Monday, May 30, 2011

Stamp Fairy Indendence Bear


Happy Memorial Day!

My card today is my last as May's guest designer for Stamp Fairy.  It's been a super busy month with design team assignments and our kids are out of school now, I'm kind of looking forward to June and life slowing down just a little.  I'm not sure if that's even possible!

This card was so fun to make, the Stamp Fairy challenge blog has a sketch for us this week.  I don't usually make square cards because most of my cards go to Operation Write Home and they like A2 sized cards.  I think I'll use this one for an Any Hero card since it won't have to travel quite as far as the others. 


I colored my Independence Bear with Copic markers B97, B95, B93, B91, C6, C3, R29, R27, R24, E44, E43, E42, E41.  before I printed this image I added a sentiment directly below it because the sketch called for a long narrow panel.  This sentiment is digital Word Art from Elegant Word Art by Bethany.  I used my Spellbinders Circles dies for the circles under the stars.  The stars are from an old favorite punch of mine.  I can't believe I said "old favorite punch" - I'm NOT a fan of punches, I tend to break them.  The cardstock colors I used are Neenah Solar White & Red Linen, Carnival Navy & Kraft, the ribbon is last years from Michaels and I used the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder.

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Challenges:
Stamp Fairy - Sketch
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Teddy Bears
Scrapalicious - Memorial Day
Simon Says Stamp - Stars & Stripes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes

15 comments:

Amy Johnson said...

Such a cute Memorial Day card. I love the quote! So True!

Kathy and Lucky said...

Perfect card and such a cute little teddy for Memorial Day, love it. Have a great Monday.

Unknown said...

Awww wow this is fantastic, love the colours and embossing. Hugs xxx

Gerda said...

Hi Jan

what a lovely last card as a Stampfairy Guest Designer.. I hope you enjoyed your time with us.

Your card is beautiful, I love the colors you used.

Thanks for playing at Scrapalicious this week.

Hugs, Gerda

Shelley said...

Love your card! Thanks for joining us at Scrapalicious!~Shelley

dj1952 said...

The card is fantastic! All of the elements were great. Thanks for joining us at DDSB and we look forward to seeing you again. Hugs, dj

Scrappin Crafter said...

Great card! You did an excellent job! Thank you so much for joining in the challenge at Scrapalicious USA!

Jenni

Shannon White said...

This is such a great Memorial Day card! Love the sweet little teddy and Really love the sentiment, So very true. 8-)

Hugs!
Shannon 8-)

debby4000 said...

Oh this is so fabulous and so cute too.
luv
Debby

Jenni said...

Fab card, love the bold design! Thanks for taking the Crafty Calendar challenge this month.
Jenni x

Anonymous said...

Such great colouring and love the kraft backing against the brighter colours.Thanks for joining us at DDSB :D
Lisa x

Karen said...

Lovely Jan, love the LO too, thanks for joining us at DDSB.
xx

Scrapaliciously Wonderful! said...

Great Card! Thank you for joining us at Scrapalicious USA
Hugs, Cindy

Anonymous said...

Great card love the theme and it is so perfect for the sketch! hugs Samantha Stamp Fairy DT xx

Jackie Randolph said...

Hi Jan, I absolutely love your card!! I promise I had no idea mine was so much like yours - guess we had the same mojo with this super sketch from Gerda.

Thanks for joining us as Guest Designer for the month of May and please don't be a stranger we would love to have you back with us at any time, just let us know when you have the time we will always welcome you and your beautiful creations.