Bumblebee ~ Tag & ATC's 🐝

 

Da jeg var på scrappetreff arrangert av Bikuben i en privat fb event ~ Vårscrapp 25-27 mars, ble det også arrangert bytter av ATC kort og TAG for de som ville det. Det var kjempeflotte rabatter og jeg måtte jo bare kjøpe 'litt' snop til meg selv... har nettopp hatt bursdag og fikk igjen på skatten, så da ble det ikke bare litt snop.. men også BIG SHOT SWITCH Plus i Tim Holtz sort! Er såååå happy 😁 Blir så bra for mine vonde hender 👍 Sjekk Tim's Switch demo her.

 

Jeg fikk en nydelig vintage tag i posten for noen dager siden og min byttevenn har mottatt denne tag'en fra meg 💗

Har ikke mottatt ATC byttet enda (det er mye som skal sendes til en person og tilbake igjen.. slik at man ender opp med 9 ulike ATC'er inkludert en av mine egne), men jeg tar sjangsen på at ingen av mottakerene titter innom, så jeg kan vise frem mine her siden det er samme tema 😊 🐝

 

 

Front and back of the bumblebee tag

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the ATC set below has one card turned in
the middle to show off the backside.

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Sorry about the bad photos, it was a bit difficult to take good ones,
when everythings super shiny and reflective with foil & heat embossing!

 

When I was at an online scrap event a fortnight ago, I signed up for swapping ATC's and a TAG after the event with some of the attendees. The event was held in a private fb event, arranged by the norwegian craft store Bikuben. There were such great discounts that weekend too (and I had money back on taxes) so I got myself not only a bunch of crafty goodies, but an awesome birthday present ~ the BIG SHOT SWITCH Plus!!! (photo further up) And ofcourse it is in Tim Holtz black! 😁 I am just SOoo happy with it, it is so good for my bad hands 👍 Check out Tim's Demo on the Switch here.

I got a gorgeous vintage tag in the mail a few days ago, and I sent my swap buddy this tag from me 💗 Haven't received the ATC swap yet, lots more logistics with many people and getting 9 ATC's in return, one of my own included. Could be awhile yet, so I am showing mine off since they're same theme as the tag... and hopefully none of the people in my group is looking in on my blog, don't want to spoil the surprise! 😊 🐝

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I enter my 🐝 TAG / bookmark in theese challenges: [Ends on](checked 21/5)
● Hero Arts Stay Crafty ~ April: Blend it up! [May 1st.]
● Stamping Sensations ~ April: I LOVE.. Bumblebees, inking & making tags! [May 2nd.]

● Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #179. ~ Always AG [April 16th.]
● We Love Stamping ~ April: Stamp of the moment ~ my bumblebees! [April 27th.]
● 613 Avenue Create #202204. ~ AG opt. April Showers! [April 29th.]

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EDIT: I am one of the Top Rockers over at 613 Avenue create! thank you ♥

and I enter my 🐝 ATC's here:
● We love 2 Create #wk.4. ~ AG Mixed Media [April 27th.]
● Arty Divas ~ March: Always AG! [April 19th.]
● Happy Little Stampers Dies ~ April: AG with Dies [April 30th.]JFF
● River of Creativity #12. ~ AG opt. Spring! no cards [April 30th.]JFF

● Through The Craft Room Door ~ March 29th.: Always AG (2nd.entry)[April 12th.]

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Stamps/Images: Hero Arts 'Flower garden CG760' 6x6 bold prints cling stamp. the bees are clearstamps from the Hero Arts MMH0121 kit. Visible Image 'Love of ATCs' clearstampset. Sweet Pea Stamps ~ Ching Chou Kuik's 'The Seahorse' text rubberstamp.
Papers: I prefer Canson Montvale aquarelle paper (200 g/m coldpressed) for my motifs, and also used as tag and atc card bases.
Embellishments: yellow and orange ribbons unknown.
Tools: My distress tools from Ranger Ink is always in use ~ Tim Holtz® Mini Ink Round Blending Tool & the Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool and Foams.
Stencils/Embossingfolders: Papercraft Essentials Magazine #181. Geometric stamps & 3D Hexagonal Embossing folder set by Practical Publishing.
Dies: Sizzix Thinlits Die Set 'Geo Insects Set of 4' & 'Tag collection 658784' by Tim Holtz. Hero Arts MMH0121 kit coordinating bee dies and 'Honeycomb window' (hexagons) die.
Essentials/Adhesives: High-Tack adhesive tape Sookwang Scor-Pal tape &/or Red tape. Rangers Glossy accents. Creotime CC Hobby holographic gold foil added on top of hexagonal diecuts and tags edge on Simon Says Stamp tape glue runner adhesive dots.

Techniques/Mediums: Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads 'fossilized amber', 'dried marigold' & 'vintage photo' to watercolor the bees. For the tag background I ink blended with DI 'Mowed lawn', 'Peeled paint' & 'fossilized amber' plus Hero Arts ink cubes 'Moss' and 'Limegreen'. For the ATC backgrounds using Distress spray stains 'Mowed lawn, 'Savage patina', 'Mustard seed' and 'Wild honey'. 'Vintage photo' to distress image and papers. Luminarte Twinkling H2o's Shimmering Watercolors 'Ginger peach' to color inside the geo bee die. To heat emboss the tags top edge (after realising that the dot glue I used for my foil was TOO strong and still sticky) I used a Versamark inkpad, a heat gun tool & Ranger clear embossingpowder. The 'Flower garden' stamp on the ATC's was stamped on with Hero Arts multicolored reactive palette inkpad from the MMH0321 kit, then clear heat embossed, but first I sprayed the clingstamp and picked up the excess ink with a white cardstock that became a lovely background for the back of the tag!