The Bees Knees Card Kit
Happy Tuesday! It’s the last Tuesday of the month and that means it’s time for a new limited edition card kit from Taylored Expressions. This month Heather and Taylor have outdone themselves with a gorgeous new kit – The Bees Knees Card Kit.
I made two cards using the kit. The first care is a subtle shaker card using vellum instead of acetate. I was inspired by the stickers in the kit to choose my colors so I went with Confetti Cake, Honey, Oreo, and Pineapple (for shading the bees) for my color scheme. The card itself was very quick to build. I created a simple shaker behind the bees with vellum, Frame In Frame 2 Cutting Plate, and Foam Sticky Strips. After making the shaker element I attached it to a Confetti Cake cardbase. I cut the honeycomb from Honey cardstock and left a few of the hexagons in place for contrast. I die cut a bunch of the bees after stenciling them with Pineapple, Honey and Salt Water Taffy ink and attached them with foam tape. To add interest, I attached the bees with foam tape. Lastly, I added a sentiment stamped on Sugar Cube and die cut with the Sentiment Strip Duo.
This card has a similar color scheme to my first card and is also a shaker card. For this one I used acetate for the window panel and created a scene in the back of the shaker with blended ink, some of the hexagons from the honeycomb and the dotted line stamp. For the cardbase I die cut the Cloudy Skies Piercing Template from Salt Water Taffy card stock and layered the Honeycomb Cluster die in the corners.
For the inside of the shaker window I filled the shaker with Snow Flurries sequins and some irridescent beads. The top bee is suspended between the top and bottom of the shaker window with clear thread sandwiched between the frame and the foam tape. This keeps the bee in position but allows it to move.
To finish up I added a few bees outside the shaker and a sentiment stamped on a cut from Sentiment Strip Duo on Sugar Cube.
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The Bee’s Knees Cardmaking Kit retails for $74, comes in a zippered pouch with a custom sticker, and includes:
- The Bee’s Knees Stamp & Stencil Combo set
- The Bee’s Knees die collection
- Clearly Crafty What’s the Buzz? stamp set
- Honeycomb Cluster die
- A2 Envelope Pack (6 envelopes, 2 each of: Oreo, Sugar Cube, and Honey)
- Envelope Seal Pack (6 seals)
Limited quantity available
Most items are not available to purchase individually. You will be able to purchase additional envelope seals (pack of 10) separately from the kit.
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Also, right now through Sunday, July 3rd, you can get 10% off select hexagon products. All of these hexagon themed product coordinate beautifully with The Bee’s Knees Cardmaking Kit! Here’s the products included in the sale:
- Honeycomb stencil
- Masking Stencils – Hexagons set
- Create-in-Quads Hexagon Layering Stencil set
- Happy Hex die collection
- Mini Slim Trifold Template + Dies – Hexagon set
- Clearly Crafty Happy Hex Add-ons stamp set
- Happy Hex Mini Slim background stamp
- Mini Slim – Happy Hex stencil