Watercolor bouquet with bees from Art Impressions

 

Hello Ai fans!

These are some of my favorite things!

Bees, green, yellow, gingham, wood grain, metal...earrings!

My card was created for the Not Just Paper challenge.

I used twine, a metal heart and some rose gold metal "dots."

I tried some WATERCOLOR!

I started small with the new 5921 – Glass Containers Set and 5917 – Floral Bouquet Set.

The beautiful bees and vines are from 5925 – Honey Bee Set. I used Copic markers to color the die cut vines.

I also created a fun pair of earrings using the new 5918 – Floral Long Stem Bouquet Set stamped inside of 5726 – Nested Circle Dies.  I used Memento Ink Pad to stamp the image and then splattered them with Bleed Proof White paint.

Happy Bee-Day!

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a card that I made for the current

Keep Calm & Celebrate On challenge.

I recently pulled out the 5823 – Christmas Cars Set and fell

in love with the little Beetle.

What better way to decorate your BEEtle, than, well, with a BEE!

The bees, leafy vine in the lower left hand corner

 and the sentiment are from 5925 – Honey Bee Set.

I spelled BEETLE out with 5562 – Journal Letter Die Set.

I'll be honest guys. I lose things. My biggest fear when I 

ordered this set was losing a letter and having an incomplete

alphabet. My solution? Order two more sets! lol!

Yes, I have 3 sets and I store them on a magnetic sheet in

alphabetical and numerical order. Die cutting words goes SO

much faster now and if I do end up losing one, I'll still be 

able to make all the words.

This card is a little busy for my normal style...busy as a bee...

ha ha...get it? I'll show myself out...lol.

Seriously though, I don't normally make cards quite this busy

but I do really like it. It's my favorite colors, green and yellow

and it has bees, so how can you go wrong?

Avery Elle Cloud Mat Die

Nature's Garden Sweet as Honeycomb Die
Baby Blue Stickles on the headlights

Copics used:

B0000, B000, Y08, T1, 100

Bee PopCard from Art Impressions

Hello Ai fans!

Today I'm sharing a card that I made last year

with the retired Bee PopCard Set 4857.  I just realized

that I shared him on my social media but never on my blog.

He's so cute!!

I used the little bees from 5561 – Birds and Bugs Set

from Art Impressions.

Bugs & Kisses Shaker Dome

 Hello Ai fans and welcome to our newest challenge,

All A-Buzz!

We want to see your crafty projects using INSECTS!

Bees, butterflies, snails, ladybugs, caterpillars, dragonflies, spiders (yes, I know that they're not

actually an insect but they count) Any creepy crawly.

 

Today, I've created a shaker card using the little domes from

Art Impressions. They aren't JUST for snow globes!

I began by coloring the images that I wanted to put inside

the dome. I cut a circle slightly smaller than the dome and

adhered the little house, flower, fence etc. to that.

Then, I cut a white circle the same size as the circumference 

of the dome and glued my smaller circle to that.

Using the same two circle dies, I cut a little frame to go on the outside

of the dome. It's covered in a protective plastic film to keep it free of

fingerprints until you're ready to use it. I roughed mine up a bit so you

could see what I mean. Be sure to remove this BEFORE adhering your

frame to the outside.

My next step was to lay out my pieces and kind of get an idea

of where I wanted things. At this point I decided I wanted a sentiment

on the front so I scooched things up a bit to accommodate that.

Now I have everything glued down EXCEPT for my dome.

It's time to put the beads in. I selected the amount that I wanted

and laid them on top of the little scene. 

Then I peeled the backing off of the dome and placed 

it over it. At this point I added the green 

frame to the outside of the dome.

I used a different sentiment on the inside. I love finishing

the insides of my cards too.

I hope you enjoyed my shaker card and will give this challenge a try!

I can't wait to see what you create.

Copics used:

BG000, B05, C1, C5, Y08, YR12, 

E30, E53, YG09, YG13, RV06

Twin Tones:

Black

Gray

Anniversary Giveaway Winners & a Bee Birthday Tag!

 Hello Ai fans!

I'm sure you guys have been anxiously awaiting this day!

I have the random winners of the two Art Impressions
retired exclusive sets.

Let's get right to it.

The winner of 5863 Christmas Mailbox Set is
#20 Barb E.

The winner of 5924 Garden Arch Set is
#17 Susie S.

Please contact me at Renee@artimpressions.com
with your name and mailing address so that I can 
get your sets shipped out to you.

Congratulations!!
Thank you to everyone who helped me celebrate my anniversary

with Art Impressions. I loved seeing all of your projects and this 

has inspired me to possibly do more of these giveaways!

Keep entering the challenges for your chance to win free stamp

sets and be on the lookout for more giveaways.

I hope you had fun!

Now let's see what I made for you today...

As you all know, I LOVE bees!

I've been "bugging" (lol!) Bonnie for YEARS for a set

and it's finally HERE!!

It's called 5925 – Honey Bee Set
though in MY mind it's called Renee's Bees!

I made a tag for a birthday gift.

I stamped the flowers and the honeycomb in gray 

so the lines weren't quite as bold.

The bees and hive were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black.

The verse was stamped with Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Blue Iris.

Sadly, when I tried to link that product, I learned that Clearsnap

has gone out of business.

The hello die is from the Mini Journal Template.

All Art Impressions products are linked below.

There will be LOTS more projects in the future with 

this sweet set. I am in love!

N65 Cool Gray 5 Tombow Dual Brush

Tombow Twin Tones: Lime Green, Yellow Green, Yellow,

Candy Pink, Chocolate, Pale Purple, French Blue

Copis: C1, C3, B01, Y08, Y13, RV23, YG91

Bees for Kay!

Hello Ai fans!

I'm sharing a card that I made to send to a coworker that I haven't seen in 

many years. She doesn't really have a favorite color, so I picked yellow because 

it's so cheery.

I used the brand new 5925 – Honey Bee Set.
There are coordinating dies to cut all of the little pieces out.

I stamped one of the verses in a heart from 5721 – Nested Heart Dies.

I used the Spellbinders Large Die of the Month, Tiara Trifold for the base.

3 Bee Shaker Thank You cards

Happy Monday everyone!

Today I have a trio of Bee themed thank you cards.

I feel like I always need a thank you card for someone, which is a GOOD thing!

It means I have so many wonderful people in my life who I feel I need to thank 

all of the time for being there for me.

The embossing folder is Recollections Floral Embossing Folders - Set of 2.

My cards are shaker cards and I used a variety of black, yellow and clear seed beads in them.

On the inside I used long retired bees and pussy willows from Cornish Heritage Farms. 6021 FUM Sweet Bee.