Bee my Gnomie

 Hello, 

I can't believe how fast Valentine's day is creepin' up.   Can we vote and push that back a month?  I'm not going to lie.  I still have Christmas stamps on my desk.  I'm trying to wrap up unfinished projects.    The probably will finish themselves up, right?   

Well to take my mind off of the mess, I decided to create a new one.   My friend (Kimberly) and I noticed that all of sudden bees are everywhere.   Bees seem to be a trending for Valentine's day.  How could I not jump on the band wagon.  I have planned out a few different bee cards to share with you before Feb 14th!  My first card features a gnomie from Unity.  This little bee keeper is enjoying a sweet treat.  I colored the pots in 3 different colors.   Do you have a favorite?    Did you know at the bottom every blog post, I share all my copic colors if I used them?

Materials:

Stamps:

Unity Gonna Bee Here

Sentiments from Honeybee stamps

Dies:

Hexagon die

Hexagon cover plate - very similar to what I used. 

Paper:

paper from Stampin' Up

Yellow polka dot purchased at Hobby Lobby

Other:

Bearly Art Glue:(detail glue)

Tacky Glue

Inka Gold to add some shine to a few of the honeycombs.  They no longer make Inka Gold... it is called Solar paste.  Same thing

Copics are listed at the bottom of post

I wasn't really sure where I was going from here.... but I kept on the bee theme.  Here is how they turned out.  I made 10 cards in total.  

Close up of the Inka Gold-  just adds a shine.  Solar paste will do something very similar

Copic colors used: Click here for the best  Copic prices

Skin: E000, E00, E11

Blue: B12, B14, B16, B18, W6

Teal: BG72, BG75, BG78

Red: R29, R24, R14, W6

Shoes: E70, E71, E74, E77

Beard: W3, W1, W0

Wings: B60

Bee: Y15

Hive: E13, YR24, YR21, Y35 (I played around with this as I kept coloring.. this was my favorite combo)

I also used Y38, Y35, Y32

Honey: Y23, Y21