Aug 22, 20212 min read

Mixed Media-Buzzed

Hi friends! I have been dabbling in mixed media a bit lately and am thoroughly enjoying it. I thought I would make a drippy honey/caffeine inspired card that included this fabulous Caffeinated Bee from The Rabbit Hole Designs. I started out with a 4.25x5.5" panel which I primed with collage medium then quickly blow dried. Then I used the Tastes Like Honey stencil, also from The Rabbit Hole Designs. I placed the stencil over my prepared panel and spread a generous amount of modeling paste over the stencil. I set it aside to dry completely ( I started in the evening, so mine dried overnight).

Next, I added colour to the dry panel using Fossilized Amber and Ground Espresso. I smooshed the ink pads on my glass mat and spritzed with water. I also sprayed my panel with water. Then using a paint brush, applied the colour to the top and let the flow by tipping the panel.

When the ink had dried, I rotated the panel and did the same technique to the "bottom" of the panel.

While the panel dried, I stamped my bee onto white cardstock and coloured her using Prisma Color pencils. Then die cut her out. The colours were: Bee: Lemon Yellow, Canary Yellow, Spanish Orange, Yellowed Orange, 30%,50%,70%, 90% Warm Greys Wings: Sky Blue Light, Caribbean Sea Mug: Sky Blue Light, Caribbean Sea, Light Cerulean Blue

After that, I went back and splattered my panel with Ground Espresso and Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide inks. I set it aside to dry.

Then, I ink blended the Fossilized Amber through the stencil onto a 4.25x5.5" white cardstock panel. Using Gathered Twig Distress Oxide ink on a finger, I rubbed/distressed all around the edges of the panel. Then I adhered it to my top folding card base(same measurements).

Next, I trimmed down my "drippy honey" panel and bordered it with brown cardstock. Then I adhered it to my card base on an angle.

I stamped the sentiment onto brown cardstock using versamark ink and heat embossed in white. I used a sentiment die from my stash to trim it down. I die cut a second sentiment strip of the same size in yellow and distressed it with some Gathered Twig D.O. I adhered those onto the card then added an action wobble to my bee and put her on too!

I hope you enjoy this mixed media card. I had a ton of fun making it and it was much easier than I had thought it was going to be. I hope it inspires you to give it a try as well! Thanks for visiting! Here are my links to products I used: They include affiliate link which do not add any cost for you but do give me a small commission. Thanks in advance!

The Rabbit Hole Designs:

Caffeinated Bee: https://shrsl.com/34lz6