercing tool to add a little punch to the Regal Rose strip. The little bee was punched out with my Marvy Scalloped Punch (mega size). The bee is touched up with a bit of shimmer from my StarDust Gelly Roll Clear Gel Pen. Love that shimmer!

For the challenge, I did two 4.25″ square cards, and Beate sent me enough images that I can make a few more to create a little gift collection. This is card number 2.

The Bees are stamped Stampendous images that you can get from eclectic Paperie, sentiment is made with Karen Foster Snap Stamps. I don’t want to cause alarm, but I read on JanTink‘s blog yesterday that Karen Foster was going to discontinue these stamps. Are they kidding? I have 2 sets of each size, and that makes it so handy to create unique phrases.

Stamps: Stampendous Bees, Karen Foster Snap Stamps. Paper: Polka Dots are Scenic Route by Harvest, Shimmery White & Morning Marigold from Stampin’ UP! Ribbons: American Crafts and Prima Flowers. Coloring is with PrismaColor Pencils and Gamsol.

I have lots to do today. My parents are coming this weekend to help me work in a large perennial garden that I inherited from previous owners. This is my 3rd summer here, and I have yet to thin anything. Hopefully, by Monday, I’ll have some pictures to show you because they are also bringing my NEW CANON REBEL SLR CAMERA. Many, many thanks to Sharon for being the Ultimate Enabler this week. She told me about a great sale, and I had my daddy at the store in the city the next morning when they opened! I am so excited! I’m sure I’ll be boring you with pictures next week!

Happy Friday!