May

6

Pendelton and Peewee

Filed Under Bears, DT: Crafty Math Chick | 1 Comment

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Crafty Math Chick has been very busy indeed! Not one but THREE cards featuring Pendelton and Peewee for this month. You can click on any of the cards below for a detailed view.

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HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
I love seeing Pendelton and Peewee in white. She did a great job adding the touches of pink in their ears and on their feet, as well as adding a touch of shadow with a really light colored marker. The hot pink she chose for her backgrounds makes everything pop.

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HAPPY FATHER’S DAY
For this card we see Peewee and Pendelton in brown – great shading too. Everything’s so color coordinated – picking up the wee bit of orange in the background with the orange diagonal stripe layered on top. The finishing touches with the brads and the buttons add so much.

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HELLO BABY
And we can’t forget baby now can we. :) I don’t use ribbon much but whenever I see it used in a card I think why don’t I? I love that she layered the three colors in the background with the embossed polka dots! Great job!

eat cake graphics stamps used (in all three cards):
4016-D Little Peewee Bear
4017-F Pendelton Bear (arms in air)

Supplies:
MOTHER’S DAY
Stamps: sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin’ Up!
Paper: DP (Stampin’ Up! & DCWV), Gina K. Luxury Cardstock for center panel
Ink: Palette Noir
Other: Copic markers, sheer ribbon, Modern Label Punch (Stampin’ Up!), Marvy Uchida circle & scalloped circle punches, brads

FATHER’S DAY
Stamps: sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin’ Up!
Paper: DP (Stampin’ Up! & DCWV), Gina K. Luxury Cardstock for center panel
Ink: Palette Noir
Other: Copic markers, buttons, glue dots, brads, green baker’s twine

BABY
Stamps: sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes by Stampin’ Up!
Paper: by Stampin’ Up!, Gina K. Luxury Cardstock for center panel
Ink: Palette Noir
Other: ribbon, Modern Label Punch & Small Oval punches (Stampin’ Up!), Marcy Uchida Mega scalloped oval punch, Copic Markers, brads

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May

5

Oh bears!

Filed Under Bears, DT: Thao, People | 2 Comments

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Thao created this sweet little card by first stamping Drew, Mooshie and Itsy Bitsy with Versafine ink and then embossing everything using clear embossing powder.  She got out her watercolor crayons and colored everything in. A very sweet card indeed – maybe to send someone a bear hug. :)

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1062-E Drew and Mooshie bear
4018-B Itsy bitsy bear (front)

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May

1

Star light, star bright…

Filed Under Bears, DT: Pam, Dogs, People, Summer | 1 Comment

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Do you remember looking up at the stars when you were a kid and wishing? Or maybe it’s even something you do now. When I originally drew Mia, teddy, Sweet Pea and James looking up I thought of so many things they could be looking at – stars, cloud shapes, birds…

I think Pam did a lovely job and has once again made wonderful use of her Tombow markers – such an eye for shading!

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To make the twinkling stars in the night sky – she used the blade of her cutting knife to scrape off the watercoloring to reveal the plain watercolor paper underneath. That is a nice, neat way to show the light paper when you need to. What a great technique! But she also says, just be careful not to press so hard that you rip your paper and scene!

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1061-L Looking Up

Other supplies:
CS – (Bazzill); Paper –Accademia (Fabriano); Ink – Black StazOn (Tsukineko); Tombow markers, waterbrush, foam tape, black hemp twine (CTMH), computer generated poem.

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Mar

25

Arthur and the bees

Filed Under Bears, DT: Mandy | 3 Comments

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Oh I do hope those bees are friendly. Mandy started this cute card with a sketch from Lord Have Mercy! She said she paper pieced Arthur’s shirt – looks like he’s quite the stylish bear. Love all she’s done in the background – gives me some ideas to start using all the paper I buy at the scrapbook store and love, but don’t know what to do with. Such a dilemma. :)

eat cake graphics stamps used:
4005-E Arthur Alooishus in his stripe shirt

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Mar

25

Rosebud bear

Filed Under Bears, DT: Mandy | 3 Comments

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Mandy did a wonderful job on this card – and so many embellishments! The inspiration for her card started with a sketch from Mojo Monday. I love the sparkliness (is that a real word?) of the dot jewels and the all the green brads. Very nice.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
4007-F Rosebud wears a bow

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Mar

24

Happy Birthday window

Filed Under Bears, Birthday, DT: Thao, People | 7 Comments

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Looking at this card, I think that if I close my eyes I can actually feel the warmth of the smiling sun. Thao created this birthday card using two stamps, a little bit of bling, colored pencils and odorless mineral spirits of all things.

paperstumpI was intrigued by the technique so I wrote and asked. She said she colors towards the edge of the image and then using the odorless mineral spirits and a blending stump, blends inward using a circular motion. She said for large areas putting down a lighter shade as well really makes it blend nicely.

She provided a little side note as well – she’s found that the blending stump can make all the difference and that for her the ones made in Taiwan work better than the ones made in china. I’ve included a picture of what a blending stump (or paper stump as they are also referred to) looks like for those who are curious.

eat cake graphics stamps used:
1141-M Trust (MMM-girl at window)
8153-C Happy birthday (bold text)

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