Boo Boo Bear

Today's card is another quick and simple one layer number...this time I've used a Whipper Snapper stamp called 'Boo Boo Bear' and a sentiment by Personal Impressions.

Challenges for this card:

• Addicted to CAS - Get Well Soon
• Crafty Calendar - Bears
• Creative Inspirations - CAS
• Kaboodles Doodles - ANything but Square
• Less is More - One Layer Card & Get Well Soon

PS - I have candy on offer at the moment...click the photo to find out more:

Little Boxes

Happy New Year everyone...and what better way to start the New Year, than with a Christmas card?! I've used another new stamp...'Presents' background stamp by Personal Impressions...but as it took so long to colour, I thought I'd make it the main feature! The sentiment stamp is from the 'Holly-Jolly' set by Penny Black.

I stamped the image a second time, and cut out and popped up on 3D foam some of the presents in the foreground:

Challenges for this card:

• Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes 
• Crafty Sentiments - New (New stamp)
• Little Red Wagon - Boxing Day (Feature a Box) 
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• Totally Gorjuss - New! (The stamp is new)

Boo Boo Bear

Whilst tidying my messy stamped image box at the weekend...I came across 'Boo Boo Bear' (by Whipper Snapper)...and thought he was too sweet to leave uncoloured...I don't know anyone in need  of a 'Get Well' card at the moment...and not that I want to wish an illness upon anyone, it's always good to have one in your stash just in case! For the background, I embossed Core'dinations card using my Cuttlebug 'Kassie's Brocade', 'Perfect Paisley' and 'Victoria' folders...sanding over the surface to reveal the core. I distressed the edges a little, and cut some matching flowers using my 'Tattered Florals' die...embossing them using my 'D'Vine Swirls' folder. The sentiment stamp is by Personal Impressions, and the brads are BasicGrey.

Challenges for this card:

• Card Positioning Systems - Sketch
• Challenge Up Your Life - Get Well Soon
• Moving Along with the Times - Lots of Layers
• Raise the Bar - Purple Green & ? (I chose blue)

Cats like Felix...

The stamp I've used on this card is another of my Mum's charity shop finds...it's by Personal Impressions, but doesn't seem to have a name. I'm ashamed to say that I've had it for almost a year, but this is the first time it's seen any ink, but I thought it would be perfect for this week's Less is More Challenge of 'In the Frame' on a one layer card. I added a small Penny Black sentiment in the frame (from the 'Christmas Critters' set), and coloured it all with watercolour pencils,

Challenges for this card:

• Card Makin' Mamas - With or For a Child (Mine is for a child)
• Christmas Stampin' - For a Child
• Less is More - One Layer Card & In the Frame

Boo Boo Bear

I've used another of my new Whipper Snapper stamps ('Boo Boo Bear') on this card...it's a 'Get Well' card...I haven't made it for anyone in particular...but Boo Boo's so cute...I just had to use him! lol
I followed this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge sketch, and have added a spot of faux-stitching, so am also entering this for the Creative Inspirations Challenge. The paper is by K&Co ('Classic K - Margo'), and I embossed the green card using the Cuttlebug 'Spots & Dots' and one of the 'Just my Type' (the 'stitching' effect one) border folders. The sentiment stamp is by Personal Impressions.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge 37

The theme for this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge is 'Get Well Soon', and I'm sure that at this time of year, we probably all know someone who's feeling a little under the weather. Stealing an idea from a couple of my favourite bloggers, Jo and Tara, I've used a Christmas stamp ('Xmouse Ornament!') for my image, masking off the snowflake before I stamped it, then adding a couple of Prima flowers in it's place. The paper is by Sandylion, the sentiment stamp is by Personal Impressions, and the lace is from Hobbycraft. I ran the blue panel through the Cuttlebug, with the 'Perfect Paisley' folder, then rubbed over the surface with my Versamark pad to highlight the detail, and then added a few adhesive pearls to the corners to finish it off.

4 Challenges in 1!

I've managed to combine 4 challenges in this card - a new record for me! I've used Murmur's fab sketch for Friday Sketchers for the layout, Secret Crafter's 'Cute as a button' and Cupcake Craft 'Spots & Dots' themes, and it also fits the bill of 'A card for a Child' for the Spoon Full of Sugar challenge this week, as I've made this to send to Cathy's little girl, Ellie, who is having her tonsils out later this month. I've used a Rachelle Ann Miller image, spotty paper by Papermania ('Sweet Nothings'), cute brads by Around the Block ('Simply Said', that I won on a Cupcake Craft Challenge), Prima flowers, A sentiment stamp by Personal Impressions, a couple of buttons from my stash, and a selection of pastel cardstock, all embossed with my 'Swiss Dots' folder.