Step by Step Tutorial - stretch your supplies and use those scraps!

Hey Tea-Timers, how are you? I hope you’re enjoying your summer! Today I’m sharing a card I made using leftovers from another project. Do you remember the bee shaker card I made recently (here!)? Well, I hate waste (especially from crafting), so I gathered up the leftover hexagons and got buzzy…

What you’ll need

• Bee Hive Slimline die
• Distress oxides in fossilized amber, spiced marmalade and carved pumpkin
• Bee stamp set and co-ordinating dies
• Black cardstock, white cardstock
• Copic markers or other colouring medium
• White embossing powder, embossing ink and a heat tool
• Sticky mat

Instructions

Die cut the slimline hexagon die from white card (I had already done this for another card, and saved the hexagons). Stick the hexagons down on to a sticky mat, if you have one (otherwise, you could just use low tack tape).

Ink blend the hexagons in yellow and oranges – starting with the lightest in the centre and blending outwards to the darkest.

Grab an A2 white card panel. To make sure the hexagons are lined up properly, place a piece of masking tape or washi tape down the left-hand side of the panel, and using liquid glue, glue the hexagons down the page, lining the edges up with the masking tape. Leave a small gap between each hexagon (I just eyeballed this).

Stamp, colour and die cut two of the bees. I used the following Copic markers to colour the bees:
Y17, Y15, Y13 (bees), BG10, BG000 (wings), R20 (cheeks)
E53, E51, E50 (basket), Y15 (flowers)

To create the sentiment, I applied some anti-static powder to black card and stamped the sentiment with embossing powder before applying fine bright white embossing powder, and heat setting. I die cut the sentiment with the co-ordinating dies and added it to the card with foam tape, along with the two bees.

I trimmed a small amount  off the left and right sides of the card panel, then matted the panel on to a black A2 card base.

For the inside of the card, I added a piece of white card, just smaller than A2, then stamped one of the bees in the bottom right corner. I masked off part of the "bee happy" sentiment, to stamp just the "Hap" section, then followed it with the "bee" section to make "Hap-Bee" and added "birthday" underneath. A great way to stretch your sentiments!

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