I recently made a cute little card for my favorite cousin. It was her birthday, and I wanted her to have something pretty. I know she likes my layered pieces, so I decided to send her a hive of bees.
I started out with some yellow and yellow green papers. I put them through the Cuttlebug with the first embossing folder I ever bought. It was the Honeycomb folder from Cricut/Cuttlebug.
I cut a few of the hexagons out here and there, and also cut pieces to go under the 'windows'. I also cut a few pieces to layer on top of the original layer.
I used a tiny bee stamp that I got with a small Prima set several years ago. I fussy cut them and colored them to look like bees. Then I layered the whole thing using foam adhesive squares to give the layers and the bees some dimension. I used two different thicknesses. The thicker foam I used to separate the layers of hive, and the thinner foam to pop the bees up just a tiny bit.
I was pretty pleased with the final results! This is a relatively simple process that results in a pretty high impact image. By far the most time consuming part of the job is the fussy cutting of the bees.
I hope this has inspired you to go make something pretty today to send to a friend. It is totally worth the work when they open up the mail and see something other than bills in the mailbox.
Have a happy weekend, and happy arting!
I started out with some yellow and yellow green papers. I put them through the Cuttlebug with the first embossing folder I ever bought. It was the Honeycomb folder from Cricut/Cuttlebug.
I cut a few of the hexagons out here and there, and also cut pieces to go under the 'windows'. I also cut a few pieces to layer on top of the original layer.
I used a tiny bee stamp that I got with a small Prima set several years ago. I fussy cut them and colored them to look like bees. Then I layered the whole thing using foam adhesive squares to give the layers and the bees some dimension. I used two different thicknesses. The thicker foam I used to separate the layers of hive, and the thinner foam to pop the bees up just a tiny bit.
I was pretty pleased with the final results! This is a relatively simple process that results in a pretty high impact image. By far the most time consuming part of the job is the fussy cutting of the bees.
I hope this has inspired you to go make something pretty today to send to a friend. It is totally worth the work when they open up the mail and see something other than bills in the mailbox.
Have a happy weekend, and happy arting!
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