Bumblebees in Bubbles by Katarina Eliasson

March 16, 2025

Step by Step by Katarina Eliasson

Hello everyone! 🧚‍♀️

Katarina here. I Hope you enjoy my tutorial called “Bumblebees in bubbles”.

Step 1.

Start with some A5 white Multifarious card. Stamp Grace (small) LAV484 and Tree Stem LAV643 with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves. Turn the tree stamp over and stamp to extend the trunk. Dry with heating tool.

Step 2.

Stamp the Bumblebees in Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves with Bumble and Hum LAV892 stamp and Bumblehums stamp LAV893. To be able to stamp one bumblebee at a time with the Bumblehums Stamp, use masking tape on the other bumblebees on the stamp. Make sure the ink is totally dry and cover everything with Masking Fluid.

Step 3.

Now it’s time to make the sky. Use a series 9 Stencil Brush and work from the edges in towards the centre. Start with the Elements Ink Dark Denim and switch to Elements Ink Bermuda. In the centre we will use Elements Ink Della Blue and some Elements Ink Violet Chalk. Mix the colours well. Spray some water and wait a little while, until you see the water react with the ink. Use a heating tool to dry or press down with a paper towel.

Step 4.

To do the grass we will use Elements Ink Olive and Elements Ink Lime Punch. Save some white areas. Use the darker colour under the trees and at the edges of the card.

Step 5.

Use a piece of torn paper for masking when stamping. Stamp the Bluebells LAV002 in Versafine Clair Glamorous and Orchard Grass LAV672 in Versafine Clair Rain Forest by the trees. Use the smallest tree in the Small Trees LAV663 stamp in Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves to make the trees in the background.

Step 6.

Stamp some tree branches LAV506 on the trunks with Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves in first and second generation stamping. We will use the same ink colour for the crows in the Crow Set LAV540. But first stamp the Elfin Cap Cluster LAV877 in Versafine Clair Glamorous. Don’t worry about the ink that is visible inside the mushrooms, we paint over it with White Posca pen before colouring. Time for the crows to arrive. One on the mushroom and one on a branch. We stamp the Little Pixy Houses LAV734 next to the trees in Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves. Remove all the Masking Fluid.

Step 7.

Use Mondeluz watercolour pencils for the colouring. First paint over the visible ink in the mushrooms with white Posca pen. Then colour them with different shades of red and use the white Posca pen for the white. Stamp a few more branches in Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves. Colour the trunks in brown shades and the bumblebees in yellow and orange. Use a black pencil on the dark areas. Highlight the bumblebees with the white Posca pen. Make areas lighter on the Fairy and Crows with a light pencil.

Step 8.

Time for the bubbles. As an example, look at the middle one with one of the bigger bumblebees. I have used Mondeluz watercolour pencils but you can also use coloured pencils or pastel pencils. Draw a circle with a darker blue than the background using a circle mask or whatever you have. Shade at the top with the same pencil. Now use a lighter blue colour. Paint a little over the darker shade and a little below.

Step 9.

Now to the fun part when the circle turns into a bubble! Paint the white as shown. I use a white Posca pen. Use a white watercolour pencil to shade the lower part of the bubble. The bubble is now finished.

Step 10.

Make more bubbles and stamp blue flowers from Flora Set LAV698 in Versafine Clair Arctic. Put some more colour to the grass and flowers with watercolour pencils. Make dots with a yellow Posca pen.

Step 11.

I decided to also add two hares from Wild Hare Set LAV614 in Versafine Clair Fallen Leaves. Use Elements Ink Graphite to darken the edges on the upper and lower part of the card. Finally, add the words from Sentiment Journalling Stickers.