May Bee

 Bugs and Bees in May - entomology panel shabby style

Panel

Gathered some stamped ephemera, cut some honeycomb, stamped the bees and cut them up, inked the edges of the bits I wanted to use, picked out some snippets I could probably use when collaging it together.

Tested out my composition on a plain panel.

Blended Gathered Twigs around the edges of the panel, and used it with stencils. 

Used Pumice Stone to create some light text stamping to add some interest.

Put composition together.

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Supplies

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Gathered Twigs, Pumice Stone         https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/distress-ink--re-inkers-103-c.asp

Sizzix Tim Holtz dies - Alphanumeric Label, Alphanumeric Tiny Type Lower, Mixed Media, https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-by-sizzix-152-c.asp

Tim Holtz stamps - Field Notes CMS396, Classics #12,                    https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/tim-holtz-collection-193-c.asp

Tim Holtz Mini Stencils - set #4, set #8                                       https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/layering-stencils-523-c.asp

Idea-ology Tim Holtz Snippets - Curator      Tim Holtz Trimmings - Naturals                                 https://www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk/idea-ology-102-c.asp

Tim Holtz - Sidekick  out of stock

Versafine Clair - Pinecone out of stock

Mini Clipboard Entomology

 Bugs and Bees in May

This is my first inspiration project for Country View Crafts this month called Bugs and Bees

Mini Clipboard

Using Tim's die I adhered together a kraft die-cut and a black card over the top and sanded the edges which were then edged with the distress crayon.

The clip was sanded and also had distress crayon rubbed over to distress it.

The panel was added having been cut from one of the panels I made using gathered twigs, pumice stone, old paper and antique linen.

I added a smaller panel using the lighter card to die cut the smaller rectangle.

Building the frame

I used the Entomology stamps and dies and cut them all to choose the bug I wanted to use.

I also used the Field Notes stamps to stamp ephemera with picket fence on black.

I took the black frame and stamped some text using gesso and when it was dry I rubbed over the brown distress crayon to lower the brightness of it.

For the base layer of the background I used exactly the same distress inks and I added more text this time using one of the brown distress inks,

Then I created another distressed panel mounted on black and kraft panel card and distressed the edges.

I soaked the bug and gently moulded it into a curved shape and stuck a piece of wood dowling underneath it to make it look a little more lifelike and be in a standing position rather than laying flat,

I adhered the bug onto the mini clipboard to finish

I do like the additional flowers and the 3D effect of the bug on this frame.

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Supplies

Tim Holtz Stamps - Entomology, Field Notes, Ledger Script, Wildflowers CMS253

Tim Holtz dies - Entomology, Vault Noteworthy, Specimen,

Distress Inks - Pumice Stone, Old Paper, Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs, Ground Espresso, Picket Fence

Distress Crayons - Vintage Photo, 

Versa Fine Clair - Nocturne

DecoArt Americana White Gesso

Kraft card, black card and silver card.

CAS card - Brenda style

If you've seen my work you'll know I don't do CAS style - I'm much more a vintage, shabby, grungy, industrial type artist but this came together with some salvage bits from leftover boxes plus a leaf die cut from the newly released Large Stems die from Sizzix and Tim Holtz

You'll probably recognise the latticework stencil design that I used on a piece of canvas paper and then cut the stitched circle, this helped to create the focal point.

The large leaf stem was covered with embossing ink and sprinkled with the new lime mixed media powder from Ranger.

To create a little more interest I added the garden greens leaves and some stamped and die-cut bugs ......

.... and finished off with a happy birthday sentiment.

Can you tell I love Tim Holtz products????? This is a sample I am sharing over on the Country View Crafts project blog today as well.

I know this is not true CAS style but it pleases me to get somewhere near it..

Thanks for looking ...... and 

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