October 25, 2010

Forest Mystery Swap 1

A great group of stampers on SCS have come together to have a mystery swap group. Each member of the group will be sent the same mystery item(s).  The theory of the swap it to see how everyone creates differently, with the same mystery item(s).

This is our first swap!   Our mystery item(s) are from My Favorite Things.  The stamp is Fred Bear Goes Camping. This image was chosen by Jeanette, who has a great blog you will want to visit.

Here is my mystery card for this swap:



The card base is Speckletone card stock in Chocolate.  The second layer is Stampin' UP! Really Rust that has been embossed with the Tim Holtz folder Woodgrain in my Cuttlebug.  I rubbed the embossed grain with Stampin' UP! Really Rust ink.   The DP is from Sandylion.

I used a Martha Stewart leaf punch on various scraps of card stock to create the leaves Fred is sitting upon.   I distressed the leaves with Really Rust ink as well.  I rubbed ink on the sentiment to distress the look of the paper.

I colored Fred and the fire with Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils.  For the flames I used Tim Holtz Distressed Stickles as well as regular Stickles to mute the glitter.  The eyelets and hemp cord, I had on hand.

I really enjoyed working with the images and cannot wait for the next mystery package to arrive! Thanks for taking a peek.

Card entered into the following challenge(s):   2 Sisters Challenge Blog, Mark's Finest Papers, Meljen's Design Team Challenge Blog, Tuesday Throwdown, I Did It Creations, Top Tip Tuesday, The Cuttlebug Spot, Cards For Men, The Pink Elephant, Let's Ink It Up, Crafty Ho's Challenge Blog

26 comments:

dweatter said...

This is so cute!!! I love all the details. Love the leaves, the sign, flames of the fire. You totally outdid yourself!!!!

~Paola~ said...

ohmygoodness! what a wonderfulllllllllllll card this is!
Full of wonderful details and colored to sheer perfection...I luvvvv that 'woody' background of yours and what U added to the sentiment...*genius*!:o)

Unknown said...

Oh my this is such a cute scene, I love the bear with the little campfire. Thanks for playing along at LIIU, hope to see you again. Suzanne x

Jeanette said...

How fun is this card? Lots of fun. The embossed background is perfect for this scene. Really lovely well done card. Thanks for joining us at I Did It Creations.

Maggie's Crafts said...

Brilliant creation! Thank you for sharing with us at http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/

Maggie

x

April said...

DIBS!

Nannieflash said...

Oh wow thats one fabulous card. Thanks for joining us at Cards for Men, good luck with the Challenge. with hugs Shirleyxxxxx

Lynn McAuley said...

I love this delightful card with this sweet smores making bear!!

Thank you for sharing it with the Friends for Speedy the Cat in this week's die cut/punch challenge.

Jennie said...

How cute! I love how different this is So unusal!!

Thanks so much for joining us at IDIC this week

xx

Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...

This is such a lovely scene! I love the cute bear and the camp fire! Thanks for joining us at LIIU ;) x

Vicki Dutcher said...

Very cute! Thanks for playing with Speedy's Friends!

Dawnll said...

What a fun group idea, and this image is adorable. Great details.Thank you for joining us at Top Tip Tuesday. this week

Terry Ladwig said...

WOW!!! That is sooooooo cute. I am hoping one is on the way to me...I will know soon :-)

mfc.melissamade2 said...

OH my gosh this is adorable - thanks for playing at Meljen's Designs! That bear eating smores is just too cute!!
melissa

Patricia St Martin said...

Great job, love your card. Thanks for playing with us at Cards for Men. Good Luck on the Challenge.

redwasher1 said...

You did fabulous job using your mystery item!! Beautiful card!!
Thanks for joining us at Speedy's Friends.

Shirl said...

Fred Bear Goes Camping is adorable you just want to cuddle him, what a lovely scene just right for our challenge. Thanks for sharing with us at Let's Ink It Up.
Hugs Shirley x

Dragonlady said...

Hi there,

Great scene with such a cute bear. Thank you for playing at LIIU.

Hugs Ali x

Claire said...

Wow what a fab scene you've created! that little bear is adorable. Thanks for joining us at LIIU and good luck
Claire xx

Andrea said...

Oh wow! This is so sweet :) Thanks for joining in with the challenge at The Pink Elephant blog

MiamiKel said...

Oh how I've missed the blog and thread rounds and look at this beauty waiting for us to see! Totally gorgeous!! You have really set the bar high with this gorgeous number! Totally spot on -and one of my faves of your work! GORGEOUS!!!!!!

Rae Anne said...

Well Blue, I'm glad one of us is so inspired by nature. . .;) I love the sign - Too-too cute! Thanks so much for working the corner with The Crafty Hos! :D MWAH!

sgc said...

How cute! Thanks for playing along with the Crafty Hos.

Tammy Miller said...

Wow what a great project, the colors and the sketch are awesome! Thanks for joining us at the Crafty Hos challenge blog.

Donna said...

I love s'mores. What girl scout wouldn't! Great card. Thanks for joining us at TCS.

Carol W said...

Great job on this card...I got it back in my swap envie and in real life it is awesome as well....(lucky me....). This really is an amazing card.