Buzzing By with New Year Resolutions

I promised a post about my New Year's Resolutions and then I took off for sunny California without posting!! (Please refer to resolutions #1 and #2!!!!) I'm back now, ready to share.......

I usually have a list a mile long but I decided to keep it short and sweet in 2015.  Heather Hudson's collage sheet was the perfect choice for my  project.  This is a little reminder which I'm putting on my bulletin board above my computer desk in my craft room.

As you know, I'm on Heather's design team.  So I'd like you to consider entering her current challenge which is Anything Goes.  Details about the challenge can be found at the My Artistic Adventures (MAA) challenge blog HERE.  You'll find the challenge rules, great inspiration from the design team, and a look at her latest collage sheets and a digital paper pack.  AND mid-challenge inspiration pieces, including this one, can be found on the MAA blog HERE. I can't wait to see what you link up at her blog! You have until January 15.


Materials:
(Disclaimer:  Because I'm on the design teams for Rogue Redhead Designs, LLC and My Artistic Adventures, I've linked up to the products I used from their sites.  As a Creative Consultant for Unruly PaperArts, I received Amazing Mold Putty.)

Base:
Recollections Chalkboard black card stock
Coredinations color core card stock burnt sugar
Darice embossing folder Bee 3 Pack
Rogue Redhead Designs, LLC:  Getting Grizzly stamp plate: honeycomb background stamp
Ranger Distress Ink: Brushed Corduroy

Focal Design:
Wilton 4 inch black doily
circle punch
Starform Outline Stickers gold
Score Tape
Doodlebug Design Inc Doodle Twine
Tim Holtz Alterations Alphabetical die 
Sharpie marker: black
My Artistic Adventures Digital Papers and Designs Etsy:  Vintage Bumble Bee collage set:
(I used the digitally designed tag and the word strips.)


Molded Bee:

 

bee pin from my stash

Amazing Crafting Products: Amazing Mold Putty

Prima Finnabair Modeling Paste Opaque White Matte (used as casting agent)



USArtQuest Perfect Pigment Liquid Acrylic Paint Yellow Ochre
Ranger Distress Stain Tarnished Brass
Ranger Perfect Pearls Mists Sunflower Sparkle
Ranger Distress Ink walnut stain
Ranger Distress Ink Marker vintage photo


Entering these challenges:

Note:  for the something new challenges, I tried the amazing mold putty with modeling paste (new product to me) and used for the first time the My Artistic Adventures vintage bee digital collage sheet.  To match the black paper which had a sheen to it, I used the Tim Holtz Alterations Alphabetical die to make letters from the same paper.  This die is new--I got it for Christmas.  And, of course, the resolutions are for the new year.

Artistic Inspirations Anything Goes with a Touch of New Jan 18
The Artistic Stamper January Challenge:  New Beginnings end of Jan
Addicted to Stamps Challenge #95:  Use a Tag on Your Creation Jan 27
Crafting by Designs: # 122 January Anything Goes Jan 24
The Crafters' Cafe Challenge #98:  Something New Jan 24
Country View Challenges: January:  Something New end of Jan
Digitally Sweet Challenges #121 What's Your Favorite Shape (is it cheating that this creation has a rectangle, circle and square in it?--I do like the square which allows for symmetry and balance in the design.) Jan 27
Memascrafts January Challenge Anything Goes end of Jan
Open Minded Crafting: Challenge #27 New Year's Resolutions Due Jan 16, winner announced Jan 24
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge:  Something New Jan 12
Shopping Our Stash #183 Happy New Year and Use Something New Jan 12
Try It On Tuesdays:  My Favorite Things  (I love working with Heather's digital images at My Artistic Adventures, and I'd be lost without my embossing folders and dies.) Jan 19
Pile It On Challenge #50 Digi paper or precolored digi stamp Jan 10