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Happy Saturday Crafty Friends!!
I am popping in with some cards I created for an Instagram Blog Hop I am participating in today. It is to create cards "Just for Laughs." I can't say mine are very funny BUT they make me smile!!!
If you would like to join, my IG is @hobbitnoll to get the information!! I actually created MORE than three cards so I decided to post all my "extras," as well as the ones from the hop, on my blog.
The first two I used a member of the Hero Arts Team as the inspiration for this card. The purple bear did is not exactly clear in this photo as the glitter pen I used made it hard to photograph.
I stamped each using the stamp set Let's Stick Together from Hero Arts, created by Carly Tee (Her IG is @carlyteeminner-check her out because she is SO TALENTED!) and die cut it out using the coordinating die.
My second card is similar to my first, minus the embossed background. The sentiment die cut is from the Hero Arts Big Hugs die set and the stamped sentiment circles are from the Big Hugs Stamps, also designed by Carly Tee.
Really simple card to make but both came out adorable IMHO!!
My third card is a simple card with a rainbow of Gummy Bears!! This is my favorite of all of the bunch I created!
I stamped each bear with SSS Dye Ink, used colored pencils to give them some dimension and then used a glitter pen over each for a bit of sparkle.
I covered a piece of gray cardstock with a strip of white paper embossed using the Simon Says Stamp Stitching Sampler Embossing Folder.
I popped each bear up with some foam tape over the strip and put them in rainbow order. The sentiment is from the Let's Stick Together Stamp set from Hero Arts.
My next two cards are very similar in nature. I actually CASED on of my own cards, which I had used a Freshly Made Sketch to design. (If you would like to see it, it is the first card from THIS POST.)
This is the first card I created with this design. I lined the bears up on an angle in rainbow order.
I stamped and die cut a sentiment and placed it on an angle, highlighting it with some rhinestones.
The next card is very similar BUT it is NOT in rainbow order. I used my all the extras from my stamping session to create it and did not have enough to make a rainbow.
In fact, the little orange bear on the left bottom is not a full bear head!! It is left over from the first card!! I wanted to add it so that it wasn't all the same colors!
Aren't these bears SO CUTE!! I just had SO MUCH FUN playing with this set!! I have the whole Beary Sweet kit and plan to make some more cards using dies at a later date.
My last card I am putting on here is NOT my favorite. I created it before the previous two and wish I hadn't wasted the stamped bears on it.
The Let's Stick Together stamp set has all sorts of fun gummy stamps so I stamped each with black ink on a white panel. I then used some of the colored bears over where I stamped the bears.
To make it a rainbow theme, I added the three cardstock strips in colors that were missing from it.
Why I do not like this card that much is that I made a mistake. I wanted to emphasize the eyes and nose of the bear so I put a bit of Glossy Accents over them. It didn't go as planned and dulled the features, not emphasize them.
Well, this has been a LONG post. I thank you for taking the time to stop by. Have a FABULOUS day!!
Nora
