Crafty As L

My cards this week were inspired by a card I received from Sue in our Facebook Birthdays group.   I just loved the giant bee and found the stamp set, following a quick bit of googling!   It’s called  Bee Happy by Visible Image and I also got the  Honeycomb Hex stencil to go with it. This post contains affiliate links and I may earn a small commission if you purchase via the links, at no additional cost to you.  Thank you :-) First, I stamped and coloured the bees using a tiny blending brush and ink pad.   The wings were made sparkly with Stickles Stardust - I squirted a small amount onto my craft mat and painted the glitter glue onto the wings. These were to be slimline cards so I cut the panels and blended Distress Oxide Mustard Seed ink onto the card then added more through the stencil.   I also stamped the smaller background elements using grey and orange inks using second-generation stamping. The big bees were fussy cut and smaller bees a...