Thursday, January 17, 2013

Two Things I Love: Chocolate & Bees......

I love Valentine's Day -- almost more than any other holiday! It must come from my incredible love for chocolate and being romantic at heart.  :) The love for bee things is a little different -- I am very allergic to bee stings, but for some reason, just love the dies, stamps, and little bee knickknacks I find. As long as they aren't real, I am good with them!
I made this valentine greeting using dies from CottageCutz.

I had originally started to make a typical yellow and black card using my new cute little Bumblebee Mini Die, but then I took a pink turn (which happens frequently since it's my favorite color) and made my card into a valentine instead.
The Scalloped Doily provided a fun background for my Prima pink flower. I sponged Pretty in Pink and Melon Mambo on the bees' wings for a little depth. A little Anastasia White Lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon added a sweet bow to match the doily.
I do enjoy watching real bees as they fly from flower to flower in the spring and summer. These bees are buzzin' around to wish you an early Happy Valentine's Day~!

Challenges for this card:
Crafts and Me - Something new (dies)
Freshly Brewed - anything goes
WordArt Wednesdays - word art freebie OR use an encouraging uplifting sentiment - anything goes 
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes
Oozak - Anything goes plus pink and bling
 
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Prima and stash DP
Ink: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink
Accents: Scalloped Doily and Bumblebee Mini Dies (CottageCutz), tulle flower (Prima), Anastasia White Lace (Really Reasonable Ribbon), Pearl pearls (Kaiser), rub-on letters



7 comments:

  1. Those die cuts are very cool!!!
    A very sweet card!!! Beautifully done, Judy!

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  2. I love the boldness of your color scheme and all the detailing too. Thanks for sharing at WAW. Blessings!

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  3. This is lovely! Thanks for sharing this amazing card in our challenge this week and for blessing us with your talents.
    Karen
    Word Art Wednesday

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  4. Judy,
    The crisp die cut and the boldly colored bee's heading for that very sweet flower make this one very fine card. I hope you will share more of your work with us. You can enter up to 5 times.
    Thank you for joining us at Word Art Wednesday.
    Carole Robb Bisson
    The Blessing of the LORD be Upon You!

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  5. Beautiful card! The die cuts are really neat and it just makes for a card full of love!

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  6. Hi Judy! How beautiful! So crisp and clean...and lovely!!! Thanks for joining us at the Fresh Brewed Blog for our Anything Goes challenge.

    Linda

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  7. Such a lovely flower and dies. Great card! Thanks for joining us at Oozak challenges.

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