Bee Happy - Magnolia-lious May Inspiration Challenge

Hello.
It's time for a new inspiration challenge at the Magnolia-licious Challenge Blog.  Here's the card that I came up with...

Maria is our May hostess and she has chosen this picture for your inspirations.  I hope you will join us in our challenge and for more inspiration hop over to the challenge blog HERE and check out the fabulous cards of my DT teamates.

I am seeing a lot of black, black frames, embossing and a variety of colours.  So I have put those elements into colouring my images and the design of my card.  This is of course a side step card.  And here viewed from a different angle...

I've been looking at all the way that people have been colouring this Magnolia image of Honeybee Tilda.  Mostly she was coloured either all in yellow or in yellow-and-black stripes all over.  In keeping with the inspiration picture, I used a lot of black instead.  I was trying to make her look like a real bee.  LOL...me thinks she looks like a Michelin man.
The background image is called Meadow Daisy from the same collection.
The images for this card were done with coloured pencils except for the dotted background which was done with markers. I've added glitter to the wings.

Both the Tilda and the background images are from the Summer Memories Collection 2012 and both are available from Magnolia-licious, Diana's on-line store.  Click HERE to go to her store and also check out other adorable images from Magnolia, both full-size and mini-size.

I had time to finish the inside of my card this time, so I've decorated it this way.

I found another Tilda image to put in the inside that I thought would match the one in front.  This is Tilda With Bee from the Chasing Butterflies Collection 2009.

Challenges I am entering with this card: 

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #164 - In the Garden

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge - Emotion

Creative Craft Challenges2 - Distressed!!!

Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Things With Wings (my punches, DP and Happy stamp are older than 6 months)

Craft a Scene - Spring Flowers

Crafty Calender Challenge - Things With Wings 

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #133 - Girlie Time

Fairy Tale Challenge #40 - Things with Wings

Tilda's Town Challenge #1 - Anything Goes 

That's it!  Thanks so much for taking the time to drop by.  You visit is always appreciated.  Have a wonderful week!

Materials and Tools Used: 

Other Stamp used (other than mentioned above):  Stampendous! Happy Word

DP:  one paper from Me&My BIG Ideas paper pad

Embossing folder:  Cuttlebug Musical Flourish

Dies:  Spellbinders Labels Twenty Two, Labels Eighteen, Classic Ovals; Crealis Creative Flowers No. 06; Joy! Craft Floral Flourishes

Punches:  EK Success medium Retro Flower; Martha Stewart Hydrangea petals; Nellie Snellen Extra Large Leaf; Punch Bunch medium Ash Leaf

Miscellaneous:  Tim Holtz distress ink stamp pad Walnut Stain; pearls and glitter from my stash