Saturday 23 March 2024

Busy bees

 Hello lovely crafters

I'm back with a card at last. 

I bought this new flower stamp at a show a few weeks ago so wanted to use it. I dithered for ages over which flower stamp to get. There were so many and all so pretty. Honey Doo Crafts.


I stamped, coloured, cut out and layered them up. I coloured using pens and hint of pencil on top. Then I added some die cut leaves, lovely bees and a few splats. Oh and some liquid pearls. 


I spent far too long looking for a particular Happy Birthday stamp (which I still haven't found), chose another one and promptly lost part of it (which I still haven't found!). 
Then I remembered my peg letter stamps so I used those, realising I can stamp any greeting I like. (As long as I don't lose them). 

Popping over to the Snippets Playground 
I used white snippets, for the flowers, some inky pieces for the leaves. The backing I found already die cut in my box of papers. 

Also the NBUS challenge as the flower stamp is new and was straight out of it's packet asap!


I've become obsessed with bees and rescuing these queen bumblebees when they become trapped or are on hard paving. They are emerging now from hibernation (here in the UK) to build a nest and lay eggs. So beautiful. This is a Buff Tail Bumblebee enjoying my early flowers. 

Thanks for visiting, enjoy your day. x








8 comments:

  1. A beautiful card made with your lovely new stamps. Those bees are so sweet.

    I carry around a tiny jar of bee food - bought from Beevive - to help rescue bees on pavements when I’m out walking. Xxx

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  2. Thanks for coming to play in the Snippets Playground. See you on the swings XXX

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  3. A great choice of floral stamp and such a pretty card you've made with them. It is so annoying when small crafty items disappear - hope you find your strays soon. Love the photo of the bee😊

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  4. Beautiful card Alison, great use of your snippets. It's so frustrating when you lose a crafty item, hope yours reappears soon.
    Liz xx

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  5. You made a great choice of flower and I love your happy design using your snippets! Thank you for inspiring everyone to use their NBUS! And thank you for caring for the bees, Alison! Great photo of your garden! Hugs, Darnell

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  6. Very pretty design Alison. Hope you find your lost sentiments … very easily done, particularly with small/clear stamps. I love the idea of rescuing bees … gorgeous picture of one on your flowers xx

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  8. Lovely card Alison - I can see exactly why you plumped for that particular flower stamp, very pretty. And those sweet bees - adorable. LOVE the photo of the bee - they do often need some help and it's lovely that people are aware and do their bit! Hope the lost stamp(s) turn up again!

    Hugs
    Di xx

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