B is for Bear

The ABC Christmas Challenge is asking for "B is for Bear".

A quick watercoloured image of a sweet teddy bear doing his Christmas shopping. Trimmed with my new dotted rectangle die, bordered with green, and popped up on fun foam for some dimension.

I love the smile on the little bear's face - I just know he is so happy about Christmas, "Christmas Cheer" seemed a perfect sentiment.

ABC Christmas Challenge "A is for Anything Christmas, B is for Bear"

Supplies:
Stamps - Penny Black teddy bear, SSS sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne
Paper - watercolour paper, green and off white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - watercolour paints, Sizzix dotted rectangle die, fun foam

Christmas Music and Christmas Tree

Getting more Christmas cards done on a dreary drizzly day!

First up for Jingle Belles "something musical on your card", I have musical dp, a horn, and a line from a Christmas carol:

Stamped, coloured with coloured pencils (including a metallic gold one for the horn), trimmed with a stitched square die, popped up on fun foam on a musical dp.

For the Cardz 4 Guyz "Slimline Card" challenge, I did a Christmas card that I think would be fine for a guy:

I put some double sided tape on cs and added foil to it, then die cut my tree. I die cut it a second time from scrap cs and glued them together to give the tree more dimension.

I cut a top panel for the card and ran it through an embossing folder - because the embossing folder is meant for A2 cards, it left an unembossed area at the bottom that was perfect for the sentiment.

Jingle Belles

Cardz 4 Guyz

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - SU rocking horse, Penny Black sentiment
Ink - Archival Acorn
Paper - white cs, musical dp
Size - 5.75" square
Accessories - coloured pencils, fun foam, Lil Inker stitched square die

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Rubber Soul sentiment
Ink - Distress Oxide Faded Jeans
Paper - white cs
Size - 6x4.25"
Accessories - Impression Obsession fir tree die, Deco emerald foil, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Teddy Bear's Christmas Ride

I just discovered a new Christmas card challenge that just started up this year - Christmas Kickstart Challenge.  The current challenge is "Have a Very Bear-y Christmas".

Here's my card:

I have a very old SU stamp (no idea what set it is from) that I found in a garage sale. Stamped, watercoloured, trimmed with a stitched square die, and thinly bordered with red and green to keep it traditionally Christmas and to match the saddle and the bear's ribbon. I stamped the sentiment as if it were coming out of the bear's horn / trumpet.

Looking forward to playing along with this challenge again!

And I'm taking the card over to Jingle Belles where the current challenge is to incorporate music notes, sheet music, or instruments - the teddy bear has an instrument.

Supplies:

Stamps - SU rocking horse, Penny Black sentiment

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Paper - watercolour paper; red, green, and cream cs

Size - 4.75" square

Accessories - Lil Inker stitched square die, Gansai Tambi watercolour paints