Baby Bear in the Pink

This part of the year is a little bitter sweet for a Stampin' Up Demonstrator - there's the excitement of beautiful new products that we know are on the way, mixed with the sad farewells to some favourite products that will be retiring.

Baby Bear is one of those stamp sets that will be retiring on 2 June and I do have mixed emotions.  I adore this bear image and find it very useful for all things to do with small children or babies (I've even used it for a get well card for my grown son's shoulder surgery!).

Bye Bye Baby Bear! - Retiring on 2 June 2019

The colours I used for the bear are Powder Pink, Blushing Bride and Flirty Flamingo.  I used Lovely Lipstick for the balloon and the bowtie.

I pierced holes in the card and thread the ends of the Lovely Lipstick ribbon through to the back (before I applied the cardfront to the base card).

If you'd like to purchase Baby Bear, check out the Last Chance Products - it'll only be available until 2 June or while stocks last.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All items used are available for purchase in my online store

Baby Bear Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies

$61.00

Lovely Lipstick 1/8" (3.2 Mm) Grosgrain Ribbon

$10.50

Balloon Bouquet Punch

$31.00

Happy Birthday Gorgeous Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00

Lovely Lipstick A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Powder Pink A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Baby Bear in Velvet

It's really too bad that you can't feel the texture of this Baby Bear - so soft and velvety!

A velvety Baby Bear!

I just received my order of White Velvet Paper and set about experimenting to see what I could do with it other than cut snow scenes or snowflakes.  The White Velvet Paper will be available for purchase from 1-30 November only.

Baby Bear is a 3-step stamp - three images that work together to create beautiful depth and shading.  I stamped directly onto the Velvet Sheet using Crumb Cake for the first two layers and Soft Suede for the last - bearing (sorry!) in mind that I work from the most basic image to the most detailed one.
TIP: Patience may be required to allow the ink to dry.... although, since I lack patience, I used my heat tool to hasten the process!

I simply cut him out and adhered him to my card with a jaunty little ribbon.  I haven't added a sentiment because it remains to be seen whether he will be a child's birthday card or to celebrate the birth of a new baby.

I went on to experiment with heat embossing and colouring with alcohol markers and I'll be sharing those cards in early December.

Thanks for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase in my online store

White Velveteen Sheets

$8.75

Baby Bear Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Twinkle Twinkle Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Soft Sea Foam A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Metallic Ribbon Combo Pack

$15.75