Bees and Flowers for Paper Players #598

Happy Sunday.

It's the fabulous Laurie's turn to host our Paper Players challenge this week and it's theme week.  This theme was the perfect excuse to ink up my Hero Arts Bees and Flowers dies.  Here's a sneak peek:

I had such fun coloring these die-cuts!!  Here's our theme for this week.

I had so many choices for this challenge.  I mean, it's not as though I am short of flower/plant stamps!!!!  But, it was the daisies and the bees that came to mind when I saw this theme.  I used a stencil from The Stamp Market to ground the focal images.  I die-cut and colored the daisies and the bees using inks and finishing up with Copic markers and my polychromos pencils.  Here's my full card:

 

I hope you will join us and play along this week.  We would love to see what your "green thumb" creates :-)  As always, the design team have some wonderful inspiration for you:

• Ann
• Claire
• Joanne
• Laurie
• LeAnne
• Anne Marie
• Cindy
• Jennie
• Christy

On a personal note:

Well, it's official.  The house is sold and the new family moved in on Friday.  We were lucky enough to sell the house before it officially went on the market and the new owners are the perfect fit.  They loved the house so much they went in above asking price and elected to retain some of our old furniture, which was great as it meant there was less for us to have to try to find homes for!  One of our neighbors did an amazing job of selling the rest of the furniture and decor pieces to friends and family.  It was wonderful to see the goodies that I had so carefully curated go to new homes where they are being loved!  We were really lucky to have so much help and that everything went so smoothly.  We have settled into life in the apartment and are loving being in a smaller city where everything is within minutes of us!

I've also managed to get into my craft room and make some cards.  I've been making cards for Send A Smile for kids and have 50 cards about to go out in the post.  I'll share some of them with you this week.  In the meantime, warm hugs and prayers for those of you who need a little lift tonight.

Hugs

Jaydee

Card recipe:

• Dies:  Bees and Flowers - Hero Arts
• Stamps:  Sentiment Suite - The Greetery
• Inks:  Stamp Market, Copics and Polychromos Pencils

Comments

[Anne Marie Hile]

I just love everything about your card Jaydee! Your shading on the flowers makes them pop, wow! So happy you are settled in your new space, my friend. Hugs!

[Ann Schach]

Beautiful, Jaydee! With the coloring and texture, these flowers and bees are so realistic! I'm glad everything went fine with the sale of the house. Have an amazing weekend!

[Christy Stanford]

Love how you colored the die cuts! Your daisies and bee look fabulous on that subtle stenciled background.

[Claire Broadwater]

Jaydee, your sweet daisies are beautiful!!!! Your coloring is perfect!! WOW! They look so realistic and so does that bee! I am so thankful your home sell went smoothly and you are happy with the new owners, That makes everything a little easier. Have a great weekend!

[LeAnne Pugliese]

These look SO REAL! I just love how you colored them...perfection! Great background as well!

[Jennie Maier]

Love the stencil background! Pretty flowers too! Glad the move went smoothly! Have a great week!

[Joanne James]

The subtle texture and soft colours gove a very realistic look and feel to your pretty daisies and bee Jaydee - so pretty. Great that you have been managing to craft up a storm in your new place and that the house sale all went so smoothly too.

[Kris Markham]

Jaydee, that is beautiful. So glad you are settled in your new home and can have fun making cards. Happy 4th of July.

[Marina . . . from far Africa!!!]

Jaydee: So happy for you and Lou that everything went well. It must have been difficult to get separated of things you have cherished across the years; but, as you say, they have found homes where they are loved. Good luck!!! Loved your card . . . the bee is so realistic!!

[Laurie Schmidt]

Love love love the daisies!!! So pretty!

Glad your move went well!

[Cindy Beach]

Jaydee, I am so glad that everything went so smoothly for your move! So glad you're making cards in the new place! This one id beautiful! I love your pencilled details and the gorgeous die cuts!