Danielle brought us a gold leafing challenge! She showed us lots of ways to use it. I chose to do some stenciling:

My idea started with a hexagon stencil I had in my stash (cut with a Cover Plate from acetate). I thought I would do something with bees.

After I did the painting – and realized that it bled gold under the stencil, and also bled a pink color around the gold – I decided to add die-cut flower to what was becoming a collage. I used Autumn Rose as it went well with the pink color that bled out from the leafing. I added some stamped stems and small flowers.

When it came to adding a sentiment, I liked the One-Liner “happy” die. I was going to add a sub-sentiment, but found I liked the card without.

As my post title infers – my original thought was to have one or more bees on the card, but it just didn’t work.

You may notice that I mentioned the gold leafing bled pink around the gold. Well that pink was also very much on the inside of the card. I will have to figure something out to cover it up..but I will worry about that later. Definitely a learning opportunity!

Thanks for taking a peek!