Bees & Berries

Hello Stamplings!

And Happy First Monday of August! You know, this whooshing by of time is a bit concerning when you are of a certain age. As I tell the Mister, "At this rate, we'll be dead before we know it!"

Too honest? What can I say? I have a wicked sense of humor. But then we both laugh and carry on because we can't slow it down or speed it up, it is what it is! And what this week is, is I = Ink/Color Mediums on the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar, so here we go ~ 

Onefer

For this design, I decided to use Lindy's Magical powders through a stencil. I used a NBUS stencil from Designs by Jaime called, "Mini Chickenwire." After sprinkling on yellows, orange, and golds, I liberally spritzed the panel and lifted the stencil. After the ink dried, I ran the panel through my Gemini using a Darice honeycomb e/f. 

In the photo of the finished card with the frame, it's a bit hard to see the inky honeycomb pattern that resulted from the technique, so to the right is a photo I took when I was playing around with different ways to lay my dies. Sorry for the shadow, but I think you can better see the outline that was left when I lifted the stencil off the ink. It's a fun and super-easy technique.

The bees are NBUS from Pretty Pink Posh, "Bee Friends," and they glisten from all the winking the lads added! The sediment die was in my stash. The scalloped frame is from Pink & Main.

Challenges

Addicted to Stamps and More: Birthdays.

Allsorts: Animals or Anything Goes.

Just Us Girls: CASE a Designer. I CASED Elizabeth's pretty honeycomb card.

 

Twofer

For my Twofer, I pulled a NBUS die from the mountain. It's from Memory Box, called, "Silverdale Branch." I colored it with my Ziggies and waterbrush and because it's a little too early to be picking holly, I painted it with a light hand before passing it to Stanley and Hammy for winking. The Joy die is from SSS called, "Elegantly Modern Christmas." 

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I.D.E.A.S. Calendar: I = Ink/Color Mediums

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I love seeing what you create, visiting you, and pinning your designs! Thank you so much to everyone who shared their designs last week! Mwah!

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