I Spy With My Little Eye #39

Hi everyone, it’s the third Wednesday in July so it’s time for a new I Spy With My Little Eye... challenge over at Ellibelle's Corner. Thanks so much to everyone who joined in last time - please do check over on Ellie’s blog to see if you are one of our top picks. 

This month it was my turn to choose the theme, which is

I Spy With My Little Eye 

*** Something With Wings ***

So think birds, butterflies, bees, fairies, angels … even aeroplanes - the list is almost endless! Please don’t forget to pop over to Ellie's blog to see her fab creation and link up your entries here

We are also delighted to welcome Maria  and alice k as guest designers - so please do click on their names to visit their blogs and view their beautiful winged creations.

Here’s my card for the challenge. I make quite a lot of cards that feature winged creatures - butterflies, dragonflies, fairies … I love them all! However I really do love bees - I think they are beautiful and endlessly fascinating creatures, so I decided to let a bee take centre stage with this gorgeous matching stamp and die set by Visible Image.

I cut a square of stamping card, and lightly blended Sundance Elements ink through a hexagon  stencil I placed centrally. With this stencil still in place I then overlaid it with a honeycomb stencil and blended Sundance, Sahara and Russet Orange Elements through both stencils, going darker towards the edges. I removed the stencils and stamped some grungy AALL & Create hexagons in 2 corners.  I stamped the largest VI bee onto separate card, coloured with Zig Pens, Wink of Stella gold on the body and Spectrum Noir sparkle pen on the wings, then cut out with the matching die. I stamped my sentiment onto the main panel, matted it onto black cardstock and copper glitter card then attached the die cut bee. The bee is actually quite sparkly but the photo doesn’t capture that! 

Stamps: Visible Image Bee Happy; AALL & Create #383 Scripted Hexagons; 

Media: Lavinia Elements inks (Sundance, Sahara, Russet Orange); Versafine Clair (Nocturne);  Kuretake Zig Clean Color watercolour pens; Wink of Stella (gold); Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen (clear);

Tools: Visible Image Bee Happy die; Crafts Too hexagon stencil; Darkroom Door honeycomb stencil.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Addicted to Stamps & More #521 - Make Your Mark (2nd entry) - TOP ADDICT

Ally’s Angels #108 - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #717 - Anything Goes - TOP 3

Crazy Is Our Fame, Stencils Are Our Game (July) - Use a Stencil (2nd entry) - TOP 3

A Cut Above (July) - Anything Goes with a Die Cut (2nd entry)

Cut It Up #360 - Create Your Own Background + a Die Cut

Dream Factory #152 - Beekeeper - TOP 3

Ellibelle’s Garden Party #17 - Anything In or From a Garden  (2nd entry)

Four Seasons (July) - Summer (2nd entry)

(Inspired by the bee)

 

Girlz Rebel #54 - Glitter - TOP 3

Love to Craft #93 - Anything Goes  

Love to Scrap #180 - Anything Goes 

Mix It Up #84 - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday  #760/761 - Anything Goes (2nd entry)

The I Spy Challenge will end on the Sunday before the next challenge starts at 23:59 US Central Time - so this time that is Sunday August 16th, and the next challenge will begin on Wednesday August 19th.

Take care, and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,