Hello, I recently experimented with a glazed tile effect for a magazine commission and thought I would re-visit the technique with the new Dovecraft Bee Happy stamp set. The clear stamps are a great addition to your craft stash and very versatile, easy to create lots of different scenes or use them alone. Teaming the stamps with other elements in the collection makes it easy to create a coordinated look.
How To:
I started by stamping a scene using the individual stamps in the set using black ink. I worked to a rough idea of the size I wanted to end up with, so my stamped area was about 100mm wide x 90mm and I bore in mind the hexagon shape I wanted to achieve at the end. So I stamped the flowers along the bottom and the leaves to ‘frame’ either side of the top. I left enough room to stamp the large bumble bee in the centre (alternatively, you may prefer to stamp the bee first and then build the scene around it).
I used shimmery watercolour paints to colour the scene, these do not need to be precise. I used a wash of blues and greens for the background, so that all the area was coloured and left it to dry.
When dry I die cut the scene into a rectangle and then patted it all over with an embossing inkpad, sprinkled with clear embossing powder and heat set. I repeated this process 3 times, allowing the embossing to cool before patting over again with the embossing inkpad. Just build it up as many layers as you wish.
When tile scene is completed, mat onto a slightly larger hexagon of cream card, if it stands to bend, then just add a little heat from the heat tool from back and it should flatten out again.
Cut a 135mm square of cream card and add 2 different pattern papers from the Bee Happy Pad. I used a yellow paper for the left and green for the right. Add 2 strips of the honeycomb pattern washi tape across the join.
Wrap ‘Bee happy’cotton ribbon across the lower part of the panel before adhering it to the front of a 6x6 Kraft card base using 3D foam pads to raise it a little.
To finish, thread a little golden metal bumble bee charm onto thin cream twine or thread and attach to ribbon at right hand side. Top with a gold button threaded with matching twine or thread.
Products Used:
Dovecraft Bee Happy Paper Pad – DCPAP072
Dovecraft Bee Happy Clear Stamps – DCSTP129
Dovecraft Bee Happy Cotton Ribbons – DCRBN031
Dovecraft Bee Happy Washi Tapes – DCWST008
Dovecraft Bee Happy Charms – DCMTL011
Dovecraft Bee Happy Buttons – DCBTN023
Dovecraft 6x6 Kraft Card Blank –
Plus:
Black Ink to stamp images
Shimmer watercolour paints or other colouring medium
Embossing Ink Pad
Clear Embossing Powder
Cream Card
Hexagon Dies
Thin Cream Twine
