Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Beehive
I stood on the corner of the lot surveying the crew's work. They made a quick job of tearing down the one tree and were going to start on the next. Suddenly I felt something drop into my hair and then...felt the sting. Oh, how that hurt! Turns out that there was a beehive half as tall as me in the soon to be non-existent tree and the big wasp was none to happy to be disturbed.
So of course I had to pull out the hexagons from Hexagon-A-Thon by Schlosser Designs and create a beehive card. The Baker Beehive had TONS of hexagons within it, and it was really quite an inspiration. (Glad to see it gone though.) To give my hive a bit of depth, I gold embossed the hexagons, outlined them with black and then sponged a few ink colors.
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Supplies Used:
Cardstock: (White) Georgia Pacific (Basic Black) SU (Gold) Unknown
Stamps: (Hexagon-A-Thon) Schlosser Designs
Ink: Versamark, (Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Summer Sun Pigment) SU
Embellishments: (Gold Embossing Powder) SU (Gold String) SU (Stickers) SRM Stickers, (Black Pen) Pilot
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Karen, I'm sorry to hear about your sting...those are NEVER fun. Glad, however, that it inspired you to make such an adorable card! Love the golden-honey feel of this. Thanks for playing along! :)
ReplyDeleteWow! Love your embossed hexagons! There's a lot of depth and richness with all the inking! :)
ReplyDeleteKaren I love your card!
ReplyDeleteA great idea these hexagons inked!
Oh no....so sorry about the sting...I have a bee/wasp etc phobia...it's horrible...but I do love your card...the embossing is wonderful and so is the inking...
ReplyDeleteHey Karen,
ReplyDeleteLove your take on a beehive with the hexagon shape.
Brandi
OOOO!! Fabby use of the Hexagons! Your card turned out amazing!! So sorry about the bee sting. Ouch! :(
ReplyDeleteWell, that's one way to be inspired! I love the look of the gold emboss and the sponged ink, very nice!
ReplyDeletelove it!!! Love how you colored the card!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card. Love this!!
ReplyDeleteLove it! Such depth with your shading!
ReplyDeleteOuch, sorry about the bee sting! Those are never fun. What an inspired card though! I love the shimmer and the gold string.
ReplyDeleteWhat a sight that hive must have been. I'm a bee lover, even dabbled in apiaristry for a while, so your card struck a chord with me. Love the inking.
ReplyDeleteOh dear, sorry to hear about the sting - but it did inspire a fantastic card! I love this design - it's so original and very striking.
ReplyDeleteouch! its been awhile since i've been stung. your inking is just wonderful, karen:)
ReplyDeleteyou are most definitely the hexagon queen bee.
ReplyDeleteLove your card...major unlike on the bee sting!!
ReplyDeleteOh My Goodness Karen! One of my childhood (and recurring) nightmares is that something is in my hair (something like a bug - not a nice good looking guy or anything!) I cannot imagine!! And stinging bugs are the worst!
ReplyDeleteYour card, on the other hand, is amazing! The honeycomb is amazing - it looks so dimensional and really cool! The card is great - even if the inspiration wasn't pleasant.
Hugs!
This is fabulous! Love the graphic feel of this card!
ReplyDeleteOh how fun! Love the look but ick on bee stings!
ReplyDeleteOuch! Sorry to hear about that sting! I never get that kind of depth when I emboss! Hmmm You are just amazing that's all!
ReplyDeletelove how you inked the beehives! wonderful card!
ReplyDeleteThis is just gorgeous! I love all the gold accents. :)
ReplyDeleteoooh fun! I love this one too!
ReplyDeleteOnly you could turn a bee sting into an awesome card! :)
ReplyDeleteFAB honeycomb!
Gorgeous card Karen, I love the way you used this stamp to get a honey comb effect:-) slowly catching up on your blog, love what you have been doing lately, specially the christmas stuff!
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