Thank You Beary Scrap Girls!

Hello Friends!  Well, this is my last card as DT member for The Beary Scrap ... my goodness gracious ... time sure flies doesn't it?!  I have had such a wonderful time working with these lovely women, and enjoyed myself tremendously seeing what they create each week!  Thank you so much to Kimm for having me on your awesome team, Susan, Gini, Jamie and Patricia for always giving me support and lots of giggles!  You girls are such a true delight ... and I will miss you tons!

So this weeks theme as you know, is "Dog Days of Summer"!!!  Okay, well, that threw me for a short bit also as Susan had mentioned in her last post.  hehe!  But when I saw this Tilda with her little parasol, I immediately wanted to use her for this theme.  She looks like she's going to a beautiful garden picnic or something on a Summer day, or going to sit by a lake under a shaded tree to watch some swans ... hehe. 

And then I used some vintage K&Co journaling papers in the background, since for some reason ... Summertime always makes me think of long letters being written between friends and lovers also.  I think it's because when I was younger, I'd write my friends during the summer since we all headed on different vacations for the entire 3 months.

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Bazzill Basics Cardstock, MS Punch, Ranger Blending Tool, Distress Ink, Diamond Stickles, Nestabilities,

Again, thank you so much Kimm, Susan, Gini, Jamie and Patricia for giving me the honour of playing with all you lovelies!  I absolutely enjoyed my time with you all!  ((((((HUGS!)))))) 

Love,

Elise

Enjoy Life

Hello Friends!  Happy Wednesday to you!  Has it been extrememly hot where you live or has it cooled down?  I hear some people saying that it's getting chilly where they live and they have to put on some socks!  Oh my goodness!  Here where I live, it's so HOT, that my air conditioner is working overtime!  lol!

Well, this week here, we're having "Stitches" as our theme!  I love it!  I had finally gotten a new sewing machine last year, as my sister old sewing machine that she passed down to me finally had called it quits.  And my new sewing machine .... has never touched a piece of material.  LOL!  Only paper ... ahhhh .. and my hubby thought I'd be doing some hemwork when needed.  No success there!!!!!  (To be honest, I don't really know how to sew material very well!)  shhhh ... don't tell my hubby!  lol!!!

Anyway, here's my card that I've done:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Mulberry Roses, Ranger Blending Tool,  Distress Ink in Walnut Stain,  Stickles in pink and crystal

Annnnd!  Just to let you know!  The Beary Scrap Store is having a huge Copic Marker sale!!!  Go and check it out!  And Kimm also has some new mulberry paper piecing cuties in stock!  Go and check it out here!

I hope you'll join us in our "In Stitches" Challenge!  I'd love to see you there!  :)

Hugs,

Elise

You're A Princess

Hello Friends!  How are you all doing?  I hope you're all wonderful and having a great week so far!

As you know, this week we're having "Sparkles and Bling" .. oooooh ... I love it!!!  Where can you go wrong with Sparkles and Bling?  You simply can't!  hehe!

I thought Princess Tilda fit perfectly for the theme, and so I've used this adorable image:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia Princess Tilda

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:   Distress Ink, MS Punch, Stickles

I hope to see you take part in our challenge!  We still have our awesome sketch by our lovely Susan still going on until August 14th!  And throughout the rest of the week, my awesome fellow DT's will surely inspire you to whip out your supplies and have fun!  :)

Hope you have a WONDERFUL day!!!

Hugs,

Elise

You Make My Heart Dance

Hello!!!  August is here!  Oh my goodness gracious!  How is this possible?  I mean, by 8pm the sun has gone completely down here, and it's pretty much dark.  I swear this is not supposed to happen until like September!  It's going to be Halloween before you know it .. and that reminds me!  I went to the craft stores the other day, and they not only had Halloween things but CHRISTMAS things out too!  sigh ... time just whooshes .. yes .. whooshes ... is that an actual word?  lol .. well for me it is!  ;)

Anyhow our Beary Scrap Challenge is a "Clean and Simple" sketch by our lovely Susan!  I actually enjoyed this!!! Thank you so much Susan!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Mulberry Roses (the pink ones are from The Beary Scrap store!),  Ranger Blending Tool (I ALWAYS use these since it's easier on my hands), Walnut Stain Distress Ink, Golden Rod Stickles, Martha Stewart Border Punch

Okay, just to give you an idea of what blogger does to me .. you know all those links you've just seen?  I had to do it BACKWARDS!!!  Blogger will NOT let me do it one after the other!  How ridiculous is that?!  And this has been going on for quite some time now .. and I finally figured out i have to do it backwards .. which is not always possible in my head.  lolol!!!

Alright .. hope to see ya at our challenge!  That would make us all so happy to see what you whip up!

Hugs,

Elise

Christmas in July

Hi Friends!  Happy Wednesday to all of you!  Well, as you know, this week we're having Christmas in July!  OMG .. can you believe Christmas is coming up in 5 months?  Whew, unbelievable!!!  But honestly, I can't wait for the cold weather to arrive ... oh it's just waaay to hot here in Vegas!  Yikes!  lol!

Here's my Christmas in July card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers: K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Mulberry Rose Buds and other Mulberry Flowers,  Distress Ink,  Stickles Glue,

 Flocking Powder, Kaisercraft Pearls

Don't forget you still have a few more days to join in on our sketch challenge!  Hope to see you there!

Thank you so much for visiting us, and don't forget to stop by and see the rest of my fellow DT's spectacular creations!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

Hugs,

Elise

Heart Full of Hugs

Hello!  Hope you are all having a great Wednesday!  As you already know from the lovely Susan, this week, we are using the colors Pink, Yellow and Brown!  I love it!!!

I decided to made a gatefold card, and halfway through it, I'm deciding to do extra things to it, and *ahem*, I'm still not completely done with it!  lol!!!  But, I've enjoyed doing this tremendously, since I've not done a gatefold card in a long long time!  :)

And I decided to use an Easter Magnolia stamp ... which in my opinion, can be used for almost anything at all!  Tilda looks like she's thoroughly enjoying her company with this little baby lamb, and I think it can be interpreted in any way you'd like.  For me ... a sign of friendship and hugs!!  :)  Don't you hold a friendship with both hands and treasure it dearly?!  Yes, you most certainly do .. just like Tilda is holding her little dear friend here!  :)

Yes, going through making this card, I thought "Hey, why not put a couple of portraits of Tilda's on the inside tags?"  lol!  I had a lot of fun making this!

Okay, now if you're wondering why I have each link on a separate line ... it's because Blogger won't allow me to do more than one link per line.  lol!  hmmm....

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia's

Papers:  Basic Grey

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Spellbinders

Stickles

MS Punches 

Mulberry Paper Roses

Distress Inks

Hope you have a FANTASTIC Wednesday and don't forget to stop by the rest of the week to check out my fellow DT's inspiration here!

Hugs,

Elise

Make A Wish

Hello!  Well, as you already know, Kimm has given us this lovely sketch to work with this week ... and oh how much fun I had with this!  ;)  It's also my turn to do a little tutorial, and this is my very FIRST tutorial ever in blogland ... lol .. so please bear with me.  hehe!

Here's my card, and what I'll be trying to show is how to do a circle punch frame around your image.

So here's some supplies you will need, as you can see, it doesn't require much:

- paper

- Martha Stewart border punch or any border punch you'd prefer to use

- scissors

- small glue dots

Start by punching out a long border.  I used a 8.5x11" paper, but I would recommend a 12x12.  After punching the border, trim it about an inch from the bottom of the border so it will look like this:

Cut straight lines right up to the bottom of the border at each interval (for this one, I cut at the end of each flower design)

I then folded each section and layered it like shown:

I placed glue dots on every other section.  You most certainly can place glue dots on every section if that's what you'd prefer.  :)

Then I start at a place on the image that I know will be covered by some type of embellishment ... just incase the ends don't meet properly ... lol!

Keep going around and you'll find that the border will circle right around the image very easily.

And voila you're done!  Now for me, I ran out of border (of course it had to happen to me!  lol!).  So what I did was made a little more border and just added to it.    And that's it!  Easy peasy!!!

Hope that was okay!  And if there is something that I didn't explain too clearly, please don't hesitate to ask me ... I'd be more than happy to help!  :)

Thank you so much for visiting us here at the Beary Scrap blog!  And don't forget to come back to see the rest of my fabulous fellow DT's creations!  ;)

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  MS Punch, glue dots, nestabilities

stickles, Distress ink

Hugs,

Elise

Wonderful You

Hey Friends!  Happy Wednesday to you ... hope your week is flowing along smoothly thus far!!  ;)  How are you liking our new challenge "Emboss It"?  Loving it huh?!  Me too!  I was pretty excited for this since I've actually had limited use on my Cuttlebug as far as embossing goes!  lol!  So what I did was I dry embossed the 2 front panels of my card and then swiped over it with a white inkpad.

I really had fun doing it ... it's always a bit "questionable" when you haven't done something in ages, and afraid of ruining paper.  lol!  But I did it, and Yayyyy it worked!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  K&Co

Medium: Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  MS Punch, Distress Ink,

Stickles

Thank you for visiting me and hope to see you at our ongoing challenge!!!  This "Emboss It" Challenge will run until July 15th ... so you have lots of time!  :)

Hugs,

Elise

Blowing Lovely Wishes Your Way

Hey Friends!  This week we're having "Summer Fun" all week long!  Yayyy!  Gosh, can you believe it's summer?!  Whew!  I feel like only a month ago it was Christmas!  Time flies too quickly doesn't it?  lol!

Well, for me, when I think of Summer, all kinds of things fill my head.  Heat, beaches, picnics, waterparks, all kinds of FUN things!!  But this image that I've used appealed to me for this weeks theme because my little 3 year old boy has been playing a lot with his bubble gun in the back yard.  :)  Oh it's so much easier with the bubble gun .. you don't hyperventilate from blowing bubbles with the air from your own mouth!  LOL!  With the bubble gun, you just press the button and voila!!!!  Tons of bubbles start swirling all around!  LOL!  But aren't bubbles so pretty?!  It almost seems magical .. sigh! 

Here's my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia Tilda

Papers:  Prima, MME, K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  a teeny weeny bit of flower soft, MS Border Punch, Distress Ink, Dew Drops

Hope your summer days are being filled with tons of fun also!  Don't forget to join us in our challenge of "Navy, Turquoise & Lime" until June 30th.  So there is a lot of time left to create something and join us for a chance at some really yummy goodies!  :)

Thanks for visiting us and have a most wonderful day!

Elise

You Arrrrrr The Best!

Hey Friends!  Hope you had a wonderful weekend and that Monday is treating you kindly!  :) 

Do you notice something out of the ordinary?  Don't worry, stay calm .. Susan will be back on Wednesday to show you her creation!  :)  We've just switched places this week ... so no worries .. you'll get to see her again soon!!

This week at The Beary Scrap blog we have the theme of Navy, Turquoise and Lime!  Yummy!  I know, I know, I threw in a bit of pink ... ooops!  I meant to color her flag blue, but ... the pink automatically landed in my hand.  So pink sail it is!  LOL!

Here's my card:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia Tilda

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Distress Ink, Kaisercraft Pearls

Don't you love Tilda?!  I love her!  Check out The Beary Scrap Store to see more lovely Magnolia stamps!  You've got to hurry though, they move pretty quick!  :)

And please don't forget to come back tomorrow to see the new challenge!  Yayyyy!  Come on and join us why don't 'cha?!!  See you soon and have a WONDERFUL week!  :)

Hugs,

Elise

Happy Father Day!

Hey Friends! This week is in celebration of our dad's!  Yayyy!  Oh gosh, and you know how much I adore my dad!!!!  He's a very inspiring person in my life, teaching me the most important things ... such as "Enjoy life everyday."  He's such a wonderful person, he has not a single unkind thing to say and he sees the beautiful things in life ... always.

The last time my parents came out here to visit us in May, he told my little 3 year old, "Ohhhh it's such a BEAUTIFUL day!  Look at the trees, and the grass, the flowers, the sun ... aren't we so lucky to see such beauty?!"  And my little one LOVES his Grandpa and readily agreed.

Now even a month later, my little boy will say, "Oh mommy, it's such a BEAUTIFUL day!  The trees, the flowers, the grass ... it's beautiful!"  And the first thing that comes to my mind is, "I love you dad .. for teaching my son to voice the sweet simple, yet extraordinary things in life."

So this card goes to my special one of a kind dad:

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Whiff of Joy (Elisabeth Bell)

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Martha Stewart Punches, Distress Ink, Robin's Nest Dew Drops (I can't get enough of these .. love em!)

Hope you're all having a lovely week so far!  Thank you so much for visiting me and I'll see ya soon!  Don't forget to take part in our Beary Sweet Challenge #3 ... which is a lovely sketch by our own wonderful Susan!!!

Hugs,

Elise

Have a Sweet Day!

Hey Friends!  Well it's time again for another Beary Scrap Challenge!  Whew!  Where does the time go?!  This week we were given a beautiful sketch by our very own  Susan!!!!  Thank you Susan!  It was so much fun to play with!

I'm getting so happy playing with Magnolia stamps ... they're so ...what the word I'm searching for?  Wonderful, Fun, Beautiful, Playful ... All of the above?!!!  lol!  I've cut and layered this Tilda and surrounded her with a bunch of flowers that I love.  Gotta love the flowers .. they're springing up EVERYWHERE!  Yayyy!

I imagine this Tilda as sitting outside on a little bench, enjoying her sweet lollipop ... swinging her legs back and forth while enjoying the sunshine and flowers!  ahhhhh the lovely days of summer!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia

Papers:  DCWV

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Prima Flowers, Kaisercraft Pearls, MS Punch, Stickles Glitter Glue, Spellbinders, Distress Ink

I hope you'll join us in our sketch challenge!  Come on .. I know you want to!  :)  Thank you so much for visiting us and hope you'll have a lovely rest of the week!

Hugs to You ... Elise

Schools Out ... Let's Party!!!

Hey Friends!  Well, it's another week at The Beary Scrap blog!  This week, we're making things that shows the end of school and the beginning of summer ... hence this image.  lol!!!  I remember it being the last day of a loooooong school year, and feeling like, "Hip Hip Hooray!!" when the bell rang for let-out!!!  Summertime fun begins ... go to the beaches, watch TV, sleep in, get to visit my older siblings on the other island of Oahu ... oh so much FUN!!!

I hope you'll stop by for the rest of the week to see what my sweet fellow DT's have in store for you, and don't forget to take part in the bi-weekly challenges on the 1st and 15th of each month!  Cool things to win!!!  :)

The Fun Stuff:Image:  Kraftin' Kimmie

Papers:  MME

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  Stickles, Dew Drops, MS Punches, Nestabilities, Distress Ink, Kaisercraft Pearls

Thank you for visiting me and I'll see you soon!

Always,

Elise

Bee-Cause You're Sweet!

Hey Friends!  Well it's another Beary Sweet Challenge!  For this week, it's multi-fold cards, and I must say that I rather enjoyed making this card!  Something I've never done before, and pretty simple and so dimensional!

I've used this Magnolia Image since bees are just buzzing everywhere!!!  My gosh!  The other day I was out back, and this bumblebee would NOT leave me alone!!!  It kept following me everywhere and was totally SCARING the heck out of me!  Did it want to sting me or be my friend?  I don't know, but I didn't want any part of either!  Noooo, I don't want to be stung, and nooooooo, I don't want to be your friend!  "You FREAK ME OUT bumblebee!"  lol!  And "I don't have any nectar or pollen for you!!!"  Yikes!

Well, here's my card ... LOL!

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Magnolia Tilda & Honey Jar

Papers:  K&Co

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other:  MS Punch, Stickles, Kaisercraft Pearls, Distress Ink

 Why not take part in this Fancy Folds challenge with us?  Make something multi fold!!!  :)  Hope to see your creations!

Thank you for visiting us here at the Beary Scrap and hope you have a lovely day!  Don't forget to stop back throughout the week to see what my fellow DT's have in store for you!  :)

Always,

Elise

Wishing You A Happy Day!

Hey Friends!  Well, it's another fun week at the Beary Scrap blog!!!  Yayyy!  We were to create something with the theme of "Sticks and Stones" .... so of course I thought of this little guy that I used for my card!  :)

He's all sweet with his balloon, flowers and present, even a little kitty cat by his feet, but leave it to a little guy to have a wooden slingshot in his pocket!  lol!  I love it ... boys will be boys!  I can picture him giving all this sweetness to someone, and then run off to shoot pebbles into the water.  :)

The Fun Stuff:

Image:  Belles 'n Whistles Illustration by Elisabeth Bell

Paper:  My Minds Eye

Medium:  Prisma Colored Pencils

Other Supplies:  Spellbinder Nestabilities, Stickles Glitter Glue, Martha Stewart Punches, Robins Nest Dew Drops

Oooooh!  And you DEFINITELY want to check out The Beary Scrap store!!!  Kimm has HUGE markdowns all over the store ... yep, yep, yep ... from Magnolia stamps to Basic Grey papers and sooo much more!  You've got to head on over to check everything out and get your order in!!  Happy Shopping to you!

Thanks for stopping by!!!  Don't forget about our Beary Sweet Challenges held on every 1st and 15th of each month!  I'll see ya soon ... my fellow DT's always has amazing creations in store for you all week long!

Always,

Elise

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hi Friends!  Hope your week is going lovely as ever!  Flowers seem to be popping up everywhere which is absolutely AWESOME for my eyeballs, but a teeny bit sneezy on my allergies.  Yikes!  lol!

Anyhows .... this is my very first post for my DT spot at The Beary Scrap!  Yipppeeee!  I'm so stoked to be with such sugar sweet ladies filled with so many wonderful ideas!  Not only do my talented fellow DT's post their LOVELY projects throughout the week, but now you can join in on the fun too!  Yayyy!  The more the merrier I say!

The Beary Scrap Design Team will have challenges for you on the 1st and 15th of each month!  Yep, yep, yep!  Right here is where it's all at!  I know you can't resist another challenge!  ;)

Well, here is my card that I've done for "April Showers Bring May Flowers"!  Tilda is really really growing on me ... these Magnolia Stamps are all too adorable don't cha think?

The Fun Stuff:

Stamp:  Magnolia Stamp from the Hoppy Easter Collection

Papers:  Basic Grey Kioshi Collection

Medium:  Prismacolor Pencils

Other items used:  Martha Stewart Punches, Prima Flowers, Stickles Glitter Glue, Distress Ink Pads, Prima Say It in Crystals Centers

Thank you for visiting me!  And don't forget to join in on the fun here with us!!!  Let's make it a date!  :)

Always,

Elise

Please welcome the VERY talented Elise!

Wow, more exciting news to report!  Are we making your head spin yet? 

The Beary Scrap Design Team and I are honored to introduce you to our newest Design Team Member, Elise!  She's been prepping for a few weeks and I know she is anxious to start sharing with you.  Blessed with talent and a passion for paper, Elise's work will truly inspire you.  Not only are we fortunate to share her talent with you, wait until you get to meet her.  She's has the kindest heart and the most bubbling personality.  She'll make you smile all around.  Would you like to see a sampling of her amazing work?  You can visit Elise's Blog by clicking HERE. 

Elise will be joining us next week when we launch the Beary Sweet Challenge right here on our Design Team Blog.  Please give her a warm welcome by sending her some love and saying "HI!".

Check in with us daily to see what our talented ladies are up to.  Not a follower yet?  Watcha waiting for?  You can create your google account for free and connect with us using "friend connect" to become a follower.  It's quick and simple.  Besides, we wouldn't want you to miss out on all the excitement taking place.

Don't forget, we still have some (well, a lot) of Beary Sweet Candy running until May 5!  Find out how you can win all the sweetness you could ever want by clicking HERE!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs & Smiles