Happy World Bee Day

Hello friends; I hope you've had a brilliant start to your week.  I didn't realise until late today that it is World Bee Day so thought it would be fun to make a bee themed card.  I used the sketch from the current MFT sketch challenge and usually I would always exclusively use MFT products I couldn't find an MFT bee image in my stash so had to use images from another company.  Everything else however is MFT, even if it's a retired product from them.  

Here is my card:

A close up:

I decorated the inside:

I began by stamping the cute images onto alcohol marker friendly card using memento ink.  I coloured them with Promarkers and cut them out with the coordinating dies.  I die cut the frame from black card and cut a white panel to fit behind it.  I found a hexagon stencil and using yellow ink partially stencilled the background.  I added the branch behind the frame before glueing it to the white stencilled panel with liquid glue.  I added the hive with liquid glue and the bees with foam squares.  To create my 'punny' sentiment I die cut the BEE letters from white card and ink blended just the bottom portion to create an ombre look.  I masked off part of the happy birthday stamp so that I only stamped the HAP, added the die cut letters with liquid glue and then masked the sentiment again and stamped the birthday word.  The panel was then added to the card base with foam tape.  I added shimmer pen to the bees wings and a scattering of black sequins and the front was complete.  For the inside I stencilled the hexagon pattern using yellow ink along the bottom of my white panel and stamped a bee overtop in black ink.  I stamped my sentiment in black ink in the centre of the panel.  The white panel was then adhered to a black mat panel with double sided tape and this was added to the card base also with double sided tape.   A fun and happy card today and I hope you like it.  

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

MFT - sketch challenge #698

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge - birthdays

Allsorts challenge - ATG

Cardz 4 Galz challenge - World Bee Day

CRAFT challenge - ATG

Crafter's Cafe challenge - smile, be happy (the bees look happy and this card makes me smile)

Crafty Animals challenge - must include an animal (or insect)

Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured animal (or insect)

Dragonfly Dreams challenge - use a stencil

I Love Promarkers challenge - ATG optional theme: cute

My Time To Craft challenge - super cute

NBUS - never used my bee stamps before

Simply Create Too challenge - add an animal (or any living creature)

Stencil Fun challenge - must use a stencil optional theme: girly

I will be back on Wednesday with the next instalment of the Mini Card challenge IG Hop so I hope you will be able to come back again and check it out.  Until then thanks for stopping by.

Love and hugs, 

MFT - essential cover up - vertical die (retired)

MFT - old friends stamp (for happy birthday sentiment)

MFT - little letters die-namics (retired)

MFT - everything wonderful stamp (for inside sentiment)

Clearly Besotted Stamps - cute as a bug stamp & dies (retired)

Crafters Workshop - punchinella stencil (no longer available)

Gina K Designs - ink pads - wild dandelion, lemon drop, sweet corn

Gina K Designs - blending brushes standard and detail

Tonic - Nuvo aqua shimmer pen in glitter gloss

Promarkers

Limetree Crafts - 250gsm silky smooth white card

Hobbycraft - A4 luxury black card

Heffy Doodle - alcohol marker friendly card

Memento - tuxedo black ink

Versafine - onyx black ink

Spellbinders - color essential sequins: black smooth disc