Honey Bear

Good morning everyone! I am here this morning with a couple of fun cards using one of the new released stamps over at So Suzy Stamps this month Bear with Honey.

Now I am typically not known for my "cutsie" cards, but this little bear is so irresistible how could I go wrong. I still wanted to add a little vintage flare, so I chose to work with browns and yellows for my two cards.

Sometimes the cutest cards are the simplest to make. I knew that I wanted to turn this into a "Honey Bee" theme so I sorted through my stash to see what I had.

Supplies:

• Honey Comb Stencil
• So Suzy Stamp - Bear with Honey
• So Suzy Stamp - Be
• Stencil - Mini Chicken Wire
• Distress ink - Walnut Stain
• Paper Pad - Crate Paper - Flea Market
• Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Circles & Scallop Circles
• Martha Stewart - Trellis Chain
• Bee rubber Stamp - Stampin up
• Bee Printable - Ginasdesigns
• Ribbon from my stash

What I did:

• Stencil the base of the card using the mini chicken wire stencil and Walnut stain Distress ink
• Punch out the trellis chain strip and adhere to bottom of card
• adhere ribbon just above trellis
• stamp Bear with Honey onto brown card stock and color as desired
• print out Bee Printable and cut out note card desired
• Using Spellbinders, cut out bee circle and matching scallop circle
• adhere note card and bear image to designer cardstock 
• adhere Bee circle using foam dot
• stamp Bee image onto designer cardstock
• Adhere designer cardstock onto base of the card
• A piece of heart Sentiment - Bee-lated Birthday 
• Decosse's Dynamite Doodles - Faith in Dreams

I turned this into a Be-lated birthday card with a sentiment I had from A piece of heart.

This card is similar, but different. There were so many fun printables on the sheet I downloaded I decided to make a little inspirational card as well.

As you can see, I used the same cardstock, but fussy cut the Bear with Honey  and adhered him with foam dots.  I added the sentiment from So Suzy Stamps Be. It kinda fit my Bee theme I had going on. 

I used a sentiment from Decosse's Dynamite Doodles called "Faith in Dreams."

Well, thanks for popping in. I sure hope that you like my cards I shared with you. 

Send a smile 4kids - Guest Designer

It has been a busy month for me. I was asked to be a guest designer for three challenges this month! I am always so honored when asked, and want to participate regardless what I already have on my plate. So my first Guest Designer spot this month is over at Send a Smile 4Kids.

Their theme is Punches and/or Die Cuts this week, so bring out those tools.  To help support this challenge, they have three sponsors. Meljen's Designs is offering up 4 images, The Cutting Cafe' is offering up 3 digi or cutting files and Oak Pond Creations is offering up 1 digi of winner's choice.

For this challenge, I got to work with two images from Meljen's Designs. I have seen her images around the Challenge Neighborhood, but had not had an opportunity to work with any of them until now.

The first image is called Little Girl Bear Hugs.  I used my punches to make the yellow flowers and they matched the image's flowers perfectly. The sentiment is something I whipped up on my own. I didn't really want it to be a valentine, so I stuck with the theme of LOVE.

The second image I used is called Lil Rodeo Boy. The Die Cut I used is from Spellbinders and I embossed it with my Cuttlebug embossing folder called Hounds tooth.The sentiment was a freebie from Desert Diva

I had a lot of fun working with these cute little images. So if you have a chance, pop over and check out this challenge. We would love to see your wonderful card creations!

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Ends Feb 25 - ABC Challenges - F is for Flower
Ends Feb 25 - Feeling Crafty - #25 Punches & Dies
Ends Feb 20 - Meljen Designs - Love you to pieces
Ends Feb 28 - Kitty Bee Designs - Use Red/Pink