Bee and Flower

I think I may have come across the Fab Friday challenge as I was making my rounds through my favorite blogs.  I immediately knew that I would play along.  This was one of those cards that you formulate in your head for a while.  Here is the sketch:

I decided that I wanted to score the lines around the main image rather than create a layer, pierce or draw the lines.  As I contemplated the main image I wanted to use, I worried over the what to use for the embellishment in the upper left.  I knew I didn't want a bow, button or flower.  Maybe some kind of punched shape with a sentiment?  Finally it hit me!  I would use a large flower image as the main image and a bee as the embellishment.

When I sat down to make the card I mulled over the best way to create the deeply scored square around the main image.  I usually use the scoring blade on my paper cutter but it doesn't always give a deep impression.  I thought watercolor paper might be a good choice as the paper fiber is a little more flexible and might score better plus I like the texture of the paper.  I glanced at my Thinlits dies and had an eureka moment.  I have a great little set of square nesting dies with rounded corners - perfect!  I ran the die through my big shot with the cutting blade away from the paper with an impression pad.  I got the wonderfully deep scored impression I was looking for with the added bonus that my flower image could be cut with the next smaller die.  I added a sentiment from a new Paper Smooches set and a little Wink of Stella on the bee's wings.  Done!

Here is a close up of the bee.  I hope you can see the shimmer.  Ahh Wink of Stella, where have you been all of my life?  I just picked this up a few days ago and I think I have used it 3-4 times already.  Shimmer with no mess - LOVE it!

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Thanks for Stopping by!

Happy Stamping,

Dana