Bzzzz...You're One in a Bazzillion! SCS June 2015 Virtual Stamp Night Event "Bee Happy" Challenge JUN15VSNE & CAS328

Ever since I saw this card using Spellbinders stacked on top of each other in an ombre formation by Kalyn Kepner on the Paper Smooches site, I've been dying to CASE the idea. 

I didn't want to copy it outright but was inspired to create my own version to satisfy two recent SCS challenges.  

1) Challenge Title: Let the Sunshine In   
    Hostess: Paula (mrslaird)    
    Keyword: CAS328    
    Date: Week of 6-8-15

2) June 2015 VSN Challenge Title: Bee Happy! (Include a bee somewhere in your project.)
    Hostess: Misti (aka Scraperwannabe)    
    Keyword: JUN15VSNE    
    Date: Saturday, June 13, 12 P.M. EST

I missed out on completing the CAS Sunshine challenge last week, so I'm rolling it into the Bee Happy VSN challenge.

I die cut out an opening on the front of the card so that my little bee could peek out from the inside of the card. 

I'm not thrilled at the final stacking placement of all my shades of yellow, but since I had to get this done under an hour, I decided to put some time into giving the little bee a bit more oomph!

His little body was stamped on some yellow cardstock and pop dotted on top of a layer of velum wings.

I also pop dotted each of the yellow layers.

This CAS style is pretty new to me since I used to enjoy a much busier and layered look in my card creations from many years ago.  But I'm learning to walk away and keep it simple.  This one hour max rule has been a good thing.

Funny, I never liked this SU Fine Print SAB set and was about to list it a few months ago in my latest purge. But darn it, I loved this bee stamp so I decided to hold on to it. So happy I got to use it!

2 done, 8 more challenges to go for the Virtual Stamping Event!

Finally, I knocked off another item on my 2015 Let the Year End with Beauty:

16. Stacked nesting dies. 

Thanks for visiting!


 


"You're One in a Bazzillion"  Card 
Paper: SU Smooth White; Misc Yellow,  Metallic Gold & Vellum CS Scraps
Stamps: SU Fine Print
Ink: Momento Black
Embellishments: Spellbinders Large Pinking Circle Nestabilities; Foam Pop Dots
Size: 4.25  x 5.5" rectangular