Challenge #275 here at cardz 4 galz is all about bees this time and Dawn will be the one choosing the winners.

In my personal stamp collection I haven’t had much in the way of bees, just few odd stamps here and there. But in the local dollar store I did come across this particular stamp set and thought it might be useful. The challenge with these types of stamps is the poor quality of the impression. If you press too hard they squish and move. As well they don’t come with matching dies, so I may invest in a better set later this year.

I stamped the honeycomb directly onto the card front, moving the stamp across it until it was filled. On a separate piece of CS, I stamped the sentiment, which I find cute, and then I cut it with a die from Sizzix. After that I went around most of the sentiment with a Sakura gold glitter pen and I also coloured in the bee bodies with Prisma pencils. This was then popped up with foam tape. I decided to add a few more bees to the honeycomb and used the gold sparkle on their wings. I liked how it looked so went through the whole honeycomb with the gold so it glistens similar to real honey. You can just see the sparkle in the photo, but it more obvious in reality.

A very simple card but it works and can be used in different ways depending on what I write inside. We look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery and hope you have fun creating. Many thanks for stopping by, it is appreciated.