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 Get Well card - complete with sling

With my son about to have his second shoulder reconstruction, I need a cheery card to brighten up his hospital room.

A masculine Get Well card for a young man having shoulder surgery

At 26, he may seem too old for Baby Bear, but he's still my baby!  And, the truth is, I could figure how to put a sling on this image!

I trimmed around the bear, lopped off its arm and hand cut a sling

I first stamped Baby Bear in Crumb Cake and Soft Suede ink and then did a little surgery of my own!  You have to be cruel to be kind sometimes - so I lopped off his arm!

The next step was to create a little bit of paw to stick out of the sling

 It was easy to design and cut the sling .  Then, I cut a little bit from the arm to create the tip of a paw and glued it behind the sling.

The bear is almost complete.  Next step is to attach the sling to the body.

I cut a strap, narrower at the neck and slightly curved, glued it to the bear and then added the sling.

The finished card!  A, post surgery, Baby Bear complete with sling

Thank you for visiting.

'Til next time!

Stephanie

Product List - All products needed for this project are available in my online store

Baby Bear Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Healing Hugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

$59.00

Classic Garage 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper

$47.00

Tranquil Tide A4 Cardstock

$14.75

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Tranquil Tide Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Crumb Cake Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

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

Sweet Little Something & Baby Bear

I discovered two uncomfortable truths whilst I was making this card.  Firstly, I'm not fond of making baby cards and secondly, I really suck at lining up three step stamps!

I'm so in awe of all those people who seem to do it so effortlessly!

The baby won't know it's not perfect!

In my mind it was all so serene!  I would stamp the rabbit first, mask it and then stamp the bear.  Hah!  After the third attempt, I decided to scrap the masking idea and make the animals individually then glue them into position.  Hah!

The three step stampin process and I really don't get along well, even with the use of my trusty Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to which I eventually resorted!  I still wasn't happy with the sixth attempts but by that time I was mentally and emotionally exhausted - so I'm afraid I decided that close enough was as good as it was going to get!

So, I present slightly imperfect soft toys and a card that wasn't quite as I envisaged it!

Thank you for checking in on my mental health!
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - all products used available in my online store, click on an image below

Sweet Little Something Photopolymer Stamp Set

$37.00

Baby Bear Photopolymer Stamp Set

$45.00

Card Stock A4 Smoky Slate

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Smoky Slate Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Basic Gray Archival Stampin’ Pad

$12.25

Powder Pink Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Flirty Flamingo Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Calypso Coral Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Subtles Enamel Shapes

$15.75

Baby Boy Bear: 3-step card

 This card is included in the Crazy Crafters Project Highlights this week.  To see all the wonderful projects and vote for your favourites, click here (from 7.30pm).

I was asked to make a Baby Boy card and this is the result.

From the front, the card looks pretty standard

I stamped the Baby Bear stamp onto Soft Sky cardstock using Tip Top Taupe for the first two layers and Early Espresso for the final layer.  I stamped the bow onto Whisper White cardstock using Pacific Point ink.  

The Sentiment was created with two stamps from the Tin of Cards stamp set.

Do children still play with alphabet building blocks?

Once the card is opened, the 3-steps are evident and I used them to spell out the word Boy. 

As I either learn or develop new ideas or techniques, I write them into my technique notebook.  In the early years, I'm afraid I wasn't very good at recording where I learned the technique.  So I'm sorry to say that I can't properly acknowledge the person from whom I learned but I can say that this is a very good tutorial and template looks exactly like the one I used.  

I did do something different though.  I didn't feel inclined to cut the decorative paper to fit so I adhered the decorative paper to a piece of Whisper White cardstock before I cut and scored.

The decorative paper is from the By The Shore Designer Series Paper

The letters are from the Sophisticated Serifs stamp set which, unfortunately, is now retired but it's the only set with large letters in my collection since I don't yet own the current set called Letters for You.

I added a label for writing the message and, since I lack any baby-oriented dies and didn't want to add more colour, I decorated the left side of the card with white flowers using the Flourish Thinlits.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie


Product List - To visit my online store - click on one of the product images below (Australian Residents only)

Baby Bear Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141859]

Tin Of Cards Photopolymer Stamp Set

[138946]

Lots Of Labels Framelits Dies

[138281]

Flourish Thinlits Dies

[141478]

By The Shore Designer Series Paper

[141640]

Neutrals Designer Series Paper Stack

[138435]

Tip Top Taupe Classic Stampin' Pad

[138325]

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

[126974]

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad

[126951]

Dapper Denim Classic Stampin' Pad

[141394]

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

[106550]

Dapper Denim A4 Cardstock

[141419]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Card Stock A4 Soft Sky

[131292]