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