Teddy Bear Love

Hi all.... well, we had another snow day here in Maine.  But it finally has stopped and it looks like my kids might actually make it back to school tomorrow.  But I was happy to have another day with them home and I even spent a little time being crafty and made this birthday card.

 

The sketch I used is from the current "take your pick" challenge at Papertake Weekly.  I ended up rotating the sketch so that the text would be on the side instead of the bottom.

 

 

To create my card I started with a 5 x 5 card base.  I added a piece of blue plaid patterned paper backed in white card stock. I cut a piece of red and white star patterned paper mimicking the shape on the sketch and layered that onto the blue plaid.  I embossed a small rectangle of lightning blue card stock using a dot embossing folder, backed it in white card stock and added it to the bottom of the red and white star paper. I punched a piece of white card stock using an eyelet lace border punch, added a piece of red ribbon to it and placed it going down the card. The image I used is Teddy Bear Love from Belles n Whistles. I colored it using Spectrum Noir pens and backed it in red and white card stock.  I decided to place the image at an angle on the card so that more of the shape of the paper behind would show.  I layered a white paper flower onto a blue paper flower and added a red goosebump to the center. I added the flower to the bottom corner of the image.  I stamped the sentiment "happy birthday" directly onto the blue plaid paper at the top corner of the card and added 3 red goosebumps under the sentiment.  I also added 3 more red goosebumps at an angle to the top corner of the image.

 

 

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

 

Papertake Weekly: Sketch

 

Make My Monday: Bright and Cheery Colors

 

The Paper Shelter: Layers and Lots of Them

 

Craft Horders Anonymous: Choose Your Challenge - Markers, Ribbon, Punching, Stamping, Embossing, Bling and Flowers

 

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Inspiration Destination: Anything Goes

 

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Penny's Paper Crafty: Anything Goes

 

Crafty Catz: Oh My Teddies

 

Craft Your Passion: Anything Goes

 

The Pink Elephant: Anything Goes

 

My Creative Moments: Anything Goes

 

Sweet Stampin: Cute and Cuddly

 

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge: Anything Goes with a Twist.....Add Layers

 

Crazy 4 Challenges: Make a Card with Opposites on it  (warm color - red and cool color - blue)

 

Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

 

Spectrum Noir: Anything Goes

 

Kit and Clowder: Anything Goes

 

Ching-Chou Kwik Digital Stamps Inspiration and Challenge Blog: Flowers and Ribbon

 

 

Image

Belles n Whistles Teddy Bear Love Rubber Stamp

 

Sentiment

Stampendous Birthday Wish Rubber Stamp Set

 

Papers

Coredinations Red Card Stock

The Paper Studio The Basics Paper Pad - Blue Plaid Patterned Paper

Red Star Patterned Paper

Coredinations Blue Lightening Card Stock

White Card Stock

 

Embellishments

Studio G White Paper Flower

Studio G Blue Paper Flower

Queen & Co Red Twinkle Goosebumps

Darice Basic Expressions Red 3/8" Ribbon

 

Tools

Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace Border Punch

Cuttlebug

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Dots

 

Coloring Tools

Spectrum Noir Pens

PP1, FS2, DR3, GB8, TB3