I didn’t have much mojo left when it was time to make a card so I knew I had to come up with something simple, and when you’re in that situation, sometimes a monochromatic card makes it all easy! This Hand-Penned Petals Monochromatic Bumblebee Card was just the perfect card to make after a busy day and evening.
The card base is Bumblebee Cardstock. Have you ever thought about how this color name is the only one that is just one word? Just “Bumblebee”. I looked through some of my designer paper for inspiration even though I was thinking about a monochromatic card. When I saw this Bumblebee-colored designer paper in the Pansy Petals Designer Series Paper, I knew what I was going to do.
I could have had just a layer of the designer paper on the card front, but I thought a bit of white underneath would help it stand out a little. For the front of the card, I stamped the floral bouquet from the Hand-Penned Petals Stamp Set in Bumblebee Ink on Basic White Cardstock, then cut it out with the Scalloped Contours Dies. These are some of the best dies we’ve ever had, in my current opinion! I love them! For an embellishment, I tied a bow out of the Bumblebee 1/4″ Gingham Ribbon. I planned to stamp a greeting on the card, but we don’t ALWAYS have to have a greeting on the front of the card! Sometimes it can just be plain and you can stamp something inside or write a note. Or add a greeting when you are ready to send the card, if you are just making cards for fun, and then decide which greeting would be appropriate.
I also thought about putting some jewel embellishments on the card to look like they matched the yellow of the Bumblebee, but I just said to myself, “Stop!” The card was fine as it was, simple but nice enough, with a small bow for an embellishment, not to mention the very nice scalloped rectangle die complete with the stitched look. It was fine and sometimes you just have to know when to stop!
The days are winding down for the January-June 2021 Mini Catalog so be sure you are looking through the catalog another few times and getting everything you want. Some things carried over to the new Annual Catalog so we don’t have to say goodbye to those products! And some retiring products are reduced in price for the Last Chance Sale so see if you can find any bargains you “need”.