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Saturday 27 June 2020

The Queen Bee of possibility

Hello crafting pals!

Well, the heatwave here has broken and Eva and I got drenched this morning. It was lovely to see her romping about in the rain, after the last few days of lying on the tiles panting. The soaking obviously did me a lot of good too as I did more crafting and less dithering about in the Craft Square Metre today!


Here's what I made - a one layer card, prompted by a few of my favourite challenges and a NBUS stamp set from Funky Fossil called Bee Geometric.


I masked off the bottom and left-hand side of a good thick card base and taped the Honeycomb stencil, also from Funky Fossil, over it. I sponged distress ink into it, blending it out to a fade. The hexagon line image was stamped over the top with SU So Saffron ink, and then the bee and sentiment layered over that with Momentum black.


I love this bee! I spent ages looking for a bee set and this is a lovely one that contains two sizes of bee and nods to the current deco trend. I coloured my bee with water-based markers, so no colour would bleed through to the inside of the card, and gave her wings a lovely sparkle with a Wink of Stella pen.

EDITED TO ADD AN AWARD:
So pleased that this card was a Top 3 pick at Addicted to CAS.


CHALLENGES
I'm joining in with Less is More, where the recipe is Solid and Outline; Addicted to CAS, where it's a one layer challenge; AAA Cards, where the brief is to use just one corner and I've also gone for the optional masking challenge. I'm also linking up with the NBUS (Never Before Used Schtuff) Challenge with my fun new stamp set :)


AND IN OTHER NEWS
Eva has been back to her lively self today. This is a picture of her having a rest after spending an enjoyable half hour rummaging about in the laundry basket.


After an exhaustive search, she found a blouse of mine which she brought downstairs. She showed it off to me cheekily and then pranced outside with it, tail wagging proudly. She deposited it on the wet grass (see the photo above) and settled down for a nap. Later, I asked her to bring it in, which she did, accepting her bribe reward of a tiny piece of cheese and feeling that training me was coming on nicely.

How is your weekend going?
Hugs,

46 comments:

  1. Super CAS card and love the corner design and the little bee.

    Kath x

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    1. Thanks Kath! Have become fond of the little bee and there's also a massive one in the set - watch this space! x

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  2. LOVE this card ~ you've mastered the CAS technique with this one :) Fantastic images and great sentiment for all kinds of encouraging opportunities. Eva is a trip! she cracks me up ~ I'm glad that you received some relief from the heat ~ Blessings on the rest of your weekend!

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    1. Bless you Karen, thank you for the lovely comment. Eva cracks me up too, she is such a little character! x

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  3. Wow! I love the way you used various stamps and stencils for this CAS card andoohhh the sentiment overlapping, fabulous! Beautiful card. Thank you for joining us at AAA Cards. Hugs ~ Ishani.

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  4. WOW - that's a masterpiece of CAS and COOL (despite the heat). I simply adore your bee card - totally awesome!

    Hug xxx

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  5. Gorgeous card Vicky!love that sweet little bee and all the yellow.Sorry just seen your comment...the postage type dies are from Hero Arts 'Infinity dies'. They are not bad at all for using on A6 card fronts, I used the second largest one on mine.The largest is 4.28" x 5.75" and the smallest6 is 0.46" x 0.66". I love the plain stitched dies set from Heffy Doodle as they are the only truly A6 dies I have found so far.HTH ;) Viv xx

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  6. Fabulous one-layer, Vicky! Just love the stenciled honeycomb and the sweet bee! Oh and what a darling dog - you're so calm about the blouse on the grass; there would've been no treats forthcoming at my house - LOL.

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    1. LOL, well she was bred to retrieve and we don't do any pheasant shooting in our house so blouses are fair game! She only gets a treat if she picks it up and gives it to me.

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  7. Gorgeous card! I love your design!

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  8. The Queen of CAS has created another stunning piece, beautiful as always Vicky.

    B x

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  9. OH! A Superb card, love the bee and the fab background Vicky, very Summery. There must have been a crafty thing in the air yesterday, even I managed to do something LOL.
    Take care
    Faith x

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    1. Thanks Faith, will be over to have a look! x

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  10. Wonderful sentiment and fun design Vicky.

    Hugs Diane

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    1. That is a good sentiment isn't it? It's how I feel about housework lol!

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  11. I love everything about this one ... absolutely lovely

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  12. Great card but,I must admit, I love the tales of Eva. DH had a Goldie or two...before we were married ... and one of them was just like Eva. Tales of her antics and the wonderful photos start our day for us.
    Thanks for sharing.

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    1. Aw, once you've made friends with a golden you join the golden club! They are all such characters aren't they!

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  13. Gotta love a bee! Great use of the solid and outline hexagons too

    Kathyk

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  14. I love the layered stamping and that marvelous queen bee, Vicky! Great words to the wise too!

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    1. I just fell in love with the bees in this stamp set!

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  15. Love the corner stamping on this fun OLC. Thanks for joining in at ATCAS

    ps - AWESOME 4-legged kid :)

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    1. Always fun to make a OLC! I will pass your message on to Eva (she knows how gorgeous she is already of course!)

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  16. I left you a long message thanking you for your visit, then it disappeared in the ether. I wanted to tell you how glad I was you visited me, because I love everything about your blog, including your incredible cards. Sadly, I don't make cards, but I sure love all the ones I've seen so far.

    I also wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed meeting Eva. She's a beauty and reminds me of my Chesapeake Bay retriever that was sadly stolen from me years ago. Eva has more hair than my boy, though, which is indicative of Goldens. She is a real beauty.

    Again, thanks for dropping by my blog, because I am in LOVE with your cards and your blog.

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    1. Thank you for popping by Elizabeth, especially for persevering when the first message disappeared like that. I'm so, so sorry that you had your boy stolen. You must have been absolutely devastated and I have no words. Sending hugs x

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  17. Awesome! Love your card design and perfect placement of those Funky Fossil goodies. Beautiful CAS card! Thanks for playing at AAA Cards, hope to see you join in with future challenges too. Stay safe and keep crafting!

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    1. Thank you so much Jane. Loving my new Funky Fossil goodies!!

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  18. Beautiful card Vicky! Thanks for joining us at Less is More.

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    1. Cheers Michelle. Thank goodness for the fab LiM challenges!

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  19. Gorgeous, Vicky. I love the masking and the sentiment is just perfect. I can imagine how good the rain felt after the heatwave..... LOL about the blouse! So glad you joined us at ATCAS this week
    Jaydee

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    1. Well it did feel good... but can I have the sunshine back now please!

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  20. Wow! I love this card! The layering is beautiful and the sentiment is awesome! :)

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  21. Congrats on your Top 3 placement over at ATCAS challenge Vicky and I love this FF stencil and your cute bee. Hope you are doing OK. x

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    1. Thanks Pat, I was delighted! I'm afraid I'm a little bit addicted to those FF stencils and now their stamps...! All fine here thanks. Hope you are safe and well too x

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  22. Lol! Your Eva stories always give me such a good chuckle, Vicky, and you're so right about them training us!
    Your layered stamping on this card is so gorgeous and has so much depth. I really do like that bee image too.

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    1. I'm a disappointment to Eva I'm sure. It's my stubborn streak lol!
      Thank you! I'm so pleased with those stamps and stencil :)

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