Another Beary Christmas

How cute is the bear today?

I've used Crumb Cake and Tip Top Taupe for the bear and Mint Macaron and Emerald Envy for all the other layers and embellishments.

Most excitingly I used my new Stitched Framelits to cut the bear out, a great effect.  The holly punch also cuts out the bow in the Baby Bear set.

The leaves are from Holly Berry Happiness and a little enamel dot for the berry, the sentiment is from Cookie Cutter Christmas.

I've also used Circle and Oval Layering Framelits for the layering - it's not until I list everything on here I realise how many things I've used!!  Maybe a challenge for another day will be to use less.

Welcome to baby Ray

As I needed to make another baby card I thought I'd better try a different design to the last two!  Although I did still have to feature Baby Bear of course.

I've stamped the Bear in Mint Macaron, Cucumber Crush and Emerald Envy and then used these colours in the Designer Series Paper and ink to decorate a Z-fold card.  The stamp set used is Something for Baby.

The large letters feature again and some little hearts from the border punch.
You can see the card open below with little Ray having a nap in his busy day!

Welcome baby Rosa

Rather similar to the card for Jenson I did recently - this is a commission for little Rosa who has also recently arrived:

I've used the colours of Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry and the following supplies:

Letters for You stamp set
Large Letters framelits
Something for Baby stamp set
Confetti Hearts Border punch
Baby Bear stamp set
Sweet Sugarplum ruched ribbon

Welcome Jenson

Before I start to share too many new Christmas goodies I have a baby card today:

It's another outing for Baby Bear, this time in Soft Sky and Night of Navy.

I've used the booties from Something for Baby stamped over the background of this A5 card and added some little punched hearts from the Confetti Hearts Border punch.

The letters are stamped with Letters for You and cut out with the matching framelits - rather impressive aren't they?

Baby Bear bag

We did the Crafty Hallett bag at  craft club this month which went down really well, I've made quite a few now and still love them.

The link is here if you want to make some too.

I've used Smoky Slate DSP this time and the ink combo of Rich Razzleberry and Sweet Sugarplum again for Baby Bear who is mounted on a doily and a couple of Banner Framelits.

The little flowers on the handles and congrats are from the Sunshine Wishes thinlits.

Baby Bear demo

It turns out the little candle holders in my previous post make ideal teacher end of term presents so I have less samples after the weekend!

The bears are back today to remind you that I will be demo-ing them next Saturday 23rd July at Yandles Handmade Craft Market.  I will also have a little offer on a bear bundle on the day.

Come and visit to see how easy they are to produce.  There are over 60 other stalls there too selling a wide variety of handmade goodies.  With refreshments as well what more could you want!

Thank You Beary Much

Tags for this weeks order delivery - yours could be next!

Baby bear has been stamped in Sweet Sugarplum and Rich Razzleberry - aren't the words great too?

The bears are cut out and layered on a couple of Lots of Labels framelits and some lovely matching ruched ribbon added.

Baby Bear rainbow

Today I have a little Thank You note let featuring the colours of Peekaboo Peach and Mint Macaron:

The sentiment is from the set Thankful Thoughts and has been cut out and layered using the new Layering Square Framelits.

The flowers and leaves are in the set Love and Affection and I've stamped the flowers with Basic Gray on DSP and cut them out (by hand!).










More excitingly here are a selection of Baby Bears I have been playing with!

I've used lots of different colour combos, some from suggestions our CEO Sara Douglass gave us at OnStage and some I've tried myself.  There are 3 stamps that can make up the bear in several steps, I have used 3 in most of them but only 2 in a couple which are equally effective.

They are so fab in all the colours.  The set also has a little bow tie for the bear and some great sentiments to go with it too.

I shall no doubt share more cards on here and will also be demo-ing it at Yandles Handmade Craft Market on 23rd July.  I will also have all these samples and you can see which colours make up each bear.

Wedding Bears

My computer had a funny 5 when I tried posting yesterday - bless it!

This little picture frame has the lovely baby bears in again in a design we were shown at OnStage:

Another really great idea and an ideal gift.

And then a little Peekaboo Peach curvy keepsake.  I've used some of the Playful Palette DSP on 2 of the sides and a flower from the Flower Shop and Petite Petals stamp set - both punched out with matching punches of course.

Dapper boy bear

A quick boy bear today!

I have stamped him in the same colours as the girl bear I posted previously but promise I shall be trying lots more colour combos.

This card also heavily features another new colour - Dapper Denim.

Baby Bear is here!

My first order from the new catalogue where we could have 'everything' has arrived.

Two items were top of my list, Baby Bear was one of them - it's proving to be a really popular stamp set:

It's a three-step stamp set.  On this example I have used 2 colours - crumb cake, chocolate chip stamped off and then chocolate chip for the last layer.

The 'pink' is provided by Flirty Flamingo for this card.

They are slightly hidden on the right of the card but I also added a few enamel shapes - just because I could!