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Hi Friends! How's your week going? I'm still coming down from my all-girl-weekend-high with the Savannah Stampers. Several of us got together for the entire weekend to stamp and just generally have a fun time! And, we weren't disappointed--it was amazing! I used to think stamping with others was overrated. Not anymore. :)

Now, on to my card...

It's time for release week at Flourishes, and to kick things off, they are having a color challenge: two shades of blue with a splash of yellow. You can see the beautiful inspiration photo here. For this card, using Copics, I colored a stamp from the Bee My Honey stamp set, cut it with a circle die, popped it up onto an Ironwork Accents die, and matted it with a layer of burlap, cut with a larger circle die. To keep the edges from fraying, I put a bead of Tombow glue around the edge of the burlap circle, on the back side. It never did dry completely, remaining tacky, but since I was gluing it to the card anyway, that didn't matter.

Here's a closer look at the image and the layers behind it. The embellie on the bow was originally clear. I colored it with a Copic marker.

On the inside, I stamped a sentiment, a few bees, and on the main personalization layer, I stamped a honeycomb background. 

This card is pretty self-explanatory, but if you have any questions about it, just leave me a comment or an email message and I'll get back to you.

Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of your week!

I'll be entering this in the following challenge:

Flourishes Colorful Creations Color Challenge: FLLCMar13

Hugs,

 

Stamps: Bee My Honey, Honeycomb (Flourishes)
Paper: Sweet Nectar (K&Co); The Basics (The Paper Studio) 
Ink: Copics; Memento; Distress
Dies: Ironwork Accents, Hexagons, Std Circles Lg (Spellbinders); Banner Stacklets 1 (Taylored Expressions)
Accessories: Honeycomb embossing folder (Sizzix); rhinestones; burlap; ribbon; Stickles; foam dots; sewing thread
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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