Just Cute Bears - Bear & Me

This week's Just Cute Bears Challenge is a little bit different...the theme is:

'Bear & Me'

Well...maybe not 'you'...but a person with the bear on your item! lol

We are sponsored for this challenge by Whiff of Joy, who have generously donated the adorable 'Bruno with Cupcake'

I've used one of the Gorjuss Girl stamps by Sugar Nellie on my card...and rather appropriately, it's called 'Teddy Bear'. The papers are from the 'Lemonade' pad by BasicGrey, the flowers are a mixture of Poppicrafts, Prima and Petaloo, and the pearl brads are by Papermania. I used my 'Stylized Flowers' and 'Just My Type' Cuttlebug folders to emboss the 'plain' papers, and then sanded the raised areas to reveal the white core.

I'm also entering my cards into a few other challenges:

• Stamp with Fun - Sketch
• BasicGrey - Pearls
• Creative Card Crew - Cute & Girly
• Creative Inspirations (Wed) - Recipe: 5 Flowers, 3 Papers, 1 Ribbon

As always, don't forget to check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the Just Cute Bears DT.

In the Garden...

I've used another of the gorgeous Stampavie stamps ('Olivia & her kittens Kiki & Sugar' by Sarah Kay) I won a while back on this card...I thought it was just perfect for the 'In the Garden' challenges that are around this week: Cuttlebug; Papertake Weekly; and Truly Scrumptious, where it's the optional extra, to go with the lovely sketch. The papers are from the 'Lemonade' pad by BasicGrey, and I embossed the yellow one with my Cuttlebug 'Stylized Flowers' folder. The sentiment stamp is from the CCSR set by Papermania, and the flowers are a mixture of Petaloo, Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts. I'm also going to enter this card into the following challenges: BasicGrey 'Gingham'; Wild Orchid Crafts 'Say it with Flowers'; and Your Next Stamp 'Flower Power'.

Bear & Butterflies

This cards combines a few challenges: the sketch from Papertake Weekly; Crafty Creations 'We want to see you shine'; Crazy4Challenges 'Paper Flowers'; and Teddy Stampers 'Summer'. The adorable image is by Lili of the Valley ('Bear & Butterflies', and the gorgeous sparkly papers are from the 'Penny Lane' glitter stack by My Mind's Eye. The flowers are a mixture of Prima and Petaloo, and the brads are Papermania.