Queen Bee Art Journal Page with Pink Ink Designs

 I wanted to create something fabulous with this huge beautoiful Queen Bee stamp set from Pink Ink Designs (huge fan here), so I created this art journal page.

Thi is a 5 x 7 art journal page on Canson XL mixed media paper.  I created the background using Tim Holtz Tissue paper and added the color with Distress Crayons in Chipped Sapphire and Mermaid Lagoon.  The star of the show though is that wonderful bee image.  

The wings are a separate image, so you can color them and attach them to create dimension like I have done here.  I added the Bee house and printed the sentiment on regular paper to glue on my page.  Lastly, I added some black around the sentiment to make it stand out using a Sharpie marker. 

A sweet reminder to always be true to yourself.  See you again soon my friends :)

Thinking of You Firefly Crafts Inspiration :)

OK, so you all know how much I love watercolor cards right?  And you know that I'm still learning right? lol...but I do enjoy it so much!  So, I have another watercolor card for you today!

I created this card using a watercolor background that I had previously painted using my Kuretake Gansaii Tambi watercolors.  Then I used the "Cherish" stamp set from Honey Bee Stamps to stamp the first layer of the flowers and leaves with Twisted Citron (leaves) and Mermaid Lagoon (Flowers) Distress Inks, then I shaded the leaves with Peeled Paint.  I heat embossed the second layers of both the flowers and the leaves with some Champagne embossing powder and used a sentiment from the Avery Elle "Petals and Stems" stamp set.

You can find all of the linked products in the Firefly Crafts online store, and make sure you stop in there and say hi to Debbie, owner!  You will love her :)