Honey Bee Stamps Sweet Bees and Daisy Bouquet Card

Hello there! Is there any better combination than sweet little bees and pretty florals on a card? I think not but I'm a bit biased, lol.  I recently purchased the The Sweet Honey Bee stamp set  from Honey Bee Stamps and it's just the cutest set! I could not wait to use the adorable bee images on card!

The Sweet Honey Bee set does include some florals but I wanted to use them with the big bouquet image from the Daisy Layers Bouquet stamp set.  

Below is a list of all the Honey Bee Stamps supplies I used to create this card:

• Sweet Honey Bee stamp set and dies - bee images
• Daisy Layers Bouquet stamp set, stencil, & dies - big floral image
• Hexagon Stipple cover plate - background texture
• Just BEEcause stamp set - sentiment 

The Daisy Layers Bouquet set has a coordinating stencil set to color in the flowers and foliage.  That is what I used to color in my bouquet. I used a soft touch with the stenciling.  I didn't want the colors to be too bold or dark on the bouquet and over power the bees.  

I used Copic markers to color the bees in the following colors:

• yellow on bee - Y32, Y35, Y38, YR23
• warm grey on bee - W4, W6
• rosy cheeks - R20
• bee wing shading - B000, W1

To add shading to the stipple hexagon background, I used a combo of two Distress Oxide Inks. I blended on some Wild Honey in the two opposite corners.  Then added Vintage Photo very lightly to make an amber color.  I also added splattering with watered down dark brown ink.