Nesting and Crafting

Hi,
This week has been a whirlwind of both nesting and crafting for me! So, I felt it made sense to title this post Nesting and Crafting. With our boy cub due to arrive in the next 9 days or so my nesting/ restlessness has kicked into high gear! This week I was in the girl cubs room organizing her toy cubby and the next thing I know I am tearing the room up from top to bottom switching everything around and having my Hubby Bear move dressers into the closets to make more open space in the kids room. Three to four hours later I was one proud Mama Bear of my accomplishment in the room. Tossing out toys that were broken or missing parts, getting a collection of clothing to give to a friend of mine, and giving the room a little switch-a-roo gave my nesting buzz its fill.
My sister turned 24 this week and I actually found time to switch gears and go into crafting mode! I made a quick birthday card for her...not another hour long masterpiece but I would say I shaved off a good hour on this one. Fun times! Here's the card:

It's always nice to give a handmade card! Especially one that she really liked and actually was impressed that it wasn't store bought. Now that could just be the nice thing to express when receiving a card but I'll take it! Ha Ha.    I love the colors on this card...Blackberry Bliss as the card base with  Whisper White to stamp on, Midnight Muse and Crushed Curry for the stamping on the inside of the card. On the outside I used a cool stamp called Vivid Vases. I started out by using black ink on the stamp and then I colored in the vases different colors with Stampin' Write Markers. This is becoming a favorite technique for me. Stamping an outline then coloring in the design. It brings back memories of coloring back in the day. Don't you ever get the urge to buy a box of crayons and a coloring book?!  Oh, just the smell of opening a brand new box of crayons could bring happy tears to my eyes. Back to school shopping..when I go near the crayons and markers...well school supplies period-this Mama Bear could go hog wild!

So, I've gone a little crafting crazy and I also made two cards today! Wow, this Mama Bear is going craft crazy, right?! At the church my Mom and Granny attend they are celebrating two baptisms so I created two "idea cards" for my Granny so she can make a couple for the two men getting baptized. I realized making a masculine card is not easy. Well, not easy when the majority of my stamps are kind of girly...you know flowers, cute birds, and girly script. So, I was thinking out of the box when I put together these two cards. The Hubby Bear said they looked good so I'll share them.
Here they are:

On this card I used a lovely new card base color called Mossy Meadow and my all time favorite Baked Sugar for the inside. The stamp is actually not a Stampin Up stamp- But it was one that my Granny wanted to use on the cards so I used it. :)

This card is made with a Tangelo Twist card base and I used wash tape on the outside to add a little pizzazz to the card. The washi tape is called Watercolor Wonder. I think I may be in love with wash tape! There is so much you can do with it!! Fun times.

Well, that's all this Mama Bear has to share today. I hope everyone reading has a happy and blessed weekend! This has been a fun week for me. We'll see if the boy cub decides to arrive this coming week! I'll keep you posted.

Blessings
Mama Bear, out!!