Beary Best Friends

A while ago a won a challenge at Polkadoodles and this is the sweet image I selected. I had fun coloring the little cuddler, and especially like the way her hair turned out since I just used a few shades of light grey markers and a white gel pen. When finished, I attached the colored image to a basket weave scrap that is actually the upcycled flap of a tissue box! (Can you see why I couldn’t toss this away in the trash?!) A bit of satin ribbon adds an additional bit of blue. I decided to use a Z-fold card base, which is even easier to make than a gate-fold! (I provided a tutorial link below. Easy Peasy!) The inside includes a Eureka sentiment and a fun surprise- a little bear with a blue bow to match the ribbon on the front.

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- Polkadoodles-Beary Best Friends

·   Colored with Spectrum Noir Classique markers  and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen

·   Inside Sentiment- Eureka Digital Stamp (You’re Beary Special)Also available in unmounted or cling mounted

·   Cardstock, scrap of ribbon and upcycled Kleenex box from my stash

·   Little Bear Sticker- Recollections (from my stash)

·   Z-Fold Card Tutorial HERE

Entered into:  

Polkadoodles Challenge-Week #35 Anything Goes                      

Di’s Digi Stamps- For the Girls                                                         

Outlawz Challenge- Festive Fridays                                                

A Perfect Time to Craft 2020-Anything Goes- Sept  Challenge #9-2020

When organizing my craft room I found this image that had been stamped and colored with chalks many years ago. (Who am I kidding? I wasn’t organizing. I was digging through stuff to find something I needed… which is the opposite of being organized!) I’m sorry, I don’t have a clue of its source as I stripped the rubber stamp from its wood base long ago, but I rescued it from its hiding place and refreshed the faded coloring with some marker shading and white highlights. A bit of paper tearing and layering, plus the addition of patterned paper, a sentiment, and black photo corners finish off a lovely card.

Supplies: 

·   Stamped Image- Long-stemmed Roses (Unknown Source)

·   Colored with decorative chalks, a grey Spectrum Noir Classique marker for shading and Sakura Gelly Roll white gel pen for highlights

·   Inside sentiment- Imagine That Digi Set- Pandas  (Thinking of You) 

·   Cardstock and scrapbook papers from my stash

Entered into: 

Crafty Hazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge- September            

Outlawz Challenges- Monday Greeting Challenge- Use Pink

Outlawz Challenge- Inlinks Challenge

My final card for this post was made for the Sisterhood of Crafters- It's the Thought That Counts challenge. The requirement is that a sentiment must be the focal point… and I knew that I wanted to use this wonderful digi sentiment from We Are 3.  I love that is has a message within a message! After a bit of thinking, decided to feature it on a T-shirt shape card. I couldn’t find a template on Pinterest… so I made one and provided it for your use! I created the base with colored cardstock, then cut the t-shirt from fun patterned paper from my stash, trimming a bit from the neck, sleeves, and bottom to allow the purple base card to show through.  
I'm entering this into several other challenges including Digi Doodle's "Use black and/or purple." (I did use both of these colors, but my card also features teal. Feel free to delete it from the challenge if this addition doesn't fit the challenge criteria.) 

 

Supplies: 

·   Digi- “Be the Change” from We Are 3 sentiment set (Just a Thought) 

·   T-shirt shaped card- Template

·   Colored a teal Spectrum Noir Classique marker

·   Background paper from my stash

Entered into:  

The Sisterhood of Crafters- It's The Thought That Counts (Sentiment as the Focal Point)

Word Art Wednesday Challenge- #454-455 Anything Goes                   

Besties Challenge- September Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Studios Blog- Challenge #31 Use Black and/or Purple

Path Of Positivity Challenge- Challenge #82

    Since I’m a DT for this month’s sponsor, Beccy’s Place, I’m entering just for fun!