Wednesday, April 13, 2011

CUC DT Praying Teddie Bear card

It's that time again! Craft Us Crazy challenge #6 is here & this time we would love to see your "Thinking of You with Sentiment and/or Animals" creations. To me what says "Thinking of You" more than telling someone that you're praying for them.

We want to thank all of you who have entered our Craft Us Crazy challenges. Our last challenge had over 260 entries.....and what beautiful creations we have seen. We now have over 270 followers! That's simply amazing for a brand new challenge blog. Thank you so much for your support! We couldn't do it without each & every one of you!

Robyn's Fetish is the sponsor of our "Thinking of You" challenge & they very generously donated this cute, cute, cute little bear praying next to the bed. How precious is that!

Such a sweet & tender hearted little bear! It's called "Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep". Sooooo precious! This sweet graphic had such a vintage feel to it that I decided to paper piece the quilt on the bed.......just like a 'real' quilt.....only without the sewing & no pricked fingers! In fact when my oldest son was little (over 30 years ago) I made him a quilt out of these very same colors. The paper piecing was a little ambitious for me but I managed to get it done without too much hair pulling. LOL I used NitWits DP for the quilt as well as all of the background. The rest was colored with my Copics.

This sweet sentiment was a freebie from Create with TLC. Paulette has such a wide range of lovely graphics & sentiments perfect for every occasion. She has also very generously given away more than 2,000 graphics & sentiments on her Create with TLC blog.

Remember that our monthly sponsor is Stamp Fairy. They have a FANtastic 50% sale going on right now so hurry on over there to pick up some of their darling designs. I don't know when the sale ends but I'm hoping I can take some of those cutie patooties home with me before it does.....LOL (money is really really really tight right now.....squeak, squeak, squeak). ***Note: sale is over.....boohoo
I followed this great sketch #150 from Sketch Saturday for my card design.....but I flipped it over.
I'm also entering these challenges:
Paper Sundaes Challenge #64 Childhood Memories
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Vintage
Bling It On: Digi stamp & bling
Truly Scrumptious: Challenge 55 Vintage
Crafts and Me Challenges: Ribbon
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: For a child
Crafty Creations Challenges: #114 Paper Piecing
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog: #26 Anything Goes

This is the rest of my card recipe:
NitWits DP:
Grins & Giggles collection & Too: Quilt & Bears jammies
Keep You in Stitches: Everything else

Copics used:
Bear: E34, E35, E53, R20
Shading on paper piecing: W3
Shading outline of whole image: W00
Shading on shadow "lines" at bottom: W1

Bow made with my amazing Bow Easy
Distress Inks "Walnut Stain"

Buttons, pearls, ribbon, tiny flower bling & antique lace are all from my stash


Thank you so much for visiting me & for leaving your sweet comments. Each one truly makes my day a little brighter.

Huggies & Blessings ~♥♥♥~

31 comments:

kim.mom said...

WOW WOW WOW!!! Love our card!! That paper pieced quilt is SOOOO CUTE!!!

Berry said...

Love this Sharron such a sweet iage and the sentiment is fab! hugs Rebekah xx

Julie said...

Simply beautiful! The sentiment is just perfect for this image
Hugs,
Julie

Lisa said...

OMGosh Sharron! This card is just so darn cute but also just GORGEOUS!! I love it and your coloring is awesome! I love that sweet sentiment!
Big Hugs!

charlene said...

Oh Sis he is just to cute and you really did alot of work on that paper piecing beautiful coloring as well. Love the complete layout and colors of the card
Hugs

Linda Palmer said...

Too cute! I love the little bear praying. Beautiful card.

Unknown said...

Hi Sharron, what a gorgeous card hun!! Love your paper piecing and those little blingie thingies LOL!! HUgs, Frea

Tracey said...

Sharron this card is sooo sweet! Love the quilt...(I have been thinking of starting a course on quilting). Can you remember what Nitwit Paper collection you used? That is my fav site for papers. Your cards are always lovely!

Hugs
Tracey

scrapn_momof2 said...

WOW Sharron, this is incredible!! I love how you paper pieced the quilt. Super cute!

Maire Gamber said...

Absolutely beautiful card!

MaryB said...

Awesome card! Love the image and the sentiment.

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

That is sweet and lovely, thanks for sharing!

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Patricia St Martin said...

Love your card it is a cutie patotie. The sentiment is judt perfect. Your paper piecing is so nice and I love the paper you picked. I'm sending you Cryber Hugs today.

Fiona said...

wow what a great card...cute little image which you have brilliantly paper pieced...I love paper piecing too. Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week.

Fi

Audrey Ernst (hippieaud) said...

This is AMAZINGLY adorable!! I love the colors and papers you chose and fabulous sentiment:) Thanks so much for playing this week at WHOOPSI DAISY!!

cabio's craft corner said...

Beautiful and cute project Sharron. Love this darling image and your fun design :o)
Hugs,
Cabio

Linda Breedlove said...

Ohhh, this is just the sweetest card... I love it!

Anonymous said...

oooh sharon, this is sooo adorable. sooo cute. i loooove it!
hugs

Lori said...

Love that teddy bear image - the quilt is fantastic! Darling card!

Heather said...

Gorgeous card, such lovely colours, fabulous embellishments and I just adore the cute bear saying his prayers!!!

So glad you could join us at Truly Scrumptious,
hugs
Heather xx

Audrey said...

What a beautiful project. Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments and celebrating our 1st Birthday with us.

Tara Godfrey said...

Oh this is adorable, Sharron! Love the sweet image and the beautiful papers! Thanks so much for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Challenge!
Hugs,t

Donna Hanley said...

This card is beyond adorable. I just love it. You did such a wonderful coloring job with it. I also love the sentiment. I am new to Copic Challenge Group and found your blog and so glad that I did. You really inspire me to keep practicing with my Copics. Thank you for sharing.

Lori Aragon said...

You are an exceptional paper piecer!!! Your card is sooooooo sweet :) I love the image and the sentiment!
Love n hugs,
Lori

Nana Donna said...

What a wonderful card, I love the colors and the image. Thanks so much for playing along at Crafty Creations
http://nanadonnascarddreams.blogspot.com/

MarieL said...

What a sweet card Sharon and what a great job you did on the quilt...wow!!!

Linda Palmer said...

Really cute card. Your cards are always great. Love your new blog header too. What a sweet Sis! She is a great gal.

ThePurplePlace said...

Aww! What a wonderful sis you have (Charlene). I love your wonderful new blog heading and think she is so sweet to do that for you!!

I think it's so touching that you both have such a fabulous friendship and I hope you will both cherish it forever!

Hugs to you both!!
Lis

PS: I am also in LOVE with you new cards and wanted to thank you for the visits! You're such a doll and I love it when you stop by! Oh and I'll be happy to take some of your California sunshine...anytime!! :)

Unknown said...

Wow love love this blog and the creations are amazing i am now your new follower and Happy Easter

Debs said...

gorgeous card..adorable image :0)..thanks for sharing it with us at Bling It On..hugs..Debs x

PeggyLovesVintage said...

So cute! I love the sentiment! Sweet Sweet card!