Beary Sweet Challenge #11 - Sketch

Please scroll down for Jamie's awesome take on our sketch!

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Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #11

The design team sends out HUGE thanks to everyone who joined our BSC #10 - we are so thrilled to see each and every one of you! We'll announce winners on Sunday, October 3rd. Thank you!

It's the 1st of the month, which means it's SKETCH Challenge time! Any of the elements can be moved, flipped or rotated, as long as they're all there in some form or another. See, we're easy!

This challenge runs through October 14th at 11:59pm EDT. The prize winner will be chosen by random.org and will be announced along with our "Beary Sweet Top 3" on October 17th.

Once again the random winner will receive a $20 voucher for The Beary Scrap! Whoo hoo!

Here are the "rules" to play - PLEASE READ:

• Become a follower if you aren't already (don't forget this one - it's disqualified a few folks already!);
• Link your blog post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with our Inlinkz frog below.
• Link back to this posting on your blog; tag your online gallery post with BSC#11;
• Please, only one (1) entry per person. Links to projects/cards posted before October 1st will not be eligible for the prize draw.

Additional information:

• Feel free to combine with other challenges;
• All NEW project types are welcome as long as they follow this technique challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
• International crafters can play, too!

Thanks for playing along with our challenges - we really appreciate you!

Cheers and smooches,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie and Kimm

A DOUBLY Sweet Sketch

A DOUBLE cheer for Susan this week for such a fabulous sketch-- it was so quick and easy, I was on a roll and made DOUBLE versions to show you! I got two complete sets of portraits scrapbooked, what a completely successful day! I won't dwell too much on the fact that the pictures are all from two years ago, oh well! At least I got something done.

First off is my boy version of the sketch, done with Bo Bunny's Block party papers. I love the bright colors in these papers, especially since they are paired with my all time favorite- brown! It is perfect for boy pages.

I stamped my own tag to add to the corner, then embellished it with Block Party brads and Block Party stickers. The title letters are off the Block Party combo sheet-- these are one of my favorite options from Bo Bunny, a 12 x 12 sheet of stickers that includes both an alphabet and a whole bunch of fun shapes that perfectly match the papers. Block Party is currently on sale at The Beary Scrap so make sure to grab some for your stash!



The girl version of my sketch layout also includes brown-- I told you it was my favorite! But this time paired with pink and green, from the New Echo Park Life is Good collection. These papers come in a package with two sheets of coordinating stickers, one with FOUR different coordinating alphabets! Love it!

In the corner of this layout, I added a tag cut from one of the Echo Park papers, added a bunch of fun flowers and gemstones and some tiny letters from My Little Shoebox.

These were so fun and quick to make! At this rate, I just might get to my kids' current portrait-- these two are actually 9 and 7 now instead of 7 and 5, plus there's one more younger than them with pictures of his own to scrap. I better keep on working! I hope you try your hand on this great sketch, either as a card or a layout. We'd love to see what you come up with!

BSC Sketch... Who are you again???

Happy Thursday Friends!  Hey... wait a minute, who are you???  Hello, it's ME!  Kimm.  Do you remember me?  Of course you do, right?  I don't usually get a chance to play along in this little corner of our "beary sweet" world.  I just couldn't resist the opportunity to tango with our next challenge sketch that our fabulous Susan created.   Be sure to check back on Friday for the start of our Sketch Challenge.

My mind is blown away by the beautiful creations the girls have been coming up with. They've all been playing with the new papers and embellishments.  MME is simply to die for!  I can't wait to dig my fingers into all of it.

Tilda With Broom meets My Little Yellow Bicycle

 

For this card I chose to use some of our remaining Frightful papers by My Little Yellow Bicycle.  We still have a few of these left in the store if you want to grab some.  As usual, I roughed up my edges with a distressing tool and then inked them up with some charcoal colorbox fluid chalk.  I had some swirls left on a half used sheet of Smoky Say it in Crystals by Prima so I thought it would add a nice touch.  I layered a Prima flower from  my stash with one of Leslie's beautiful crochet blossoms that we have in the store. (I'm waiting for her to make us some more so I can get them online for you too).  The brad center is actually from Pink Paislee's Bayberry Cottage Collection.  The green was a perfect addition to the color combination.  I came across the fall leaves when I was sorting out my Prima Flowers in my home studio.  I've had these for years - LOL.  It wouldn't be me if I didn't have some sparkling goodness added somewhere.  All of the edges and the flowers got a nice coat of STARDUST STICKLES GLITTER GLUE.  I first used Black Diamond on the image, but I really don't like the way it turned out.  Oh, I almost forgot, I used Snow Kaiser Craft Pearls and colored them with an YR Copic Marker.

As for Tilda, she was colored with my Copics, and I be darned that I didn't right down what colors I used when I colored her.  I'm sorry :(.  I stamped her with tuxedo black on Neenah Cardstock.  I'm pretty sure I shipped our very last Tilda with Broom out earlier this week.  She was actually from the Hoppy Easter Collection, but you would never have known it.

I am very excited that I got to play along with the girls this week, but I'm even happier that you decided to drop by for a visit today.  Hope you have a wonderful day!

♥ Hugs ♥

Patricia's Sketch Card

Hello my Beary Scrap Friends

Today is my day to show you my card from Susan's fun sketch.

When I got my new papers from The Beary Scrap Store I couldn't wait to make something up with the new Haunted line from My Mind's Eye. What you can't tell from the pictures it all the dark black parts of the paper are all covered in fuzzy flock. OOO I love it and is actually why I keep my card kinda simple I really wanted to show off the paper.

 

I used Owen the Owl for my card today he is one the the fun new patterns released this month from Kimm. He was so fun and easy to make. He was made with some of the really thick Mulberry Paper in the store.

I also added some of the matching brads from the My Minds Eye Haunted Collection. I have seen somewhere I'm sure in blogland a zipper on a card because I have really been wanting to try to do something like this and with Susan's sketch it was perfect to give it a try. Owens broom was from my stash actually stolen from another card because I thought he would look so cute on it and I believe it may have come from Jolees. I cut all my mats using Spellbinders.

Thanks for looking.

~Patricia~

Sketch Week

Hi! It's time for another sketch week at the Beary Scrap! Don't you just love this sketch that Susan came up with? It was really fun to work with.

Let me tell you, if you have not gotten any of the MME Lost and Found line - you are going to love it! It is so gorgeous, I almost couldn't cut into it (but then I thought, hey...Kimm's got more in the store!) I used papers from the Portobello Road collection - yummy! Did you notice that tinsel trim? Yep, it's from this line too! I used Glimmer Mist on the edge of my paper to help age and distress it. The stamp is a cutie from Magnolia. I colored her with Copics (which Kimm is running an incredible deal on right now!)

Thanks for looking! Be sure to come back each day to see the other Beary Scrappy Gals creations!

hugs,
Gini

You Hold The Key To My Heart

Hello dear friends! I hope you've had a fabulous weekend! The Husband, Finnegan and I trekked on down to North Carolina to visit with my in-laws. It was a beautiful weekend - Saturday I finally got to experience the "Carolina Blue" skies that my mother-in-law has told me about... stunning! We had a long To-Do list, which is kind of cool (we do like to help them when we can). It was nice to see Matthew and his Dad working on a grill surround thingy. They had oodles of power tools and measuring devices and Gatorade... actually, it was nice to see them working so well together. :)

It's Susan Monday, which really means I get to introduce the design team's weekly theme. This week we all worked with a sketch that we'll use as our next Beary Sweet Challenge on Friday. Be sure to check back for a great sketch!

I love the Basic Grey Capella papers.They're such wonderful prints and warm colors! I complemented the BG with Bazzill Basics in Mud Pie, and actually veered away from my normal white card stock base. (You'll see another here Friday.) I do like the "drama" of an all-dark base!

As embellishments, I sprayed all the crocheted flowers, rose buds and leaves with pearl Glimmer Mist - it's a lovely subtle sheen. The green flower in the bottom right is edged with Frosted Ice Stickles for a little added (but still subtle) bling. Hmm... can bling be subtle?

Anyway... I received a card from the oh-so-lovely and talented Elise of Paper Love Affair the other day and was WOW'd by her perfect Stickles edging. I was so inspired to try it on this card... not perfectly straight, but better than any effort before today. Thanks sweets!

Our sketch has a rough -or torn- edge, and I ran a little bead of water down the edge of the paper with a Brush2O, let it soak in a bit and tore the edges off. Once dry I edged with Cinnamon Stickles and layered with a bit of scrap crocheted lace.

Card Recipe

• Stamp: Magnolia
• Paper: Bazzill Basics Mud Pie; Basic Grey Capella
• Medium: Stickles Star Dust, Cinnamon, Frosted Lace and Diamond; Glimmer Mist Pearl on flowers and leaves; Copic E00 for base skin tone; Color Box Fluid Chalk in Chestnut Roan for all edges
• Embellishments: Mulberry paper roses; My Mind's Eye Laundry Line Crochet Flowers; Kaisercraft pearls; old key, pearl pins, large green flower and pearl brad from stash
• Tools: MS leaf punch; Scor-Pal; Brush20 Water Pen
• Adhesive: Scor-Tape

Thanks for stopping in today! Don't forget you still have a few days to whip up a little creative somethin' somethin' for our Vintage themed Beary Sweet Challenge. You could win a $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

BSC #10 Recap - Ends 9/30 - Come Join Us!

Hi there, crafty friends! Just popping in on this beautiful Saturday to let you know there are still 6 days to enter our

Beary Sweet Challenge #10: Vintage

Here is how the design team interpreted the vintage theme - click on the photos to go directly to each post for loads of details!

Susan (Monday)

Gini (Tuesday)

Patricia (Wednesday)

Jamie (Friday)

Remember, this challenge ends Thursday, September 30 at 11:59pm (EDT) *and* we'll have a new sketch challenge up on the 1st. Thanks for visiting, and we hope to see *you* in our challenges, too! You could win a $20 gift voucher (with free shipping!) to The Beary Scrap. How cool is that?

Cheers,
Susan and the whole fabulous team!

A Shape to Treasure

Here's one more shape for you this week-- I hope you have enjoyed seeing all the DT's cool creations that are beyond squares and rectangles. I loved making my shape-- a flower shaped mini album of my daughter's 6 year old portraits-- this is definitely a shape to treasure!

I used a chipboard mini album from Scenic Route for this project and then went crazy with all the fabulous new papers and embellishments from My Mind's Eye Lost & Found that are in stock right now at The Beary Scrap. Now, remember last week when I made my vintage page, I also used the Lost & Found papers; however, my page last week was pale pink and green. This week I have used a different group from the Lost & Found line-- Union Sqaure and my project is black, cream and red. I have been holding onto these pictures since last September trying to find the perfect papers to go with them and let me tell you, this is it! I think they designed Union Square just for me! And there are still two other groups. Lost & Found is absolutely amazing, make sure you check out all four categories and get yourself some of these yummy scrap goodies!

Sorry for the long post, but here are the 6 inside pagesof my mini album:

Supplies used for this project were:

Chipboard Album
My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Union Square papers
My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Union Square brads and die cuts
My Mind's Eye Lost & found Union Square ribbon
Black pearls and silver rhinestones from Kaiser Craft
Various flowers and embellishments by Prima
Tiny letter stickers from Cosmo Cricket and foam alphabet from American Crafts
Black Soot Distress Ink by Tim Holtz

Get creative and challenge your mind to think outside of the "square"-- see what shape you can come up with. And why not make it vintage and enter it in our Beary Sweet challenge, open until Sept. 30th at 11:59 EST, enter your project for a chance to win a $20.00 voucher. Thanks for joining us in shapin' it up this week!

Easel Card Tutorial Fun Shapes

It's a Beary Scrap Tutorial.

Have you ever wondered how some people make fun shaped easel cards? Well I'm going to tell you how I make mine. Here is the card I'm going to show you how to make.

When I want to make a fun shape easel card and I know what I want to make like my pumpkin the first thing I do is go to Google.Com and search for pumpkin clip art. Now when your looking and type in your search make sure you click on Images on Google and this will pull up tons of images to look at. When your looking for your image don't look to much at whats in the image but the overall shape of it, because in most cases your going to add your own stuff to it. All my cards are 6x6 so I only need one 12x12 sheet of card stock. Now this was the shape I found for my pumpkin I liked.

Now as you can see I did use pretty much the whole image to make my card.

The first thing I do is re-size my shape to totally fill a 6x6 square and print it out, now this may take a few resizing to fit.

Once you get the right size the first thing you want to do is cut your paper take one 12x12 sheet of card stock and cut in half so you have two 6x12 sheets put one aside and cut one of them in half so you have two 6x6 squares take one of them and trace your pattern on to your card stock and cut out this will be your top.

Now when your making the bottom your going to want to fold your 6x12 sheet in half, now this follows the same idea when you were little making paper dolls and place your pattern with the top of your pattern over lapping the fold.

Now trace your pattern on to the card stock and cut out. When you open up your bottom it should look like this.

Now your going to fold only one half in half. Place the whole bottom piece on your Scor-Pal and your going to score on the 3" mark.

Now this is how your card should fold.

This is what your two pieces should look like.

Now just clip on the top but don't glue to see if you match up and your fold will line up to the bottom if you don't like where you card will sit you can adjust your fold so your card can sit where you like it.

Now unclasp and decorate the top of your card before you attach it.

After you get the top done and most of the bottom you can attach the top to the bottom.

I usually wait till I get the top on and glued before I attach the bottom center mat so I can place it in the right spot. My bottom center mat will be placed with pop dots the the top has a stopping point so it stands.

My card recipe:

Orange Card Stock

Hand Stitching using Bazzill Piecing Mat with the Beary Creative Tool

Stickers from EK Success

Tear Bear Pattern

Mulberry Paper

Stickles-Crystal

Robin's Next Dew Drops

Spellbinders

Tear Bear Pumpkin outfit from Precious Piecings by Lisa

Distressed Ink-Vintage Photo

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~