We are the bees knees Wall Hanging

Happy Tuesday!

 For today's project I'm sharing with you my We are the bees knees Wall Hanging which features some dies, stencils and stamps from Charlene & Ilse's Art Journal Specials Collection as well as dies from Joset Designs.You'll want to read below as I have a full tutorial on how to recreate my wall hanging at home.

To start, die cut a 5 1/4" Stitched Hexagon out of a piece of book page. Die cut a 4 3/4" Stitched Hexagon out of Kraft Cardstock. Place the Story Telling stencil onto the 4 3/4" stitched hexagon. Using a palette knife, put Texture Paste Opaque Matte through the stencil. Remove the stencil. Once the texture paste has dried, distress the edges of both hexagons. Ink the edges of both hexagons using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Die cut the Bubbles die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the bubbles. Sprinkle Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the bubbles. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

Die cut the Street Lamp from the Streetlights die out of White Soft Finish Cardstock. Apply Emboss It Ink to the street lamp. Sprinkle Boho Blends - Wrought Iron Embossing Powder over the entire surface of the street lamp. Tap off the excess powder and emboss with a heat tool.

From the Blooming Branches die, die cut each branch out of a piece of book page.

Die cut the bloom branch from the Budding Florals die out of Kraft Cardstock. Ink the edges of the bloom branch using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the Cotton stamp from the First Sights of Spring stamp set and stamp onto a piece of watercolour paper. Colour the cotton in using the Watercolor Palette. Once the image has dried, fussy cut it out. Ink the edges of the image using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Apply Jet Black Archival Ink to the We are and the bees knees stamps from the Words & Layers stamp set and stamp them onto a piece of watercolour paper. Once the we are words have dried, fussy cut it out. Cut the bees knees words into a strip. Ink the edges of both word strips using Walnut Stain Distress Ink and a blending tool with foam.

Foam square the 4 3/4" stitched hexagon to the 5 1/4" stitched hexagon.

Adhere the bubbles to the middle left side of the 4 3/4" stitched hexagon. Foam square the bloom branch 1/4" from the left of the bubbles.

Adhere the street lamp to the middle of the bloom branch. Adhere the two book page branches as desired around the street lamp. Make sure some of the street lamp is showing.

Foam square the cotton image to the middle of the branches and street lamp. Foam square the We Are word 1" from the bottom and to the right hand side of the 4 3/4" stitched hexagon. Adhere the bees knees word strip underneath the We Are words.

Add a piece of white twine to the top back of the 5 1/4" stitched hexagon.

Here are a few closeup photos of the finished wall hanging.

Here is the finished We are the bees knees Wall Hanging.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Supplies Used:

Other Supplies Used:

- Tim Holtz for Ranger Ink: Distress Ink - Walnut Stain and Blending Tool with Foam

- Ranger Ink: Jet Black Archival Ink, Texture Paste Opaque Matte and Emboss It Dabber

- Emerald Creek Craft Supplies: Burnt Copper Leaves Embossing Powder and Boho Blends - Wrought Iron Embossing Powder

- Misc: Book page, Kraft Cardstock and White Twine

I hope that my wall hanging has inspired you to recreate your own version at home.

- Katelyn