The Beary Scrap Design Team and Challenge Blog

Hat, glasses and nose from Beary Sweet Designs Mr and Mrs Clause Patterns

Stickles

Bo Bunny Double Dot Cardstock-- Grape, Licorice and Orange
Authentique 6 x 6 paper pad-- Glowing (sold out but check out these Halloween papers)
Teddy Tear Bear Pattern
Beary Creative Tool
Tear Bear Flush Brush
Color Box Fluid Chalk-- Creamy Brown
Color Box Fluid Chalk-- Chestnut Roan
Sakura White pen
Sakura Micron black pen
Mulberry Paper-- Mocha
Mulberry Paper -- White

Now lets see your project and enter it ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Our Beary Best - Week 3

2011-11-15T00:01:00.000-05:00

It's time for another installment of the Beary's Scraps' Beary Best! I really enjoy making all kinds of cards - some the focus is coloring, others it may be all about the die-cuts - but for this one it's all about collage. This is a petite card - just barely over 4 inches, but it packs a powerful impact.

My papers are from Authentique's Splendid collection. It's really a fun and eclectic mix of patterns. After layering my papers, I added a Vintage Setting from Epiphany Crafts - with my custom epoxy. And I added a little touch of Twinery Baker's Twine.

I think this turned out really fun!

2011-11-14T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hello friends! I hope you are finding time to join our month-long November challenge. We want to see Your Beary Best!

Today I have a card to share using Authentique's "Wonder" 6x6 paper pad. I got a Beary Scrap package last Thursday and immediately had to dig into this paper. Love the colors and the vintage feel!

All of the patterned paper is from the pad. In addition, I used green and french vanilla Bazzill card stocks. The sparkle comes from Stickles in Star Dust and Candy Cane, and I added Kaisercraft yellow pearls to the flower. The seam binding is Sage and Ivory - I color-distressed the ivory seam binding by dabbing it onto Bundled Sage and Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The center piece was cut from a cool postcard-themed sheet and painted with Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint.

Thanks for visiting today! Please join our "Your Beary Best" challenge - you could win a $30 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

Time for Christmas Decorations!

2011-11-11T00:01:00.001-05:00

Happy beginning of the holiday season and thank you so much for all your wonderful entries so far in our month-long "Beary Best" challenge. I am so impressed by all your great projects, keep them coming!

My project this week is a couple of quick and easy Christmas decorations featuring the awesome Merry Christmas line from Echo Park. I completely adore the color combination in these papers-- traditional red and green but dark paired with BROWN (I love BROWN!) and just a tiny bit of grey. So pretty! I am in a red/green/brown mode this week as I prepare for my Christmas craft shows and I have been painting and embellishing everything in these colors, including both of these:

First is a set of stars, about 4 x 4 inches painted, sanded, varnished and then a little bit of paper added before my vinyl words.

Next is a set of JOY letters, about 12 inches tall, also painted, sanded and varnished then decorated. I added my Echo Park paper to the J by tracing and cutting it out then putting it on with a heavy layer of glue stick (one layer on the paper, one layer on the wood). I glittered up my O using tacky glue and some glitter-- imaging this O done with the German Glass Glitter from The Beary Scrap store; I didn't have any brown but the vibrant hues of the Glass Glitter would be absolutely gorgeous on a wood letter like this!

Supplies Used:
Echo Park Merry Christmas papers (on sale right now, check out the great prices!)Colorbox Fluid Chalk-- Chestnut Roan
Aleen's Tacky Glue

I hope I passed a little of my holiday mood along to you and I can't wait to see what you create this month!

Cold Days On The Way

2011-11-10T09:11:00.000-05:00

I can't believe winter is almost here and as much as I love the warm summer weather there are lots of things I love about the cold season. Cuddling in the house with my boys, eating warm chili and listening to a cracking fire. This card is my welcome to the new season.

The paper is from Authentique / Journey 6 x 6 paper pad.

So what are you making these days? Have you entered it in our challenge? Anything goes so enter away and you might just win.

Hugs,

Lori

Another Beary Best Tag

2011-11-09T00:00:00.003-05:00

Wow have you seen all the entries in our
Beary Best Challenge?
They are awesome. I have another tag to show you this week with another new pattern from Beary Sweet Designs

I used one of the new pattern Mrs Clause Bear, I just love the new patterns from Beary Sweet Designs. I made mine into a Tear Bear using one of the Acrylic Paper Piecing Patterns and Mulberry Paper everything was glued together with Fabri Tac Glue. All edges were inked with Colorbox Ink and I added some Stickles to my little tag and Pearls. My background paper is from Echo Park's Merry Christmas line.

Now lets see your project and enter it ---HERE---

Here are some of the other new pattern from Beary Sweet Designs that I have been making.

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Tis The Season

2011-11-08T00:01:00.000-05:00

Can you believe, it's really time for Tis the Season? The whole Christmas season is one of my favorite times of the year - so I hope you enjoy this card!

I have really enjoyed using the 12 Days of Christmas papers from My Mind's Eye, this year. It's bright and fun with a fun retro twist to it. To make my dimensional wreath, I used the Boxwood Vine Wreath die from Cottage Cutz. (I also used the Holiday Doily die from them as well).

I cut my dies using white cardstock, but then colored them using Creative Inspirations Paints, before a punched them away from the paper. For the bottom layer of the wreath, I used Emerald, for my shadows, and for the top layers, I used the lighter Evergreen. For my reds, I used used Garnet and Rustic Red.

Don't forget, you have all month to play along with the Beary Scrap's Beary Best Challenge (and you can enter as many times as you like!)

Merry Christmas

2011-11-07T00:00:00.000-05:00

Hiya crafty friends! We're a few days into our month-long challenge and I'm so impressed with all the entries so far! You are definitely showing us "Your Beary Best" and we appreciate it!

Today I have a simple Christmas card made with My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas.

I used one of the die-cut embellishments from the 12 x 12 kit and put a green layer behind it. The card base is the same green, so it's a nice little accent. I spritzed the poinsetta with Glimmer Mist and it's a lot more subtle in person! So is the Glossy Accents over the red "Christmas" and bits on the die cut embellishment. My camera was picking up all kinds of light today!

I used a bit of green seam binding behind the flower and Kaisercraft pearls in the corner.

Thanks so much for visiting today! Our "Your Beary Best" challenge runs ALL MONTH with a $30 gift voucher as the prize. Won't you show us your beary best?

Cheers,
Susan

Grateful

2011-11-04T00:01:00.003-04:00

Please scroll down to see out Beary Sweet "Double or Nothing" winners!

November is such a lovely month-- the beginning of the holiday season, a time for excitement, family and to remember to be thankful for all the wonderful things we have (as we celebrate Thanksgiving here in the United States). It's the perfect month, then, for the great challenge we have going on now, show us "Your Beary Best" and I am so delighted to see all the wonderful projects you have entered so far!
My project for this week is a Gratitude Journal:

I started with this Thanksgiving quote that I absolutely love and altered a composition notebook using papers from SEI's Oasis line-- these are perfect for fall and Thanksgiving theme projects with pretty fall colors and foil accents.

This journal could be used just by one person to record all the things they are grateful for or it could be used at the Thanksgiving table and sent around so that different family members had a chance to write down their thoughts, creating a family keepsake.

Supplies used:
SEI Oasis papers
Bo Bunny Double Dot cardstock-- Mint, Burnt Orange, Gingerbread
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-- Vintage Photo
Seam Binding-- Canyon (sprayed with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Latte)
Misc. crochet flowers, rhinestones and stick pin

Keep those "Beary Best" projects coming all November long! I love visiting your blogs and seeing all of your fantastic work-- I am grateful for you!

BSC #36 Winners!

2011-11-04T00:00:00.000-04:00

We want to extend a huge "Thank You!" to everyone who played along with our "Double or Nothing" challenge! We absolutely loved visiting your blogs. Thanks so much for your support!

Our winner of the $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap is...

#: 30 Dee

Congratulations Dee! Please email Kimm and she'll set you up with a voucher to go shoppin'!

We would also like to congratulate our Beary Sweet Top 3:

#2 Debbie M

#10 Miislucky

#16 Sylvia/LT

Ladies - thank you so much for joining us! Please take our Top 3 badge from our sidebar for your fabulous blogs!

We hope everyone checks out our month-long November Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge #37! You could win a $30 Gift Voucher to The Beary Scrap just like Dee. Come check it out!

Cheers,

The Beary Sweet Design Team

It's Celebration Time

2011-11-03T00:00:00.000-04:00

How can you not love our current challenge...ANYTHING GOES!!! Yeap anything that your creative mind can come up with ...you can enter it in our current challenge. Want more? How about enter as many times as you'd like! STILL MORE....it's all for a shopping spree of $30. Everything about this challenge screams FUN!

I used My Mind's Eye:Lost and Found for this card. It's such a diversified collection it's got a little bit of something for everyone in it. You can pick up the 6 x 6 paper pad or 12 x 12 collection, great for whatever project you have in mind.

Do jump in our month long challenge, we can't wait to see your work.

Hugs

Lori

My "Beary Best" Tags

2011-11-02T00:00:00.003-04:00

I just love making tags now and get ready to be inspired this month with some great inspiration for some cute holiday tags.
This whole month at
The Beary Sweet Challenge Blog
were mixing it up a bit with a whole month long challenge of you showing us your
"Beary Best"
and evey better you can enter as many times as you want and the prize this month is $30.00 shopping spree at
The Beary Scrap Store.
Now here is my tag I made for you

Tag recipe:

Right now you can get this cute snowman file FREE from Beary Sweet Designs this week ---HERE--- don't wait to long because there will be a new freebie on Friday.

Tear Bear Peeker made with an Acrylic Paper Piecing Pattern and Mulberry Paper. All edges were inked with Colorbox Ink and I added Stickles. The background paper is from My Minds Eye-12 Days of Christmas. I used the ribbon and snowflake button from my stash. Now lets see what your "Beary Best" is and enter it ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Beary Sweet Challenge #37: Your Beary Best!

2011-11-01T00:02:00.001-04:00

Please scroll down for Gini's awesome project!

Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #37

The design team sends out BIG thanks to everyone who joined our BSC #36 - we are so thrilled to see each and every one of you play along! We'll announce our random winner Friday, November 4th. Thank you!

Your Beary Best!

The idea for this challenge is simple - show us "Your Beary Best". It's an anything goes-type of challenge where we ask nothing except that you give us your best. Everything else is up to you! There are no restrictions *and* we'll even let you enter up to 10 times. How great is that? We're moving right into the "silly season" and everyone is crazy busy so this month we're having one challenge only. Easy peasy for everyone to play along!

This challenge runs through November 30th at 11:59pm EST. One random entry will receive a $30 gift voucher for The Beary Scrap. Did you catch that? A $30 gift voucher!!

We will announce the random gift voucher winner and our "Beary Sweet Top 3" on Sunday, December 4th.

Here are the simple, standard "rules" to play - PLEASE READ:

Become a follower if you aren't already (don't forget this one - it's disqualified a few folks already!);
Link your challenge entry post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with our Inlinkz frog below.
Link back to this challenge post (not just our blog "home page") on your blog
Up to 10 entries are allowed. Links to projects/cards posted before November 1st will not be eligible.

Additional information:

Feel free to combine with other challenges;
All NEW project types are welcome as long as they follow this sketch challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
International crafters can play, too!

Thanks for playing along with us - we really appreciate you!

Cheers,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie, Lori and Kimm

Our Beary Best

2011-11-01T00:02:00.000-04:00

It's time for our new challenge at the Beary Scrap - and we just want to see your Beary Best!

I hope you will enjoy the card that I've made for you today!

Papers: Authentique - Glowing; Splendid
Stamps: JustRite - Friendship Blooms; Fancy Labels
Dies: Spellbinders - Labels 18
Pearls: Kaisercraft
Ribbon: May Arts
Embossing Powder: Lindy's Stamp Gang

Tilda Has A Crush!

2011-10-31T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hiya crafty friends! Hope your weekend was spectacular. I know a couple of us on the design team got hit with snow. Ack! Luckily, I only had rain and howling winds. Appropriate for today's festivities, right?

Many folks are observing the High Holy Day of Chocolate, otherwise known as Halloween. The sad thing about all of this is no matter what costume you wear, all those gooey, drippy, melty, crunchy calories will still find your hips!

For my last Double or Nothing challenge project, I decided to use two Magnolia stamps. Poor Edwin is so caught up in his lights that he doesn't suspect Tildas ambush behind the tree! She's sweet on him. Aww...

The tree is made from a lot of single punches of a Martha Stewart branch punch. It's been a few years since I've made this type of tree and forgot how much I love the dimension. Neat, huh? The papers are from the My Mind's Eye 12 Days of Christmas 6x6 pad. I colored our little friends with Prismacolor pencils and Stickles... loads of Stickles! I used Waterfall, Candy Cane, Yellow, Crystal, Star Dust and Lavender.

Thanks so much for visiting today! There's still a wee bit of time to enterour challenge. You could win a $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap. Good luck!

By the way, have you seen the gorgeous new Tim Holtz Seasonal Distress Inks?

The Beary Scrap will soon have this 3-pack of Fall colors *and* the Winter pack. We don't know the colors for the Winter pack yet, but I'll bet they will be beautiful! There's a limited supply, so be sure to keep an eye out!

Cheers,
Susan

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble. . .

2011-10-28T00:01:00.005-04:00

Fillet of a fenny snake,

In the caldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting,
Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing,—
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth boil and bubble.

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and caldron bubble.

MacBeth Act IV Scene 1

Here I am with my second Double or Nothing post and this week is dedicated to our DT leader Susan (and a guy named William!)-- who inspired me early this week by saying she was waiting to see a Double, Double Toil and Trouble project! I guess I haven't had enough of Halloween because that got me in the mood for a little Shakespeare (I do have an English minor!) and a double dose of Tear Bear Witches.

And so my Double or Nothing project this week is a DOUBLE pair of Halloween birthday days with DOUBLE Tear Bear Witches to wish my two nieces a DOUBLE Halloween birthday! (Yes it's true, these two sisters, turning 8 and 5 this year, share that spooky day a birthday. If you read my Halloween post last year, you might know who else shares that day with them! Hint: There's a reason I like Halloween so much!)

Here's a look at the front of my Halloween birthday cards, the Tear Bears are decorated with all kinds of cute Halloween stickers and bling.

A closeup of one of the cards:

Here they are standing up:
And a look at the inside:

Supplies used:

So, did you figure it out? Yep, it's my birthday too on Halloween, we are a whole freaky family of witches. And what I would love the most for my birthday is for YOU to enter our Double or Nothing challenge so I can visit your blogs and get inspired by your talented projects, so be sure to link up your project by 11:59 EST on Halloween night for your chance to win!

My Minds Eye Cocoa Cafe

2011-10-27T00:01:00.000-04:00

Hi Everyone...I'm so happy to share this adorable Christmas card I did using My Minds Eye's Lost and Found. I love the muted holiday colors this collection provides.

Be sure to jump into our challenge...just a few days left, for double or nothing... My double and nothing for this card were two die cuts...see how creative you can be with the challenge.

Have a great week!

One Tag Double Papers

2011-10-26T00:00:00.002-04:00

Have you entered your

"Double or Nothing"

Challenge yet?

I have another tag to share with you made with the papers from Echo Park's very pretty line of papers from there Merry Christmas line. I used two of the differerent designer papers.

I made this cute tag with Tattered Teddy Tear Bear, made with an Acrylic Paper Piecing Pattern and Mulberry Paper. I added Colorbox Ink to the outside of my papers and the whole tag was glued together with Fabri-Tac Glue. I added two Pearls and some other embellishments from my stash. Now time is running out to enter your project, so don't wait and enter your project -HERE-

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Seeing Double

2011-10-25T00:01:00.000-04:00

Are you still seeing double at the Beary Scrap? That's because our Double or Nothing Challenge is still going on! I've got a whimsical Christmas Card to share with you today. Don't you think the 12 Days of Christmas papers from My Mind's Eye need to be used for this kind of holiday fun? My adorable Santa 's Truck with Tree die is from the very newest release from Cottage Cutz Dies. It was so fun to add some of the patterned papers to my truck's piecing. And with a little ingenuity, I used the Holiday Doily die to add a border to my circle. Finally, a "borrowed" the sentiment stamp from the Boxwood Vine Wreath set, so I could wish you Merry Christmas!

Double Christmas Wishes

2011-10-24T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello hello crafty friends! It's another Monday here and my first post with our new "Double or Nothing" challenge. I'm really hoping to see a "double, double, toil and trouble" entry... I'll leave that to you, though. I've moved on to Christmas! I have loads of Halloween under my belt this year and am past ready for the red and green. :)

I've used the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Christmas - both the 12x12 collection pack and the 6x6 paper pad. I was able to double up three times - so cool! I used two types of ribbon - crochet and velvet ric-rac; two different cardstock die-cuts from the 12x12 collection pack; and, two layers of Santa, and two beaded pins from my own collection. Fun!

I really wanted to showcase this wonderfully traditional Santa on this page from the 6x6 pad. I used one full page and cut his second layer from the second page in the pack. His beard is colored in with Frosted Lace Stickles, coat and hat trim covered with a snowy effect from the craft store, and his belt and boots are painted with Glossy Accents.

Edges are inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and sewn with my trusty Singer. The Santa layer and die-cuts are raised up a bit with Glue Dots. Pearls are Kaisercraft Latte.

Thanks for visiting today! Our current "Double or Nothing" Challenge goes on through October 31st. All the details are HERE - you could win a $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

Spooky Double or Nothin'

2011-10-21T00:01:00.002-04:00

Spooky Friday wishes to all my crafty friends out there!

I had so much fun making my Double or Nothing project for this week and can't wait to show you what I came up with:

I got this little wood coffin at my local craft store (it's about 6 inches tall and two inches deep) and couldn't wait to decorate it up. First I painted the whole thing black; for two reasons, first so I didn't have to cover every tiny surface with paper, and second, so that no wood would show between the edges of the paper.

Then I measured or traced each surface and cut some paper to fit from Authentique's fantastic Glowing papers. I know these are sold out in the story but Kimm has some super cute Halloween papers from My Mind's Eye and Echo Park that would also work great!

After covering the coffin with my TWO designer papers, I went to work embellishing it (oh, the most fun part!) with TWO types of trim (black tulle and Pumpkin Seam Binding) , two vintage Halloween potion tags (digi images bought off etsy), TWO black candy dots and TWO sparkly spiders.

But wait, I still have one more DOUBLE on my project, it's also a DOUBLE treat-- a cute coffin and then inside--

an extra goodie! I filled my coffin with some Halloween candy and this cute little mummy. I actually was thinking of putting a creepy skeleton inside but I've been making lots of these candy mummies and my daughter insisted this was perfect for putting into the coffin.

This one is a mini version made from a package of Tic Tacs (though I have been using full size Hershey bars for my other ones). Simply rip some strips of muslin fabric, glue around the candy, add two eyes and a sentiment (or any other decoration; I wanted to add a spider but then that would be 3 spiders and ruin my doubles! Hee hee).

I hope you have enjoyed our first week of Double or Nothing projects and are inspired to make one of your own. WE LOVE SEEING YOUR CREATIONS AND VISITING YOUR BLOGS so be sure to enter our current Beary Sweet Challenge by clicking HERE; you just might win a Beary Sweet voucher!

A Beautiful View

2011-10-20T00:01:00.000-04:00

I love to show how versatile paper collections can be and this is one that really is...For the Record form Echo Park. I double up on the doubles...using the double bird stamp and also the double pins. So double, double, double for me, LOL.

Be sure to jump into our current challenge, double or nothing and remember you could win a $20 gift certificate...so have fun.

Hugs,

Double Trouble

2011-10-19T00:00:00.002-04:00

Double Trouble
The Beary Scrap's Use 2 Challenge
This tag was so fun to make for our challenge.

Tag recipe:

Penny the Penguin Acrylic Paper Piecing Pattern

Stickles - Crystal and Aqua

Paper from the My Minds Eye - 12 Days of Christmas 6x6 Pad

Seam Binding

Misc from stash:

Snow flake buttons

Spellbinders

Lets see your Take 2 challenge and enter your project ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Double or Nothing with The Beary Scrap

2011-10-18T00:01:00.000-04:00

Please scroll down to see the winners of our Beary Sweet "Free For (f)All" Challenge!

We've got our new challenge at the Beary Scrap - and the theme is Double or Nothing (use two of something on your design - no more, no less).

For my "double" I used two designer papers - both from the MME 12 Days of Christmas Collection. Although it's Christmas paper, there are many designs in this collection that can be used any time of the year. For my image, I die cut the shape using a Spellbinders label, then sprinkled Ultrafine Art Glitter over the area, and let it dry. Then I stamped a design from Flourishes over the top. I painted the roses with watercolors. To finish everything off, I added some Kaisercraft pearls and Seam Binding Ribbon.

We hope that you will take your chances and play along with us!

BSC #35 Winners

2011-10-18T00:00:00.000-04:00

We want to extend a huge "Thank You!" to everyone who played along with our "Free For (f)All/Anything Goes" challenge! We absolutely loved visiting your blogs. Thanks so much for your support!

Our winner of the $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap is...

#: 30 Lisa M/Lisabee

Congratulations Lisa! Please email Kimm and she'll set you up with a voucher to go shoppin'!

We would also like to congratulate our Beary Sweet Top 3:

#28 Alanna

#32 Jill

#35 Heidi

Ladies - thank you so much for joining us! Please take our Top 3 badge from our sidebar for your fabulous blogs!

We hope everyone checks out our Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge #36! You could win a $20 Gift Voucher to The Beary Scrap just like Lisa. Come check it out!

Cheers,

The Beary Sweet Design Team

Beary Sweet Challenge #36: Double or Nothing

2011-10-15T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #36

The design team sends out BIG thanks to everyone who joined our BSC #35 - we are so thrilled to see each and every one of you play along! We'll announce our random winner Thursday, November 3rd. Thank you!

Double or Nothing

The idea for this challenge is to use 2 of something - 2 ribbons, 2 buttons, 2 images, 2 flowers, 2 whatevers -- but only 2! No more, no less.

All projects are welcome in our challenge, but remember ONE ENTRY PER PERSON!

This challenge runs through October 31st at 11:59pm EST. One entry will receive a $20 gift voucher for The Beary Scrap. How cool is that?

We will announce the random gift voucher winner and our "Beary Sweet Top 3" on Thursday November 3rd.

Here are the simple, standard "rules" to play - PLEASE READ:

Become a follower if you aren't already (don't forget this one - it's disqualified a few folks already!);
Link your challenge entry post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with our Inlinkz frog below.
Link back to this challenge post (not just our blog "home page") on your blog
Only one (1) entry per person. In fairness to all players, if you enter this challenge more than once all second, third, etc. entries will be deleted without notice. Links to projects/cards posted before October 15th will not be eligible.

Additional information:

Feel free to combine with other challenges;
All NEW project types are welcome as long as they follow this sketch challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
International crafters can play, too!

Thanks for playing along with us - we really appreciate you!

Cheers,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie, Lori and Kimm

Last Day of Free For Fall!!

2011-10-14T00:01:00.003-04:00

Happy Friday to all you fabulous paper crafters out there! Thank you so much for playing with us at The Beary Scrap during the last challenge-- you have outdone yourselves with all the incredible entries and I have had so much fun visiting your blogs to look at your creative ideas. You have one more day to enter to our Free for Fall challenge so link up your project by clicking here for your chance to win!

Here is a teeny peek at my second Free for Fall project:

For a long time I have been wanting to make a layout with the chorus from a Trace Adkins song that I absolutely love-- it makes me tear up every time I hear it, which is usually in my car full of 3 busy kids as I'm driving them from one activity to the next and the words really hit home for me:

You're gonna miss this
You're gonna want this back
You're gonna wish these days hadn't gone by so fast
These are some good times
So take a good look around
You may not know it now
But you're gonna miss this

And so I finally decided this was the week and I made my layout on this song and our crazy busy life. Here is my two page layout, with pictures of kids' various activities this week.

A closer look at page 1, this page has the song lyrics down the right hand side along with a picture I took in my car looking at my kids in the rear view mirrow-- I saw this idea somewhere in a scrapbook magazine once and thought what a cool picture, as I so often see my kids that way as I peek in the mirror to see what chaos may be happening in the back seat!

Here is the second page, down the left hand side of this page is a list of all the things our days currently include (like school, homework, swim team, football practice, piano lessons, etc) and my feelings about the craziness:

Supplies used:
Bazzill cardstock
Authentique Splendid 6 x 6 paper pad
Echo Park double sided Cardstock Victoria Gardens Wildrose/Bluebird
Bo Bunny Double Dot-- Coffee
Colorbox FluidChalk-- Chestnut Roan
Sassafras Lass papers, stickers, and layered flowers
Heart charm
Yellow bakers' twine
Misc. embellies

Thanks for letting me share this layout with you, even if it's a little bit sappy! And don't forget to show us your projects!

Boo To You

2011-10-13T00:01:00.001-04:00

Have you seen the new collection from My Mind's Eye/ Mischievous. I think it's got such a vintage feel.

The little puppy is attached to the pumpkin with a small amount of twine...so he can be pulled up to wish you a Boo but he can't get lost from the card. Nothing sadder than a lost puppy, LOL.

Once you untie the string you'll find a Halloween wish inside. Love, love, love this card.

What amazing creation have you come up with...remember right now our challenge is anything goes...so get crafting and enter our challenge where you could win a $20 gift certificate.

See ya next week,

Hugs,

Oh Christmas Tree

2011-10-12T00:00:00.002-04:00

We have has so many wonderful entries for our
Free for All Challenge at
The Beary Scrap
For my card this week I used the Echo Park Merry Christmas Paper Line

Card recipe:

Echo Park - Merry Christmas

Stickles

Pearls

Mulberry Flowers from stash.

There are so many pretty papers in this line I can't wait to make more cards and tags.

Let's see what you have made and show us ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Boo to You!

2011-10-11T00:01:00.001-04:00

We are continuing with our Anything Goes theme at the Beary Scrap this week. So you have no excuse not to play along with us, for your chance to win a $20 gift certificate!

I chose to make a Halloween card this week, using papers from Authentique's Glowing line. I had some really funky, vintage, sequined fabric that I used to cut my bats out with the Spellbinder's bat dies. I used Authentiques letter stickers and the Epiphany Crafts Studio Tool Round 14 to make my epoxy title.

Thanks for looking!

It's the Itsy Bitsy Spider - Eek!

2011-10-10T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hey there crafty folks! This week the design team is continuing with whatever strikes our fancy, since it's a challenge Free for All!

I'm having loads of fun with my chunky Halloween houses - there's a village now! This week's house is made using Authentique's Glowing paper. Sadly, I didn't realize it was sold out in the shop and I don't have another project to inspire you. I hope this can give you an idea or two anyway. :) There are tons of available 6x6 pads to choose from!

It's a simple house, really... with a big, hairy occupant. (No, I'm not talking about Aunt Hilda, the poor dear...)The spider web was "painted" with Glossy Accents, as was the spider body (which was then covered with a Swarovski crystal). I covered the chimney with a scrap of the same paper left over from another project, so the right wall has a spider, also. This was a fun project and I'm really looking forward to a Christmas village!

Thanks for visiting today! Our Free for All / Anything Goes challenge continues through Friday the 14th. Come join us - you could win a $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

Pumpkin Free for F'All

2011-10-07T00:01:00.001-04:00

I have been so excited to see all your wonderful projects entered in our Free for F'All challenge-- wow! Keep those entries coming, you are all so talented and creative!

My project for this week is a quick paper pumpkin you can make as seasonal decor or to use as table favors for a fall occasion. All you need is a scallop circle punch and some great fall paper!

If you want to try out this little pumpkin for yourself, follow these steps:

1. From your patterned fall paper (you could use Halloween papers for a spooky pumpkin!), punch 8 scalloped circles. My punch was 3 inches but you could do smaller or larger depending on what you have or cut them out with a die cut machine.

2. Ink the edges of your scallop circles and then carefully line them up exactly and fold them in half.

3. After they are folded and even, unfold them and cut off the bottom scalloped edges to make a straight edge. The straight edge needs to be the same on all of the circles so measure carefully. (I had a little bit of a hard time getting them even, so don't get frustrated if the first try doesn't work out perfect! Just try again!)

4. Begin attaching the circles to each other, one at time so all the scallops match up (as close as possible) and the flat edges are all together on the bottom. You may have to fold a little more and adjust as you go to get everything matched up. You also may have to trim a little off the bottom to make the pumpkin stand straight if not all your straight edges lined up. You should end up with a shape that looks like this:

5. Embellish however you want! I broke a branch off a tree in my yard for a stem and worked it through the center of the pumpkin. You could also use some wire, fabric or just more paper for a stem. Add leaves, curled up wire or anything else you like! I spritzed some seam binding with Glimmer Mist and used that for my leaves.

Supplies used:
Authentique 6 x6 paper pad-- Glowing
Seam Binding-- Key Lime
Colorbox Fluid Chalk-- Chestnut Roan
Glue Dots
Aleene's Tacky Glue

Happy Crafting this weekend and remember to enter your project in our current challenge!

Bling In The Season

2011-10-06T00:01:00.004-04:00

How could you not love My Mind's Eye new Lost and Found Christmas paper collection?...YUM with all that glitter. I love it!!! I'm also loving our current challenge, Anything Goes. So basically all you have to do is something beautiful that shows your creativity and enter it in our challenge, where you might just win a $20 shopping spree.

Have a great week.

Hugs,

Anything Go's at The Beary Scrap

2011-10-05T00:00:00.003-04:00

Who doesn't like an
Anything Go's Challenge. Well for the next two weeks at
The Beary Scrap
that just what it is, and October is also Beast Cancer Awareness Month.
Kimm has created the cutest new file at
Beary Sweet Designs
and I played around with the new
Squeak Pink file with the cutest Mice.

Are they not the most cutest mice!!

Now for more excited news about this file....

Now available on the website (Beary Sweet Designs). Squeak Pink! For the month of October, 50% off all proceeds generated from this file will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Search for a Cure.

My tag recipe:

Squeak Pink Paper Piecing file

Also used from stash

Spellbinders, Ribbon Card Stock, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

BSC #34 Winners!

2011-10-04T08:12:00.001-04:00

We want to extend a huge "Thank You!" to everyone who played along with our Happy Fall, Y'All challenge! We absolutely loved visiting your blogs. Thanks so much for your support!

Our winner of the $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap is...

#3: Jill

Congratulations Jill! Please email Kimm and she'll set you up with a voucher to go shoppin'!

We would also like to congratulate our Beary Sweet Top 3:

#12 Gro
#20 Crafting Cathy
#21 Mindy Baxter

Ladies - thank you so much for joining us! Please take our Top 3 badge from our sidebar for your fabulous blogs!

We hope everyone checks out our Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge #35! You could win a $20 Gift Voucher to The Beary Scrap just like Jill. Come check it out!

Cheers,
The Beary Sweet Design Team

Vintage Christmas

2011-10-04T00:01:00.000-04:00

I know, I know...it's too early to be thinking about Christmas, but I wanted to make a card to show off some of the great Christmas papers that Kimm has gotten in at the Beary Scrap. For the next two weeks, our challenge is really easy - anything goes! So we would love to have you join in, and have your chance to win a $20 gift certificate to the Beary Scrap!

My card was made using the gorgeous and vintage My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Christmas paper pack. You know, I am a huge fan of the Lost and Found line - and this newest addition will not disappoint. I inked the edges with my trusty Distress ink. I added Epiphany Crafts 25 round epoxies to either side of my die cut to balance everything - and tied it all off with a seam binding bow. My ruffes were made with Tim Holtz tissue tape, and really added some nice dimension.

Can't wait to see what you will come up with for our challenge!

There's A Cure...

2011-10-03T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hi crafty folks! Welcome to October. Here in Maryland October blew in on a brisk wind. It's oh-so-cold right now, and the sun doesn't even have the decency to push away the clouds. Over in the UK our friends are experiencing a record-breaking heat wave. C'mon Mother Nature, get it together! This week also rings in a new challenge. We're putting our monthly sketch challenges on hold for a while and replacing them with fun theme-based challenges similar to the ones we always do on the 15th of the month. What better way to celebrate than to have a crafty

Free For (F)All!

Haha! Yes, I do think I'm funny. My little play on words makes me giggle. :)

Now, let's set aside all this fun and frivolity and get down to business. This week I have a little bit of spooky art to share with you. I'm participating in a "Chunky House" swap over at Craftster and this is one of my houses.

The skeleton was stamped on the My Mind's Eye Haunted "Halloween Checklist" paper and another was stamped on a separate piece of paper to cut out. Honestly, I'm pretty proud of this cutting. I have a lot of patience for this kind of fussy cutting in general, but the ribs on this guy really had me taking deep breaths. I decided before I started that I would try it only once. If I cut through or made a boo boo I couldn't fix or hide, I would not start another one. I'm happy with the results and really glad I had that patience.

Once he was cut out and all the edges were colored with a brown marker, I patted him on my Distress Ink embossing pad and sprinkled with clear embossing powder.

The vintage apothecary labels were printed on the computer and the edges were inked. The "A cure for what ails" letters were individually stamped and covered with Glossy Accents. The back is pretty simple - with more of the MME Haunted "Raven" paper and a fun pharmacy label with my info on it. The font was a free download (found ages ago...) called "Traveling_Typewriter".

Thanks so much for visiting today! I hope you return all week for more fun design team samples for your inspiration. Our Free For (F)All! challenge goes through midnight EST October 14th. Come join us - you could win a $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Project Recipe

Image: TH Skeleton Stamp, vintage apothecary labels from Just Something I Made and Graphics Fairy
Paper: My Mind's Eye Haunted "Raven" and "Halloween Checklist"
Medium: Ranger Distress Ink in Vintage Photo; Glossy Accents; Ranger Distress Embossing Ink; Stampendous clear embossing powder
Embellishments: Dresden trim, black ribbon and TH tape from stash

Cheers,
Susan

Beary Sweet Challenge #35: Free for (f)All!

2011-10-01T00:00:00.000-04:00

Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #35

The design team sends out BIG thanks to everyone who joined our BSC #34 - we are so thrilled to see each and every one of you play along! We'll announce our random winner Tuesday, October 4th. Thank you!

Happy October! We're shaking it up 'round these parts and skipping the sketch for a fabulous Free For All! ...and we want to see it ALL, baby!

Free for (F)All!
Or, "Anything Goes!"

All projects are welcome in our challenge, but remember ONE ENTRY PER PERSON! Otherwise, there are no limits on your design, so the sky is the limit!

This challenge runs through October 14th at 11:59pm EST. One entry will receive a $20 gift voucher for The Beary Scrap. How cool is that?

We will announce the random gift voucher winner and our "Beary Sweet Top 3" on October 4th.

Here are the simple, standard "rules" to play - PLEASE READ:

Become a follower if you aren't already (don't forget this one - it's disqualified a few folks already!);
Link your challenge entry post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with our Inlinkz frog below.
Link back to this challenge post (not just our blog "home page") on your blog
Only one (1) entry per person. In fairness to all players, if you enter this challenge more than once all second, third, etc. entries will be deleted without notice. Links to projects/cards posted before October 1st will not be eligible.

Additional information:

Feel free to combine with other challenges;
All NEW project types are welcome as long as they follow this sketch challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
International crafters can play, too!

Thanks for playing along with us - we really appreciate you!

Cheers,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie, Lori and Kimm

Fall Leaves with Glitter

2011-09-29T00:01:00.003-04:00

This is a tag I created for our current challenge...FALL. I had the idea to cover the leaves with glitter and I love the way it turned out. The paper is from the Authentique Glowing Paper Pad. It's chocked full of all those orange, brown and black colors that are all around this time of year. The base tag was colored with Distress Ink so I could match up my colors as I wanted. The kocha/brown seam binding ribbon added the final touch to my tag.

So are you inspired to make a Fall card? I hope so...and be sure to link it up to our Beary Scrap challenge here...you could win a $20 gift certificate, so why not?

Hugs,

Tag Fall Is It

2011-09-28T00:00:00.005-04:00

Now that Fall is here I can't wait to see all the pretty colors that come with Fall. I can say I am not looking forward to the cold weather tho. Today I made a cute little tag using Fall colors and themes. The added Design Team challenge was to add Glitter.

Card recipe:

Background Paper from Summer Days 6x6 Paper Pad

Baby Tear Bear Acrylic Pattern

Stickles

Tear Bear parts made with an Acrylic Pattern

Seam Binding

From stash:

Flowers

Pumpkin Sticker

Spellbinder Dies

Leaves

Have you made your

Happy Fall Y'All

project yet?

Enter your project ---HERE--- at

The Beary Sweet Challenges

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

So Long Summer!

2011-09-27T00:01:00.000-04:00

A couple of weeks ago, we took one final trip for the summer. It was a beautiful, warm weekend - and we finished it off with a paddle boat ride. I'm actually glad this summer is over - and am looking forward to many wonderful things this fall and beyond!

I used the Mischevious Papers from My Mind's Eye (although this certainly isn't a Halloween layout!) I inked all of the papers with Distress Ink. My flowers were stamped on vellum with the Sweet William set from Our Daily Bread Designs. Then I lightly sprayed them with Helmar Vellum Adhesive, and sprinkled them with glitter. My epoxies were all made with the Epiphany Crafts Studio, so that they matched my patterned papers.

Thanks for stopping by!

She's Batty!

2011-09-26T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello and happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend. The Husband and I went to a crab feast Sunday. Love love love the taste of Maryland blue crab but don't feel the same about crab picking.

This week the design team is showing a few more samples for our current "Happy Fall Y'All" challenge. This has been a fun one for us! In this final stretch, the DT's extra "challenge" is to add glitter to our projects. Oh yea, this is a stretch! Haha - just kidding! Really, the challenge should have been to abstain from the glitter.... hmm... that gives me an idea for future challenges. *grin*

I'm still on my Halloween kick. This week I pulled out the My Mind's Eye Haunted papers with the delicious velvety texture.

The bat lady illustration is from the magical internet. I truly appreciate sites like The Graphics Fairy which share vintage and antique images. The flocked background is MME's "Harlequin" paper and the while swirl layer is found on the B-side of "Halloween Checklist". [Yes, I'm showing my age...]. Other layers are made from Bazzill Basics.

The bat background was stamped with Distress Ink in Black Soot, then each bat was covered with Rock Candy Stickles. This is one of those cards that looks much better in person - the bats are pretty cool if I do say so myself! *ahem* I used a blend of Dusty Concord and Black Soot Distress Inks on the edges, then sewed them together. All embellishments are from my stash, including really cool web ribbon that Patricia sent as a RAK last year. I've been hoarding it with 12" left for the next project!

Thanks for visiting today! You still have a ton of time to enter your fall-themed project in our challenge. You could win $20 from The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

Buttons & Pumpkins

2011-09-23T00:01:00.003-04:00

I have absolutely loved looking at all the stunning fall projects this way by our DT Ladies and also have been completely wowed by your challenge entries in our current Beary Sweet Challenge, "Happy Fall Y'All." Keep it up! You have an entire week still to enter and we'd love to see what gorgeous autumn creation you are working on.

Our challenge this week was to add buttons to our Happy Fall projects and I decided I wouldn't add just a button or two, but a whole barrel full!

Or at least an entire pumpkin full! The center of my card is a pumpkin made from buttons.

To start with I found a pumpkin pattern, (you can get your own copy by clicking here), traced it onto Bo Bunny Double Dot Burnt Orange cardstock and cut it out. Then I used Tacky Glue and adhered all shades and sizes of orange buttons to my pumpkin. This is a little tricky and I found it worked the best to just put glue on a small area, find buttons to fit and then move on to the next area, adjusting as I went. Once my pumpkin was dry I could then mount it to my card.

For my card I used some of the awesome new papers from Authentique's Glowing line. I love all their 6 x 6 paper pads, make sure to check out these new arrivals in the Beary Scrap store. I made my sentiment by applying letter stickers, inking over the top with an ink dauber and then removing the stickers.

Supplies Used:
Bo Bunny Cardstock-- Burnt Orange, Coffee, Clover
Authentique Glowing 6 x6 paper pad
SEI Windsor paper-- Farleigh
Seam Binding-- Key Lime
Color Box Fluid Chalk-- Chestnut Roan
Pink Paislee Expressions Whimsies Alphabet-- Chocolate
Fiskars Border Punch
Aleene's Quick Dry Tacky Glue
Lots of miscellaneous buttons!

I hope the beautiful fall colors and weather find you wherever you are and continue to inspire you to create this weekend. Happy crafting!

Fall into Sunflowers

2011-09-22T00:01:00.010-04:00

Have you gotten your Fall card entered in our challenge yet? If not you better get on the stick. It' that time of the year to create fall creations and the best part is you might just win a $20 shopping spree with your entry. Be sure to link yours up here , we'd love to see your work.

This weeks card was created using Authentiques Blissful Collection. Colors a little to bright for Fall colors...just ink your paper up with some Distress Ink and you'll be good to go.

The handmade sunflower was made using Spellbinders dies, tools, glue and some patience. Granted it took a little while to do, but really it's so stunning you only need one to set your card off, so what's a little time, right? Oh and remember if it can fit in an envelope...it ain't a card, LOL.

Hugs,
Lori

The Clock Is Ticking Towards Fall

2011-09-21T00:00:00.003-04:00

How many people love the beautiful colors of Fall?

Well our new challenge is Fall.

Use your inspiration from anything that happens this time of year or even from the colors. I choose this week to pull the colors and even a Fall theme.

I picked up this cute clock from Kaisercraft Beyond the Pages Desk Clock in the Things to Alter.The Beary Scrap Store because I thought it would be a really cute item to alter and it was. My papers are from Country Drive from Echo Park. The picture frame paper is from my stash. I added some Pumpkin Seam Binding on each end. The end opposite the clock is left open to add pictures, just untie the ribbon and add pictures and tie back up.

I used Fabri-Tac Glue to glue down the papers and a hot glue gun to add the mulberry flowers from my stash. I used Glue Dots to hold down the Seam Binding, the Glue Dots work best to hold the Seam Binding down because no glue can seep thru. I inked all the edges with Colorbox Ink and also Distressed Ink. I added some Stickles around my clock frame that I cut out with Spellbinders. I used cute leave brads for my numbers and some Red Pearls for some of my other numbers.

Now lets see what inspiration you can pull from our

Happy Fall Y' All!

Challenge and enter your project ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Happy Fall Y'all from Gini

2011-09-20T00:01:00.000-04:00

I think it's really here! Fall, that is! My very favorite time of the year. I haven't seen any leaves turning yet, but the air is crisp, and has that wonderful fall smell to it.

If you love fall like I do, then our current Beary Scrap challenge is an easy one for you. We want to see your autumn inspired projects. Easy, huh? And one lucky winner will walk away with a $20 gift certificate to the Beary Scrap!

Salt Air by Cosmo Cricket, doesn't really sound like it would lend itself to fall projects, but when I started looking at it - it really was full of rich oranges, reds and green - perfect for this time of year. I inked the edges of all of my papers with a little distress ink ( Rusty Hinge). My flower was stamped from the Sweet Williams set from Our Daily Bread Designs. And I had a cute little button in my very special button drawer, just waiting to be my flower center.

I hope you will come play along with us! You have until the end of the month to upload your creation.

Halloween Kitten with Vintage Buttons

2011-09-19T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hiya crafty folks! Happy Monday to you. i don't know about *your* neck o' the woods, but Autumn has arrive here in the Mid-Atlantic region of the States. Along with this blissful season comes fruit flies. *sigh* But we won't talk about that...

This week the design team is sharing samples using our new theme challenge "Happy Fall Y'All!" We're adding a little extra challenge to use buttons on our projects. I'm not a button user, I'm a button hoarder. I love vintage buttons and managed to force myself to use three vintage glass beauties.

The paper is Authentique's Blissful 6x6 layered on Bazzill Basics orange and ivory. The vintage image is printed on textured paper and enhanced with Glossy Accents on the wording and Rock Candy Distress Stickles on a bit of the pumpkin. Sorry it's not easily seen in these photos; the sun was setting and working against me. The black rhinestone swirl (ooh, could that be a kitty tail?) is Prima Say it in Crystals Black.

Luckily for my vintage button fetish, I have three cards of these black beauties. : )

Thanks for visiting today. I hope you get a chance to enter our Fall-themed challenge before September 30th. There's plenty of time to play with us!

Cheers,
Susan

BSC #33 Winners!

2011-09-18T00:00:00.000-04:00

We want to extend a huge "Thank You!" to everyone who played along with our September Sketch challenge! We absolutely loved visiting your blogs. Thanks so much for your support!

Our winner of the $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap is...

#3: Donna Walker

Congratulations Donna! Please email Kimm and she'll set you up with a voucher to go shoppin'!

We would also like to congratulate our Beary Sweet Top 3:

#1 Mary D
#2 Katie Tate
#3 Donna Walker

Ladies - thank you so much for joining us! Please take our Top 3 badge from our sidebar for your fabulous blogs!

We hope everyone checks out our Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge #34! You could win a $20 Gift Voucher to The Beary Scrap just like Donna. Come check it out!

Cheers,
The Beary Sweet Design Team

Happy Fall Y'All!

2011-09-16T00:01:00.002-04:00

Well, it's Friday and it's also time for a brand new Beary Sweet Challenge! Our new theme is Happy Fall Y'All and I'd have to say, this is a piece of cake for me because I LOVE FALL. I love the cooler temperatures and the crisp scent in the air. I love harvest time (and I do live on a farm! :)), back to school, football and the beautiful fall colors! I chose to focus on some of those colors for my card this week:

I saw this idea for a strip of circles on a card here and was so excited to try it! What a simple, classic and cute idea. So here is how I did it:

1. Cut a strip of paper 3 inches wide by 5 7/8 inches long (so it will fit on a 6 inch card base).

2. Punch 16 circles from coordinating paper and ink all the edges. I used a 1 1/4 inch circle punch and the beautiful papers from Scenic Route's Sonoma line-- these are so perfect for fall, love them!

3. Begin glueing the circles onto the cardstock strip, starting at the bottom and overhanging the edges and overlapping the circles as you move up. I laid all the circles out on the cardstock without glue first to get the feel of where they should go.

4. Continue until you have used all 16 circles, the top ones will hang over the edge quite a way, that is fine!

5. Turn the whole thing over and trim the edges of the overhanging circles so they are even with the cardstock strip. Then ink around the edges of the whole piece.

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There you are! The strip of circles is finished and ready to adhere to a card. I zigzagged stitched mine to another piece of cardstock 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 and then attached that to my 6 inch card. My word is a custom made vinyl applique that was actually for another project but has just been sitting around my work table and fit here perfect!

Supplies used:
Scenic Route Sonoma papers (a seriously good price, check them out!)
Bazzill cardstock
Bo Bunny Double Dot-- Coffee
ColorBox Fluid Chalk-- Chestnut Roan
Misc. jewels
1 1/4 inch circle punch
Vinyl wording

I can't wait to see your Fall creations, make sure to enter them in our new challenge for your chance to win!

Beary Sweet Challenge #34: Happy Fall, Y'All!

2011-09-15T00:01:00.002-04:00

Scroll down for Lori's lovely card!

Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #34

The design team sends out BIG thanks to everyone who joined our BSC #33 - we are so thrilled to see each and every one of you play along! We'll announce our random winner Sunday, September 18th. Thank you!

It's the 15th of the month, which means it's time for our new challenge. Whoo hoo! This time we're challenging you to make a project with a Fall or Autumn theme.

Happy Fall, Y'all!

It can be anything related to the season, from holidays to family rituals to school activities. You could even just use gorgeous Fall colors. The sky is the limit!

This challenge runs through September 30th at 11:59pm EST. One entry will receive a $20 gift voucher for The Beary Scrap. How cool is that?

We will announce the random gift voucher winner and our "Beary Sweet Top 3" on October 4th.

Here are the simple, standard "rules" to play - PLEASE READ:

Become a follower if you aren't already (don't forget this one - it's disqualified a few folks already!);
Link your challenge entry post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with our Inlinkz frog below.
Link back to this challenge post (not just our blog "home page") on your blog
Only one (1) entry per person. In fairness to all players, if you enter this challenge more than once all second, third, etc. entries will be deleted without notice. Links to projects/cards posted before September 15th will not be eligible.

Additional information:

Feel free to combine with other challenges;
All NEW project types are welcome as long as they follow this sketch challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
International crafters can play, too!

Thanks for playing along with us - we really appreciate you!

Cheers,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie, Lori and Kimm

Ushering in the Season...FALL

2011-09-15T00:00:00.000-04:00

We have a new challenge and you're going to love it....HAPPY FALL Y'ALL! I adore the season of fall, it's my favorite. To me it's like everything is getting ready to go to sleep for the winter. The colors are so deep and rich and hearty...love, love, love. Can't you just smell the crisp air, the apples baking in the oven with a sprinkle of sugar and cinnamon and see the leaves starting to fall to the ground. How could that not give you warm fuzzies all over.

I used the new Authentique 6 x 6 paper pads (Glowing and Blissful) for this card. I inked it up with a bit of distress ink to give a bit more aged look and to blend with the Fall colors I was reaching for. That's the nice thing about distress ink...if your paper isn't quite what you want it to be in color or tone...ink that thing up.

Have a great week and remember to jump in the challenge for your chance to win!

Hugs,

My Creepy Sketch Challenge

2011-09-14T00:00:00.006-04:00

It's time for another look at our sketch challenge for
The Beary Scrap
This one I had a lot of fun with and I really like how it came out, OK I personally love how it came out. The challenge for the design team is to make it not Girly, well other than the flower I think its more creepy than Girly atleast thats what Im going with, lol.

Card recipe:

Paper from My Minds Eye Haunted (2010)

Other Items from stash

3D Spider, Wings, Dollie, Spellbinders Die, Stampin Up Die, Martha Stewart Punch.

Now you only have just a few hours to still enter our challenge and enter your card ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

All Things Grow Better With Love

2011-09-13T00:01:00.000-04:00

You've just a few days left to play along with the September version of the Beary Scrap sketch challenge. This week, the designers are adding their favorite embellishments to their creations as well as using the sketch. I had to use handmade flowers, pearls, die cuts and ribbon! You know I couldn't get by with just one! The papers and stickers are from Echo Park's Victoria Gardens. I added some Viva Decor Pearls around the sticker, to jazz it up a little. The Pine Needles Distress Ink, was the perfect shade to ink my paper edges.

So what do you think our new challenge will be on the 15th? Any guesses? I know it's one you will have fun with!

A Sketch and A Snake-Oil Salesman (Updated!)

2011-09-12T03:00:00.000-04:00

Hi folks! Happy Monday to you. I hope you had a nice weekend. Husband and I took a train up to NewYork to see a Broadway show. I love New York and all the hustle and bustle. I'm not going to take up your crafty time talking about the 9/11 anniversary, but I want to share one little experience with you.

As we sat in Penn Station to come home Sunday morning we could hear a pipe and drum band marching by outside. It was 8:35am and up until that moment the Amtrak station was full of the normal buzz. One by one, I could see the recognition of that sound dawn on my fellow travelers. I don't believe there is a sound more profound than a bagpipe, and a band can tear at the fibers of your heart while celebrating life, love and liberty. (Ok, I'm Scottish... can you tell?) The train station fell silent for a bit as we listened. It was a rare, truly poignant moment.

So this week the design team is wrapping up our September sketch challenge and late in the week Lori and Jamie will ring in an oh-so-timely theme challenge. As a way to spice up our final sketch samples Gini, Patricia and I are including our favorite embellishments. How easy is that?

Update: I added swirls of the Prima Say it in Crystals black rhinestones - love the effect!

I've used 3 favorites on today's card: lace, sewing and decorative pins! Haha - why chose just one when there are so many? The papers are from Authentique's "Glowing" 6x6 pad, and the image is one of my favorite vintage finds. The skeleton is a bit of a snake-oil salesman, isn't he? I have a whole collection of these Antikamnia Chemical Company calendar images (in full-color; black & white seemed perfect for this card, though). They really are quite amazing!

Card Recipe

Image - vintage Antikamnia Calendar skeleton printed twice and layered
Paper - Authentique's Glowing 6x6 pad; Bazzill Basics in orange and black; Canson Mi-Tiente white
Medium - Ranger Distress Ink in Rusty Hinge and Vintage Photo; Ranger Stickles in Black Diamond
Embellishments - Prima Say It In Crystals Borders Black (the 3 rhinestones in the upper right corner); handmade decorative pin set; lace and flowers from stash
Tools/Adhesives -border punch; corner punch; Scor-Pal; Scor-Tape; Fabri-Tac

Thanks so much for visiting today! There is still plenty of time to get your September sketch challenge project entered (by midnight EDT Wednesday) - you might win a $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

Trucks are not Girly, Right?

2011-09-09T00:01:00.001-04:00

Happy Friday everyone! Here is my attempt at something "not girly"-- I agree with Lori, I love to put flowers, bling, ribbon and lace on everything-- it is hard to come up with something not girly. But I think my masculine birthday card based on our current sketch came out pretty well-

While trying to decide what to do I had a sudden flash of this green pickup that I had seen on the Country Drive from Echo Park stickers and knew that would be the focus of my card. There are a lot of colors in this paper line but I stuck with just red, green and blue for my boy colors.

I popped up my pickup truck with some foam squares and then filled up the back with "Happy Birthday" strips. I couldn't resist putting just a little Stickles glitter glue on it for some detail and a few green hearts off the same sticker page as the pickup. (Hearts can be on a guy card, right?)

Supplies used:
Echo Park Country Drive designer papers and stickers
Bazzill cardstock
Foam Squares
Stickles-- Diamond and Black Diamond

Have a great weekend and be sure to enter our sketch challenge for your chance to win!

Girly Card? NOT!

2011-09-08T00:01:00.020-04:00

This week the design team wanted to take the challenge sketch but add a little twist, try to do the sketch and not make the card girly. I really didn't think it was a big deal until I started trying to make the card and realized, yeap, I'm girly.

I used Echo Parks "For The Record"...which was my attempt at using non-girly paper, LOL. I'm not sure if I pulled it off 100% or not, my female personality comes through no matter if I want it to or not.

Be sure to join in the challenge...there is still plenty of time.

Hugs,

The Beary Scrap's New September Sketch Challenge

2011-09-07T00:00:00.002-04:00

It's the first of the month and you know what time that is..Time for a new sketch challenge from
The Beary Scrap

This was another fun sketch to do and I hope to see your project entered for a chance to win.
Card recipe:
Background paper from Echo Park Country Drive
Monty the Moose made with an Acrylic Paper Piecing Pattern
Mulberry Paper
Fabri Tac Glue
Pearls
Flowers made with the Retro Flower Punch
Stickels & Colorbox Ink
Dollie and Dragonfly from stash
Mats cut with Spellbinders

Now you can enter your project ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

Thinking of You

2011-09-06T00:01:00.000-04:00

It's time for our latest sketch challenge at the Beary Scrap, and I think you are going to like it! It's not a complicated sketch - just one that is open to so many possibilities.

I decided to go all out Shabby Chic for today. So of course, that calls for some wonderful, weathered pink papers. Authentique's Uncommon line was just perfect! Awhile back, I had bought some printed muslin, that looked like it had been stamped with vintage writings. I used a square of this, after fraying the edges for one of the components of the sketch. I gathered crepe paper on my sewing machine, and added a little seam binding over the top, for another layer. The bow is a 5-loop bow, with a snippet of antique lace, and a reclaimed button. I stamped my sentiment from Vintage Floral Labels from JustRite, using black Memento ink. Then I stamped the pattern from Friendship Blooms over the top, with Versamark Ink, and embossed it. Then I misted over the entire thing. I used a wonderful frame from Melissa Frances (that I distressed a bit), to set the whole thing off.

I hope you get a chance to play along with our sketch. One lucky winner always walks away with a $20 gift certificate to the Beary Scrap!

Spooky September Sketch

2011-09-05T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hello hello my pretties... It's Monday and time for another project from me! Happy Labor Day to all my US friends. I hope you can relax today!

This week the design team is continuing with samples --and perhaps a little inspiration! -- for our brand spankin' new Beary Sweet sketch challenge. I got a little witchy with Authentique's "Glowing" 6x6 pad.

I used 4 different designs from the pack, including the polka dot spider. I stamped the sentiment onto scraps created by one of the layers. The stamps are individual letters that I laid out askew for a fun, messy effect. Actually, that's a lot about this that's distressing, including the chewed edges, sewing lines all over the place and pulled edges of the lace and tulle.

I have to give big props to Lori for inspiring me to make my own rosette for the very first time! Her card last week featured a rosette and I whined a bit about not having a rosette die. She pshaw'd me and showed me the way with a strip of paper and a handy dandy Scor-Pal. We don't need no stinkin' rosette dies! Thanks, Lori! We'll share a tutorial on it soon. :)

I was thinking of just using "tea party" and reveling in the double entendre, but decided to steer it in a less *ahem* political direction. The off-white threads behind the top text is a bit of cheese cloth.

Inside includes a ton of space for a spooky sentiment as well as more lace and a fun diamond pattern design from the stack.

Card Recipe

Image: vintage image found online and spiced up for a lush print
Paper: Authentique "Glowing" 6x6 paper pad; vintage witches printed on ivory Canson Mi-Tiente paper (I love the texture for vintage images); Bazzill basics in black and orange; Rosette is made from a random strip of paper found in my stash
Medium: Stickles Diamond on spider; Ranger Distress Ink in black and vintage photo on edges
Embellishments: Hand made rosette; Kaisercraft black pearls; lace, cheese cloth and mirrored bird from stash
Adhesives: Scor-Tape and Fabri-Tac

Thanks so much for visiting today! We'd love to see what you can create using our September sketch - you could win a $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

BSC #32 Winners!

2011-09-04T00:00:00.000-04:00

We want to extend a huge "Thank You!" to everyone who played along with our Tic-Tac-Toe challenge! We absolutely loved visiting your blogs. Thanks so much for your support!

Our winner of the $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap is...

#8: Sharron aka Sharrahug

Congratulations Sharron! Please email Kimm and she'll set you up with a voucher to go shoppin'!

We would also like to congratulate our Beary Sweet Top 3:

#7 Gosia S
#21 Jill
#23 Irit

Ladies - thank you so much for joining us! Please take our Top 3 badge from our sidebar for your fabulous blogs!

We hope everyone checks out our Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge #33! You could win a $20 Gift Voucher to The Beary Scrap just like Sharron. Come check it out!

Cheers,
The Beary Sweet Design Team

Brothers

2011-09-02T00:01:00.001-04:00

Welcome to the second day of our brand new Beary Sweet Challenge with this great sketch for us all to play with! I loved seeing Lori's lovely elephant card yesterday and I am so excited to have her join our team permanently!

My project using the sketch is as 12 x 12 layout using these great Windsor papers from SEI. I thought the colors perfectly complemented the sepia pictures of my boys together.

I wanted to include many of the beautiful patterns from this paper line and so I pieced together the background of my layout instead of using just one large paper. I left off the flowers in the top left hand corner as this is a boyish layout (although I do think these papers are not what you would call traditional "boy" papers-- just goes to show you can use anything!). So instead of the flowers, I used a chipboard flourish that I first inked and then spritzed with Glimmer Mist. I really love how the whole thing came together and I will definitely be using these papers again! (I'm thinking beautiful for fall wedding cards!)

Supplies used:

SEI Windsor line Designer papers (on sale right now, check out the incredible prices!)
Bo Bunny Double Dot cardstock-- Shitake (base)
Tim Holtz Distress Ink-- Vintage Photo
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist-- Sun Sisters
Pink Paislee EXPRESSIONS Whimsies Cardstock Alphabet Stickers - Chocolate
Martha Stewart border punch
Colorbox Fluid Chalk-- Chestnut Roan

I can't wait to see what you make with the sketch so get those entries coming!

Beary Sweet Challenge #33: September Sketch

2011-09-01T00:01:00.003-04:00

Scroll down to see Lori's project and a special Design Team announcement!

Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #33

The design team sends out HUGE thanks to everyone who joined us for our Beary Sweet "Tic-Tac-Toe" challenge! We'll announce all the winners on Sunday, September 4th. Thank you for your support!

It's the 1st of the month, which means it's SKETCH Challenge time!

This challenge runs through September 14th at 11:59pm EST. You could win this:

The gift voucher winner will be chosen by random.org and will be announced along with our "Beary Sweet Top 3" on Sunday, September 4th.

Here are the simple, standard "rules" to play - PLEASE READ:

Become a follower if you aren't already (don't forget this one - it's disqualified a few folks already!);
Link your challenge entry post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with Inlinkz below.
Link back to this challenge post (not just our blog "home page") on your blog
Only one (1) entry per person. In fairness to all players, if you enter this challenge more than once all second, third, etc. entries will be deleted without notice. Project re-posts and links to projects posted before September 1st will be deleted.

Additional information:

Feel free to combine with other challenges;
All NEW project types are welcome as long as they follow this sketch challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
International crafters can play, too!

Thanks for playing along with our challenges - we really appreciate you!

Cheers,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie, Lori and Kimm

New Challenge Sketch

2011-09-01T00:00:00.000-04:00

Hi folks! Susan here, jumping in on Lori's post to share some fantastic news. Lori has agreed to join on the family as our newest Senior Designer. We're all so happy to have you, sweetie!

Happy September Everybody...can you believe it's already here? Wow does time fly. With it being the start of the month a new challenge is here. Our newest challenge is a sketch and you'll love your finished project with it for sure.

This week I wanted to give the Tear Bears a shot. Granted I'm not Patricia...who so totally rocks out Tear Bears, but I think I did a good job with my little Elephant. I used the Springtime Echo Park paper wanting that last little bit of poppy colors before the fall colors move in.

Recipe : Emma Elephant Tear Bear Pattern,

Mulberry Paper,

Scor-Pal Tape,

Echo Park 12 x 12 Kit

Look forward to seeing you next week and remember to join in our new challenge and you might just win...

Hugs,

Last Call for Tic Tac Toe at The Beary Scrap Challenges

2011-08-31T00:00:00.004-04:00

It's last call for our Tic Tac Toe Challenge at

The Beary Scrap

This has been a fun challenge and you just have a few more hours to enter your project. For my card this week I played with one of the new patterns from

Beary Sweet Designs

I used the Girl Devil from the Little Spooks Collection.

Card recipe:

Paper from Echo Park - Happy Halloween