Ode to Bee-Keeping . . .

Hi Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts Fans.

Coming to you from Nancyland today

with an

Ode to Bees.

This summer, our flower garden is full of bees

and that's always a good thing!

First step was choosing these beautiful

Prima Marketing papers and layering them on a card front.

Each one has accents of rose gold.

I loved the Bee-Keeping with the butterfly image

and chose that for my focal point.

And of course, bees need their hive.

I used the

Honeycomb & Queen Bee ATC Set

and painted the honeycomb Metallique Bronze.

While that was drying

I heat embossed one of the bees with black embossing powder

and one of the crowns

with gold embossing powder.

Wanting to frame the small image,

I used one of the frames from the 

Filigree Frame Set

After painting it black and letting that dry,

I put an extra thick coat of 

Distress Crazing Medium.

It required lots of patience and a heat gun

(mainly because I don't have patience)

and then I used Prima Metallique on top of the crazing

to give it more color.

Layering on top of the card was the last step.

Hope you enjoyed my 

Ode to Bee-Keeping.

I used the following

Gypsy Soul Laser Cuts on this card:

Honeycomb & Queen Bee ATC Set

Filigree Frame Set

Thanks for visiting today!

Nancy Wethington