I finally got my Precious Remembrance "little one" set. After all this time, after the rest of the design team has been brilliantly showcasing this set for the last few weeks, I figured I'd better come up with something fresh. something to razzle-dazzle you, and make you see the set in a new light.
I took the bear image from the set, and made it look like this:
You see the difference immediately, right? It hardly looks like the same bear. I did some creative masking to give the cute bear a slouchier and more vintage teddy look.
I did have to paper-piece the bear to get him to look just right. Even with my mad masking skills (ha) it was too hard to get everything as perfect as I wanted, but by paper-piecing the body, it looks seamless. The outline underneath is a little messier.... hee.
If you want to try this at home, here's what I did:
1. stamp the bear onto masking paper or post-it notes. cut the head and body out separately.
2. ink up only the body, as best as you can, and stamp down onto white cardstock. (you may need to use a wipe to remove some excess ink before you stamp down.)
3. mask the body and stamp the head, low enough to cover the bear's bow-tie. (I replaced it with a different style from another set, to further the transformation, but you can certainly paper-piece the bow included with the bear image.)
4. pop up the bear's head, so when people see the outline image underneath, they'll think you are even more of a masking superstar than you really are. wink.
Also of note: remember I told you: don't be afraid to cut up your stamps? I took my regular paper snips to his "i ♥ hugs" belly. I like the sentiment, but I love the freedom of being able to stamp the bear without having to wipe ink off every time I didn't want it there.
I love the cute accent lines that Dyane adds to every set. This one has dashed lines and stars and is perfect for making baby cards.
I hope you like my inaugural "little one" card! Have a great weekend!
he's so cute!!
ReplyDeleteI like the way you changed up this little fella Elena, very cute card!
ReplyDeleteFun card!!
ReplyDeleteLove the soft colors and that little bear is adorable!!
Have a great Saturday!
Great card Elena! I actually like him better a little bit scrunched.
ReplyDeleteLove his "makeover" :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a chubby little bear! I love his new make over!!
ReplyDeleteElena this is adorable! And I love the idea of cutting the stamp for additional versatility!
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