Bee Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

On Wednesday, May 29th, 2019, was my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this mini square Bee Card. :o)

For my card I used an ADORABLE Kitty Bee Designs 'Bumblebee Cutie' digital image. This is a third card I made using this image. You can find first two one here and here. :o)

How I made my card....

I printed the bumblebee on a watercolor paper and left it dry through the night to prevent ink smearing while coloring.

Next day, I colored the bumblebee in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. After drying, I fussy cut the bumblebee and traced edges with a black marker.

Then I ink blended a white square cardstcok panel with Distress Inks Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber. I splattered the panel with water, dried it and repeated the process (ink blending, splattering). I completely dried the panel and printed the bumblebee on the panel.

Next up was die cutting. I went with inlay die cutting technique. I used a honeycomb die and die cut two pieces in a white cardstock paper. Then I die cut two honeycombs in the panel.

With all parts ready, I assembled the card. I glued the panel on a white top folded square card base. Then I glued all die cut pieces in place. I drew lines that I cut away with a black fine liner and glued watercolored pieces on the panel, over the bee printed on it (paper piecing).

As a finishing touch, I drew white dots on bumblebee's wings and panel with a white pigment ink and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 86 mm x 86 mm (3 3/8" x 3 3/8")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Bumblebee Cutie' digital image
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.2
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• UHU liquid glue
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Your Next Stamp 'Honey Drip and Honeycomb Combo' die set
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tools
• Range Heat It Tool
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• paper towels 
• water
• Crystal Katana

I hope you'll like my KBD spotlight project for this month and get inspired. For more inspiration and cute images jump over to the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :o)

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Uniko, Challenge #53 - Anything Goes
This is my 6th entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...
There is couple hours left to join the blog hop I'm hosting on my blog and to enter a giveaway: To Bee or Not To Bee Blog Hop. Giveaway (Inlinkz) closes today, May 31st, 2019, at 11:59 PM, CEST (UTC +2). :o)


Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Your Next Stamp May GDT - Farewell

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my seventh and last guest spot on the Your Next Stamp Blog this month. I can't believe May is nearly over. Thank you Karen, Julie and whole Your Next Stamp Design Team for having me!!! It was a wonderful experience and I had a lot of fun. :o)

You can find all projects I made for Your Next Stamp May Guest position on my blog page, here. :o)

For my last guesting post I decided to create a bee themed card. I used stamps from 'Honey Bee' stamp set and a mini honeycomb die from 'Honey Drip and Honeycomb Combo' die set. Super cuteness overload!!! LOVE!!!! ♥

 

And here is my card: Just BEE-cause Card. :o)

How I made my card...

I ink blended a white cardstock panel with Distress Inks, Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber. I splattered the panel with water, dried it, ink blended and splattered it with water again. I mixed both Distress Inks with water and splattered the panel. When I was satisfied with color, I dried the panel.

Then I worked on a honeycomb. I glued a white cardstock paper on a white one sided sticker sheet and die cut the honeycomb 10 times. I glued die cuts on the panel, cut off the excess and glued the panel on a white top folded card base.

Next up was an adorable bee. I stamped the bee on the white cardstock paper, colored it in grey and fussy cut it leaving a thin white border around it. Then I stamped another bee on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. I fussy cut the bee, traced edges with a black marker and glued the watercolored bee over the grey one. I did this to make the image thicker, because the watercolor paper I use is very thin.

I heat embossed a sentiment in white on a black cardstock paper, cut the stripe to a desirable size, glued some foam on the back of the sentiment and glued it on the card. Lastly, I glued some foam on the back of the bee, glued the bee on the card and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 86 mm x 117 mm (3 3/8"" x 4 5/8")

List of supplies:

• Your Next Stamp 'Honey Bee' stamp set
• Your Next Stamp 'Honey Drip and Honeycomb Combo' die set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• black carstock paper
• white one side sticker sheet
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tsukineko VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad
• WOW! Embossing Powder (Opaque Bright White, Regular, WL01R)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Ground Espresso
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen, Black 68/46
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen, Dark Grey 68/96
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.2
• Koh-i-noor tempera color (titanium white)
• UHU liquid glue
• 3-D foam squares 5 x 5 x 2 mm
• Sizzix Big Shot
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Ranger Heat It Tool
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• water
• paper towels
• scissors
• powder bag
• dry cloth
• crafting needle

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 22 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Uniko, Challenge #53 - Anything Goes
This is my 5th entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...
There is still some time left to join the blog hop I'm hosting on my blog and to enter a giveaway: To Bee or Not To Bee Blog Hop. Giveaway (Inlinkz) closes tomorrow, May 31st, 2019, at 11:59 PM, CEST (UTC +2). :o)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Your Next Stamp May GDT - May Release Special Post

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my sixth guest spot on the Your Next Stamp Blog and I'm sharing a card made with another stamp set from a new May Release (find all YNS new products here). :o)

You can find cards I made using other YNS May Release products here and here. :o)

For my today's card I used a super cute stork and baby image and lovely sentiment (adorable font ♥) from 'Baby Blessings' stamp set. Super cuteness overload!!! LOVE it!!! ♥

And here is my card: Welcome Little One Card. :o)

I made this card for my cousin's son, Luka. I'm visiting my cousin tomorrow, to meet her adorable baby boy who came to this World on April 1st.  :o)


How I made my card...

I ink blended a white cardstock panel with various blue tone Distress Inks. When I was satisfied with the color, I trimmed the panel a bit, because I didn't like edges. I stamped the image and the sentiment directly on the panel. I colored the image with a black fine liner.

Then I mixed a white tempera color with some water, splattered the panel and left it dry on air.

While the panel was drying, I stamped the image on a watercolor paper and colored it in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. I messed up stork's legs, so I stamped another image and watercolored only stork's legs.

After drying, I fussy cut images (parts I needed) and traced edges with a black marker.

I glued the panel on a white side folded card base. Then I glued fussy cut image pieces (2) on the panel, over the black colored image, and my card was finished. :o)

Card measurements: 117 mm x 86 mm (4 5/8"" x 3 3/8")

List of supplies:

• Your Next Stamp 'Baby Blessings' stamp set
• white cardstock paper
• watercolor paper
• Ranger's Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• sky:
• Tumbled Glass
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Stormy Sky
• stork:
• Spiced Marmalade
• Hickory Smoke
• baby:
• Tea Dye
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Hickory Smoke
• bear:
• Salty Ocean
• Blueprint Sketch
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen, Black 68/46
• Mitsubishi Uni Pin 0.2
• Koh-i-noor tempera color (titanium white)
• UHU liquid glue
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. #0
• Marabu fine rounded paint brush no. 3/0
• Ranger Mini Ink Blending Tool
• water
• paper towels
• scissors

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Digi Choosday Crafting Challenge, Week 22 - Anything Goes

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) Uniko, Challenge #53 - Anything Goes
This is my 4th entry to this challenge.

At the end of this post...

Your Next Stamp runs Fun Friday Challenge where you can win an amazing prize. It's a fortnightly challenge. There's still some time to join current challenge, where the theme is School's Out for Summer. Find all the details over at Your Next Stamp challenge post (direct link on a badge below). :o)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka