Hellloooooooo! Today on my blog it's a cute bug invasion! A whole swarm of bees and ladybugs are whooshing by with some Valentine flair! I looooove making cute treat boxes, bags, and envelopes to give some sweets to my friends. I finally bought the tiny treats box from Lawn Fawn a few months ago…and almost all of the little animals that add on!! EEP. These are sooooo much fun to make. I was smiling the entire time!! There is no stamping, just die cutting and easy assembly. I am going to try to do a little trip around town next week to drop these off on some crafty friends' doorsteps. They make me happy. And, I'm excited to share this with you! (I made these for Valentine's but they would be super cute for a baby shower or a birthday party too!!)
I ended up making four total: One honey yellow bee, one light yellow bee, a pink ladybug and a classic red ladybug! I'm totally obsessed. The little hedgehog from my coffee Valentine card is one of the 'fronts' for this tiny treat box. Here is my little swarm…
And here's the top down view so you can see the wings and stingers. ADORABLE!! For the bee wings I layered white cardstock and vellum cardstock to add more interest. All the pieces were inked with mini distress ink cubes and small sponge daubers for a little shading and shadow. Whenever I'm making die cut only projects I usually like to at least ink the edges of everything…
Here are the two little busy bees!!! I got the idea that I wanted to add little hearts to the antennae for Valentine's day so I was searching the craft room for a teeny heart die… Then the light bulb went off! I have had these heart embellies for years and they are PERFECT for this project!!! I glued them onto the ends of the antennae!!
OMG. A pink ladybug! I'm deceased. Cute overload for sure!! I added white gel pen accents to everything. You can see if you look closely that I attached the wings with foam squares to pop them up off the top a bit. Can you imagine these as favors at a little girls' birthday party??? In a rainbow of colors!?
Here's the box with the top open and some little heart candies inside…. The box could hold a pair of earrings or a necklace or something small… But it's not large enough for a gift card.
Here is the pink ladybug in my hand so you can see the size of the box. It's so sweet!!
Okee dokee that's my fun Valentine for today! I hope I made you smile and maybe laugh a little too and I hope you try this project because it's so much fun. Thank you for all the love on my last post. I'm over the moon about that announcement. Remember to stop by here on Friday for a new release blog hop with Waffle Flower Crafts!! There's a lot going on already this month and I love it! Keeping me busy and out of trouble. XOXO
