Girl Build a Bear

Well, there is a story behind why I had to make this card. I usually give cards to the kids in our Home-school group for their birthdays. There is one young lady who always tells me that she cannot wait until her birthday so she can get one of my handmade cards. She is very close to us, my boys think of her as a sister. So this year for her birthday, last week, I went to the dollar store and bought her the ugliest card I could find. All she said was "Thank you for the card Mrs. Rip, I appreciate you thinking of me." So I had planned that when these dies came in I would make her a new card. So this one will go to her. The stems are just cut strips of cardstock. I chose the colors by the variety of flower brads I had.

Stamps: Beary Nice Wishes, Medallion Background

Paper: Pumpkin Pie, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Pretty in Pink, Pumpkin Pie Patterns Designer Paper,

Ink: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie

Accessories: SU Bear Die, SU Beary Essentials Die, SU Beary Girl Die, Flower Brads, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon

Boy Build a Bear

These Build a Bear dies from Stampin' Up! came in my Demo pre-order yesterday. I had to wait a whole day to play with them! I have had the Medallion Background stamp on my wish list since I first saw in and just had to add it to this order. A challenge today on SCS was to use bleach. Since I only had time to make one card today and I wanted to use the medallion and the dies I decided to do them together.

I did quite a bit of sponging around the bears clothes and the card base. The string I used to hang the sign and the shoe strings are both actually made of very thin cut cardstock. The sign is stuck on with a pop up glue dot. The sign is punched twice to give it a shaded look on the bottom.

Stamps: Sanded Background, Medallion Background, Beary Nice Wishes

Paper: Bordering Blue, Ballet Blue, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue Patterns Designer Paper, Chocolate Chip

Ink: Bleach, Ballet Blue, Night of Navy

Accessories: Top Note Die, Piercing tool, mat pack, Modern Label Punch, SU Bear Die, SU Beary Essentials Die, SU Beary Boy Die