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Bee Yourself Notebook

 In the words of a wise and powerful genie, "Beeeeeee yourself!" I've got Disney on the brain. HEY! I made this bee-themed canvas board notebook for a fantastic lady a little while ago and have yet to share :)
 Bee-hold the bee-ling (bling). The cover is yet another painted/stamped/inked 5x7" canvas board cut in half! Painting them is pretty darn fun. On this one, I used a base of yellow craft acrylic. Once that was dry, I kind of dry-brushed on a darker shade to add texture. The next steps were stamping and flicking on pink alcohol inks.
The paper in the middle is recycled kraft-brown paper. I ordered it for something....But it was too thin. Now I have a whole box of it :) I have a feeling you'll be seeing it in other projects in the future...
The bee image is from this clip art site. You can't really see it, but I used clear glaze on the wings, so they are shiny.

Anyhoo, so many new and exciting things are happening and seemingly all at once! Some of them are still secrets, so I'll have to be cryptic and mysterious. But some good news I can share is that I am this month's CRAFTSTER CRUSH! I flippin' love c-ster and am so honored to be a featured artist for my birthday month. Such a good present :) Also, I'm going to DISNEYWORLD! Soon.... Unbelievable. Lots of more fun news to come. Happy Tuesday!

8 comments:

Kaotickrafter said...

Congrats on the Craftsters Crush! You deserve it :)

Lynn said...

This is so cute! I love the little bee!

Lynn said...

This is so cute! I love the little bee. Great design.

Judith McCarthy said...

Love the little notebook Kira. Good on you getting your work featured.

Amy O'H. said...

Bee-utiful! (Sorry, couldn't resist).

Amanda Coleman said...

So fun and colorful! I also can't help but laugh every time I read the name of your blog! Please tell me it is inspired by a SNL skit? One of my all time faves!

Kira Nichols said...

It absolutely is! One of my faves as well. It makes me happy when people get the reference! :)

Rae Ann O. said...

I love your work. Thanks for mentioning that clip art site. It's a great resource.
Rae Ann O.
http://joyinart.blogspot.com