Good Saturday morning. I have had a wonderful holiday vacation and I hope you have as well. I took a few days off from blog posts to work on CHA sneak peek projects that will be posted in the near future. You will want to keep an eye out for the Impression Obsession design team blogs.
My project today is definitely a departure from Christmas projects. I have to admit I have been experiencing a little bit of low mojo since I had to put Christmas things away. I made this made for the Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge and our inspiration site was Sharon’s McCartney’s Mix Media Fiber, Paintings and Artist Books. I was inspired by the compact frame below with the honeybee and flowers. I started out to use the flower colors with my bee image but ended up going in a totally different direction with the all black and white. Too me the bee was the significant focal point of the inspiration piece so I went big with bees everywhere.
I stamped the Impression Obsession Honeybee image all over my base layer to create my own designer paper. I really like how it turned out. I will say it is a lot of bees. LOL! I stamped three bees and embossed with black embossing powder and fussy cut them out to pop up on the flower and frame.
I cut the frame using my Spellbinders Matting Basics A and B and attached it to the base with mounting tape. I cut the MFT Rolled Rose and Leafy Flourish, formed using my accessory tool kit tools and attached to the frame and base layer. I softened the arrangement by adding a few sprigs of the Fir Sprig Set.
I attached the bee to the rose with glossy accents and used rolled glue dots to attach them to the frame. This is a bit out of my wheelhouse but I like it.
Do you like eyelet and scalloped trim? I am offering you the MFT Dotted Scallop Border Trio die set as blog candy today. Leave a comment telling me what your favorite border die or punch is. My all time favorite is the Impression Obsession Border Duo 1. You will have until 5:00 pm Thursday, Jan 2nd to qualify for the random drawing.
Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a great weekend.
Card Size: 5.5” x 4.25”
I love following your blog and learn a lot from the beautiful cards, thanks so much for sharing your wonderful talent and giving us a chance to win. My favourite is Tim Holtz Vintage Lace die, love using it on top of other edges as well as on its own, looks just like thin lace. Happy New Year to you hope its a great year for you.
That is not an easy choice but I do like the Pine Needle Border from Memory Box Dies.
Lovely card! So restful after all the colorful holiday cards. LOL
I love all my border punches & dies, but my current favorites are the landscape ‘border’ dies. 😉
Wow Kittie, you’re amazing…. I couldn’t ever cut out all the bee’s….lol. This is really a gorgeous card… Thank you for sharing your creativity with us…
What a lovely creation. My favorite border punch is the Icicles from Martha Stewart and border dies from Memorybox.
hugs Linda
Love your card Kittie. My favorite border punch is Spellbinders (I think) and I don’t remember the name. I take my dies and put them in magnetic Art Bins to hold them. I have different bins…flowers, flourishes, frames, animals, Seasonal, etc. It is easier for me to find the die I want by having them in categories instead of by Manufacturer.
Marjorie from TX
I love the honey bees and love seeing your lovely work! My favorite border die (or the one that I use the most) is the small scallop border from My Favorite Things. I really need to branch out, though and use some of the other borders!
Another gorgeous card Kittie and I wanted to say thank you for the inspiration and for sharing your beautiful cards this year – I love getting your emails you inspire me greatly.
Unfortunately I don’t have any border dies but my favourite border punch is by Martha Stewart – it’s very lacey and I don’t use it as often as I would like to because it doesn’t cut through a lot of card. Thank you for the chance and have yourself a fabulous New Year xx
What a lovely card Kittie, love the buzzy bee’s and that gorgeous flower. Well I can see why your favorite border die is Impression Obsession Border Duo One, that’s my favorite too. Love the versatility of the two dies. With wishes for a very happy healthy 2014!
Beautiful card – love black and white cards! I have a lot of border punches and some Spellbinder border dies which are beautifully detailed but my go-to is one of my first purchases-EK Success scallop border punch. Thanks for all the beautiful Christmas cards. Hope you have a safe and happy new year.
You do such beautiful work. I just happen to love scallop borders, especially layered in different colors. Have a Happy New Year!
What a stunning Frame love all the bees they are such amazing to watch and your frame is just so pretty 🙂 My Fave border would be MS Scallop Lace and thanks for the chance Happy New Year
hugs Nikki C
My favorite border die would have to be anything with eyelet – I have a few of them in different sizes and I love them all! I also LOVE your card today – that black and pristine white coloring are just wonderful . . .
I have done the same thing, but I cut and kept all the original inserts from the package. That way I can keep track of what I already have and if needed match the name. I really don’t like the packaging from Spellbinders as I find it very difficult to get the dies in and out with my sore hands. I LOVE the magnetic bins. I have also purchased 12 x 12 magnetic sheets to keep out when I am making multiple cards so that I can just keep them (the dies)all together without having them get lost in all the “mess”! lol
I have too many favorites to be able to name one! I am so into all the Christmas dies and borders right now that I am still making Christmas cards! I’d have to say all!
I love all my border punches. I don’t think I have a favorite yet, I subscribe by email and look forward to seeing your blog posts. TFS!
What a bee-tiful card. Black and white cards are so classy and elegant looking.
I don’t have any border dies but do have several border punches and I think my favorite is the lace border punch.
Wishing you a Very Happy and Blessed New Years
I first want to let you know what an inspiration you have been to me. I am subscribed to your emails because I don’t want to miss one of your cards. You Christmas Cards were outstanding! I got me the window die when I saw all the beautiful cards you could make with them. Now as far as a border die that is a hard one. I use more punches not sure why, I just haven’t seen that many border dies. I do have a few and one that I really like by stampin Up. Then I also use a punch by Martha Stewart. These would be the two I use the most. I’m really sorry I don’t know the names of them. One is a scallop (the punch). I would love to win this set. Thank you for the chance to win.
One more thing or request, do you or will you ever do some u-tube video tutorials?
Thanks again for everything!!!!!
Beautiful card Kittie, love the black and white and love the focus of the bee and the flower. I love all eyelet and scallop dies, but also having fun right now using the MFT’s Layered Heart and Party Hat border dies. Thanks so much for all of your time and energy sharing all you do with us and keeping us inspired! Happy New Year!
Hi Kittie,
You always manage to leave me breathless with your creations! Thanks for the awesome wealth of inspiration!
My favorite die is from Memory Box and one that I go to every so often with any kind of card and is the heart border.
Hope you had a Merry Christmas and that the New Year brings everything that your heart desires!
Cariños,
María Alba
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Those bees remind me Spring can’t be too far away with sewer smelling no flowers!!!
My favorite IO border is the Duo 2 Border.
TFS, and for the chance to win!
Jan Castle
This is amazing, Kittie! I love the striking contrast between the black and white. My favorite border is anything to do with ric-rac. I love the swirl or zig-zag look they add.
I love the black & white of your card and the great way you have used the leafy flourish die from MFT. so pretty! I took a look at the border you mentioned as your fave – I’d never seen it before and it’s really lovely!
my fave border punch is an older one from Stampin’ Up! called scallop trim. it’s my ‘go to’ for almost everything! 🙂
I can’t give you one border because I use a lot of them, but scallop borders are very popular on my cards. Your project today is just beautiful as ever. The black and white is stunning. Checked out your favorite border….. love that!!
What a fabulous project! I LOVE the black and white color scheme…it’s so dramatic. The addition of the rolled flower die and sprigs was perfect as well. I have to say that I love all of the dies by IO, but agree that the border Duo 1 set is really a favorite. Thanks for the chance to win!
I really love your card with its unique and artsy look. Those bee images are such a great combination with the dies you used. The black and white give a really bold look! I have been loving landscapes dies lately, and my current favorites are cityscape by Memory Box and Country landscape. I would love to win this set of scalloped border dies as I don’t have any yet! Thanks for your giveaway!
What a lovely card! You can almost smell spring 🙂
I love the Lace border die by Marianne Design, but Border duo 1 is also one of my favorites.
Happy new year and thanks for your inspiration!
‘Bee’utiful card. Love your background and popped-up bees. The black and white is very striking.
It is really hard to pick a favorite border punch or die. I just love them. I will say the MS snowflake is my favorite, especially when combined with the coordinating corner punch.
Thanks for the blog candy chance.
Kittie- elegant card! I just bought the IO Duo2 and having fun with it. This new die would be a fun addition to my collection?
Happy New Year!
Janet
wonderful card – so classy done in black and white – don’t use border punches very often but do like my notebook border punch.
Beautiful card. While I do have a fear and run away from bees the card is oh so pretty
with the clusters of them. I wish I could get my rolled flower to look half as good as yours, but I keep trying and it seems it never quite looks good to me. I cant think of
a name of a favorite border but Im attracted to scallops and lacey borders. Looking forward to seeing many more beautiful cards of yours Kittie, Im sure there are many more Ooo’s and Aaaa’s to come.
A lovely card, Kittie!
All the nice honeybees and a wonderful rose…..already a harbinger of summer!
It’s funny Kittie, but my favorite die is also the Impression Obsession Border Duo 1.
I am glad that you are back again on the blog,
Hugs, Eva.
Love your “Bee” card today. I love all your cards. I hate to see you put all your Christmas away, because I have loved looking at all your beautiful creations.
My favorite border die is the Spellbinders A2 Scalloped Border One. I just love the look it gives my cards. Thanks for the chance to win your border dies.
So many bees! the black and white is beautiful. My favorite border is the Memory Box Charlotte Border die. Lacy but simple too. Thanks for offering the blog candy!
Pretty card! My favorite border is the EK scalloped Scallop punch but I do love all kinds of borders
My favorite is the basic banner die set. I love the cards you make – sorry I don’t often comment, but I do check them out all the time!
Thanks for a chance at winning some blog candy!
Beautiful card! I have followed your work for quite awhile and wow – such gorgeous creations! I go-to border punch is my small scallop punch; quick & easy. I have several border punches, but I seem to grab that one the most.
Your card is so awesome! Love most anything regarding nature! Thank you for sharing–I’d never have thought to do bees in black and white! Spellbinders classic scallop is a favorite of mine.
Lovely card and my favorite punch is EK success open scalloped punch..Yet i love all border punch and dies 🙂 Thanks for chance!
Hi Kittie – love your black and white creation with all the bees and single flower. I know this will make eyes roll lol, but my fav border punch is the plain scallop.
Pretty card! Love all that dimension!
My favorite border die or punch… a Stampin’ Up scallop edge punch is so pretty and very versatile! Love it!
Love the bees, and the black and white is gorgeous.
Thanks for a chance to win.
I love your “bee”utiful card. I love my border punches, the eyelet from Martha Stewart is my favorite. I just ordered and then received the Impression Obsession border duo 1. I am looking forward to trying border dies as the punches hurt my arthritis so much. But the results of using borders are worth the pain. Thanks for sharing your talent!
I just love looking at your work-it is so beautiful. I like either the Bracket edge duo or the Double dot border. Thanks for the chance to win.
Hi.
What a beautiful fresh looking card. To my mind, you cant go wrong with black and white. It’s so lovely to see a “normal” card after all the Christmas craft goodies have been put away.
At the moment my favourite die is Spellbinders Scallop Borders 2. I’m so enjoying working with it and find it really versatile.
So looking forward to seeing what beautiful projects you have for us in 2014.
Take care.
Love Val in Spain x
Hi Kittie, I am a big fan of Christmas projects. Makes me feel like a kid again, I think. But I love these bees! I think you went the right way with the black and white too. My favorite border punch is a M. Stewart one, that’s a punch around the page one. I don’t know the name of it because when I got it I wasn’t putting the names on them :{
Thanks for the chance to win these MFT ones.
Happy New Year, Jess
I don’t have any border dies. So I hope I can win these!
I have started collecting impression obsessions,
Memory box and Poppystamps dies, I love them
Luckily they don’t take up much room.
Beautiful card. Love all your cards. Thanks.
I love the b/w bees Kittie…I have done so many Bee cards since my son, a Film Maker, did a documentary on bees called Colony. The Collaspe of the bees. Love how you made your own dp paper. I don’t have border dies only punches…I would say MS lacy scallop and the checkerboared…but wouldn’t mind having your scallop dots…:-) Looks like we are head into Spring with your cards now…but I know we will have to have Valentines in there also…The bees made me feel like Spring is on its way.
See you here tomorrow
I have to admit I did a little double-take when I opened up your page and didn’t see anything Christmas, but I am so excited to see something different now that Christmas is over! Such a cute project, love the black and white combo and how the little bees are scattered and popped up across your card. Very cute!
Good Afternoon, Kittie, When I first saw this beautiful card I wanted to swish my hand over the page to remove the bees. they look so real. Color may be different but how you placed them, and cut so perfectly was astonishing. I love the black and white design. Was an eye catcher of beauty and design……love it….have a good week-end.
oops!forgot to mention, my favorite border die would be hearts. I just love heart. Memory box has a lovely one. Otherwise I would us around the page punch from Martha Stewart….LOL
You do such beautiful work and so inspiring. I really like the Cheery Lynn Sofia’s heart border.
As usual, your card is so well done; lovely!!! I have many border punches/dies but I have maybe 2 favs. One is the Fiskar’s scalloped punch and the other is a MS punch but I no longer know it’s name; I’d love to win your dies as there is such variety in the sizes I could choose from. Thanks for the chance to get them!
Hello Kitty, Thanks so much for sharing your talents, and inspiring us with your awesome cards and creations. Your attention to detail sets your cards above so many others. As to my favorite border punch or die, I would have to say it’s my Tim Holtz On the Edge Snowflake die. I just love it, and like to add chunky glitter to it. Thanks for this chance to win these dies.
Kitty, what a unique card design! I love that you embossed the bees with black. My go-to punch is a Martha Stewart Edge Punch, “Doily Lace.” In fact, years ago when I was just starting to make scrapbooks for my young niece and nephew, I saw her demonstrate how to use this punch when she had her syndicated show. Thank you for all the inspiration you’ve given me this past year. Can’t wait to see what 2014 brings!
So pretty….I don’t have any of these border dies, but I do have some other brands. I have a Stampin Up border die set that has coordinating embossing folders that I really like a lot. And, of course, I have many Martha Stewart ones. Difficult to name a fav.
Thanks for your inspiration….I have two birthday cards to make before the end of January and I needed a boost. I’m a little brain dead right now…LOL
Happy New Year!
Love your work. It’s beautiful and inspirational. My favorite is I.O. Duo 1
Hi Kittie, Great card! I so love all of your cards.. You are my inspiration and you move me out of my comfort zone. I love borders!! and I really love the dotted scalloped ones… Happy New year.
Border Duo 1 is great, but I think I prefer Border Duo 2 as a favorite. Love your cards.
Fabulous artwork! It’s so delightful and so unique! I have several border punches I enjoy. It would be hard to choose just one.
Wow, what a difficult decision! I guess my favorite border punch would be the one I am using an a specific project. That is, the ribbon border when I want to thread ribbon, a peek-a-boo border when I want a little background to show through, etc.
My favorite border punch is ALL of them!!! It would be hard to choose. I just love your work! If I can only check one blog – it is yours. I do have to say that you have cost me a lot of money. Oops – I need that! LOL!!! Thanks for giving me a chance to win.
I always enjoy visiting your blog and look forward to seeing your creations. I can’t tell you how many things you have influenced me to purchase. LOL It’s hard to pick just one border. At the moment the Memory Box Frostyville border is one of my favorites. So, sweet of you to offer blog candy. Have a wonderful 2014!
beautiful card, love your cards, my fav border die is from joy craft, the butterfly die