It’s Saturday and time for our Create with Connie and Mary Blog Hop. For the next several weeks we will be “Casing the Designer”. Each week we have picked a designer and will select a card she designed. We will use the Colors and Layout of her design and recreate our version using stamps/bundles from the September-December Mini Catalog!

This week we are “Casing Mary Brown”!  Here’s her card that I chose from last year’s holiday catalog.

BEARY CUTE

And here’s how I updated her card using the new Beary Cute Bundle!

Stampin’ Details:

• The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Thick Basic White c/s, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
• A 1-1/4 x 5-1/2 strip of Night of Navy cardstock was added along the left side.
• The 2-3/4 x 4-1/4 piece of Beary Christmas DSP was adhered on top.
• A 1/4 x 5 strip of white Textured Shimmer Paper was added on the front.
• The 2-3/4 x 3 piece of Basic White c/s was sponged along the bottom with Balmy Blue Ink using a Blending Brush.
• The greeting was stamped with Night of Navy Ink along the bottom.
• On Basic White c/s, the tree was stamped with Night of Navy Ink, the tree inside was stamped with Shaded Spruce Ink, and the hat and scarf were stamped with Balmy Blue Ink.  All were hand cut.
• The bear was stamped with Night of Navy Ink on Basic White c/s and punched with the Beary Cute Punch.  All were added to the Basic White panel with Stampin’ Dimensionals.  The panel was added to the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
• A trio of white Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins were added to the tree and background.

 

Isn’t that a fun update to Mary’s card from last year?  OK, next up on our blog hop is our Create with Connie and Mary website, then on to creative Mary Brown, or head backwards to see Melissa Davies’ fabulous project and see what everyone did with this challenge!

 

 

 

 

SUPPLIES:
Stamps:  Beary Cute
Inks:  Balmy Blue, Night of Navy, Shaded Spruce
C/S:  Thick Basic White, Basic White, Night of Navy, Textured 12×12 Shimmer Paper, Beary Christmas 12×12 Designer Paper
Accessories:  Beary Cute Punch, Adhesive Backed Glitter Sequins, Blending Brush, Adhesives

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