17 September 2021

Bee Happy

 Good morning fellow crafters. I'm here today to share my latest DT creation with you for 'My Time To Craft' where for the next fortnight our theme will be....

EMBOSSING 

HEAT or DRY

I decided to use both on my creation. I dry embossed the hexagons & heat embossed the glasses on the bee!


I used WOW clear embossing powders on his glasses


Challenges I Would Like To Enter
Creative Knockouts- wings & things
Paper Shelter- animals
Passion 4 Markers- beginning with B (bumble bees, blooms & blue)

Images & Colouring Mediums
Images- 'Bee Happy' by Hello Bluebird Stamps
Tri-Blend Markers by Spectrum Noir in black
Nuvo Markers by Tonic in pink 
Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz in red
Stems & leaves- alpine green blend
Flowers- lavender blend & pale pink shades
Bees- ice grey shades , indian saffron, bright sunflower & lemon drops
Wings- aqua blue blend
Sky- salty ocean
Grass- mowed lawn

Papers & Embellishments
'white' colouring card by Rymans
'purple' card from the 12 x 12 coloured stack by Papermania

Tools & Glues
'Collall' all purpose glue
Sizzix Bigshot
'grassy lass' die cuts by Heffy Doodles (used like a stencil)
'cloudy skies' stencil by Heffy Doodles
'plain hexagon' die cuts by Apple Blossom
'swiss dots' embossing folder by Provocraft
clear embossing powder by WOW!
'5" square white card blank'

Thank you for stopping by today, have a great weekend. I will be back on the 20th. Take care xx



7 comments:

María said...

What beautiful scene, and those bees are super cute. I love the effect of the clear embossing on the glasses, it gives them more dimension. María, xx

cotnob said...

A super card Shell, you have created a lovely scene.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Sandra H said...

Wow Shell l adore your card and image so nice to see them coloured differently hope your doing well x

Linda Mc Enery said...

What a fun design! I love your little embossed hexagons. Your bees are adorable and the background you've created for them is perfect! Thanks for sharing this with us at Passion for Markers!
Linda

Crafty KJ said...

These little bees are too cute!! Love the embossing and the cloudy sky looks great. A brilliant idea to use embossing powder for the glasses too - love it! Thanks so much for sharing at Passion for Markers this week. Hugs, Karen x

Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...

This bee-autiful Shell!
Thanks for sharing with us at The Paper Shelter - good luck! Susan x

Granmargaret said...

Lovely work. Thank you for joining The Paper Shelter challenge. Hope to see you again next time.