Thursday, May 28, 2026

SILLY BEAR & FRIENDS

Today's Silly Old Bear card uses a fun embossing folder technique to create the Hundred Acre Woods that the friends call home.

Pooh is very happy with his pretty woods, so he invited Tigger and Owl for a visit.  He's ready to share his pot of honey, but I'm not sure Owl and Tigger look very excited about that.  Do Owls and Tigers like honey?


The embossing folder technique is easy.  Just ink portions of one side of the folder and then spritz it with water before running it through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine.

I created a short video to provide some tips for using this technique.

I used Watercolor Paper for my background as it handles water better, but you can also use regular cardstock.

Pooh, Owl and Tigger, were die cut from the Silly Old Bear Designer Series Paper (DSP).  This paper is so much fun.  It includes one design that includes all of Pooh's friends which are sized to coordinate with the Silly Old Bear Dies.  So there is no stamping or coloring required.  Of course if you love coloring, there are also stamps for each character, which you can then color in colors of your choice and die cut.

The sentiment is from the Sweet Words & Labels bundle which is also included in the suite.  The dies in that bundle are beautiful layering shapes -- two of which I used for the sentiment.  The sentiments in this set are perfect for coordinating with the Sweet Old Friends Bundle but are also wonderful to use with any design.


I made the Technique Sheet a little larger than needed for the card front, so I had a "leftover" scrap to decorate the inside of the card.  I love to make sure the inside of my card coordinates with the card front.

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Monday, May 25, 2026

A SILLY BEAR & TIME WITH FRIENDS

This week I am going to be using the Silly Old Bear Suite.  This is such an adorable suite of products -- even if you aren't a Winnie the Pooh fan.  The Sweet Old Friends Bundle includes all of Winnie the Pooh's friends.  Not being a Winnie the Pooh aficionado, I never realized he had so many friends!  I had to Google him to figure out who they all were.

Today Pooh is taking a walk with his friend Piglet through the Hundred Acre Woods where they all live.

The scene from Silly Old Bear Designer Series Paper (DSP) was die cut with one of the Sweet Words and Labels Dies which is also part of the suite.  Pooh & Piglet were also die cut from the DSP using the Sweet Old Friend Dies.  

See, I wasn't fibbing when I said it was an easy card!


The card base is Secret Sea cardstock.  I cut a 5-1/2" x 4-1/4" layer for the card front from Two-Tone Secret Sea Cardstock and embossed it (dark side up) with the Hundred Acre Woods 3D embossing folder.  A light sanding highlights the raised areas and reveals the inner white core of two-tone cardstock.


The sentiment is from the Sweet Words & Labels bundle.

This is a Mega Suite with two bundles, Designer Series Paper, and an Embossing folder.  The little die cut leaves that I used to accent the sentiment are from the Sweet Old Friends Dies.


I wasn't sure how many leaves I wanted for the card front, so I just die cut several from Two-Tone Old Olive cardstock.  Some were cut with the dark side up and some with the light side up.  After completing the front I had a LOT left-over, so I used them along the Old Olive Two-tone strips on the inside of the card.   

I haven't used Two-Tone cardstock a lot, but I'm really starting to love the fact that I now have two shades of the same color.  This inside decoration demonstrates what two shades can do for you.  "It just does something to it", don't you think?  

This was one of Mom's go-to phrases when she was asked a question about why she did something a certain way or added some ingredient to a recipe.  She'd say, "It just does something to it!"  That's how I'm starting to feel about Two-Tone cardstock.

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Thursday, May 21, 2026

RELAX AT THE WATERSIDE AFTER FISHING

Do you ever want to just tell someone to Relax or Chill Out?  I need someone to tell me to do that once in a while.  I tell it to myself, but I've determined that I'm not a very good listener.


Is fishing relaxing?  Probably not for someone that does it for a living, but for many who do it as a hobby, I think they would tell us it is.  I'm not a fisherman, but I would love to just sit in this chair with a cup of tea and watch the fishermen on my lake.  My problem is that my TO-DO list gets in my way.


When I chose the two designs from the Waterside Retreat Designer Series Paper for this card, I purposely selected the two with colors that felt calming.


The chair was stamped with Black Memento on Basic White cardstock and then colored with Gray Granite Stampin' Blends.  I receive a lot of questions about coloring, but probably none as often as coloring with Stampin' Blends.  So, I thought I would use this card to share my tips and tricks of coloring with Stampin' Blends.


I personally love coloring with Stampin' Blends.  But I know some people struggle with using them and getting the colors to blend like they want them to.  If you are one of those, I hope the tips help.  But my biggest tip is -- PRACTICE!   And don't forget -- the Color Lifter is your friend!


I used a couple of the grass stamps to decorate the inside of the card.  


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