Bee the best you can bee – Jan’s Digi stamps

Hello everyone!

Today I am back with a “bee the best you can bee” card made for the new challenge on the Craft Challenge blog. The theme this week is “Anything goes”. So, lots of opportunities to join the challenge.

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I got to work with the digital stamp from the set Honey bees. I had a lot of fun coloring this.

So, let’s get into this.

Measurements for this “Bee the best you can bee” card

• For the card base you need a piece of white card stock measuring 15 centimeters by 21 centimeters. Score at the 21 centimeters side at 10,5 centimeters.
• Piece of red card stock measuring 10 centimeters by 14,5 centimeters.
• Piece of DCP paper to print your digital stamp on it.

Digital stamp and coloring

I printed the digital stamp several times. I wanted to give the image a bit more dimension. If you print the image several times, you can cut off pieces of the image and lift them with foam tape.

I colored the image with my alcohol markers:

• Hive and banner: Rose Beige (97), Sand (107), Musterd (30), Golden Yellow (222) and Primary Yellow (221).
• Bees: Pastel Lemon (39), Primary Yellow (221) and Golden Yellow (222).
• Flowers: Pastel Lemon (39), Lemon Yellow (35), Orange (23), Scarlet (13) and Deep Red (10).
• Grass: Grass Green (47), Forest Green (50) and Dark Green (51).
• Leaves: Yellow Green (48), Grass Green (47) and Forest Green (50).

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The background

I wanted clouds in the background of the hive. I printed the image on regular printing paper. I cut it out and used it as a mask. I stuck some post it on the back of the paper, so that paper would not move.

I used my cloud stencil and the ink nautical blue from Memento. I placed my mask on the digital stamp and applied my clouds on the background.

I die-cut the image with my rectangle die.

Give you digital stamp more dimension.

I wanted to give the digital stamp more dimension, to make the card more interesting. I gave the flowers dimension and the bees. I cut out the flowers and bees, colored them and put them with foam tape on my card. I also cut out the middle of the flower and put that with foam tape on top of the flowers.

The sentiment

I got the sentiment along with the digital stamp. So, I printed it. I wanted to give it the same color as the beehive. So, I colored the sentiment with my alcohol markers. I cut it out and made a banner out of it. I put it with foam tape on the card.

Assembling the card

Now it’s time to assemble the card. I glue my scene on red card stock. I glue this on my base card. Around the sentiment and in the bottom right corner, I put gold stars.

The card is finished. Hope you like it.

Happy crafting!

I would like to participate in the following challenges:

• Make My Monday Challenge Blog: Spring colors
• A Place To Start: Anything goes
• CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS: Spring blooms
• Through The Purple Haze Challenges: Anything goes
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge …: Anything goes
• A Perfect Time To Craft Open Challenge: Anything goes
• Classic Design Challenge Blog: Anything goes
• The Creative Crafters: Anything goes
• The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog: Beginning with a b.
• Creative Knockouts: Use a sentiment

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Products I used:

• Digital stamp Honey bees from Jan’s Digi stamps.
• Twinmarkers (alcohol markers) from Decotimecrafts.
• Cloud and Grass stencil from CarlijnDesign.
• The ink nautical blue from memento.
• Rectangle die from Craft & Deco.