Honey Bee Catch Up

 

Today is the last day of April and I am posting a set of cards for our newer challenge--Catch-up Club!  A few of my SCS and stamping friends, Darlene, Jeanette and Terry along with myself, have signed up for a number of virtual stamping events in the past 2 1/2 years.  One of the benefits of these events are that they are available to rewatch or even watch for the first time at a later date as they are all recorded. The 4 of us "try" to watch live and chat by texting during the event.  But, life steps in and there are times when one or more of us are not participating during the live.  Then, the kits from sponsors sits in our stamping area until we are ready to watch the video and create.  During one of the events, we decided we needed to push ourselves (and each other) to get some of these events done!   So--we all decided to devote one day a month, the last day of the month for the procrastinators that we are, to post cards we missed making.  So--here we are in our 6th month of The Catch Up Club!

These three cards are a bit of a stretch for The Catch Up Club, but they are cards that have been sitting in a bin next to my desk for almost a month.  About 4 weeks ago, I hosted the No Foolin' Retreat and we all did a shoebox swap among all of the participants. I made a few extra kits, so I decided to empty the bin and make the last 3 kits.  

The kit used the Stampin' Up Honey Bee Home stamp set and the coordinating Honey Bee Bloom die set. The background is a Taylored Expressions Honeycomb embossing folder and the hexagons are Gina Marie Designs Stitched Hexagon dies. I did change up the sentiments from the original kit--these are from a Gina K Designs stamp set.  Copic Markers were used to color the images and some Spectrum Noir Sparkle was used on the wings of each of the bees.   Taylored Expressions Bits & Pieces Black Rhinestones were the final touch!  One more bin emptied!

 

I hope you enjoyed my cards!  Here are the links to the other of the Catch Up Club.  Please be sure to check out Jeanette's, Terry's, and Darlene's blogs.  They may post today or tomorrow, but we have all promised to post cards that we have missed the making along the way!

Image/Sentiment:  Stampin' Up Honey Bee Home Stamp Set and Honey Bee Bloom Die Set

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Crush Curry, Sahara Sand

Ink:  Hero Ats Intense Black; 

Accessories:  Taylored Expressions Bits & Pieces Black Rhinestones, Honeybee Embossing Folder; Copic Sketch Markers; Gina Marie Designs Stitched Hexagon Dies; Spectrum Noir Sparkle Marker