Beary Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to our Beary Christmas Blog Hop. We are showcasing items from our new Holiday Expressions Idea Book with various projected created by talented Close To My Heart consultants.  So grab yourself a cup of coffee, relax, take your shoes off and enjoy the journey!

If you just arrived from Haley's The Inky Scrapper Blog, then you are on the right track.  If not, please feel free to start at the beginning with our hostess Carol at Crafting with Carol.  Or, you can continue here as it does go around in a circle.

Below you will find my project Beary Christmas card.  I decided to use the stamp of the Month set:  S1710 Christmas Tunes. I'm a firm believer that anything that has enough sparkle and glitz always looks festive!

Next is a closer look at the sparkle and glitz:

And last a look at the inside of the card:

Papers:  G1137 Beary Christmas Scrapbooking WYW; Cranberry, White Daisy Cardstocks
Stamps:  S1710 Christmas Tunes, C1689 Silver & Gold-Cardmaking
Inks:  Versa Mark; Cranberry and New England Ivy Exclusive Inks; Z2448 R11 Carmine, Z2452 Y222 Golden Yellow Shinhan markers
Embellishments:  Z1985 Gold Shimmer Trim; Z3238 Glitter paper; Z3312 Gold Glitter Gems

Here is a picture of the images of the stamp set used in this artwork:  First, S1710 Christmas Tunes which you can only get this month and for a qualified purchase of $50, you can get it for $5.00 ($17.95 retail USD):

And next is C1689 Silver & Gold-Cardmaking:

Be sure to check out the next stop at Gerri's Simple Moments Blog to see what eye candy she has been cooking up for you!

Happy Stamping!

Cats & Bats Waterfall Card

The final card from this month's workshop on Cats & Bats Workshop Your Way (WYW) and the Falling for You WYW interactive cards is a waterfall card made using Cats & Bats papers and stamping sets for both cardmaking and scrapbooking.

I found a couple of video on YouTube, but the one that worked best for me was from Dawn Griffith.  You can find that video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=GtWr9oTV-ow

So, here is are the pictures starting with the front of the card:

Next flap:

Third flap:

Last flap:

Papers:  G1136 Cats & Bats Workshop Your Way; Black, Willow, White Daisy Cardstock
Stamps:  Cats & Bats - Cardmaking (C1683) & Scrapbook (D1736) Stamp Sets
Inks:  Black, Emerald, and Goldrush Exclusive Inks; 
Embellishments:  Z4028 Bats & Cats Dots; Autumn Terracotta brads (ret.)

Here are the stamps sets that were used (first, D1736 Bats & Cats Scrapbooking):

Next, C1683 Bats & Cats Scrapbooking:

Happy stamping!