CAS-ual Fridays Challenge #6: Just BEE-Cause!

I chose to use Gems-Dies-Flowers

'Playing tic-tac-toe'----these CFC challenges are so much fun. Today I used two PTI sets-Honey Bees and Garden Variety. This patterned paper reminds me of honeycombs. And with inspiration from the current MIM challenge at PTI, I was reminded how effective the rock and roll technique using two inks can be. I cut out the watering pitcher and then inked the stamp first with gray and then rolled it in black. The bees I did the same way--gray first, then a little brown. That is a little tricky with such a small image! I used a prismacolor pencil to add more brown on the thorax. For the abdomen I colored with a yellow Copic and added black lines. I know, I sometimes get a little hung up on details!!

You can check the rest of the CFC entries here. 

Hope you're having a great week! We have been spending a lot of time in the garden. Between the 100 degree temperatures and then a hail storm our daylilies look worse than they ever have. We're finally getting lots of blooms but the foliage looks awful so they are seen best from a distance!

Smiles,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Honey Bees, Garden Variety (PTI)

Cardstock: Aqua Mist, Lemon Tart (both PTI); Textured Gray (Bazzill)

Patterned Paper: My Mind's Eye

Dies: Nestabilites Circles, Garden Variety (PTI)

Additional: Corner Punch, Rain Dots, Antique Linen Distressed Inks (Ranger), Memento Inks, Copics