Blooms, Bee and Honeycombs

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It's time for a new theme at Allsorts challenge where Brenda wants to see "Beautiful Blooms" and I hope you decide to join us this week! As much as I love working on Christmas cards in December, once January is  here I am ready to move to spring like cards with pretty colors so this challenge was right up my alley! We do have a beautiful floral stamp set by Rare Earth to give away to one lucky winner but you can't win unless you play along! As always you may use any of your products, there is no company restriction and anyone is invited to join in!

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I recently received My Monthly Hero January stamp kit from Hero Arts (I'm sorry this kit sold out within a couple of days) and thought this pretty blossoms branch was perfect for the theme. I'm no longer a kit subscriber but was lucky enough to place my order before the kit sold out.

The blossom branch and bee have been stamped on Bristol Vellum paper and colored with Zig Clean Color markers then I used the matching dies which are included in the kit to cut them out. Two of the blossoms were stamped again on Neenah paper and colored with Copic markers then fussy. (Actually I had colored the whole branch first with Copics and didn't like it but in the end decided to use two of the blossoms along with the water colored branch.)

The honeycombs die I used is part of the kit, so no longer available, but this set may be a good alternative if you're looking for something similar. 

There were some pretty sparkly papers included as well but I decided to use a printed dark gray (almost black) paper from my stash and only used a strip of gold paper from the kit. I feel like hoarding the sparkly paper for a more appropriate occasion. 

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The set also came with a honeycomb stamp and I decided to used it on here as well with Stampin Up's  retired French Script stamped here and there. 

I used the honey lacquer pen that was part of the stamp kit to add some "nectar" or "pollen" to the stamens. Some Wink of Stella was brushed over the bee's wings for some sparkle. 

By the way, if you are interested in subscribing to the Hero Arts Monthly Kits - they are $34.99 and ship for free every month, with an option to cancel at any time. You can read more about it HERE. 

A LIMITED TIME OFFER by Hero Arts! Subscribe by January 28 (11:59PM PT) and receive the 108-page 2021 Hero Arts Catalog Idea Book (a $10 value), plus a $10-off coupon towards a future order of at least $50. All subscribers will be sent the catalog and coupon in February, so subscribe now! Subscribe by 01/28/21 and get started with February My Monthly Hero Kit.

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