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

Healing Hugs with Bokeh background

Do you love the look of a bokeh background but don't want to get all inky?  Here's the answer:  Bokeh Dots background stamp!  There are two stamps in the set - the other provides a lovely starry night effect.

This is one of Stampin' Up's new Distinktive photorealistic stamps - just one stamp and it's done!  The only trick is to make sure that your ink pad is neither too juicy nor to dry - I think of them as Goldilocks stamps - the ink needs to be just right!

Bokeh Dots background with Healing Hugs for a get well card

I stamped this Bokeh Dot background with Rich Razzleberry ink and layered it onto my Thick Very Vanilla base card and layers.  The Rich Razzleberry layer has been embossed with the gorgeous Tufted 3D Dynamic Embossing Folder but, sadly, it desn't really show in my photo!

The flower is from the Healing Hugs stamp set and is also a Distinktive Stamp.  It looks gorgeous just inked with one colour but, for a little difference, I tapped it into Crushed Curry ink and then sponged some Mango Melody ink around the edges and a little towards the centre.

I then added a couple of elements from the Petals and More thinlits: the Crushed Curry lattice and the label for the greeting.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - all products used in this card are available in my online store for Australian Residents

Bokeh Dots Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$26.00

Healing Hugs Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$37.00

Petals & More Thinlits Dies

$59.00

Tufted Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$16.00

Very Vanilla A4 Thick Cardstock

$13.50

Rich Razzleberry A4 Card Stock

$14.75

Card Stock A4 Crushed Curry

$14.75

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Shaded Spruce Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Stained Glass Window card

I made this for a much-loved cousin who is struggling with serious ill-health and hospitalisation.  I thought the soothing colours and church window design would be uplifting for his spirits.

Graceful Glass Designer Vellum coloured with Stampin' Blends alcohol markers for a Get Well Card

I coloured the piece of Graceful Glass Designer Vellum with a variety of Stampin' Blends alcohol markers - choosing to colour the front of the vellum for stronger, brighter colours.

Having adhered the vellum to a piece of Whisper White cardstock, I added it to the front of the card.

The card layers are Bermuda Bay, Night of Navy and Sahara Sand.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products used in this project are available in my online store (Australian Residents only)

Graceful Glass 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.X Cm) Designer Vellum

$19.25

Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay

$14.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

$15.75

Night Of Navy Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

$7.75

Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Rich Razzleberry Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Bermuda Bay Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

$7.75

Pumpkin Pie Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

$7.75

Daffodil Delight Dark Stampin' Blends Marker

$7.75

Old Olive Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack

$15.50

Pleated Delightful Daisy with a Pansy

I love to learn new techniques and there's nothing more fun than exploring a new technique with a good friend!

My friend, Judy, arrived armed with her measurements and trial runs having made the decision that we would make some cards with pleated paper.  We had a wonderful morning choosing our papers, making the pleats and then figuring out what to do with them!

A cheerful, multipurpose card

So this is the first of the two cards I made with pleats.  I kept the greeting generic so that I could use the card for most purposes.  It's a cheerful card, so could become a Get Well card or a birthday card.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - To shop in my online store, click on an image below (Australian Residents only)

Delightful Daisy Designer Series Paper

$19.25

Pansy Punch

$28.00

Hexagons Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$16.00

Rose Garden Thinlits Dies

$54.00

Crushed Curry 3/8" Mini Chevron Ribbon

$12.25

Metal Rimmed Pearls

$8.75

Wisteria Wonder A4 Card Stock

$14.00

Crushed Curry Classic Stampin' Pad

$11.50

Kylie's International Highlights Top Ten Blog Hop - Get Well Soon

 

I'm so excited (and at the same time humbled) to be taking part in this very special blog hop as one of the Top Ten winners from last month's Get Well themed International Project Highlights run by Kylie Bertucci.  The theme for this blog hop is also Get Well.

I would like to just say a big "thank you" to everybody who voted for my card, thereby providing me with this wonderful opportunity.

A little bit of humour to cheer up a sick friend!

I think this quirky shaker card is suitable for any age group, male or female and so it will sit in my stash of cards (hopefully for a long time) until it's needed.

I've realised that, since this is an international blog hop, some of you may be scratching your head in bewilderment at the moment!  So, just in case, I should explain that if we contract a virus we will often say "I've caught the bug" or "I have a bug".  This card is a play on words and "shake" also means "to rid oneself of".

The bug is stamped, coloured and hand cut.  The lid is heat embossed in gold.  The shadow under the jar is from the Beautiful You stamp set and the splodges are from the Timeless Textures stamp set.

I created the greeting with the Brushwork Alphabet set.

The bug shakes around in the jar

I cut the layers to size and then cut the jar from the top layer with an Everyday Jars framelit.  Positioning the top layer over the Whisper White layer beneath, I stamped the matching jar from the Jar of Love stamp set into the cut out space so that I knew it would line up.

Using Fast Fuse, I stuck a piece of Window Sheet to the back of the cut out and then carefully stuck Foam Adhesive Strips around the edge of the cut out and then around the edge of the layer.

I placed the bug on top of the stamped jar and then carefully lowered the top layer to adhere it.

Tip: stamp the top layer before adding the foam strips.

Thank you for visiting, do click on the next person on the list below to continue the hop.
'Til next time!

Stephanie





Product List

Beetles & Bugs Photopolymer Stamp Set

[142980]

Beautiful You Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[143637]

Jar Of Love Photopolymer Bundle

[142342]

Brushwork Alphabet Photopolymer Stamp Set

[141772]

Timeless Textures Clear-Mount Stamp Set

[140517]

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

[140490]

Whisper White A4 Card Stock

[106549]

Cajun Craze A4 Card Stock

[121683]

Tempting Turquoise A4 Card Stock

[108598]

Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad

[140931]

Versamark Pad

[102283]

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

[109129]

Heat Tool

[129056]

Many Marvelous Markers

[131264]

Fast Fuse Adhesive

[129026]

Foam Adhesive Strips

[141825]