Beary Christmas Australasian Blog Hop

Oh I love this one! Welcome to our Australasian Blog Hop for the first of our two Christmas ranges, "Beary Christmas".  Did you arrive here from Shaunna's Blog? I hope you are enjoying the hop. Just continue the blog hop by clicking on the link at the bottom of this page.

 As a self confessed teddy bear lover I really, really like this paper collection.  The stamp set is adorable - a reindeer, the sweetest little bear and a cute Christmas fox.
I love the feature paper of poinsettias on one side (very traditional Christmas) and that dopey little bear on the other!


Now, I think this is the perfect pack to make quick easy Christmas cards so that is what I will be using the PML pieces for, BUT, this pack also has some paper that works with non Christmas subjects! For the title page for my daughter's 2017 album I have paired the beautiful glacier ombre paper with some Bashful and Pixie cardstock and some glitter trim.  I used our shimmer brush to give the stars and the "Happy" from the Beary Christmas complements pack a quick sparkle and then finished off with some silver glitter dots also from the Beary Christmas range.  Not a bear or anything Christmas in sight!

Then it was onto some easy Christmas cards:

Puny Pals Bear coloured using Shinhan markers then the hat is cut from the Bear in the Beary Christmas Cardmaking Stamp. The red glitter lights are from the Beary Christmas complements

PML paper trimmed and torn at the bottom and then bear and fox cut and coloured from the same stamp set. Red dots are the Beary Merry Dots included in the Workshop Your Way pack.

Ho Ho Ho and green stars cut from the PML sheet. Bear from the Beary Christmas complements. Glitter dots from the Beary Christmas dots.

PML sheet trimmed down. Fern holly leaves free cut from a scrap of cardstock. Red dots from the Beary Christmas Dots.  This card is seriously the quickest card you will ever make.

I really wanted to show you our beautiful stamp "Stronger Together Sentiments" C1716 made to support the Red Cross efforts for the recent natural disasters in the U.S.  The profits from this $21 stamp set will go directly to the Red Cross to support relief efforts.  You can purchase it from your consultant (or if you don't have a consultant feel free to order with me www.nellward.ctmh.com.au )  This stamp set features 8 sentiments designed to uplift and inspire.  I have used one of the sentiments with the aqua snow spot from the Beary Christmas PML sheet.  Paired with silver glitter trim and some torn bashful cardstock, this card is sweet and simple.

And just to prove that this pack is not all about cards - this layout is all ready for my 2018 Christmas photos.  Notice how I have left plenty of space so that I can fit lots of photos!  And yes, you might have guessed, this is another "Bring back the border" page. This time I just cut a 1/2" off the end of the poinsettia paper so that it is framed by the lighter side of the lagoon cardstock - and a note on that.. I really BADLY wanted to use Glacier cardstock for this but I was waiting on an order (I know - crazy to run out of one of my favourite colours!)  This would have been too in your face with our standard Lagoon cardstock but now that all of our cardstock is two toned I turned the pages over to the lighter side and voila!



That is it from me right now. We are off to the Eyre Peninsula on a road trip (more memories to scrap when I return!)  Now head over to see what Doris has been creating!
Until next time,
Keep smiling,
Nell