Busy Bee Planner Layout

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Who said stamps are just for card making?!

Recently I have been having fun making my own planner layouts. I have found that im not all to fins of pre-made layouts recently. Don't get me wrong, there are tons of shops that make beautiful and creative layouts and stickers, its just that I have two reasons for not getting them.

1. I want something unique.

I don't want to have the same thing my friend has. I want to have something that says ME! I know I can find some lovely stickers put there but it can be mass produced. (Can you say center of attention?)

2. I'm a crafter.

Seeing as I love to craft and i have a ton of supplies at my disposal, why not? I can pick and choose which stamps I want to use together or apart, the color combination and where I want them. How much more unique can you get? You get a sense of accomplishment.

LET'S BEGIN!

Sticker Paper

The first thing you will need is sticker paper. I had purchased this Matte Sticker Paper from Staples a while back and now it really comes in handy. Why sticker paper? Because it makes it easy to stamp, color, color and paste your images.  The backing of the paper is also perforated so this will make removing the backings from the images that much easier once you have cut them out. 

Stamp out your Images.

Now we are getting to the fun part!  In order to get a nice dark crisp image I used the We R Stamping tool (king of like the MISTI).  This allowed me to stamp out my images three times in the exact spot.  

I chose the "Busy Bees" stamp set from Craftin Desert Divas.  It is sweet and adorable.  I loved how the colors all came together too!

Color in your images.

Now all you will color them in.  I used Prismacolor Artist Markers.  If you should have them, the colors are as follows:

Bees:

• Cream PB-23 (center of face only)
• Deco Yellow PB-131 (body & face)
• Canary Yellow PB-19 (body & bace
• Cool Grey 50% PB-112 (body)
• Black PB-98 (body)
• Sky Blue Light PB-202 (wings)

Honey & crowns:

• Canary Yellow PB-19
• Yellow Ocher PB-18
• ​Goldenrod PB-69

Heart:

• Blush Pink PB-10

Dripping honey:

• See Honey & Crowns

Flowers;

• Cream PB-23 (yellow flower)
• Deco Yellow PB-133 (fellow flower)
• Yellow Ochre PB-18 (flower center)
• Light Cerulean Blue PB-48 (blue flower)
• True Blue PB-39 blue flower

Honey Stick:

• Sand PB-70
• Goldenrod PB-69

• Deco Pink PB-133 (pink flower)
• Blush Pink PB-10 ( pink flower)
• Lilac PB-171 (purple flower)
• Violet PB-50 (purple flower)

Die cut your shapes.

No you can use dies to cut out shapes.  I used the "Inside Scalloped Octagon Dies" .

Now I know what you are thinking..."But it's white paper, how did you get get it in color?" 

I didn't.  I used my artist markers to color them in.  And because they are alcohol based it dries quickly, leaving a rich color.

Now you can set up your layout however you like and have fun!

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