HELLO, SPRING

I know it's not "officially" spring, but it certainly looks like it out my window this morning. The sun is shining brightly and leaf buds are forming on the lilac bush and apple tree. I'm looking forward to seeing the bees arrive, so I chose that image for the black & white inchie challenge at AAA Cards. I suppose I cheated a little by adding a tiny bit of yellow, but I was compelled - the sunshine made me do it!

The challenge was to keep all of the image and sentiment within a 1" square or circle. I started with a 1" square formed with dots from an old stamp set that is long-forgotten. I turned it on a diagonal and added the bee from another set and then the tiny sentiment from my new favorite Hero Arts #CM351 set. I finished by raising a top layer with a slightly larger die-cut square and a length of yellow twine. I lined a matching manufactured envelope with some yellow dotted paper from my stash. Ready to greet spring!

 AAA Cards: Game #185 One Inchie + optional twist Black & White