My father in law supports Brentford football team – the Brentford Bees. This means that for the last few years I have endeavoured to make him a bee-themed birthday card. I had given up for this year – I thought I had exhausted every possibility – then I saw a beautiful technique in Craft Stamper magazine that got me thinking…
Here is my version:
The bee is stamped onto acetate with Stazon ink, and then I used acrylic paint to colour the bee’s body and wings. Once this was dry, I stamped the entire square of acetate with Encore gold pigment ink and then dusted it with gold Perfect Pearls.
The next part was the most difficult – attaching a sheet of double sided adhesive to the acetate in order to stick it to the card. I have no advice on the best method to do this, I am still trying to figure it out!
You can’t see so well in the photo but the shine on the card is beautiful and the bee really stands out. I think this works best on a dark card base to really show off the shine.
Now I just have to come up with another idea for next year…
