Friday, March 25, 2016

Hap-Bee Birthday

Hi there, 

Today I'd like to share a birthday card with you, created for my hubby, David, from the new Honey Bees Set 775. He's getting a bee hive for his birthday this year and today is his birthday!

Hap-bee Birthday

To begin with I cut the two corners of the square yellow cardstock with the honeycomb die from the Sizzix Mixed Media 660220 die set. The honeycomb image was then stamped a few times in Versamark and heat embossed with Black Detail in the other corners.

Hap-bee Birthday

The bee hive image was stamped in Memento Tuxedo black and was colored with Copics: Y13, Y17, E33, YR24, YR07, YG23, YG25. The image was then cut out with Spellbinders Hexagons.

Hap-bee Birthday

The honeycomb images were also colored using the same Copic markers as were the little bees that were also stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Black Detail.  A piece of Super Adhesive Sheet was adhered to the back of the corners and Black Suede Velvet Glitter was applied to the sticky surface. A yellow ribbon was then tied around the cardfront and attached at the back, before being layered to black cardstock. 

Hap-bee Birthday

Green Iris and Energized Glitters were applied to the flowers and grass of the image with a Sakura Glue Pen. The entrance of the beehive was applied with Dimensional Glue and Green Iris Glitter. A larger hexagon was cut from black cardstock and the image was layered to that, before being attached to the cardfront with Dimensional Foam.

Hap-bee Birthday

The sentiment was stamped in Versamark and heat embossed with Black Detail. The small die from the Hexagon set was used, using the out of the box cutting technique, so that the sentiment would "hang" over the edges. Some Dandelion Memento ink was sponged on to the sentiment before removing the die. After cutting the fish tail, the entire piece was edged with Memento Black ink. This was also popped up with Dimensional Foam. The cardfront was then attached to a yellow cardstock base.

I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:
Morgan's World (Anything with Wings Challenge)
Addicted to Stamps Challenge 122: Any Shape
Fantasy Stampers Challenge 59: In the Springtime

Hope you've enjoyed my share today.

Shona

12 comments:

  1. Brilliant card. I love how you've used the hexagons in different ways. xx

    ReplyDelete
  2. Darling bee-day card, Shona! Love the corner die cuts and wonderful sunshiny colors! Beautiful, and even more birthday-ish with the bow! Hugs, de

    ReplyDelete
  3. Fabulous card, Shona! So many great details and your coloring is top shelf! I bet your hubby loved the card!

    ReplyDelete
  4. What a bright and beautiful birthday card. Another fantastic card design and I love the beautiful background you made for the focal image.

    ReplyDelete
  5. A fabulous card that hubby will appreciate like no other I suspect, fabulous colours, design, texture. AND the BIG bow all fabulous.

    ReplyDelete
  6. How clever to give him a card that reflects his beehive birthday gift! This has been such an interesting tutorial to share how you've created this unique & sparkling card. The treatment of the beehive entrance created so much emphasis to the design too. Love the way you've used the honeycombs in the corners, as well as the colored ones, and great idea to die cut with the hexagon to repeat all these shapes. He's gonna love it! TFS & Happy Easter.

    ReplyDelete
  7. This is an absolute delight Shona !! Super fun and incredibly unique gift - a bee hive! Card could not be more perfect colors really make your card pop That is one cute sentiment Too :) Hap-bee birthday to your husband!

    ReplyDelete
  8. This is a brilliant card. Love how you made that background. Thanks for playing at Morgan's Artworld and good luck. Hope to see you back soon. Bettina DT xx

    ReplyDelete
  9. What a fab design, Shona - hope your hubby enjoyed his day. Thanx for sharing with us at Fantasy Stampers.
    Hugz, Jan (DT) xx

    ReplyDelete
  10. A wonderfuly designed card, perfect choice for our challenge. Thanks for joining in with us at Fanatasy Stampers. Caz DT.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Wow this is so beautiful and such a delightful bee creation. Thanks for the tutorial.
    Hugs
    Desíre
    {Doing Life – my personal blog}

    ReplyDelete
  12. I just love how you have put this card together, its Bee-utiful. Thank you for joining us for our 'Anything With Wings Challenge' At Morgan's ArtWorld.
    Hugz Samantha xx
    (AngelicBadgirl) DT

    ReplyDelete

Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share in part of your day. I would love to hear what you think about my latest creation!