day 192: pink blooms and bee notecard

papertrey ink stamps:
daydreamer set
honey bee set

day 191: "you color my world" bee notecard

pink ink on plain white cardstock with the bee stamp from the Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set and the swirl and sentiment from their Happy Trails set.

day 190: "dreams" bee & blooms notecard

Hoping all your wishes and dreams come true

papertrey ink stamps:
daydreamer set
honeybee set

day 189: "celebrate" bee silhouette notecard

took inspiration from a beautiful card made on the Simplicity blog.  and just added my bee. :)
stamps are all from Papertrey Ink:  honey bee, text style, happy trails, and botanical silhouettes.  inked in 2 shades of pink (background text is the lighter pink) and stamped on a single-layer of white cardstock.

day 188: "smile" bee silhouette notecard

took inspiration from a beautiful card made on the Simplicity blog.  and just added my bee. :)
stamps are all from Papertrey Ink:  honey bee, text style, happy trails, and botanical silhouettes.  inked in 2 shades of blue (background text is the lighter blue) and stamped on a single-layer of ivory cardstock.

day 187: bee silhouettes thank you card

took inspiration from a beautiful card made on the Simplicity blog.  and just added my bee. :)
stamps are all from Papertrey Ink:  honey bee, text style, and botanical silhouettes.  inked in 2 shades of green (background text is the lighter celery green) and stamped on a single-layer of ivory cardstock.

day 186: queen bee notecard

used a few of my clear rubber stamps to create this clean and simple bee card.  the bee and sentiment stamps are from Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set, the crown is by Catslife Press, and the frame is from Stampin' Up's Frame It - Clear-Mount Stamp set.

the bee & sentiment are stamped in StazOn Black, the crown is inked in gold and the frame is stamped in StazOn brown.  i colored the bee in with a simple yellow marker.

day 185: "happily ever after" bee wedding card

the bee stamps are from Papertrey Ink's honey bees set, the top hat is by Catslife Press, and the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Botanical Silhouettes set.
all stamped in black, then the sentiment is restamped in yellow, and the bees and hat are watercolored in the same yellow ink.

day 184: "let your dreams take flight" notecard

single-layered notecard stamped in black ink utilizing the same random clear cute bee stamp from the last card and the squiggle and sentiment from Papertrey Ink's Happy Trails set.
then i watercolored the bee with my water-pen and yellow and black ink stamp pads.

day 183: captured bees notecard

single-layered notecard handstamped with Crescendoh's Little Miss Mason set and a cute bee from another clear stamp set (that i lost the label)....

and very similar to this other card i made last year.

day 182: bee envelopes

made a whole bunch of matching envelopes for the bee themed cards i made.

used plain white envelopes with the bee stamp from the Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set with the swirl from their Happy Trails set inked in yellow.

Day 181: bee birthday wishes card

a simple single-layer birthday card stamped on white cardstock.

day 180 - handstamped bee coasters

bought some paper coasters a while back from Etsy.  got out my Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set and stamped everything in StazOn Black.  then colored the bees in yellow with a permanent marker. 

oh, all the sentiments are from the same set, except the "you're the bees knees" is from another set.  i'll have to find it and check the info on that one.

day 179 - handstamped bee gift tags

more bees for the Swap-bot swap, "Octobuzz."



punched out yellow and red cardstock using circle and scalloped circle paper punches, the bee is from Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set, the "to:" and "from:" stamps are from Inkadinkado Holiday Tag Set that i got from Crafty Steals.  everything is stamped in black ink.  punched a small hole in the top above the bee using a cropadile and strung a yellow and white bakers twine to the tag.

day 178 - embossed bee mini notebook

bought a mini notebook (about 3x4 inches) from Blick, embossed a small bee in black on the front using a bee from from Papertrey Ink's Honey Bees set.

day 177 - bee bookmark

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made and sent to my partner for the Swap-bot swap, "Octobuzz." 

the bees are die cut out of yellow cardstock using my Sizzix BigShot and Sizzix Sizzlits Die - Bee #4.  the background is plain black cardstock on top of a sheet i pulled out from the Martha Stewart Vampire Punch Paper Pad.  the size of the bookmark is about 2.5 x 6.5 inches.  i punched a hole in the top and strung a gold organza ribbon on the bookmark.

day 176 - gold bee trio necklace

this necklace was sent to mathaholic as part of the large package for the private Swap-bot swap, "Octobuzz"
all jewelry components were purchased at Fire Mountain Gems: bee trio charm, gold chain, gold bar & ring clasp.  all put together with gold jumprings.

day 175 - bee beaded bracelet

i made this bee necklace (and a lot of bee things) for a private Swap-bot swap, "Octobuzz."

the gold bee beads are made by Tierracast which i bought on Etsy. both types of black beads are Swarovski crystal, and the yellow glass flowers and tiny yellow glass seed beads are from Fire Mountain Gems. the bracelet is strung on tiger wire and closed with crimp beads, and finished with a lobster clasp and jump ring.

day 174 - pewter bee necklace

i made this bee necklace (and a lot of bee things) for a private Swap-bot swap, "Octobuzz."

the charm is from Tierracast and the cord is braided leather. the clasp (not shown is a simple lobster clasp that i attached to the silver cord-end. 

day 173: felt bee ornament

made another little bee out of felt.  this time he's an ornament instead of just a stuffie. the pattern is my own.