Patricia's Take 2 On Our Sketch Challenge

Have you gotten a chance to play in

The Beary Scrap Sketch Challenge?

Well here is another look at our challenge and just for us design teams girls added a little twist to our cards. We had to add something new to our sketches. I add this new very cute paper piecing pattern by Little Scraps of Heaven. Tricia's pattern also make perfect clothes for

The Beary Scraps Tear Bear Patterns.

Now this cute little bear is surrounded by paper from Echo Park from the Be Mine Paper Line and it's so pretty. For the edges of my bear I used White Colorbox Chalk. I highlighted him with a White Gelly Roll Pen. I used some miscellaneous ribbon and stickers from my stash. I added some Pearls the the sides. Now you still have time so lets see what you can do with our sketch.

Enter your card ---HERE---

Thanks for looking.

~Patricia~

2nd Round - Beary Scrap Sketch

Hi, it's Gini and it's my turn to take another swing at our sketch. (Remember you have until January 14th to play along). For my card today I used Sweet Love from Belles n Whistles. I've got some great news for you - Kimm is going to start carrying BnW stamps at the Beary Scrap! Can a hear a big YAY!? This was the perfect stamp to pair with Echo Park's Be Mine papers (I'm telling you, you will want to use this paper year round - not just for Valentine's Day!) Edited to add: Here's another surprise - See that very yummy glass glitter that I used....? Guess what is on it's way to the Beary Scrap? You are going to love it!

The DT decided that this week, to celebrate the New Year, we would add something new to our card. So this afternoon, my mail lady delivered me some yummy German glass glitter, which I used on the hearts on my card. It is so sparkly and pretty in person! My other new thing that I used was the Spellbinders Labels 16 - this has such a beautiful shape, and Kimm has it in stock!

Thanks for looking!

Tag, You're It

Hello friends! I hope you had a swell weekend. I'm not really sure what we did... oh, right... took down the Christmas trees and decorations and stored 'em away for another year. Post Christmas shopping found a great ornament organizer that now hold scads of glass ornaments without a single piece of tissue wrap. Yay! Besides carrying the bins from the attic to the first floor, the "job" we hated the most was unwrapping (and rewrapping) all those darn keepsakes. Now we can decorate directly from the trays and have more time for eggnog. *wink*

This week the design team will show you new interpretations of our BSC #17 Sketch Challenge. We're also adding a "new" element to our projects:

Sketch Plus Something New 

Everyone who comes to see my newest colored Magnolias will think I've fallen off my rocker this week. I'm OK, really! I've always been a fan of collage style and especially like what Tim Holtz has to offer our crafty community. I'm hugely inspired by vintage - be it ephemera or textiles, new or reproduction, I'm all over it. You might have seen oversized tags on blogs throughout the internet over the Christmas season - mostly inspired by the very same Tim Holtz. With this project I've dipped my toe in the water. My "new" is a tag shape made with a new Tim Holtz die!

Kinda cool, no? All of the papers are My Mind's Eye Union Square, from the beautiful and brilliant "Lost and Found" series.The "Home is a Little Slice of Heaven" die cut is from the Union Square accessory sheet. The pointing hand brad is from the same line (although the brad pack is currently sold out - sorry!).

I have to share a happy accident. The tag was assembled with Frosted Lace Stickles on the top flourish. I decided it needed to be a little flashier and added a layer of Platinum Stickles and used a heat gun to dry it. Little did I know that the heat gun was also doing interesting things to the Bazzill tulle! It curled edges and made much of the tulle wavy - luckily I caught it before it burned the edges brown. I like the tattered effect!

This was a really simple project to conceive, and agonizing to finish. I'm still thinking I need to balance the glitter swirl on the top with a touch of the same on the bottom. What do you think? I'm open to suggestions!

Card Recipe

• Paper - My Mind's Eye Lost and Found, Union Square line: "Home Sweet Home" tag paper; "Favorite"- red circle layer and embossed layer under the "home" die cut
• Medium - Distress Ink in Walnut; Stickles; Glimmer Mist in Suede - spritzed the red and ivory corner tulle bits to "dirty them up"
• Embellishments - MME Lost and Found, Union Square line: Glittered Accessory Sheet; Bazzill Basics Tulle (in stock but not on the site - email Kimm for more info if you would like to get some in your hot little hands); metal bits from my stash; vintage tatting lace from my much-coveted stash
• Adhesive - Scor-Tape; 1/2" Glue Dots; Fabri-Tac

That's it for me! Please come back throughout the week to see new samples for our sketch challenge by all the fabulous design team. You can get all the details and enter your own creation by clicking on the sketch below. You could win a $20 gift voucher from the Beary Scrap! 

Cheers,

Susan

A Baby Book Sketch

Happy New Year and welcome to 2011 at The Beary Scrap! For my first post of this new year I am excited to show you my take on our sketch for the current Beary Sweet Challenge. I am working on a baby book for a friend of mine and used the sketch to make the title page for her album:

I used the brand new My Mind's Eye line Fine & Dandy True Blue (boy) and I love, love, love this cute collection. ( I have the girl line too so you'll be seeing it in my future posts as well!) The colors and patterns are so awesome and just perfect for boys of all ages-- I thought they were fun colors for a baby book-- definitely little boyish but not the traditional baby blue.

For this title page I also used some random ribbons, letter stickers and stars diecut on my Sizzix. And what could be more perfect for a darling little boy than Oliver the Dog?


I used Kimm's awesome Oliver pattern, mulberry paper and Tear Bear tools to make my little puppy and added him to the page. Over the next week, I will be posting other pages from this album one my blog, so come check them out for more baby book ideas and more looks at this great paper line, including matching buttons, brads and chipboard accents.

Now it's your turn and I can't wait to see what you come up with using this sketch-- remember it can be a card or a layout and entering it by 11:59 EST on Jan. 14th for a chance to win a voucher to The Beary Scrap.

The Beary Scrap Sketch Challenge by Patricia

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How many people are ready for a new holiday to play with

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As much as I loved making Christmas cards I had my fill of red and green. Now its time to play with some pink and black for Valentines Day and Echo Park has some very pretty papers. Kimm has lots of new Echo Park paper in the Store and today I used some of it for my sketch card.

Do you not LOVE the Tear Bears!! I made my adult Tear Bear sitting and if you got in on the last release special and got yourself one of the Baby Bear Tear Bear Acrylic Patterns don't worry they will be released in the Store soon. I made my nice fluffy Tear Bears with Mulberry Paper. I added ColorBox Ink to my bears to outline them and to my small heart. I added some ribbon from my stock and cut out my hearts with Spellbinder Dies.

Here is the sketch you have to follow.

Now lets see what you can do.

Enter your card ---HERE---

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Kimm just gave out two gift certificates to two lucky fans. Could you be next?

Thanks for looking.

~Patricia~

Gini's sketch - take 1

Hello Beary Scrap Fans! It's Gini here today and just wanted to remind you of the new sketch challenge, that started a few days ago. You have until the 14th of this month to play along (and it's a brilliant sketch, so why not have a go at it!)



I was so thrilled when I saw how cool the Basic Grey Pyrus paper looked with my Decadent Pear stamp set from Unity. For my pears, I stamped them using Black Memento ink onto some of the DP, but then colored in the details with a Sakura glaze pen. My flowers were colored with Maya Mist and I added Flower Soft for the buds. I love the vintage feel of this card!

Hope your New Year is going great!

Santa Edwin is Checking His List

Please scroll down for our BSC #16 winners!

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Hello hello! Wow, it's already January 3rd - what's up with that? Time, she is a-flying'! I hope you had a happy New Year weekend. Husband and I had a quiet one - just like we like it!

We started a new Beary Sweet challenge on Saturday, and since it's the 1st of the month, you know what that means: 

It's Beary Sweet Sketch Time!

I have one last Christmas card to share with you. I know, I know, you're probably all Christmas'd out and well on your way to Valentines, Mardi Gras and Easter. I made this card back in mid-December for a customer using our January sketch. Time saver!

Isn't Edwin the cutest? I love him, and admit that the Magnolia chair with letters to Santa was difficult. How does one color white envelopes? I used a combination of french grays with a little yellow-ish. I used Distress paint in Rock Candy for a subtle texture... not fabulous, but effective. 

What *is* fabulous is the Echo Park papers. Once again those EP folks have hit it out of the park - I can only ask/plead/beg them to print 6x6 versions of their papers in the future. They've done it on some of the collections and I look forward to more for my smaller canvases!

Of course it's an easel card. I really like this style to show off the details. This Naughty or Nice list includes the actual recipient of this card - dear young Wesly. I purposely left the space next to his name blank, as if Santa Edwin hasn't decided about Wesly yet. What a fun little surprise for a 5 year old!

Card Recipe

• Stamp - Magnolia Santa Edwin and Christmas chair
• Paper - Bazzill Basics in Mud Pie, French Vanilla; Echo Park  "Merry Christmas" in Holly Berry (both sides) and Winter Wonderland
• Medium - Copic skin tones; Prismacolor pencils with OMS; Stickles in Star Dust, Diamond and Crystal;  Glossy Accents on the envelope seals; Distress Crackle Paint in Rock Candy; ColorBox Fluid Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan
• Embellishments - lace, tinsel, gems from stash
• Adhesives/Tools - Scor-Tape; Cuttlebug script embossing folder

Here's the challenge sketch - don't ya wanna play? *grin* You could win a $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

Cheers,
Susan

BSC #16 Winners!

Hello friends! We want to extend a huge "Thank You!" to everyone who played along with our "Pearls and/or Gems" challenge! We absolutely loved visiting your blogs. Thanks so much for your support!

Our winner of the $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap is...

#5: Karen

Congratulations Karen! Please email Kimm and she'll set you up with a voucher to go shoppin'!

We would also like to congratulate our Beary Sweet Top 3:

#6 - Tracy Payne
#10 - Axel {Carol}
#14 - Melissa Bove

Ladies - thank you so much for joining us! Please take the Top 3 badge from our sidebar for your fabulous blogs!

Need help putting the Top 3 blinkie on your blog? Simply highlight all of the text below the adorable Top 3 bear and right-click to copy; go to your blog's design page and add an html gadget - right click to paste the text in the box.

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Don't forget! Our Beary Sweet Challenge #17 - Sketch - is going on now through January 14th. You could win a $20 gift voucher just like Karen!

Cheers,
Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie and Kimm

Beary Sweet challenge #17: A Sketch for the New Year!

Alert! This challenge is open until 11:59pm EST - for some crazy reason Linky Tools has shut down for the challenge. Oops! Please leave your link in the comments and we will include your entry. Sorry for the confusion!

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Happy New Year!
Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #17

The design team sends out HUGE thanks to everyone who joined our BSC #16 - we are so thrilled to see each and every one of you, especially with all the Christmas craziness. We love the sparklies and shimmers of your Pearls and/or Gems projects! We'll announce winners on Monday, January 3rd. Thank you for your support!

It's the 1st of the month and the 1st of the new year, which means it's SKETCH Challenge time! The elements can be rotated around a bit, as long as they're all there in some form or another. See, we're easy!

This challenge runs through January 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 January 17th.

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 challenge entry post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with our Inlinkz frog below.
• Link back to this challenge post (not just our blog "home page") on your blog
• Please, only one (1) entry per person. In fairness to all players, if you enter this challenge more than once all second, third, etc. entries will be deleted without notice. Links to projects/cards posted before January 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 sketch challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
• International crafters can play, too!

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

Cheers,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie and Kimm