My Beary Best Card

Can you believe that Christmas is almost here.  The music is starting to play on the radio, all the stores are decked out and I'm creating Christmas cards.  The card was created using My Mind's Eye new holidays series / 12 Days of Christmas.  I love the retro feel of the paper...it's so fun and poppy. 

I hope you have been playing along with our current challenge...it SUPER EASY!!  Show us your Beary Best...ANYTHING!!!  You might just win a $30 shopping spree for showing us your beautiful creations.  See you next Thursday for Gobble, Gobble day. 

Hugs,

My Beary Best Tag So Far This Month

I have to say that I just love how this tag came out, I was lost as to what to make for a tag for this post, so I posted a contest on my personal facebook fan page asking for ideas and Peg came up with a Santa Bunny. Well I did Mrs Bunny Clause and I love her.

She was made with:

Background paper from My Minds Eye 12 Days of Christmas

Bella Bunny Acrylic Pattern

Mulberry Paper

Hat, glasses and nose from Beary Sweet Designs Mr and Mrs Clause Patterns

Colorbox Ink

Stickles

Fabri Tac Glue

Now lets see your project and enter it ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Our Beary Best - Week 3

It's time for another installment of the Beary's Scraps' Beary Best! I really enjoy making all kinds of cards - some the focus is coloring, others it may be all about the die-cuts - but for this one it's all about collage. This is a petite card - just barely over 4 inches, but it packs a powerful impact.

My papers are from Authentique's Splendid collection. It's really a fun and eclectic mix of patterns. After layering my papers, I added a Vintage Setting from Epiphany Crafts - with my custom epoxy. And I added a little touch of Twinery Baker's Twine.

I think this turned out really fun!

Hello friends! I hope you are finding time to join our month-long November challenge. We want to see Your Beary Best!

Today I have a card to share using Authentique's "Wonder" 6x6 paper pad. I got a Beary Scrap package last Thursday and immediately had to dig into this paper. Love the colors and the vintage feel!

All of the patterned paper is from the pad. In addition, I used green and french vanilla Bazzill card stocks. The sparkle comes from Stickles in Star Dust and Candy Cane, and I added Kaisercraft yellow pearls to the flower. The seam binding is Sage and Ivory - I color-distressed the ivory seam binding by dabbing it onto Bundled Sage and Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The center piece was cut from a cool postcard-themed sheet and painted with Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

Thanks for visiting today! Please join our "Your Beary Best" challenge - you could win a $30 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

Time for Christmas Decorations!

Happy beginning of the holiday season and thank you so much for all your wonderful entries so far in our month-long "Beary Best" challenge. I am so impressed by all your great projects, keep them coming!

My project this week is a couple of quick and easy Christmas decorations featuring the awesome Merry Christmas line from Echo Park. I completely adore the color combination in these papers-- traditional red and green but dark paired with BROWN (I love BROWN!) and just a tiny bit of grey. So pretty! I am in a red/green/brown mode this week as I prepare for my Christmas craft shows and I have been painting and embellishing everything in these colors, including both of these:

First is a set of stars, about 4 x 4 inches painted, sanded, varnished and then a little bit of paper added before my vinyl words.


Next is a set of JOY letters, about 12 inches tall, also painted, sanded and varnished then decorated. I added my Echo Park paper to the J by tracing and cutting it out then putting it on with a heavy layer of glue stick (one layer on the paper, one layer on the wood). I glittered up my O using tacky glue and some glitter-- imaging this O done with the German Glass Glitter from The Beary Scrap store; I didn't have any brown but the vibrant hues of the Glass Glitter would be absolutely gorgeous on a wood letter like this!

Supplies Used:
Echo Park Merry Christmas papers (on sale right now, check out the great prices!)Colorbox Fluid Chalk-- Chestnut Roan
Aleen's Tacky Glue

I hope I passed a little of my holiday mood along to you and I can't wait to see what you create this month!

Cold Days On The Way

I can't believe winter is almost here and as much as I love the warm summer weather there are lots of things I love about the cold season.  Cuddling in the house with my boys, eating warm chili and listening to a cracking fire.  This card is my welcome to the new season.

The paper is from Authentique / Journey 6 x 6 paper pad.

So what are you making these days?  Have you entered it in our challenge?  Anything goes so enter away and you might just win.

Hugs,

Lori

Another Beary Best Tag

Wow have you seen all the entries in our
Beary Best Challenge?
They are awesome. I have another tag to show you this week with another new pattern from Beary Sweet Designs

I used one of the new pattern Mrs Clause Bear, I just love the new patterns from Beary Sweet Designs. I made mine into a Tear Bear using one of the Acrylic Paper Piecing Patterns and Mulberry Paper everything was glued together with Fabri Tac Glue. All edges were inked with Colorbox Ink and I added some Stickles to my little tag and Pearls. My background paper is from Echo Park's Merry Christmas line.

Now lets see your project and enter it ---HERE---

Here are some of the other new pattern from Beary Sweet Designs that I have been making.

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Tis The Season

Can you believe, it's really time for Tis the Season? The whole Christmas season is one of my favorite times of the year - so I hope you enjoy this card!

I have really enjoyed using the 12 Days of Christmas papers from My Mind's Eye, this year. It's bright and fun with a fun retro twist to it. To make my dimensional wreath, I used the Boxwood Vine Wreath die from Cottage Cutz. (I also used the Holiday Doily die from them as well).

I cut my dies using white cardstock, but then colored them using Creative Inspirations Paints, before a punched them away from the paper. For the bottom layer of the wreath, I used Emerald, for my shadows, and for the top layers, I used the lighter Evergreen. For my reds, I used used Garnet and Rustic Red.

Don't forget, you have all month to play along with the Beary Scrap's Beary Best Challenge (and you can enter as many times as you like!)

Merry Christmas

Hiya crafty friends! We're a few days into our month-long challenge and I'm so impressed with all the entries so far! You are definitely showing us "Your Beary Best" and we appreciate it!

Today I have a simple Christmas card made with My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas.

I used one of the die-cut embellishments from the 12 x 12 kit and put a green layer behind it. The card base is the same green, so it's a nice little accent. I spritzed the poinsetta with Glimmer Mist and it's a lot more subtle in person! So is the Glossy Accents over the red "Christmas" and bits on the die cut embellishment. My camera was picking up all kinds of light today!

I used a bit of green seam binding behind the flower and Kaisercraft pearls in the corner.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Our "Your Beary Best" challenge runs ALL MONTH with a $30 gift voucher as the prize. Won't you show us your beary best?

Cheers,
Susan