BSC #33 Winners!

We want to extend a huge "Thank You!" to everyone who played along with our September Sketch challenge! We absolutely loved visiting your blogs. Thanks so much for your support!

Our winner of the $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap is...

#3:  Donna Walker

Congratulations Donna! Please email Kimm and she'll set you up with a voucher to go shoppin'!

We would also like to congratulate our Beary Sweet Top 3:

#1 Mary D
#2 Katie Tate
#3 Donna Walker

Ladies - thank you so much for joining us! Please take our Top 3 badge from our sidebar for your fabulous blogs!

We hope everyone checks out our Beary Sweet Sketch Challenge #34! You could win a $20 Gift Voucher to The Beary Scrap just like Donna. Come check it out!

Cheers,
The Beary Sweet Design Team

My Creepy Sketch Challenge

It's time for another look at our sketch challenge for
The Beary Scrap
This one I had a lot of fun with and I really like how it came out, OK I personally love how it came out. The challenge for the design team is to make it not Girly, well other than the flower I think its more creepy than Girly atleast thats what Im going with, lol.

Card recipe:

Paper from My Minds Eye Haunted (2010)

Stickles

Pearls

Colorbox Ink

Fabri-Tac

Other Items from stash

3D Spider, Wings, Dollie, Spellbinders Die, Stampin Up Die, Martha Stewart Punch.

Now you only have just a few hours to still enter our challenge and enter your card ---HERE---

Thanks for looking

~Patricia~

A Sketch and A Snake-Oil Salesman (Updated!)

Hi folks! Happy Monday to you. I hope you had a nice weekend. Husband and I took a train up to NewYork to see a Broadway show. I love New York and all the hustle and bustle. I'm not going to take up your crafty time talking about the 9/11 anniversary, but I want to share one little experience with you.

As we sat in Penn Station to come home Sunday morning we could hear a pipe and drum band marching by outside. It was 8:35am and up until that moment the Amtrak station was full of the normal buzz. One by one, I could see the recognition of that sound dawn on my fellow travelers. I don't believe there is a sound more profound than a bagpipe, and a band can tear at the fibers of your heart while celebrating life, love and liberty. (Ok, I'm Scottish... can you tell?) The train station fell silent for a bit as we listened. It was a rare, truly poignant moment.

So this week the design team is wrapping up our September sketch challenge and late in the week Lori and Jamie will ring in an oh-so-timely theme challenge. As a way to spice up our final sketch samples Gini, Patricia and I are including our favorite embellishments. How easy is that?

 

Update: I added swirls of the Prima Say it in Crystals black rhinestones - love the effect!

I've used 3 favorites on today's card: lace, sewing and decorative pins! Haha - why chose just one when there are so many? The papers are from Authentique's "Glowing" 6x6 pad, and the image is one of my favorite vintage finds. The skeleton is a bit of a snake-oil salesman, isn't he? I have a whole collection of these Antikamnia Chemical Company calendar images (in full-color; black & white seemed perfect for this card, though). They really are quite amazing!

Card Recipe

• Image - vintage Antikamnia Calendar skeleton printed twice and layered
• Paper - Authentique's Glowing 6x6 pad; Bazzill Basics in orange and black; Canson Mi-Tiente white
• Medium - Ranger Distress Ink in Rusty Hinge and Vintage Photo; Ranger Stickles in Black Diamond
• Embellishments - Prima Say It In Crystals Borders Black (the 3 rhinestones in the upper right corner); handmade decorative pin set; lace and flowers from stash
• Tools/Adhesives -border punch; corner punch; Scor-Pal; Scor-Tape; Fabri-Tac

Thanks so much for visiting today! There is still plenty of time to get your September sketch challenge project entered (by midnight EDT Wednesday) - you might win a $20 gift voucher to The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

Thinking of You

It's time for our latest sketch challenge at the Beary Scrap, and I think you are going to like it! It's not a complicated sketch - just one that is open to so many possibilities.


I decided to go all out Shabby Chic for today. So of course, that calls for some wonderful, weathered pink papers. Authentique's Uncommon line was just perfect! Awhile back, I had bought some printed muslin, that looked like it had been stamped with vintage writings. I used a square of this, after fraying the edges for one of the components of the sketch. I gathered crepe paper on my sewing machine, and added a little seam binding over the top, for another layer. The bow is a 5-loop bow, with a snippet of antique lace, and a reclaimed button. I stamped my sentiment from Vintage Floral Labels from JustRite, using black Memento ink. Then I stamped the pattern from Friendship Blooms over the top, with Versamark Ink, and embossed it. Then I misted over the entire thing. I used a wonderful frame from Melissa Frances (that I distressed a bit), to set the whole thing off.

I hope you get a chance to play along with our sketch. One lucky winner always walks away with a $20 gift certificate to the Beary Scrap!

Spooky September Sketch

Hello hello my pretties... It's Monday and time for another project from me! Happy Labor Day to all my US friends. I hope you can relax today!

This week the design team is continuing with samples --and perhaps a little inspiration! -- for our brand spankin' new Beary Sweet sketch challenge. I got a little witchy with Authentique's "Glowing" 6x6 pad.

I used 4 different designs from the pack, including the polka dot spider. I stamped the sentiment onto scraps created by one of the layers. The stamps are individual letters that I laid out askew for a fun, messy effect. Actually, that's a lot about this that's distressing, including the chewed edges, sewing lines all over the place and pulled edges of the lace and tulle.

I have to give big props to Lori for inspiring me to make my own rosette for the very first time! Her card last week featured a rosette and I whined a bit about not having a rosette die. She pshaw'd me and showed me the way with a strip of paper and a handy dandy Scor-Pal. We don't need no stinkin' rosette dies! Thanks, Lori! We'll share a tutorial on it soon. :)

I was thinking of just using "tea party" and reveling in the double entendre, but decided to steer it in a less *ahem* political direction. The off-white threads behind the top text is a bit of cheese cloth.

Inside includes a ton of space for a spooky sentiment as well as more lace and a fun diamond pattern design from the stack. 

Card Recipe

• Image: vintage image found online and spiced up for a lush print
• Paper: Authentique "Glowing" 6x6 paper pad; vintage witches printed on ivory Canson Mi-Tiente paper (I love the texture for vintage images); Bazzill basics in black and orange; Rosette is made from a random strip of paper found in my stash
• Medium: Stickles Diamond on spider; Ranger Distress Ink in black and vintage photo on edges
• Embellishments: Hand made rosette; Kaisercraft black pearls; lace, cheese cloth and mirrored bird from stash
• Adhesives: Scor-Tape and Fabri-Tac 

Thanks so much for visiting today! We'd love to see what you can create using our September sketch - you could win a $20 gift voucher from The Beary Scrap!

Cheers,
Susan

Beary Sweet Challenge #33: September Sketch

Scroll down to see Lori's project and a special Design Team announcement!

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Welcome to our Beary Sweet Challenge #33

The design team sends out HUGE thanks to everyone who joined us for our Beary Sweet "Tic-Tac-Toe" challenge! We'll announce all the winners on Sunday, September 4th. Thank you for your support!

It's the 1st of the month, which means it's SKETCH Challenge time!

This challenge runs through September 14th at 11:59pm EST. You could win this:

The gift voucher winner will be chosen by random.org and will be announced along with our "Beary Sweet Top 3" on Sunday, September 4th.

Here are the simple, standard "rules" to play - PLEASE READ:

• Become a follower if you aren't already (don't forget this one - it's disqualified a few folks already!);
• Link your challenge entry post (not your blog "home page") or your online gallery submission with Inlinkz below.
• Link back to this challenge post (not just our blog "home page") on your blog
• Only one (1) entry per person. In fairness to all players, if you enter this challenge more than once all second, third, etc. entries will be deleted without notice. Project re-posts and links to projects posted before September 1st will be deleted.

Additional information:

• Feel free to combine with other challenges;
• All NEW project types are welcome as long as they follow this sketch challenge (cards, scrapbook layouts, etc.);
• International crafters can play, too!

Thanks for playing along with our challenges - we really appreciate you!

Cheers,

Susan, Gini, Patricia, Jamie, Lori and Kimm

New Challenge Sketch

Hi folks! Susan here, jumping in on Lori's post to share some fantastic news. Lori has agreed to join on the family as our newest Senior Designer. We're all so happy to have you, sweetie!

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Happy September Everybody...can you believe it's already here?  Wow does time fly.  With it being the start of the month a new challenge is here.  Our newest challenge is a sketch and you'll love your finished project with it for sure.

This week I wanted to give the Tear Bears a shot.  Granted I'm not Patricia...who so totally rocks out Tear Bears, but I think I did a good job with my little Elephant.  I used the Springtime Echo Park paper wanting that last little bit of poppy colors before the fall colors move in.

Recipe : Emma Elephant Tear Bear Pattern,

Mulberry Paper,

Scor-Pal Tape,

 Echo Park 12 x 12 Kit  

Look forward to seeing you next week and remember to join in our new challenge and you might just win...

Hugs,