The Clock Is Ticking Towards Fall

How many people love the beautiful colors of Fall?

Well our new challenge is Fall.

Use your inspiration from anything that happens this time of year or even from the colors. I choose this week to pull the colors and even a Fall theme.

I picked up this cute clock from Kaisercraft Beyond the Pages Desk Clock in the Things to Alter.The Beary Scrap Store because I thought it would be a really cute item to alter and it was. My papers are from Country Drive from Echo Park. The picture frame paper is from my stash. I added some Pumpkin Seam Binding on each end. The end opposite the clock is left open to add pictures, just untie the ribbon and add pictures and tie back up.

I used Fabri-Tac Glue to glue down the papers and a hot glue gun to add the mulberry flowers from my stash. I used Glue Dots to hold down the Seam Binding, the Glue Dots work best to hold the Seam Binding down because no glue can seep thru. I inked all the edges with Colorbox Ink and also Distressed Ink. I added some Stickles around my clock frame that I cut out with Spellbinders. I used cute leave brads for my numbers and some Red Pearls for some of my other numbers.

Now lets see what inspiration you can pull from our

Happy Fall Y' All!

Challenge and enter your project ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Trucks are not Girly, Right?

Happy Friday everyone! Here is my attempt at something "not girly"-- I agree with Lori, I love to put flowers, bling, ribbon and lace on everything-- it is hard to come up with something not girly. But I think my masculine birthday card based on our current sketch came out pretty well-



While trying to decide what to do I had a sudden flash of this green pickup that I had seen on the Country Drive from Echo Park stickers and knew that would be the focus of my card. There are a lot of colors in this paper line but I stuck with just red, green and blue for my boy colors.

I popped up my pickup truck with some foam squares and then filled up the back with "Happy Birthday" strips. I couldn't resist putting just a little Stickles glitter glue on it for some detail and a few green hearts off the same sticker page as the pickup. (Hearts can be on a guy card, right?)

Supplies used:
Echo Park Country Drive designer papers and stickers
Bazzill cardstock
Foam Squares
Stickles-- Diamond and Black Diamond

Have a great weekend and be sure to enter our sketch challenge for your chance to win!

The Beary Scrap's New September Sketch Challenge

It's the first of the month and you know what time that is..Time for a new sketch  challenge from 
The Beary Scrap

This was another fun sketch to do and I hope to see your project entered for a chance to win.
Card recipe:
Background paper from Echo Park Country Drive
Monty the Moose made with an Acrylic Paper Piecing Pattern
Mulberry Paper
Fabri Tac Glue
Pearls
Flowers made with the Retro Flower Punch
Stickels & Colorbox Ink
Dollie and Dragonfly from stash
Mats cut with Spellbinders


Now you can enter your project ---HERE---


Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Just Buzzing By!

Hello hello, and a hearty "Happy Monday" to everyone! This week the design team is sharing more samples and hopefully a little inspiration on ways to use our Beary Sweet sketch in our current challenge. It goes on through Midnight, Sunday the 14th. I hope you find time to join us!

For my project this week, I've revisited my old friend, the easel card. I adore this style and can't believe its been months. As you can tell, I've been buzzz-y with the new Echo Park Country Drive papers.

Card Recipe

• Stamp: Magnolia 
• Paper: Echo Park "Country Drive" Leafy Tree Top - this 12x12 paper has smaller versions of some designs on the flip side; Bazzill Basics
• Wet Medium: Copic for skin and cheeks; Prismacolor Pencils blended with with OMS; Stickles Star Dust, Diamond; Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo; Glossy Accents on the honey jar
• Embellishments: Prima Trellis Rose in Lemon Creme; Prima Fairytale Roses in Buttercup; Mulberry paper roses - 16mm white; handmade bee charm stick pin; rhinestones from stash
• Adhesives: 1/4" Scor-Tape; Fabri-Tac

Thanks for visiting today, and see you at the Beary Sweet sketch challenge!

Cheers,
Susan

Summer Fun!!!

Please scroll down to see our Beary Sweet "Closet Inspiration" Challenge winners.

Thanks for playing, everyone!

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Hi Everybody...it's Lori and today I wanted to share my take on the current sketch challenge.  Summer fun is what this card is all about and I really had fun making it. I adore the new collection from Echo Park/ Country Drive.  It's so cheery, you just can't help but smile when you work with it.

For the cloud background I used the chipboard cloud from the Country Drive collection and sponged ink around the cloud...moved the cloud and repeated several times to make a whole sky background.  For the grass..I just doodled.  I really liked the finish look.

I matched some cardstock with my paper collection and made these rosette flowers to pull it all together.

Remember to jump in on our current challenge and you might just win...I hope you have a great week and I'll see you next Thursday.

Hugs,

A Fairy Great Sketch

Hello Hello! It's Monday *and* the first of the month so I have loads to share with you. In this post you'll find my August sketch-inspired project. The post above is our official Beary Sweet Sketch challenge - check it out and come play with us!

I used the lovely and fun Echo Park Country Drive papers and the Belles 'n Whistles "Fairy Flight" stamp. Isn't she adorable? I used both a 12x12 solid pink design and a smaller 6x6 floral design found on a 12x12 "Sundress" sheet.  The white layer behind the sweet fairy is from the 12x12 "Journaling Cards" sheet.

Card Recipe

• Stamp: Belles 'n Whistles "Fairy Flight"
• Paper: Echo Park Country Drive: Sundress, Petunia Raspberry and Journaling Cards
• Medium: Copic markers for skin tones; Stickles Star Dust and Fruit Punch (my new favorite color!); Faber-Castell watercolor pencils
• Embellishments: White Mulberry paper roses; From stash: all other flowers, lace, pink ribbon, laser cuts 
• Adhesives and Tools: Brush2O Water Barrel Pen (used with watercolor pencils); 1/4" Scor-Tape; 3D Dots - 1/8" and 1/16"; Fabri-Tac; silicone

Thanks for visiting today! Please check out the challenge and enter by Midnight, August 14th. You could win a $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap - good luck!

Cheers,
Susan