Hellooooo! Today I'm super happy to be posting about the beautiful and whimsical stamps from Flora & Fauna! My friend Cindi is the owner and I just adore her and her lovely stamps! Well, her company had a birthday last week! (But we're going to keep on celebrating!) Flora & Fauna is one year old! Whoop Whoop! I couldn't be happier for Cindi and her crew. She has created something special in the stamping market. I think I have 15 sets! I wanted to help join in the birthday fun so I created a card with some favorites from the collection. I'm also guesting over on the Flora & Fauna Blog today too.
The main stamp set I used is called BEE KIND! I usually love anything with a bee/floral theme. Just so happy and classic. I kept my card clean and simple - one layer - and tried not to be too uptight about it. I stamped the two sentiments first, onto Bristol cardstock. Then I layered the honeycomb parts, and the flowers and leaves all around the edges and the sentiment. No masking, no fussing with it. I stamped everything in Archival Black Ink which holds up to watercolors.
My card base is A2 and made from kraft cardstock. I layered some pretty periwinkle blue paper to match the florals. I used my new Mijello watercolor palette to color in all the images. I was very messy and loose with the watercoloring. I am liking this style very much lately. The Bristol cardstock holds up to the water colors quite nicely.
Here is a close up of the honeycombs. I used three shades of yellow to create a varied look with the colors. I let some parts dry and then went back with a darker color until I looked the way I wanted it to!
The little bumble bee must beeee so happy in all those flowers! I also used the same colors of paint to splatter around the card. I love a good paint splatter!! I chose lots of bright, spring, happy colors. The leaves/branches are from a second stamp set - a Winter set actually! It's always good to see what you can use from your seasonal stamps too! I store my stamp sets by company for this reason. Those leaves were perfect with the stamps from the Bee Kind set!
It's very hard for me to do one layer stamping with no die cuts! LOL. I like how this card came out very much though! And it was super fun to make!
Thank you for joining me today! I hope you've been inspired to bust out the watercolors and have some creative fun! Be sure to pop over to the Flora & Fauna Blog and give them some birthday love! Have a wonderful day! XOXO
SUPPLIES FOR TODAY!
Wanda, I am so glad that you are not locked into any one design team. I really enjoy seeing you pop up all over the place! Your work is so happy and beautiful.
Posted by: Cindy Evanoff | 03/22/2018 at 09:14 AM
This card is so pretty!
Posted by: Lori | 03/21/2018 at 08:11 AM
Oh I am loving all the fun on this card!! The bee design is fabulous and I LOVE the colors!
Posted by: Nora | 03/20/2018 at 04:06 PM
Love the colors and loose watercoloring on your card.
Posted by: Julie | 03/20/2018 at 02:42 PM
The is a gorgeous card! I love how you coloured the stamps.
Posted by: Julie Booker | 03/20/2018 at 12:53 PM
This is absolutely gorgeous Wanda. Soon those happy bees will be buzzing... I will be happy when Spring finally shows itself.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 03/20/2018 at 11:10 AM
Very pretty, Wanda! I love bees & my kitchen is decorated with lots of them. Love your card! Makes me happy to look at it!
Posted by: Patt H. | 03/20/2018 at 09:12 AM
this is absolutely adorable! I first stopped by your blog for the Spellbinders blog hop and am now hooked. :) I have a thing about bees, so am really loving everything about this cutie card!
thanks for the inspiration! :)
Posted by: Jennifer Scull | 03/20/2018 at 06:29 AM
it's awesome, love to do these on birthday!
Posted by: Jessica | 03/20/2018 at 04:18 AM