This little bear and I are going to have to spend more quality time together. It is so beautiful, when I line it up right, but lining it up right doesn't happen every time. Don't worry, it's still totally worth it for how beautiful it turns out! Perhaps if I had better lighting in here it would be easier. Going to have to work on that.
I learned a tip from Frenchie Stamps on how to stamp this sweet bear with just ONE ink pad color. Instead of trying to figure out three colors to use, which sometimes can be difficult if you're just not sure, just pick one color.
This one today was made with Soft Suede.
The key to making it work is to first use stamp #3 (each stamp is numbered in the case), ink it up and stamp it onto your paper.
Then stamp #2 - ink it up, stamp off once onto copy paper or scrap paper (our grid paper works great for this!).
Then stamp #1 and stamp off three times. It's perfect!
The easiest way to line up the bear - when you have proper lighting, is to line up the center "bottom" of the bear and line up with one of the ears. It just takes some practice.
Recipe:
Stamps - Baby Bear
Sweet Sugarplum - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2, scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Whisper White - 5 1/4" x 4
Sweet Sugarplum 5" x 1 7/8" (punch with Banner Punch)
Whisper White 5" x 1 3/4" (punch with Banner Punch)
Playful Palette 5" x 1 5/8" (punch with Banner Punch)
Now, layer your three banners with the length spacing you wish and trim them all up on the top.
Whisper White - 3 1/4" x 3"
Sweet Sugarplum - 3 3/8" x 3 1/8"
Since the three layers of banner can be a little thick, I popped up the Bear and the mat with Stampin' Dimensionals on the sides.
Tie a sweet little bow using the Sweet Sugarplum Ruched Ribbon and attach with a glue dot.
Thank you for looking in today. Happy Friday! ~ Donna
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I spotted these adorable bears on the home page at Stampin' Up! and had to find out more about them. As far as I can tell, they are originally from Nicole Kunzig. I couldn't really follow since it was in German, but visually this is what I came up with.
I used the Fox Builder Punch for the head and body, using my paper snips to round the pointy ears.
The bow tie is from Balloon Framelits and the snout and feet come from the Owl Builder Punch. However, I also used the earmuffs from Snow Friends for one of the snouts. I'm not sure which one I like best. They are both cute. The nose is from the Fox Punch.
Stamp the feet from the Foxy Friends stamp set and then punch them out with the small circle from the Owl Builder Punch. I also popped the feet up with Dimensionals.
The eyes were all so small from the stamps, so I made small ovals with my black sharpie pen.
Recipe:
Whisper White Thick cardstock - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Island Indigo - 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"
Whisper White - 5 1/4" x 4"
DSP - Serene Scenery
Stamps: Foxy Friends, Baby Bear
Punches: Fox Builder, Owl Builder, Duet Banner
Thinlits: Balloon Framelits, Layering Circles
Thank you for looking in today. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask! Happy Hump Day!
~ Donna
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This Baby Bear stamp set is even sweeter than I thought it would be! After playing with several color combinations, I ended up using just two colors and two of the stamps from the 3-step set. There were a couple that were great with three colors (Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Early Espresso). This one however is Sahara Sand and Soft Suede.
With some practice, I decided that stamping the dark color first worked the best for lining up the lighter colors. The first one I did was light to dark with three colors and it worked great (surprisingly enough).
Recipe:
Card Base - Soft Suede - 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", scored and folded at 4 1/4"
Pink Pirouette - 5 1/4" x 4" - embossed with stars embossing folder
Soft Suede Mat - 3 3/4" x 3 3/4"
Sahara Sand - 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
Even though no pink ink was used, it looks like the bear has a bit of pink in there, but I think that's just because of the stars piece.
Thank you for looking in today! Have a happy week! ~ Donna
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I hear thunder outside, so I need to make this fast again. We had some good rain Tuesday night, for about 10 minutes, but the thunder was fun to hear too!
So, I simply have to share my Upline's Swap Card from Tuesday's Team Meeting. This was made by Lorri Heiling. I just LOVE this! This bear is on my next order and I can hardly wait to share it.
Flat, it looks like this: Cute as can be....
With a little magic, it looks like this open and stands up perfectly! Plus there's a little message waiting inside!
Thank you Lorri for your fabulous ideas and being such a great inspiration!
Going to sign off - the thunder is louder and I want to go enjoy it!
Thank you for looking in!
