Just For You...

Hello Friends!  It's Kimm.  Believe it or not, today I actually have a card to share with you.  We all know that doesn't happen to often - LOL.  After all the snow days we had this past week, the kids were home from school all but 1 and 1/2 days.  You can imagine by the end of the week I was pulling my hair out.  Mamma needed some serious down time :).  With more snow in the forecast next week, I may find myself finally scrapbooking too.

Our Challenge theme this week is  "Friendship or Love".  I have been dying to play with Echo Park's "Be Mine" Collection.  I just love the colors and the prints.  This is such a great line.  The prints are so versatile and can be used year round.

 

I used and adorable Cherri with Rose stamp from Tickled Pink Stamps.  You will be seeing these cutie's coming to our store in the very near future too.  Cherrie has been colored with Copic Markers.  I'm not thrilled with my coloring, but since I haven't picked up a marker since October 2010, I don't think I did too bad of a job. I applied a layer of stickles to the rose.  Of course the entire card is distressed and inked up with Chestnut Roan fluid chalk.  I've added lots of ribbon and lace from my stash.

The sentiment is a digital stamp I created.  I printed it out, colored the heart in with copic markers and applied some red stickles to the surface.   If you would like the free download for this digi, please visit my blog HERE.

I'm glad you stopped by.

♥ Hugs ♥

Merry Little Christmas Angel Tilda

Hello fellow bloggers!  Happy Thursday to you all!  I hope you have been having a wonderful week thus far.  The weather here in PA has been mighty cold.  I'm beginning to think mother nature forget Autumn???  It's way to cold for me to be outside raking leaves.

Surprisingly I managed to make a card using Susan's awesome sketch for our BSC #13.  Even with all the chaos of moving the store back home and remodeling my studio to accommodate both me and the store, I did it.  I'm so darn proud of myself!  Never mind that I have 8 bins packed with my personal supplies - and that doesn't include all the paper I've managed to hoard over the years.  I left the essential within reach... like ink and stickles - LOL.

I used Bazzill Cardstock to mat my designer papers from Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses collection.  This is such a beautiful line of papers to work with for my designer papers.  My stamp is Angel  Tilda Magnolia from the new Merry Little Christmas Collection.  She is also available for pre-order in our store.  She's been colored in with Copics ( Dress R81, R83, R85;  Skin Tone E000, E00, E01, E11;  Wings BG0000 topped with Stickles;  Aura BG10 and Colorless Blender;  Hair YR23, Y23, E35)  The flower was handmade by me with lots of patience and love.  A spritz of Glimmer Mist in Pearl, a few dabs of fluid chalk, a dash of stickles and vuala!  Of course, I had to ink up the edges of the designer papers, add lots of Stardust Stickles and a few Kaisercraft pearls. 

I hope you've enjoyed my little creation.  There is still plenty of time to enter the sketch challenge.  If you have any questions, you can use our new "Ask the Designers" feature and we will all be happy to help you.

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♥ Hugs ♥

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 ♥

From May Flowers to Buzzing Bees

Happy Tuesday Friends!  Thanks for joining me today.  It's Kimm here sharing my contribution with a Beary Sweet Challenge inspirational piece for you.  I hope you have been enjoying all of the beautiful little pieces of {he}art the ladies have been sharing with you.  Susan's flowers are BEAUTIFUL!  I hope you keep with us this week.  There is much more to come.

So, what do May Flowers bring?  BZZZZ! That's right, pesky bees.  Can you tell I'm not a fan of bees?  Let me rephrase that...  I despise bugs!  If it has more than four legs, chances are it's going to get squashed!  Even so, bees are what makes our flowers bloom and our gardens grow.  Our world could not sustain without bees.  As long as they keep away from me, it's all good here.   I love what they do for our planet. 

My card today was inspired by this adorable Magnolia Honey Bee Tilda Stamp.  When I decided to use this stamp, the first line of paper that jumped out at me is the new Queen Bee Collection by Pink Paislee.  Oh, I love the colors and the prints.  It was hard to decide which papers to use.

I used a few of our new Beary Sweet Floral rose flowers in white and inked them up with some color box fluid chalks.  Our new floral line is in test production at this time and will be available as soon as we work out all of the bugs (no pun intended *wink*).  I love using white flowers because you can easily create the color you need for your project.  I had a few little flowers in my stash that I used to fill in the gaps a bit.  Then I tucked in a few leaf sprays to fill it out.  Lastly, I applied a bit of Stardust Stickles Glitter Glue for some sparkle.

Recipe:

• Paper:  Pink Paislee Queen Bee Collection, Bazzill Cardstock, Neenah 110lb Cover Weight Cardstock
• Medium:  Magnolia Stamp, Prisma colored pencils with OMS, Stickles Glitter Glue, Color box fluid chalks.
• Embellishments:  Prima Say it in Crystals Centers, KaiserCraft Pearls, Beary Sweet Florals (coming soon)

I hope you've enjoyed by card today.  I was very excited to find the time to play along with the girls this week.  If you would like to take The Beary Sweet Challenge, click HERE for the details and enter your project for a chance to win a $20.00 gift certificate to The Beary Scrap!  We are really enjoying all the beautiful entries we've received so far.  Keep them coming!  You are all so inspiring!!!

Don't forget, our Blog Candy  is open until Wednesday, May 5.  You still have time to enter.

Be sure to come back tomorrow when Elise makes her debut with our Beary Creative Girls.  You will adore what she has to share with you!

♥ Hugs ♥

Does Heaven have an address???

Hello dear friends.  It's Kimm here today. How about the all these beautiful works of art the girls have been sharing with you all? What a way to honor all the Moms out there.  Each day is such a surprise when I log in here. They knock my socks off every day! 

So, the girls have begged me to share my card with you today. They weren't taking "no" for an answer - LOL. I originally designed this card for the last MMSC, but due to my computer issues, I was unable load it before the deadline. What a bummer. Maybe next time, right?

Our theme this week is Mother's Day. I think this card is quite suitable for the occasion. If Heaven had an address.....

...I would send this card to my Mom.  Mother's Day has been a very difficult time of year for me since loosing my Mom to cancer over 5 years ago.  She was only 53 years young.  She passed peacefully one month from her diagnosis.  Sadly, this all took place around Christmas.  Certainly not enough time to say "good-bye", but we were also grateful that she did not suffer long like her father (my PopPop).  She is sadly missed.

After spending some time with my munchkins in the morning, I generally find myself hiding out in my studio crafting for a few hours on Mother's Day. This is where I feel closest to my Mom. She is the reason I got myself into the business to begin with. She was an amateur photographer, an amazing artist, and a local business owner herself (flowers, balloons, and gifts). By combining all of her passions, I found this wonderful world of paper crafting and scrapbooking that captures the beauty of her spirit.  And best of all, I get to share it with so many wonderful people.  If I had a sentiment inside this card it would read...

"Thank You Mom!  For everything you are and continue to be.  For your support, guidance, and unconditional love.  Even though you are not here with us, you are still HERE.

Love,

Kimm, Jenn & Mandy"

Enough of the sappiness.  Now let me share with you the ingredients of my card.

• Paper:  Pink Paislee 365 Degrees, Bazzill Cardstock, Neenah Cardstock 110lb cover weight cut with Spellbinder's Lg Circle and Lg Scallop Circles dies.
• Stamp:  Magnolia Tilda with Three Flowers (sold out on website - will check physical inventory)
• Medium:  Prismacolor Pencils with OMS, Stickles, Colorbox Fluid Chalk (chestnut roan)
• Embellishments:  Prima Flowers (mostly from stash), our brand new stemmed paper roses that will be available soon, Prima Say it in Crystals Centers (pg 3), Pearls from KaiserCraft, silk ribbon from stash.

Sorry about my sappiness, but I  hope you have enjoyed my creation.  Thank you for stopping by today.  Remember to give your Mom a hug and tell her just how much you love her this Mother's Day, and everyday.  I hope all of our Moms, Grandmas, Aunts, even our "Fur-Mommies" out there have wonderful Mother's Day!

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♥ Hugs ♥