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Distress Mica Stain Bee Artist Trading Cards | Simon Says Stamp Bee Yourself Stamp Set

Updated: Sep 4, 2021


Hello everyone, thank you so much for stopping by!! I have these Distress Mica Stain Bee Artist Trading Cards to share with you today, So let's jump right in!!


I like to use a piece of watercolour card stock that's 5x7 when I make my ATC's so that I can cut it into 4 cards. The only rule that I know of for making ATC's is that they need to be 2.5 x 3.5 inches in size. I brought out my splat box and four sprays two Distress Oxide Sprays in Squeezed Lemonade and Hickory Smoke and two of the new Tim Holtz Mica Stains in Flickering Candle and Empty Tomb and OH MAN are they stunning!!


I set that aside to dry and stamped out my bee images from Simon Says Stamp Bee Yourself stamp set in a Copic safe ink, on Copic safe paper, and coloured them in with my Copic markers. I used N1, N3, and N5 for the dark stripes on the bee and Y06, Y08, Y19 for the yellow stripes on the bees. I love a white highlight so I brought in my favourite white gelly roll pen and added highlights where I thought they would look good.


I then wanted to add more texture to the background so I brought in a Hexagon Die and Stencil and some texture paste to add some more dimension, I also flicked on some of the sprays to each background for some added interest. I fussy cut out my bees and adhered them down with thin 3D foam squares just so they would stand out more. I couldn't resist adding those beautiful Vintage shimmer pearls by Studio Katia and adhered 3 on each card in varying sizes. I would love to know what you think of how these ATC's turned out!!


If you would like a more in-depth look at how I made these cards or how stunning those Mica Stains are please check out the video down below. I also have a full supplies list below the video if you want to know exactly what I used. Thank you so much for stopping by and I cannot wait to see you again.

Supplies


Strathmore Ready Cut 5x7 Watercolour Paper

https://shrsl.com/2np6c


Splat Box

https://shrsl.com/2d5wb


HammerMill Cardstock

https://shrsl.com/347h2


CutterBee scissors

https://shrsl.com/333zv


Distress Sprayer

https://shrsl.com/2np5w


Simon Says Stamp Bee Yourself Stamp Set

https://shrsl.com/347gz


Simon Says Stamp Bee Yourself Dies

https://shrsl.com/347h1


Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink

https://shrsl.com/347h3


Distress Mica Stain set 1

https://shrsl.com/347h5


Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide Spray

https://shrsl.com/2xlv5


Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Spray

https://shrsl.com/2tktj


Misti 2.0

https://shrsl.com/2ic4n


Bearly Art glue

https://shrsl.com/31e98


Gemini Die Cutting Machine

https://shrsl.com/2vwj3


Scrapbook Magic Mat

https://shrsl.com/2vwj5


Mint tape

https://shrsl.com/2y1mf


Studio Katia Embellishment Wand

https://shrsl.com/2ic42


Studio Katia Triangle Tray

https://shrsl.com/2ic44


Studio Katia Vintage Shimmer Pearls

https://shrsl.com/347hm


Tim Holtz Glass media mat

https://shrsl.com/2crp9


Tim Holtz paper trimmer

https://shrsl.com/27qra


Nuvo Spatula

https://shrsl.com/347h6


Ranger Opaque Matte Texture Paste

https://shrsl.com/347h7


Cling Wrap

https://shrsl.com/347h8


Scrapbook HoneyComb Stencil

https://shrsl.com/347h9


Thin 3D Foam Squares

https://shrsl.com/2lnx3


White Gel Pen

https://shrsl.com/347ha


N1 Copic Marker

https://shrsl.com/347hc


N3 Copic Marker

https://shrsl.com/347hd


N5 Copic Marker

https://shrsl.com/347hf


Y06 Copic Marker

https://shrsl.com/347hg


Y08 Copic Marker

https://shrsl.com/2tku1


Y19 Copic Marker

https://shrsl.com/347hj


B0000 Copic Marker

https://shrsl.com/347hl


Y00 Copic Marker

https://shrsl.com/2tktx


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