watercolor notecard bab

Here is another CAS note card that I did. This one I colored with ink pads and an aquapainter. I stamped them in stazon and then colored them Navy, Razzleberry, cocoa and chocolate chip. The words are in navy as well. These use the new build a bear sets and are so cute in my opinion. Very versatile and they are continuing into the next catalog too, so will be around for a bit. I was trying for simple so I basically only colored with 5 colors. The fifth color is going gray which I used to add a shadow effect. If you look under their feet or under their arms and such you will see a light shadow. Acutally you could really only use 4 colors and add double of the cocoa to get the darker muzzle if you'd like.
Aren't they cute? I think they make a cute card and simple too. I think I may have to make some of these as a gift for some teachers too, maybe some thanks yous for my kids and put girls only or boys only where appropriate. Hmmm... What other uses, my brain is turning, which is never good this late at night. lol.
So I hope you enjoy my note card today.
Have a great day today. Don't get too stressed. Remember to take time and enjoy.
God bless

bab pajamas

Okay, here is the other bear we made. It's made with the leftover pieces of the santa suit. They showed us something like this at convention. Don't they look like pajamas? I thought this was stinking cute, especially with a tad of his belly showing. Reminds me of my children as they are growing so fast their jammies do this from time to time. I love it when they first wake up, walk out and look like that, hair sticking up and all. :)

Just a note: Some people have trouble with the eyes and buttons and such. They are really too small to try and leave in and not fall out, so what I do and they suggested is poke them out (they are already cut) and then back them with whatever color paper you want. The first one I just used scraps of paper glued to the back and then I remembered that the circle punch worked just as well, so you could punch out a circle and it fits right over the eye/nose area. I did the same for the buttons but on the back of the shirt so you can't see it here. Just a piece of scrap. So easy. Reminds me a little of my childhood. So fun.
We cut out some clothing too of different colors, but we ran out of time for putting them together as we had a family event, but can't wait to get back at it. So many things to do, so little time. I'm sure you all understand. Is it me or does time seem to be going quicker this year? I'm not sure what's up with that. Well, just one day at a time. That's all we can do. :) Hope you have a great day today and enjoy the pajama bear.

bab santa

My son and I had so much fun playing with these. I got these last month with the hostess special and hadn't gotten a chance to play with them yet. This is the build a bear die (bab) or what it cuts out and then I got the Christmas outfit to go with it. I was so busy helping him get all his pieces together that I realized I messed up on two things. One I forgot to add his muzzle. Two I think I would have liked a different buckle better. Other then that it was really fun and he enjoyed it too. He had a little trouble with cutting out the fur pieces but I helped him there. It is really easy as it's perforated. He just turned 6 and still working with scissors though. I'm debating if I want this on a card or a bag for decoration. Decisions, decisions. I don't have time at the moment, but I'll show you one more I did with the leftovers later. Hope you have a great day.