Happy Bee-day

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Buzzing in with a card for two challenges ... CAS Mix Up and Freshly Made Sketches.
The cute bee is wishing the recipient a Happy Bee-day.


It's always lovely to revisit paper piecing.  I've made a fun mushroom high-rise bee home using the colourful inside of an envelope from a supermarket for the paper piecing element.  To create the high-rise I stamped and masked the individual stamps as I went along die-cutting the finished panel with a wavy edge and thin colour border to loosely fit in with the sketch (a wider border didn't look right so had to run with a thin one).  Bee and sentiment stamped on the card base with some ink splattering and die cut coloured dots as finishing touches.




I've used - 6x6" white card base
Funky Fossil Bees Knees stamp set
Unbranded stitched border die
Distress Inks for splattering




Linking up with -
CAS Mix Up (stamping, paper piecing, die-cutting, ink splattering)
Freshly Made Sketches #480 - A Sketch by Jen B

Thank you for visiting - I'd love you to leave a comment if you have time - Steph x

Comments

  1. LollSaturday, 10 April, 2021

    This is so cute Steph! Love the bright striped paper you've used to paper piece your mushrooms and for the curved strip. That bee has to be the happiest I've ever seen. You can't help but smile when you look at him. :) Thanks for sharing your fun card with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  2. As.I.Do.Rodos.Sunday, 11 April, 2021

    Delightful card Ginny
    My Blog As I do Rodos

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  3. ClurSunday, 11 April, 2021

    Fabulous card Steph. I love your paper pieced fungi. Gorgeous goofy bee too! 💕 Clare x

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  4. Jen BrumSunday, 11 April, 2021

    What a cute card! Love the stack of toadstools and that little bee! Too sweet! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

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  5. Leslie MillerSunday, 11 April, 2021

    Your arrangement of these adorable stamps has me sitting here smiling! Perfect with the sketch and the paper piecing. That packaging was not to be discarded. I would have to save it, too! Thanks so much for playing along at CAS Mix Up!

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  6. LindaMonday, 12 April, 2021

    This is soooo cute. I love the bright coloured papers you've used for the mushrooms, and the little bee looks adorable. Thank you for playing along at CAS Mix Up!

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  7. BonnieMonday, 12 April, 2021

    This mushroom high rise is so pretty with the paper pieced tops, Steph! Love the paper pieced swoosh too! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at CAS Mix Up!

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  8. EmmaTTuesday, 13 April, 2021

    Gorgeous card, the paper looks so different cut into the small pieces. Emma

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  9. nancy littrellWednesday, 14 April, 2021

    Love your striped pretty paper for your beautiful paper pieced sweet images, Steph. TFS and joining us at CAS Mix Up. Love and Hugs...Nancy

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