Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #17

It is the week before moving house and oh what a mess our current home is!  Going to be a very busy week but we are so excited to finally move into our very own home.   This weeks sketch for AHSC is wonderful and uses the very popular hexagon's that are so fun to play with.  For my spring card workshop I did a hexagon card and have decided to submit it to this weeks challenge.  I had wanted to blog about all the cards from the Spring Workshop but time got away from me.  So I am glad that I can share this one.
This card is fun in that it is all stamping.  Stamp sets used are Honeycomb and Quick Cards- Bumble Bee.  I stamped that Bumble Bee in Archival Black Ink so that I could go back and add yellow touches of colour using my Honey Alcohol Markers. 

When I made this card I didn't have the true hexagon shape available to me via Cricut or punch so looking thru my Art Philoshopy and Artiste Cricut Collections I found this "fancy" edged hexagon in Artiste. I thought perhaps this fancy edge would give this card that little something extra that it needed. I then stamped the various patterns onto my hexagons in Honey ink and adhered them to my black cardstock base.  I used 3-D Foam tape on my large center hexagon to give it a bit of pop.   As I like to say quick, cute and done!
Thank you for stopping by and I truly appreciate your comments! Follow the link to check out all the great artwork submitted to the Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge! I hope you get inspired and decide to come play along!  We would love to see what you create and you may be voted into the top 3 cards of the week.

Happy Crafting!

Comments

  1. LeslieAugust 19, 2013 at 5:30 PM

    Candra, what a beautiful card. Love the colors and the little bee. Great way to brighten someone's day.

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  2. Michelle StewartAugust 21, 2013 at 3:27 AM

    I love that you used the fancy hexagon, didn't even realize that there was one, now I must go and look. Love the pop that the Honey gives the card. Great job!

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  3. UnknownAugust 22, 2013 at 5:06 AM

    This sketch sure made a lot of us think about the bees.......lol. Love your take on it and I shall have to go find that fancy shape. Great job !!

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  4. BrandiAugust 25, 2013 at 6:46 PM

    I really love your card, I love the colours the honey really pops off the page!

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