The Summer BUZZ Blog Hop: Have a BEE-utiful Summer card by Leigh!

Howzit Creative Friends!
Welcome one and all to LeighSBDesigns fun blog hop for June in celebration of Summer and LeighSBDesigns' brand new release, The Summer BUZZ Collection🌞  We’re busy sharing our creations featuring the new Summer themed release and more with you all and loving all your fabulous Summer makes you've shared in the hop so far🌞

Everyone is welcome to enter projects using LeighSBDesigns Art Stamps and/or any other company products in The Summer BUZZ Blog Hop any time through June 30th when the hop linky closes at 11:59pm pacific!  All the hop details, rules and the linky party can be found at the bottom of my June 8th post!  I hope you’ll join us for a month of creative Summer fun🌞

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🐝 Have a BEE-utiful Summer🐝
octagonal card by Leigh

My Summer BUZZ Blog Hop inspiration for you today is a magical octagonal window card featuring my new Oddleigh BEE set, Busy Bees set, Honeybees set and the Enchanted Garden Windflower Cottage🐝

Oddleigh BEE is happily buzzing around her lovely Enchanted Garden Windflower Cottage on a warm summer day.

I coloured Oddleigh BEE and the BEE and flowers from the Busy Bees set with Prismacolor pencils.

I painted the Enchanted Garden Windflower Cottage with a combination of watercolour pencils, Distress Oxide inks and Prismacolor pencils.  I then used a white gel pen and a white Dylusions paint pen to add details and highlights to everything.

I added lots of magical shimmer to Oddleigh BEE, the BEE and flowers elements fussy cut from the Busy Bees set and the Enchanted Garden Windflower Cottage with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen...

...and pretty 3D sparkle to Oddleigh Bee's wings and antennae, the single Bee's wings, Flower centers and various details to the Enchanted Garden Windflower Cottage scene.

I love making octagonal cards, which are perfect for BEE themed projects, with my Lifestyle Crafts large set of nesting octagonal dies.  I used them to create the window card frame and folded card base and then hand cut the yellow mat for a peek of colour inside the window frame.  I used foam tape to mount the window card to the base card and pop dots to add all the fussy cut elements to the card for a fun multi-dimensional effect.  I used the "Have a BEE-utiful Summer!" sentiment from the Honeybees set to complete my fun window card.

Shop for all the featured digi sets and more in LeighSBDesigns SUMMER SALE through midnight pacific June 30th🐝

Have a fabulous crafty day and thanks for visiting!

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