Handmade Bee Kind Cheerleader Card

 

This handmade card features the retiring digital stamp "gimme a bee" designed by Maurie J. Manning of Mo's Digital Pencil.

I colored the image with Copic Sketch markers and cut it out with a circle die.
I chose a double-sided paper for the background from the "Candy Confetti" pad by The Paper Studio. 

The sentiment is from the "Bee Well" Framelits set by Sizzix. The small bee die-cut is from the "Spring Things" Thinlits set by Sizzix.

I embellished the card with a piece of orange/white baker's twine.

I will enter this card in the following challenge;

Mo's Digital Challenge #307

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Billy Boy with Honey Bees Card

Billy Boy with two lovely sunflowers and honey bees.

My husband is a beekeeper so I love to make cards with bees on them. 

This is a wonderful all-occasion card that should brighten the day of a lucky recipient.

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This card measures 5" by 6.5".

I used the digital stamp "Billy Boy" designed by Maurie J. Manning of Mo's Digital Pencil. This image was presented to Ms. Manning's Patreon supporters for Valentine's Day. It came with the sentiment "Bee My Valentine".

I colored the image with Copic Sketch markers. The background paper is from the "Que Sera Sera" scrapbooking paper pad by K&Company. I finished the card with a die-cut sentiment and a butterfly sticker from my stash.

I will enter this card in the following challenge:

Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #300

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You Are the Bee's Knees Collage Card

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"You are the bee's knees."

I wasn't sure about the meaning of this expression so I looked it up;

If something is said to be the bee's knees it is excellent - the highest quality.

Since my husband is a beekeeper, I decided to make a bee's knees greeting card.

I started with a blank Strathmore card that measures 5" by 7".

The background cardstock is from the Abandoned Paper Stash pad by Tim Holtz.

The collage elements are from the following digital junk journal kits;


The Bees Knees Digital Junk Journal Kit
By AWhimsicalAdventure on Etsy

Vintage Queen Bee Printable Journal Kit
By EphemerasGarden on Etsy

I printed the digital papers and elements on my HP Photo Printer. I use the HP Instant Ink program so I never run out of printer ink.

I featured the digital stamp "Bee Mine" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I hand-colored the image with Copic Sketch markers and Winsor and Newton Promarkers/Brush markers. I cut out the image, chomped the corners and attached it to a piece of black cardstock. I then attached it to the front of the card.

I will enter this card in the following challenge;
Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #282

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Father's Day Card for The Beefather

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I want to wish all fathers a very Happy Father's Day!

I made this card for my husband. He is a wonderful father, grandfather and husband. He is also a great "beefather" to our new hive of honeybees. Bee keeping is a fascinating hobby and an excellent way to help the environment. 

This is how I made this card:
I started with a blank kraft cardstock card that measures 5" by 6.5".

The background paper is "Honey Comb Hexagonal Digital Papers" from PrettyGrafikDesign on Etsy.

The honey bee paper is "Honey Bee Digital Paper" from Kitty Papers on Etsy.

I chose the digital stamp "Baby Fairy Bee" from Mo's Digital Pencil. I printed the image on white cardstock and colored it with Copic Sketch markers. I sponged some Tim Holtz Distress Ink (Old Paper) around the edges of the image.

I attached the sentiment above the fairy image and finished the card by tying a piece of nubby green yarn around it.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #296
Aud Sentiments Challenge #205
A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #69
Crafting With An Attitude Challenge #40
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge #52
Crafty Girls Creations Challenge #48
Creatalicious Challenge #141
Creative Knockouts Challenge #250
Ellibelle's Creative Moments Make It Masculine
Little Miss Muffet Challenges #191
A Perfect Time to Craft Challenge #6
Southern Girls Challenge Team Lou

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Kindle Books For Kids: BeeWitched by Julia Dweck

Beewitched

Author: Julia Dweck
Illustrator: Aida Sofia Barba

Publisher: KiteReaders

Date: February 28, 2013



About The Author
Julia Dweck writes children's stories for digital and traditional publication. Her stories span the spectrum of humor, fantasy, and edutainment in rhyme and in prose. Julia's background in elementary education affords her the opportunity to be in touch with what children want to read about and what makes them giggle.

Bees Are Nice!
Beetrice adores honey bees. She knows everything there is to know about them. She even slightly resembles a bee with her yellow shirt and her huge black glasses.

One day her school class goes on a field trip to the country. While the rest of her class plays games, Beetrice watches the honey bees hover over the honeysuckle flowers. Beetrice wonders if she would have been better off being born a bee!

With a little help from some magic honey, Beetrice changes into a honey bee and learns that a bee's life is not all fun and games. Beetrice learns that the grass is not greener on the other side of the bee hive.

My Thoughts
Beetrice is a wonderful character. Her green eyes are bee-lightful and she is the local expert on honey bees. Ms. Dweck does a wonderful job  mixing fiction and facts about honey bees in this picture book for children. This story is both educational and entertaining. This author does an awesome job writing "edutaining" books for kids.

Beetrice learns a valuable story about life in this story. She learns that life as a honey bee is not as wonderful and carefree as she imagined. She learns that honey bees work very hard and face many challenges and dangers. She realizes that she still loves bees but she is perfectly content to "bee" a girl.

I read this ebook on my Kindle Fire ereader. Ms. Barba did a beautiful job with the full-screen color illustrations. The landscape orientation makes this ebook a perfect fit for the Kindle.

"BeeWitched" is a great selection for spring reading. Children will love Beetrice and will learn from her experiences. Highly recommended!

My Rating: 5 Stars Out Of 5

FYI ~ I purchased this ebook during a FREE promotion on Amazon.Com. Please check the current price before ordering.

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