Summer Day Shy Bear

Well summer 2011 is here after a very wet spring and one horrible winter:) Here is my card  and a picture of my back yard to celebrate it. It was a long time coming..Two robins's had just finished taking a bath and I was trying to capture the moment. Not being that great of a photographer I missed it (did not even come close lol). My garden gets really  lovely around September, just before the frost. So basically I get 3 1/2 months to putter away before fall clean up. I do love those 3 1/2  (sometime 4)  months.

Card details. I used a Shy Bear digital stamp from Squigglefly called  'Bouquet Bear'. I love shy bears and can't believe I have not made a card  with them for quite a long time.
Die Cuts: Spellbinders Nestabilities 'Lacy Squares',  'Inverted  Squares'
Punches:SU 'Beautiful Wings' for the butterflies, Martha Stewart branch  punch and various daisy punches from Fiskars and Marvy for the flower
Medium: Prismacolor markers

Challenges entered:
Sundays with Crissy: challenge #18 Here Comes the Sun.
Squigglefly:SFC#103 Playing Favorites (shy bear in my case)
Everybody Art Challenge #147 anything goes
Simply Create:#46 Fly with Us
Totally Gorjuss: #84 Flower Power
Whoopsi Daisy:  Pile on the Flowers
Papertake Weekly: here comes the sun
Bearly Mine:#13  summer is here
Bee Crafty (june)  summers here

Christmas Tag

Here is tag I made using non traditional colours. The stamp is by Crissy Armstrong who designs wonderful characters for Squigglefly (among others). I'm liking the octagonal shape this year for some reason; easy to do I guess. I wish I had a lot more of the tags actually, just can't seem to get into gear to do them. Challenges seem to get me going though and at least I have this one (plus one I had made a few months ago) Two, hardly enough I'm afraid - lol!

Challenges:

Squigglefly challenge #77 - Christmas Tag using non traditional colours  http://www.squigglefly.blogspot.com/

Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club challenge #45 to use a die cut. I used the cuttlebug with Spellbinders Nestabilities   http://dcdchristmasclub.blogspot.com/2010/11/challenge-45-use-die-cut-on-your.html

Kaboodles Doodles challenge #45 'Tag You're it'    http://kaboodledoodles.blogspot.com/

Stamp: Christmas with Oswalda from Squigglefly

Sentiment: SU's 'Warm Words'

Markers: Prismacolors

Other: clear gelly roll pen by Sakura, blue glitter, cuttlebug, nestabilities

Engagement Card for my Niece

This is my "Congratulations' card for my niece who just got engaged. Exciting time for her and her fellow. I hope they  enjoy the card. Who could express being in love  more than these two shy bears; aren't they just adorable?  Oh to be young and in love. I remember when......! Anywho, here are the challenges this card has been entered in:

Challenge 1. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge 43: an  inspiration challenge http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/

Challenge 2: Anything Goes: this weeks thyme is Congratulations    http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/

Challenge 3: CPS Card Sketch #195  http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/

Challenge 4: Top Tip Tuesday : Anything  Goes Challenge - I'm not leaving a tip just my creation  http://www.toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/

Challenge 5:  Design Dollies - to create a card using at least 5 layers (counting the ribbon I have seven) http://designdollies.blogspot.com/


Stamp: Digi Stamp from Squigglefly  - Spinning Bears
Sentiment: Computer generated
Ribbon:    Michaels
Markers:  Prismacolors Markers
Ink for sponging : apricot appeal, tangerine tango, dusty durango
Other: crystal effects

Technique: sponging (zindorf circle sponging), dimensional (the right hand bear has been stamped twice, coloured, one cut out and pasted over the first stamped bear for a 3-D effect)