Bear Ware Fun with Guest Jill D Hawkins

Our friend Jill is back on the blog with Bear Ware fun! She is featuring the Bear Ware Dress Up sets from the latest Essentials by Ellen Release.

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Happy Day! Jill here today and I am always excited to be here on the Ellen Hutson Blog to share some fun. I seem to wait til the last second to tidy up my blog post every time, thinking… Maybe I can make just one more card to add? And trust me, I am not a last-minute person. Ha!

Today I am sharing a couple cards I made with the recently released Bear Ware Dress Up Sentiments and Bear Ware Dress Up 2 + Bear Ware Dress Up 2 designer dies. I also used the Bear Ware Grand Tour… and a few more goodies I’ll talk about below.

I stamped and colored a lot of the little accouterments and items with Copic Markers in both Bear Ware Dress Up 2 and Bear Ware Dress Up 1. I do this often to decide what sticks. The best part is, if it doesn’t stick now, I am often excited later when I pull out the set to use and there are already stamped and colored items!? What? SCORE!! (As if someone else left me a gift–ha!)

I use just a few markers 😉

Here’s a photo of me “working it out” as I like to say… tinker with this, tinker with that…

I had all these little items colored and thought I would make a stack of cards without the bear. But then I ended up making one with the little bear, of course. He’s too cute! Teacher Appreciation/End of the School year is quickly approaching, so I landed on this:

The Stars are the Essential Stars and I cut them out of some glittery paper I found in my stash. However, if you love glittery paper, you’re going to want to check out the Concord & 9th Glitter Cardstock for something similar.I also used the A2 Piercing Plate 2 for some background texture. This plate is my go to everytime. I works with EVERYTHING!  I added some stitching and some scoring to the card base and voila!

And then… one more card I made to share today using the Silver Linings Dies from a little ways back. I blended on some “sunrise” type inks and kept this one really simple.

I never get tired of puns. I just think they are fun and witty, so I want to use them ALL.

 I thought I’d share a couple cards I previously posted on my blog too.

Too fun!! The All Inside bear gets me every time.

I thought this one would be perfect for May 4th this year!

Thank you all for joining me here today. I look forward to using all my remaining colored images on cards–maybe just solo without my favorite bear? Can I do it? I’m not sure I can.

Sweet thanks to Amy for everything and to Ellen Hutson and team for having me along. ❤

Join me for some more fun on my blog HERE and on my Instagram HERE.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Jill

To see more of Jill’s wonderful designs, you can find her on instagram at @jilldhawkins

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