Friendly Bee - Stampin' Up! Bee My Valentine

   I was in a stamping rut the other day and just had no ideas to get a card started so I looked at some of my favorite challenges and the Festive Friday challenge gave me so many options that I didn't have to decide anything else; that was all I needed.  The inspiration for the choice board is National Winnie the Pooh Day and I decided to use yellow, red, twine, bees, honey and a friend sentiment.

  I started with a Real Red card base, then a layer of Pool Party and topped that with a piece of retired Bee Mine DSP in a pretty yellow plaid.  I wrapped a bit of really old retired Pool Party/white baker's twine around the panels before adhering them to the card front.

  I had a die cut circle in my scrap bin because the die slipped and one edge got cut funny so I simply turned it to where I knew it would be covered up and then stamped the friend sentiment from the new Ocean Friends stamp set in Pool Party ink.  The circle is popped on dimensionals.

  The cute bee from the Bee My Valentine stamp set is stamped and punched out with the coordinating Bee Builder punch.  I added it to the top edge of the circle.

  I used another piece of the Bee Mine DSP to fussy cut a few of the sweet little honey jars and added those to the opposite side of the circle.

  Finally I dug into my stash of retired embellishments and came up with just enough of these tiny adhesive hearts and added them to the circle for the final touch.

  If you can't get enough of all things 'bee' then you'll want to check out the newly released Meant to Bee stamp and die set bundle and the Cute as Can Bee scrapbooking products with even more bee themed cuteness!  Those hexagon dies are calling my name!!

  Thanks to the Festive Friday design team for getting my creative juices flowing with this fun challenge!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

All of the current supplies used to make this card can be purchased in my ONLINE STORE.

Stamps: Bee My Valentine, Ocean Friends

Ink: Daffodil Delight, Memento Black, Pool Party

Paper: Real Red, Pool Party, Basic White, Bee Mine DSP (retired)

Accessories: Bee Builder punch, Spotlight on Nature dies, dimensionals, Pool party/white baker's twine (retired), min adhesive hearts (retired)