I started putting this card together by first assembling the bee. I found an image of a clip art bee online and printed it out on cardstock. Then, I cut out the body and used my ATG gun to apply adhesive to the front of the oval body. Then, I began wrapping the twine around the body. I wrapped a few strands of Charcoal Twine, and then a few strands of Lemondrop twine and repeated that process until the end of the body. I wrapped the ends under the body.
For the wings, I used a circle punch and punched out two circles. The first circle was punched from acetate and the 2nd circle was punched with vellum. I ran the vellum circle through my die cutting machine and impressed a design on the circle. I then cut the circles in half and attached each 1/2 to the back of the body. For the head, I traced the clip art bee head onto my black cardstock, cut it out and attached it to the back of the bee.
For the clouds, I used the same process I did on the first card for the Twinery-Stamps of Life blog hop that you can find here. Basically, I stitched twine from the Twinery around the edge of the clouds. I then frayed the edges of the muslin to give it that fuzzy look.
I added a small Maraschino twine bow to the sentiment panel. I love the way that tiny bit of twine adds so much interest to the panel!
I hope you enjoyed this busy bee card! If you haven't tried The Twinery's twine, I know you will LOVE it!! I hope you have a great day! Thanks for stopping by!
Supplies
Stamps: Sentiment Sampler Paper Smooches
Cardstock: True Black, White, Hawaiian Shores, Beautiful Blooms patterned paper, vellum, acetate
Ink: True Black PTI
Other: Lemondrop, Charcoal & Maraschino twine from The Twinery, Cloud dies from PTI, Fiskars border punch, muslin, pop dots, black scrapper's floss
Great use of Twine Jen.. I love it.
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Judy
absolutely a-mazing!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! You are always so clever with this twine! Love those frayed fabric clouds!
ReplyDeletethis card is so delightful in so many ways!
ReplyDeletelove how you did this Jen. great ideas!
ReplyDeleteI wish you could have seen how many times I zoomed in and out to check out every detail of this card, Jen. It is so great! I love the bee made with twine and those clouds from muslin, unbelievable. The card design itself is something I am going to copy, or I guess I should say CASE. I loved this today. No one does twine better than you!
ReplyDeleteOh, Jen, this is a GREAT card! Love what you did with the twine!
ReplyDeleteTotally adorable!
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FANTASTIC!!!!! love this to bits- great technique, jen!
ReplyDeleteYou do such amazing things with twine, Jen! This bee is so cute!
ReplyDeleteThat is genius! Love the twine, love the wings, love the clouds....love it all!
ReplyDeleteSuperb! Love the bee and the fabric clouds. Very creative Jen!
ReplyDeleteYou are so darn creative with that twine! I would NEVER have thought of a bee wrapped in twine! It's great creative ideas like this that make you the twine queen!! hehe
ReplyDeleteHow UBER cute is that little bee ......... and against the red and white dot paper .......... another perfect creation!!!
ReplyDeleteJen this is incredible. Your vellum wings are so clever and you know what I think of your creative use of twine. You rock.
ReplyDeleteLove all the texture & details on this card. Great use of that twine :)
ReplyDeleteThe most adorable card ever! What wonderful inspiration!
ReplyDeleteLove the bakers twine stitching, the bee is so cute too. Brilliant card :)
ReplyDeleteJenny x
Love the rings you make...I'll have to show my daughter as well, she'll adore them :)
oh you CLEVER girl, LOVE what you've done with the twine here, Jen, totally FABULOUS!
ReplyDeleteJen this is A.M.A.Z.I.N.G! Thanks for the inspiration Nx
ReplyDeleteStarting to play catch-up today. This is Super Clever! Awesome and I love it :)
ReplyDeleteWOW!! this is so fantastic! I LOVE that little bee you created. Genius!!
ReplyDeleteWow! Just Wow! You are so clever with the twine.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun little bee! And an adorable card!
ReplyDeleteThis card is adorable, Jen! I love how you stitched the clouds with twine and the bee is so fun!
ReplyDeleteThis is totally adorable Jen! I LOVE that twine bee and the clouds, ack! SO CUTE!
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