Today's card is a reminder for our August Challenge at Stamping Sensations, the theme is
Birds, Bees and Butterflies- or Anything Goes. There are lovely prizes of Lavinia Stamps to be won.
I started with some die cut hexagon shapes and frames, inked and stencilled the backgrounds and stamped my pretty Lavinia bumblebees.
The background was made by smooshing yellow, orange and brown distress inks onto my cardstock and letting them run down a bit. I added some stencilling and stamping using an A&C stencil and a mesh stencil, and a variety of stamps including the tiny Lavinia bees.
There's still plenty of time to join in this month, please hop over to the challenge blog for some lovely inspiration from the rest of the DT and full full details of how to enter- and the lovely prizes.
Thanks for visiting
have a good week.
Chris
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Challenge entries:
allsorts #830 B for Bees
hereisaplacetostart. August challenge
tripleb. August Challenge
thefourseasons August Challenge
That makes me happy beautiful card. Ginny x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Bee inspired design, really lovely Chris.
ReplyDeleteWe have shared some good weather this last week, today looks slightly drab so far so waiting to see what happens..xx
I love your card Chris. It conjures up a lovely summery buzz!
ReplyDeleteLove this grungy bee card! Anesha x
ReplyDeleteGreat minds think alike lol. Absolutely beautiful card, great stamped background and love the gorgeous Lavinia Bees. Thankfully a lot cooler and even had some drizzle this morning but quite welcome after all that heat!
ReplyDeleteCarol x
Hi Chris, we have to remove your card from Triple B as the challenge is Three B's, meaning Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies, sorry, but it is perfect for our The Four Seasons challenge, thanks for understanding!
ReplyDeleteNo worries- my mistake, apologies for not being more careful. xx
DeleteA great card Chris, love the background, makes me think of those little bees making honey.
ReplyDeleteAvril xx
I love your smooshed background and stamping Chris and adore the little Bee's and the chubby ones too, they have had their share of honey, fabulous textures and colours..
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Fabulous background and beautiful card! Glad you joined us at Allsorts challenge!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty showcasing the Bees, thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts. She's holding her own.
ReplyDeleteB x
Beautiful background with so much interest and fabulous inkiness - a perfect backdrop for the pretty bees. Xx
ReplyDeleteJust GORgeous! I LOve your colours and design Chris.
ReplyDeleteNot warm enough here for these little sweeties to be out today lol.
Chrissyxx
How lovely, such a creative project!! I love it!
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Bettascrap DT
Fantastic card Chris I love, love, love the Bee theme you have chosen to use the background looks amazing so do the hexagons with the Bee's in super make
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lorraine x
Thank you for joining in our challenge this month with your wonderful project!
ReplyDeleteDT – Val, Nan, Leigh
https://creativeinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com
A gorgeous bee card,love it.xxx
ReplyDeleteFabulous 'B' card ... awesome design! Lots of bees this time of year for sure!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Four Seasons challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
ReplyDeleteDarlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Four Seasons Co-Owner
Absolutely beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing with us at Allsorts challenge and so great that you followed my optional theme too!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful bee collage, Chris! I especially like the telescopic view to see the busy bees on the inside of the hive like that! Beautifully done! hugs ,de
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