A couple more 'Beary Nice'

A couple more cards I made for the Beary Nice challenge. I had a go with flocking one of the images too - not sure if I like the result or not but probably need to play around a bit more first. Both bears were coloured with promarkers. I had a change of colours which I prefer so I think I'm finally beginning to get the hang of using those pens! Images, papers and stickers are all FF.

Beary Nice Challenge

The new challenge set on the card making forum I belong to was nice and simple - bears! I used this sheet of paper and cut the image out from a second identical sheet and decoupaged them. I added some glossy accents on the 'drink' in the cup and also to the vase (neither the glossy accents or the decoupage shows up in the picture!). My usual Craftwork Card oval sentiments and Stampin' Up oval punches finished it off.

Blue RAK card

I made this card to a card-making friend as an RAK this month. The fold was taught to me by Elaine at a Stampin' Up evening held at her house and, for once, I was able to remember it when I got home and have made several since (just to make sure it stays in the brain you understand!). I think I used blue Brilliance ink to stamp and watercolour the little FF bear. The paper on the front was FF and the paper inside is Stampin' Up.

With Love card

This card was for a friend of mine who, on top of caring for her poorly mum, is due to go into hospital this week. The paper was from a paper pad that came with a magazine and I used glitter on the petals and glossy accents and seed beads for the flower centres.

Pink Christmas

This was for a UKS challenge, the criteria were 1) use pink, 2) use bling, 3) use old stash.

I picked out my photo and then discovered I had no pink Christmas themed papers but dug deep and managed to find something that looked kind of Christmassy (it was so old I'm not even sure where it came from!) I added pink gemstones to the snowflakes for the bling and the page is generally pink!

Note to self for this year, acquire pink Christmas paper!

Funny Face

I have finally found the scrapbooking bug! It's one of those things that I keep putting off, all the while buying new stash. I came across this photo of DD whilst having a sort out of my scrapbooking stuff and the idea just popped into my head. It was a sharp learning curve as I had to learn how to find the photos from the PC (DH normally sorts all of that out), crop them and edit them. Really pleased with the result and I hope it will be the first of many layouts.

Forum 'Twins' Challenge

The fortnightly challenge on a cardmaking forum I belong to was Twins - to make 2 identical cards. I managed 2 sets, all using the same image. This is the first time I've coloured the FF bears with Promarkers so it still needs some work! The papers on the first 2 are Cupcakes (Craftwork Cards) with flowers and buttons from my stash and on the second the papers were FF (With Love collection) and the butterfly is a Papermania Dimensions sticker