Happy Christmas Morning!

Digi Stamp Boutique

Colored with:

Bear:  E43, E42, E41, E40

Nose:  E47

Christmas Tree:  G17, G14, G02

Tree Trunk:  E31

Balls on Tree:  Sakura Red Glaze #819

Star on Tree:  Sakura Metallic Gelly Roll #551

Bird:  Sakura Blue Glaze #836

Bird's Hat:  R05, R02

Bird's Boots:  Sakura Gray Glaze #844

Bear's Scarf:  R08, R05, R02, Y04, Y000

Chalks were used on bear's checks and ears (pink),

on the sky (gray), and for the snow (violet)

Snowflakes:  Sakura White Glaze #850

Here's the card with the tag pulled out: 

In The Pink This Christmas

   Is pink a Christmas color?

Pink Gem Designs

Image Colored With:

Fur:  E35, E31, E53, E50, R20, RV10 (daubed with terry cloth soaked in colorless blender)

Scarf:  G46, G43, G40

Christmas Ball:  R85, R83, R81 and Silver Metallic Pen

Ground:  B00, B000

Sky:  Sky Blue Chalk

Snow:  White Glaze Pen

Happy Christmas Eve!

Bug-a-Boo Christmas

   Some Bug-a-Boo's for Christmas:

BugaBoo

 

 

 

 

Copics

 

Bear:  E59, E57, E55, E53, E51, R00

Nose:  110, C7, (leave a white spot)

Heart: R22 and clear glaze

Stars/Halo: Y15, Y04 and glitter

Wings: B00, B000 and glitter

 

Bugaboo

 

 

Copics:

Bear:  E59, E57, E55, E53, E51, R00

Nose:  110, C7 (leave a white spot)

Heart:  R08, R05, White Gel Pen

Stars/Halo:  Y08, Y04

Wings:  B00, B000

Ground: E43, with dots of E77

Shadow: N1

Merry Merry Christmas!

Cold Cold Bears

   This little bear by Whipper Snapper ended up being my most prolific bear of the season -- simply because I kept coloring him over and over again trying to get the fur right.  I never did manage getting his fur exactly as I envisioned it, but had lots of bears to use for cards!

They went out to Ann and Carl, Tony and several others:

Whipper Snapper

Copics

Fur:  E42, E41, E40

Foot Pads:  E43, E42, E41, 

Checks/Ears:  R00

Ball on Hat/Scarf:  C5, C3, C1

Scarf/Hat: R89, R39, R37, R35 and White Glaze Pen

Outline:  Blue Pearl ProMarker

Dot of White Glaze Pen on Eyes

A Bear -- In the Air

   The Clean and Simple Challenge this week over at Outlawz is "Something In The Air."  I just love how their challenges leave so much room for interpretation and creativity!  Don't you? 
 
   For this challenge I decided to use an oldie, but goodie stamp by Rubber Stampede.  The image is tiny, so it took me no time at all to color it up 3 times, cut it out and layer it up onto the card.  I added some blue and dots to the plain white card base where I wanted the bear to be floating, threaded a piece of embroidery floss from the red balloon to the bears hand, stamped/embossed the sentiment and matted it all onto the 5 1/2 X 4 1/4 card base.   

Here's a pic taken "down into it" so the layers show:

 

There's snow in the air here.  What about where you are?

Bear Essentials For Christmas

   Another Christmas card:

Bugaboo

Copics:

Bear:  E59, E57, E55, E51, R00

Hat:  C3, C1, R27, R24, R22

Ornaments:  YG09, YG06, YG03, YG00, 

B29, B26, B24, YY08, Y04, Y02

R27, R24, R22

C3, C2

Outlined in Duck Egg ProMarker

Cardstock:  Bazzill

DP:  ?

Other:  3L Pop Dots

Challenge to Enter In:  ABC Christmas Challenge:  Bare Essentials

Baby Bear

  Brrrr.  It took me almost an hour to get home from work today, it is snowing and blowing making the roads slick and visibility almost zero at times.  Fortunately, drivers are being wise and driving slow; the down side is there were still plenty of people sliding off (twice I had to try to get over for emergency vehicles).  Anyway, it sure feels good to be in a safe comfortable spot -- here in front of my computer.
   Baby cards are really not my thing, so I wasn't planning on even trying to make a card for a co-worker's shower -- but then I woke up early yesterday and decided to at least give it a try.  The colors for the shower are the traditional blue and pink, so I ran the pink Bazzill cardstock through the Cuttlebug in one of their dots embossing folders and matted it on blue cardstock.  Added a blue cardstock strip and some ribbon and a bow, then added some pearls from the bridal aisle at Hobby Lobby.  Last I added a tiny wood bear, that had been in my stash for ages.  That's it -- quick, clean and simple.

Drive Safe!

Teddy X. Tree

  This past Christmas season, I promised myself that I would not wait until the last minute to make all my Christmas cards, so you are liable to be seeing a whole lot of Christmas cards throughout the year here -- or at least I hope to stick to it!  Did you make any New Year's resolutions this year?

Bugaboo  Ted Xmas Tree

  Image:  Bugaboo

Sentiment:  Stampabilities   Embossed with Ranger embossing powder

Cardstock:  Bazzill

Patterned Paper:   ?

Card Blank:  5.75 X 5.75  Pacon Heavy Tag Board

Copics:

Bear:  E59, E57, E55, E51, R00  

Bear's Nose:  110, C7

Hat:  R27, R24, R22, C3, C1

Tree:  G28, G24, G21   (Extra branches drawn in with Prismacolor marker).

Tree trunk:  YG93, E71, E70

Star:  Y35, Y15

Box:  E31, E51

Bulbs:  R39, R37, R35, C3

Ground:  E43 with various E dots

Outlined with Duck Egg ProMarker

Challenge to Enter:  ABC Christmas Challenge:  A for Anything Christmas

May we keep a bit of Christmas with us all year round!

Art by Dustin Pike

Images all drawn and colored by Dustin Pike.

Birthday card:

Matching gift card:

For mom:

For Christmas:

For grandson: Thank you to my fellow blogger friends for the inspiration to use a pennant type banner on this card.

Gift Cards

There I was with nary a gift card to slip inside my package, so it was to the crafting table with me...

Made a few for my stash, too:

Figured I might as well do a Christmas tag while I was at it:

July 4th

Get Well Soon

Thank You, Anita, two

Card made with another wonderful Anita Be Stampin' stamp.

Thank You Anita

Anita of "Anita Be Stampin'" was kind enough to have a drawing to win some of her lovely stamps. I was lucky enough to win. These are wonderful stamps or fine quality red rubber.

Beach Bear

Cindy

I can't brag about this card -- it didn't turn out exactly as I had hoped. But I do love the simple teddy girl image from Cindy Trombley's Painting on Jars.

Thanks Girly Bear

Here's a UK Crafts teddy bear decoupage topper on a Thank you card.
It takes all of 5 minutes to make a little card with these adorable punch out decoupage toppers, but they do make a big impact.

Dustin & Yvonne

Here is Dustin Pike's Pumpkin Teddy in front of Yvonne Albritton's row of jack-o-lanterns. The plastic spider was added just because I like it.
5 1/2" x 4 1/4"
And Yvonne Albritton's row of jack-o-lanterns with the plastic spider.
5 1/2" x 4 1/4"

Penny's teddy

Every teddy bear reminds
me of
my
Teddy.
















5 1/2" x 4 1/4"