Kylie's Demonstrator Training Program Blog Hop February 2020

 

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am thrilled to be taking part in a blog hop with fellow demonstrators, from around the world, who are part of Kylie Bertucci's training program. There is no theme for the hop, but there is sure to be a wealth of inspiration for creating with Stampin' Up! products.

I have had so much fun making these shaker projects - I completely indulged myself! I have had a little box frame sitting in my craft room for several months, just waiting for the right project. This project is it! I have teamed up the Honey Bee Bundle and a product that is a blast from the past - Shrink Plastic! The idea to use Shrink Plastic bees as the shaker element in the frame popped into my head, and it just goes to show that it is true that us avid craft collectors should never throw anything away, just in case it might be useful one day! It was in a safe place  and luckily I was able to locate it quickly. 
 

Shrink Plastic is a product that isn't supplied by Stampin' Up!, but it is readily available in regular craft stores...or you may have some in your stash aleady. It comes in a variety of finishes - for this project I tried white, clear and frosted. I cut out several bees using the dies and then stamped them with the aid of my Stamparatus. I found that stamping with Black Memento ink and colouring with a Daffodil Delight watercolour pencil gave the best results once they were shrunk. However, the Celestial Copper ink, which is now retired, gave an interesting result. It would probably look good on black shrink plastic too. To shrink the bees I used my Heat Tool on the slower setting, making sure it was good and hot before I started. Above, the picture shows the bees before and after shrinking! 

While the shrunk bees are still warm it is possible to flatten them with an acrylic block. Some of them I left slightly curled because it added to their charm.

The backdrop for the frame is made from black card. The sentiment is heat embossed in white and then the whole layer is embossed using the Subtle folder. The honey comb is die cut from Gold Glimmer paper and the bee hive is stamped in Daffodil Delight to match the ribbon decoration (the band of ribbon sits beneath the glass, but the bow is attached with a glue dot on the outside). A small bee stamped on Whisper White card serves as the Queen bee.

 

I had plenty of spare gold hexagons and a few more tiny bees left over, so I set to work on an extra make and came up with two shaker cards - it would have just been the one...until I noticed that I'd assembled the first one with a Crushed Curry beehive instead of a Daffodil Delight one! 

To assemble the card, I piled up some of the gold hexagons onto the beehive and then prepared the topper.

I used Window Sheet to over the apature and then used the Foam Adhesive Strips to surround the beehive section of the card (to encase the hexagns) and extra foam strip around the edges of the card to ensure that they were stable (and all the same height).

Even though yellow isn't usually one of my go to colours, I am really happy with how these projects have turned out and to have extra decoration in my craft room. Thank you for visiting my blog today - you are currently visiting Karen Henderson. Please look at the list below to see who to visit next. I am sure you will find lots of inspiration on your journey around the hop. Make sure you don't miss any!
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If you want to purchase the items used for these projects, or any other supplies, please take a look in my online Stampin' Up! shop.  You can follow the link or click on the pictures below of the products I have used today.

As always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator.  Use the hostess code 7BQYE7P4 to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get rewards.  To place an order please visit my online shop HERE.

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

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