Monday, 20 November 2023

Bees & Gnome Card


I really enjoy creating with a card kit and haven't purchased one in quite a while. Early this month I treated myself to this Bee Happy Cardmaking Kit by Paper Rose and today I'm sharing a I made with it. It's a cute kit, with a 6x6" pad of patterned paper, package of 'punch out' ephemera, a sheet of sentiments (Happy Birthday & Thank You) and some nice heavyweight card bases. I pulled out the card bases to use on different projects as that freed me up to create my cards in whatever size I wanted to. This one is a 7 x 5" card, which fits in a standard A7 envelope.

Of course I never show cards in the same order I make them, so while this is the first one I'm sharing it's not the first one I made. I actually pulled in a very old sheet of slightly patterned paper by Basic Grey to use with this card. I also used a stamp set (Waffle Flower), a gold foiled bee sticker (inside) and Glitter Dots for extra sparkle. It doesn't show up well in the photos, but the gnome's nose is raised and shiny because I added Nuvo Glaze to it. I left it to dry overnight before I did any more on the card, as I'm terrible at thinking it's dry enough and getting a fingerprint in it. Ha.


Here is a look at the inside, and the large area on the right is where I will write my message. 


Having been asked how many cards I make I thought it would be fun to keep track this year. Many of my posts include more than a single card or project and below is my tally. 

Card Tally for 2023
January - 53 cards
February - 56 cards
March - 55 cards
April - 32 cards
May - 43 cards
June - 34 cards
July - 56 cards
August - 106 cards
September - 61 cards
October - 51 cards & 5 Tags
November so far - 21 cards

I decided to cancel the subscription that provided linked thumbnails to what products I used on my cards. It was costing me out of pocket each month, so I’m back to listing what I used with a few affiliate links included.

Supplies:
5 x 7" card blank and envelope
Gold narrow tape - Amazon
Cream patterned paper - Basic Grey
Stickles
Nuvo Glaze
Glitter Dots - Ecstasy Crafts
Gold foil bee sticker - Amazon .ca

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