HYCCT1415 Beary Best Friends

Hi Again Stampers!!

Here is another card that I created for the Hope You Can Cling To Challenge (HYCCT) Card Drive at Splitcoaststampers. 

 

This card was created for HYCCT1415 dougnat aka Natalies’s “Soft and Cozy” Challenge - (see the gallery here and the details here) along with SC494Sketch Challenge :-)

To create this card:

Ink the bear image from the retired set, Beary Best using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock and color using Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils along with the AquaPainter™.

Use the Big Shot™ with the Circle Collection Framelits™ to cut out the bear image along with another circle (the same size) from Pacific Point cardstock.  Split the Pacific Point circle in half and adhere behind the focal image.

Mount a piece of Whisper White cardstock onto a piece of Pacific Point cardstock, trim and mount onto the Real Red card front.

Add a piece of retired Maritime Series Paper (DSP) to a piece of Pacific Point cardstock for the center vertical panel of the sketch.

Adhere a piece of Pacific Point DSP to a piece of Real Red cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Pacific Point cardstock.  Add to the card front for the horizontal strip.

Stamp the sentiment from the retired set, Heartspeak using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Whisper White cardstock, trim and create the banner points using the Hexagon Punch.

Add the focal image and sentiment to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals®. 

Adhere the Real Red Corduroy Button to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Beary Best, Heartspeak

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink,, Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Pacific Point, Maritime and Pacific Point DSP

Accessories: Big Shot™, Circles Collection Framelits™, AquaPainter™, Hexagon Punch, retired Real Red Corduroy Button

Thanks again for visiting- I hope all of you have a fabulous week!

HYCCT1412 Warm Beary Fuzzies

Hi Stampers! 

This card is another card (of the 35) created for the Hope You CanCling To Challenge (HYCCT)  atSplitcoaststampers.  This one is for LMcAree aka Lori’s  HYCCT1412 “Warm Fuzzies”  Challenge - (see the gallery here and the details here) along with the Splitcoaststampers SC347 Sketch Challenge.  

I decided to use a retired set, Beary Best along with retired Autumn Spice Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) to create this fun card- I just love this paper and the bear images are so cute and "fuzzy"!

To create this card:

Ink the bear image from Beary Best using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and color using the AquaPainter™ with Stampin’ Up! Watercolor pencils (these are retired as well, but still work great!) :-)

Stamp the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink, trim the panel and mount onto a piece of Early Espresso cardstock, trim again and mount onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock.

Use the Big Shot™ along with the Argyle Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of retired Autumn Spice DSP, lightly sand with the Sanding Block, trim and mount onto a piece of Early Espresso cardstock, trim and mount onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock.

Mount the embossed background panel onto the Very Vanilla card base. 

Add the vertical panel of Early Espresso Autumn Spice DSP (mounted onto a piece of Cajun Craze cardstock- this piece has a Cajun Craze design that did not show up well in the photo).

Stamp the sentiment using Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock, distress with the large splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge using Baked Brown Sugar Classic Ink, mounted onto Early Espresso cardstock and again onto Cajun Craze cardstock. 

Add the bear focal image and the sentiment using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to the card front per the sketch. Create the horizontal strip using a scrap strip of Olive Green Tweed Autumn Spice DSP mounted onto strips of Early Espresso cardstock (to mimic a layer of Early Espresso under the DSP- love using my scraps for this!), add the scrap strip of DSP to the center and adhere two More Mustard Buttons (with very thin strips of DSP as “thread” in the centers). 

Mount this layered horizontal strip to the card front using Stampin’ Dimensionals® to finish off the card.

Stamp Sets: Beary Best, Gorgeous Grunge

                   

Ink: Memento™ Tuxedo Black Ink, Baked Brown Sugar; Stampin’ Up! Watercolor Pencils

Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso; retired Autumn Spice Designer Specialty Series Paper

Accessories: Big Shot™, Argyle Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder, Sanding Block, AquaPainter™, retired More Mustard buttons

Thanks again for stopping by- I will post more of the HYCCT Challenges in the next few days :-)   I hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!

Beary Best Wishes- A CAS Card for the Paper Players

Hi Stampers!

One thing I love about weekly challenges is that sometimes you have to “go outside of your comfort zone” and the Clean and Simple (CAS) Paper Players PP163 Kid’s Card Challenge did just that for me  (if you have the time, check out all of the great ideas the Design Team created along with the other entrants- another reason to love weekly challenges :-))

My husband and I work with over sixty kids during the school year in our Awana ministry program at church (grades 3-6) but it seems as though I do not own many stamps specifically geared towards “kids” cards. 

In reviewing my stash, I decided to pull out a few favorite retired sets, Beary Merry Christmas and the sentiment from Beary Best.    I love the colors from our Sweater Weather Designer Series Paper and Splitcoaststampers CC444  Color Challenge  was the perfect match for the fall/neutral color combo (Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry and Tangerine Tango). 

To create this card:

Stamp the bear image using Early Espresso Classic Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and carefully watercolor using the AquaPainter™ (this will give the image an “antiqued” appearance and I find that Early Espresso works better for watercolor than Chocolate Chip) :-)

Using Stampin’ Write markers add a bit of color to the horn (Crushed Curry), mane and Tail (first with Tangerine Tango and shadows of Cajun Craze), saddle and harness (Tangerine Tango).

Use the Big Shot™ with the Circles Collection Framelits™ to cut out the image and cut another frame from Cajun Craze cardstock (cutting the Cajun Craze layer in half vertically to adhere behind the focal image). 

Stamp the sentiment using Early Espresso Classic Ink and stamp a few stars from Simply Stars using Crushed Curry Classic Ink- again, cut out the sentiment using the Big Shot™ with the Circles Collection Framelits™ cutting a second frame from Cajun Craze as in the above step.

Layer both the focal image and sentiment with Stampin’ Dimensionals®  to a piece of Sweater Weather DSP (mounted onto Very Vanilla and a Cajun Craze card base).

Add the 5/8” Satin Ribbon Triple Bow to finish off the card. 

Stamp Sets:  Beary Merry Christmas and Beary Best (retired), Simply Stars

Ink: Early Espresso, Stampin’ Write Markers- Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Sahara Sand, Tangerine Tango

Paper:  Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Sweater Weather DSP

Accessories:  Big Shot™, Circle Collection Framelits™, AquaPainter™, 5/8” Satin Ribbon (from my stash)

Thanks again for stopping by- I hope all of you have a wonderful Wednesday ("Hump Day" it is- that one was for you Debi- lol!! )