I'm so grateful for this challenge. It inspired me to pull out my toolbox full of beads, which has been rather neglected lately. I'd forgotten how many cool beads and charms I have in there.
I picked out four flat beads that have blue and yellow flowers on them, because I knew they would go well with Bo Bunny's "Bee-utiful You" paper collection. As luck would have it, I also had a bee themed ATC (Etsy, EmmasPaperCottage) that matched the colors.
Initially, I just put the beads directly on the blue patterned paper. But I wanted them to stand out more. So I cut out one of the hexagons from the blue paper and used it as a template to cut out four hexagons from a yellow honeycomb patterned paper (from the same Bo Bunny collection).
That worked fairly well, but I wasn't entirely happy with the outlines around my added hexagons. So I outlined them with Stickles.
I would have sewn the beads to the card, but I didn't have a needle small enough to pass through their holes. So I just glued them down. Hopefully, they will survive being mailed without coming loose.
Thanks again for the great challenge, Polly! I will definitely be getting into my bead box more often now.
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Registered: August 15, 2007 Location: Twin Cities MN Posts: 50714
Fri, Apr 12, 2024 @ 1:29 PM
This is so sweet...those beads look like china...they could be in an antique store! They're so charming. I love the hexagon paper paired with the bee ATC...really cute.I have noticed that you have quite the collection of cool buttons and embellishments Katy. Keep using them!
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 75034
Fri, Apr 12, 2024 @ 3:45 PM
Oh, this came together beautifully with the ATC, gorgeous buttons and wonderful paper. Of course, the creator (you) are the one who knew just how to design it to make it great. Love it!!!
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Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83888
Sun, Apr 14, 2024 @ 5:52 AM
What a great card! Love all the pretty details and the bee/flower theme.
The colors are stunning. Hugz
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