Bee Friends Shadow Box

Hi friends, Debbie here with the sweet Bee Friends Stamp Set from Pretty Pink Posh! I love these little bees! I knew right away that the Shadow Box Dies was a perfect way to showcase them! I love doing interactive dies anyhow but to put a bee, ladybug, dragonfly or any other flying insect on acetate to have them flying in the air is so fabulous!!!

To start off I die-cut out the Shadow Box using some small flower pattern paper from my stash. Next, I die-cut out the scallop frame with a pale yellow card stock. I kept my color palette to just three colors, Yellow of course, Teal, and the Black to keep it simple.

For the grass I did use the grass in the Shadow Box die set up front in the window. But I also used the Grass Border Die as well. Die-cutting out the Grass Border Die first, then I went back and die-cut them again using the insert mound die. I just off set the die so it didn’t cut off the top of the long blades of grass. 

Next, I stamped out all the images from the stamp set plus more of the flowers to really fill up my Shadow box. Copic colored them all in then with the coordinating dies die-cut them out. I attached the trails to a couple of the bees coming from both directions. 

Before I started to assemble my Shadow box I added 1/4 inch acetate strips to a couple of the bees with liquid adhesive or double sided tape works also. 

For the background panel I did a soft blue blend, then splattered the diluted blue ink on it. 

Now to assemble the box, I attached the three sides and the grassy inserts leaving one side unattached. I would adhered some of the flowers and bees to the grass and fold it together like it would be to see if they could be seen or look right. Then open it back up and do the next layer of grass with the flowers and bees. It’s best to start from the back and work your way forward. Once I had it filled up, I laid the box flat with the tabs out on the grass inserts and add liquid glue to the tabs only folding the box over complete it.  

Placing the larger bee on the front up in the clouds was perfect. Any image larger would be closest with the small bees farther in the distance. 

Stamping out the “Thinking Of You” from the set and die-cut it out with the matching die and attached to the front along with a couple more flowers. Never can have enough flowers for the bees to pollinate!

Thanks for taking the time to check out my bumble bee garden!