March 29, 2019

Happy Spring Bee Day

Happy Friday everyone!  Spring has arrived here so I thought I would share a fun CAS spring birthday card.


Started by stamping the bees with Copic friendly black ink on a scrap of X-press It cardstock.  Coloured with Copics, then fussy cut them out since I don't have the matching dies (time to go shopping).  Die cut the "bee" letters from Whisper White cardstock, then blended with Black Soot distress ink in a slight ombre with a mini blending tool.  Covered the letters with VersaMark and heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder for some sparkle.


A stitched rectangle was die cut next from Whisper White cardstock.  Used a cloud edge stencil and Salty Ocean distress ink to create the cloud background.  The "happy" and "day" sentiments were white heat embossed on black.  Assembled the card onto a split black/white card base, then added white gel pen highlights to finish.


So happy to finally put this adorable set to use.  Thank you for stopping by.









 Challenges:
Less is More - #391 Take 3  whoopsie! exceeded the maximum of 5 challenges, but had 3 bees, 3 word sentiment, and 3 colours (yellow black blue)
Watercooler Wednesday - #214 Marsha's All About Occasions
Inkspirational - #183 Cloud
Uniko - #52 Spring optional twist Easter
Sweet Stampers - #30 Easter or Spring
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Let's Celebrate Spring
Crafty Gals Corner - #188 Spring is Here
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Cards 4 Boys or Anything Goes 4 Kids






26 comments:

sandie said...

This is so adorable. What a cue image and love the design. Great job on the ombre colouring and fussy cutting. Great to see you at Ink x

Darlene said...

OH! 'Bee' still my heart ... this is SO adorable! (sorry about the pun ... couldn't help myself! lol) Thanks so much for joining us at The Sisterhood’s ‘Celebrate Spring’ challenge. Please come back again soon and Good Luck!
Darlene
one of the 'Sistahs'
The Sisterhood of Crafters
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS Please come for a visit!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Love your style your CAS cards are always so creative and cute! These bees look adorable in the scenery you have created for them! Awesome ombre and sparkling on the big diecut sentiment and those little labels with the tiny words are so lovely!

Mia said...

What a beautiful CAS card, Trina! I llllllove the cute playing bees!!! Kisses, my friend.

Monika Reeck said...

That Bee is coloring sooo beautiful..the clouds is stuunninggg miss lady and the sentiment cute as can bee ...
Sweet cute CAS perfection card
See you around my sweet friend
Huugs
Monika

Vickie Y said...

Adorable images! Love the CAS card design. Thank you for sharing with us at The Sisterhood of Crafters.

Susan said...

Great birthday card - clever play on words! Perfect for this time of year when the bees are starting to show up in the garden.

Christine Alexander said...

fun card Trina, I love your glittery BEE, and your wonderful clouds. Great fussy cutting even better than a die :)

Darnell said...

Great stenciled clouds, as always, Trina, and a truly darling design! Those bees are too cute buzzing around the b e e hive, lol! And I love how you stuck the wee sediments on!! Hugs, Darnell

Michelle W said...

Oh Trina I love everything about this card! CAS perfection and those bees are so cute! Thanks for joining us at Watercooler Wednesday and lovely to see you at Less is More!

Nonni said...

This is super fun, Trina! Such a cute scene with the clouds and the sparkly sentiment is a true show stopper! Love your coloring on the bees as well. Absolutely wonderful card. Great to see you at Less Is More! Ps. ooops remember next time we only allow 5 combined challenges at LIM! :)

Nonni said...

...Forgot to say wonderful to see you at Ink as well!

Jane said...

Seriously cute bees! And I love the humour in your placement of them on your card. Thanks for playing at Uniko, hope to see you joining in with future challenges too.

Brenda in IN said...

What a fun, happy card this is. I love the little bees with their sentiments and those letters look gorgeous. This is a great design with the clouds and then white space below.

Celeste Goff said...

Trina, your card is absolutely adorable and so very beautifully put together!

Debbie Mageed said...

So cute! Your bees are too cute. I am also impressed with your background clouds - they are harder to do well than one would think. Great job! Thank you for playing in my "Celebrate Spring" challenge at the Sisterhood of Crafters Challenge and hope you can join us again soon.

Loll said...

Sweet! Love this card Trina!! Adorable. You always make the most amazing cards. Your blending and colouring are masterful! xx

Kuni said...

Youre card is so wonderful.
Thank you for joining us at the Sweet Stampers and i hope to see you again.
Hugs
Kuni

Papercraft Boutique said...

Your bees are so adorable, but the way you placed the bees and the letters (b e e) makes this card so special and fun, Trina! I'm always amazed by your creativity in using your supplies. Love the gorgeous cloud stenciling and all the shiny details too.
Hideko xx

Mac Mable said...

Such a fun card with a great design and fabulous scene making. The super cute bees look adorable, love how you did the sentiment and just loving this fabulous card x.

Bonnie said...

These sweet bees look very happy, Trina! Delightful!

Heidi Weaver said...

What a great design, Trina. I love the way you've used the die-cut letters and fussy-cut bees. A perfect CAS scene. Thanks so much for joining our Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week.

Rae Ann said...

This card is so whimsical! I bet those letters are so sparkly in real life and the clouds add just the right touch of color to the background.

Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner for our Spring Is Here challenge.

Lindsey said...

A fun punny card! And you can't beat a bit of glitter! Thank you for joining in the Uniko challenge x

Linda said...

This is just adorable .... I love those cute little bees. Thank you for playing along with the Uniko challenge xx

Beverley said...

LOVE this Trina! Those bees are so cute! Thanks so much for joining in on the fun at Uniko. Hugs Bev x