Christmas Bunnies

You might need your sunglasses on for this card...it's VERY bright! lol

I've used an adorable Lili of the Valley stamp called 'Christmas Bunnies - Robin', and papers from the 'Colourful Christmas' collection by My Mind's Eye. I distressed the edges, and added some faux stitching. I used my EK Succes 'Diamond Scallop' border punch, added a couple of die cut snowflakes from the accesory sheet that came with the papers, and some Stickles to the the fur trims.

Challenges for this card:

• Create4Fun - Sketch
• CES - Animal Antics
• Crafty Catz - Stitching
• Lili of the Valley - Untraditional Christmas
• One Stop Craft - Snowflakes in September

Just Cute Bears - Here Comes Summer

Our theme for you this week at the Just Cute Bears Challenge is:

'Here Comes Summer'

For my card, I've used an adorable Lili of the Valley bear called 'Deckchair Dreaming'...well...isn't that how most of us would hope to spend the summer? The paper is from the 'Cupcakes' pad by BasicGrey...and, although I don't like icecream, I'm assured it's a most enjoyable treat on a hot summer's day! lol I used my 'Forest Branches' Cuttlebug folder on Core'dinations 'Whitewash' card, then sanded over the raised areas to reveal the blue core before distressing all the edges. The sentiment is a Tim Holtz adage ticket, the ribbon is from Poppicrafts, and the letters were cut using the Cuttlebug 'Olivia' alphabet.

 

I followed the sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday for my card, and am also entering it into the Crafty Catz 'Embossing' and Totally Papercrafts 'Animal Magic' challenges.

Make sure you stop by and check out the fabulous creations by the rest of the Just Cute Bears design team.

Secret Crafter Manga Stamp Release...Day Three

Today's release from the new set of manga stamps from the Secret Crafter shop is called 'Poor Boy'...awww...isn't he adorable!?

I watercoloured him to match these BasicGrey 'Boxer' papers, distressing the edges with inks and my distressing tool. I used my Cuttlebug 'Diamond Plate' folder (available here at the Secret Crafter) on one of the plain papers, and then sanded over the raised areas to reveal the white core.

 

I'm going to enter this card into the Crafty Catz 'Boys' challenge.

There are some fabulous samples from the rest of the Secret Crafter design team over on the Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog.