We were meant to BEE together...

 

I was asked by an employee at the thrift store where I volunteer to make an anniversry card for him to give to his wife. I actually made five different cards so that he could choose the one he liked best. The rest will be donated to the store. This card is one that I made. 

I wanted to join in Darnell's (djkardkreations) challenge this week to use stencils. She has invited those who participate to post their results here. Sometimes I need a little "encouragement" to get my stencils out and use them, so this was perfect for me.

I began by creating an A2 card base and adding a panel of DSP. Then I cut a hexagon aperture through both layers.

I have a 3-stencil set that creates a shaded honeycomb design that I thought would be perfect. I used it to stencil another hexagon shape that fit the aperture.

My little bees were stamped, colored with markers, die-cut and then popped up on foam squares.

The little foam hearts came from a package of confetti that I have in my stash.

When you open the card, the pop-out section pulls the center hexagon to the inside. I stenciled another piece of cardstock, then cut it into two pieces and added them to my pop-out rectangle,

The sentiments on the front and inside were created with my computer before I glued the hexagon to it.

You can watch a video tutorial for this card, and a top-fold version of it, here.

I had so much fun making this fun-fold, that I actually made a few more cards like this for different occasions. 

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl