Bear Hugs Cards with Anja and Marine

Hello everyone, Anja here and today's featured Bear Hugs stamp set is one of my all time favorites for sure! This time I created a slimline card and used three of the adorable images.

First, I started off with the card base made from lavender cardstock. I trimmed down a piece of gingham paper (Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper) and matted it with dark purple cardstock. To create three stitched scalloped frames for my images, I used the Fancy Frames Square Dies and die cut them from white cardstock. I also cut out three white squares to go behind the frames and applied some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink in the background.

Next, I stamped the bears in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I cut them out with the coordinating dies and adhered them to the squares.

For the custom sentiment, I cut the delicate 'hugs' word die included in the Scalloped Oval Mat 3 Dies set from silver glitter cardstock. The accompanying sentiments were stamped in VersaMark Ink onto small turquoise cardstock strips and I heat embossed them in white.

Finally, I assembled the card and added a little silver glitter heart above the bears in the middle.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you have an awesome day!

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Hello crafty friends, Marine here with a new tunnel card. This time I'm showcasing some adorable bears from Bear Hugs, I've made a home for them to hibernate through spring time.

I stamped all the images on white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them all using the coordinating dies and then colored everything using my alcohol markers. As I always like to do, I picked my images from different stamp sets, so here are the details:

• Holy Night - grass
• Happy Harvest - mushrooms
• Savanna Safari - rocks
• Seasonal Trees - pine trees
• Penguin Pals - heart
• Deck the Halls - hanging accessory
• Balloon Rides - banner
• Chloe Alphabet Dies- Beary

Next I cut three 5,5 x 4,25" panels: a bristol panel, a kraft panel and a brown panel. I set the brown panels aside for later, and started working on the white panel. I covered it with faded jeans oxide ink, and then stamped a row of trees from Bear Hugs using chipped sapphire oxide ink.

To darken this forest background, I used chipped sapphire oxide ink again and applied it on the edges, and to add even more contrast, I also added a little bit of black soot oxide ink. And finally, to make this panel full of stars, I added white splatters using copic opaque white ink mixed with water.

Next I used dies from Stitched Oval 2 to cut windows out of the blue panel and out of the kraft panel. I used the largest oval die to cut the opening out of the blue panel, and used the second largest oval die to cut the opening out of the kraft panel. And to coordinate with the blue panel, I also added texture on the kraft panel and the brown panel using distress inks.

To create my sentiment, I cut some letters out of aqua cardstock to form the word "Beary", and I also cut a long strip out of vellum and I white heat embossed the words "Sending you" and "big hugs" from Bear Hugs on both ends of the strip, leaving enough space in the middle for the word "Beary". I attached the vellum strip at the top of the blue panel, and then I assembled the three panels to finally create my tunnel background. I added foam tape at the back of the blue panel and at the back of the kraft panel, I stuck the kraft panel on top of the brown panel, and then I attached the blue panel on top of the kraft panel.

I also cut a grass border using a die from Picket Fence and attached it at the bottom of the blue panel, and then I attached all my cute images using glue dots and foam squares. Finally I attached my panel on a brown card base, and as always I finished my card by adding highlights and details on the images using a white gel pen.

And that's it! I hope that you like this new lovely little scene featuring the cutest bear family. Feel welcome to watch the video (click on the image above) for more information. Thanks for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Deck The Halls Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Deck The Halls Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Savanna Safari Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Savanna Safari Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Holy Night Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holy Night Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio