Bee boxes

Just before Christmas, I shared a canvas I made as a DT project for Chocolate Baroque with the gorgeous honey bee plate. Here is another project I made with the same set, three tiny boxes.

I used three graduated sized papier mache boxes which I pained with acrylic paint. I stamped the bee and honeycomb design onto tissue paper with Stazon and added this to the box lids with Mod Podge. Once dry, I added Distress Ink watercolouring to add depth to the cells of the honeycomb and used a white pearlescent reinker to paint the bee wings. I added gold microbeads to the stripes on the bee bodies, using pva to stick them in place. When these were dry I added a glossy accents layer on the tops of the boxes.

These boxes are tiny, but would be nice for gifts of jewellery or other little treasures. 

Do check out these great stamps here.

Elaine x

Honey Bee Canvas

Glenda has launched some gorgeous stamps over at Chocolate Baroque this week. One sheet honey bee is right up my street. I love bees and like to watch them at their work in my garden.

This is one of my favourite creations with these stamps. I used an 8 x 8 canvas which I covered on various shades of orange, buttermilk and yellow acrylic paints. I cut a piece of tissue paper larger enough to cover the canvas and stamped all over it using black Stazon. I stuck this to the canvas using Mod Podge and covered the whole thing with more Mod Podge. I added colour by watercolouring with Wild Honey, Vintage Photo and Spiced Marmalade Distress inks. I added more colour by sponging at the edge.I highlighted the small bee wings with a white pen. I then stamped lots of the large bees on white card and coloured the bodies with a marker. I covered the bodies with glossy accents. I made wings by stamping them into angelina fibre and ironing it into shape. I stuck these on around on the canvas with silicone glue. Finally I added the words in a chipboard bookplate which I stuck on after adding honey coloured brads.

Thanks for flying by - hope your Christmas preparations are on track.

Elaine x