Hello there! The penultimate day to release day at Clearly Besotted is upon us! All sets will be available tomorrow, 1st September, at 8pm but in the meantime I have another card for you and I am veering away from Halloween and taking you on a little camping trip, complete with tent and cute bears! This set is called Happy Campers and it is one of the range of sets from Clearly Besotted which feature lines of images to have fun with! In this set you have four images to chose from, and I went with the sweet little bears today.
I started with the colouring on this card and I stamped these adorable bears onto some white cardstock. I love that they are sitting with their cups of coffee and whiling away the afternoon. What a life! They were coloured with Copics and I fussy cut the image and set it aside.
For the background, I took the Taylored Expressions Masking Circles stencil – the largest of the two in the pack and secured that down to a panel of Neenah 80lb using Frog Tape. I picked out three Distress Oxides that I thought would work well for my scene – Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky and Broken China. I wasn’t sure whether to go with a night time sky but in the end opted for a late afternoon, early evening look!
Next I took the Clearly Besotted Cloudy Day stencil and started blending my cloud edges from the top of the circle down. Once I had finished that, I removed all the stencils and adhered my coloured image at the bottom of the circle with foam tape. As it’s popped up, it adds that little bit of dimension.
To finish the card, I took a sentiment from Treehouse Treasures and did a little bit of stamp surgery so that I would have two small sentiments rather than one longer one. These were stamped onto SSS Black cardstock using Versamark before applying white embossing powder and heat setting.
I put a little foam tape behind them and added them to my sky background. And there we have it, a finished card! I picked that sentiment as when I looked at the bears, they looked right at home, chatting and drinking coffee by the water’s edge.
Thanks for your company today. I will be back tomorrow with a final teaser for you. In the meantime, if you could spare some time, hop on over to the Clearly Besotted blog, Keren, Michelle and our amazing guest designer, Francine. See you tomorrow folks!
Ruth says
Ahhhh, a cup of tea in the early evening, it looks idyllic – and they don’t have any midges to contend with. The teasers have all been great and given me a really good look at what is coming up!
Shar Zar says
Those critters make you smile.
Cindyellen Robinson says
my youngest daughter loves bears. and hiking. i think i see an order to CB in my future – – – WHY DO YOU SPEND ALL MY MONEY???? LOL ok , you don’t.
peace, cer
Andrea Megan Hastilow says
Cute cute design, those bears just make you want to take your tent & join them. Great colour work, love the sky. Stay safe, healthy and happy creating x
Keren says
Ooh how tranquil! Nothing like any camping trip I’ve ever been on . Love your colour scheme and it’s a fab card! x
Michelle Short says
Such a sweet scene! I love those bears and they look great with the clouds behind them. The sentiment works perfectly with them! xx