Things With Wings….

As Spring starts to arrive, the new challenge over at Kitty Bee’s Aloha Friday is “Things With Wings”.  We were very lucky to be sponsored by Dilly Beans, and I had a great time playing with this little bee image!

dilly beans bees 14 mar 14 full

There are actually three bees included in the set, the other two are side on views of the bee.  However, for my card, this little fellow was just perfect!  I printed him in a circle and cut it all on the Silhouette.  I coloured the image with Pro-Markers, then ran a little Scattered Straw Distress Ink around the edge of the circle.  For the honeycomb panel on the right hand side, I embossed an off-cut of white card with the Darice Honeycomb folder and then dragged the Scattered Straw Distress Ink across it until I had reached the depth of colour I wanted – I love the way there’s still a little white edge inside each of the hexagons!

dilly beans bees 14 mar 14 flat

For the banner, I used the print and cut option on the Silhouette again; the font is Minya Nouvelle….my latest favourite!  For the black and yellow mat on the banner, I cut the shape from a piece of Dovecraft Back To Basics Monochrome stack, then ran my Gold Pro-Marker over the pattern to colour in the white bits and make it more bee-like.  The final layer of paper is from the Studio Calico Snippets collection.

I based the layout on the current challenge over at Seize The Sketch:

STS-#15

Don’t forget to head over to Kitty Bee’s Aloha Friday Challenge to show us how you’ve used “Things With Wings” in your projects!

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Seize The Sketch – Challenge 15 (see sketch above)

Crafty Little Fairies – Things With Wings

Melonheadz Friends – Bright Colours

My Crafty Spot – Cute Critters

Perfectly Rustics – Hexagons

A Random Fan – Birthdays

Splendiferous Creations/Bloggers – Birthdays

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14 thoughts on “Things With Wings….

  1. This is gorgeous. I love your fabulous design and the coloured embossing looks so effective.
    Thank you for taking part in the Crafty Little Fairies Challenge this week.
    Sue xx

  2. Thank you for joining us at Perfectly Rustics! I like the simplicity of the white and yellow, makes a great impact. Jayne

  3. Fantastic!!! I go a little weak in the knees for bee themed cards, and this one is just fabulous! I love the tiny buttons, too! Thanks so much for joining our birthday challenge at A Random Fan! 🙂

  4. Oh how i love your sweet card!! Bee’s and honeycomb and the perfect match and your layout and soft colours, cute buttons and greeting, all of it is spot on!!! Well done lovely!! Thanks for playing with us at Perfectly Rustics!!
    Smiles SHarnee 🙂

  5. Congrat’s on the WIN at Perfectly Rustics dear lady!! YOu sure did ROCK the challenge!! Well done!! 🙂
    Smiles Sharne and the other designers at Perfectly Rustics!

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