The artist in my Tear Bear Puppy

A couple days ago my sister and I were discussing her moving to a new and bigger place and during our conversation she asked me "would you be able to help me repaint my old place to the original white?".
I must have gotten in the painting spirit because this is the little Tear Bear I created after our conversation. Maybe I did get carried away a little from the idea of painting walls white to a Van Gogh wannabe Tear Bear Puppy.

Summer Blast

Today, I am posting some Summer themed Tear Bears. The warm weather inspired those.

First, we'll start with picking cherries. I love cherries and could eat them all day long. "Could"? let me rephrase that, "I eat them all day long".

This little Tear Bear is so pretty with her cute little dress and basket full of cherries. And yes, each cherry and leaf is place by hand in the basket. Add a little white dot on them and they look as yummy as the real thing.

It reminds me of fun summer days as a kid, when I couldn't wait to go to our neighbors, climb up their huge cherry tree and bring back big baskets full so Mom could make yummy cherry jam (With whatever was left over).

Next, we have our Summer chef. This one is for Papa, Mr. Barbecue! Apparently, barbecuing is an art and requires a knowledgeable touch.

And since it was so hot while I was making those Summer themed Tear Bears, I thought it was appropriate to finish the day with a little mermaid. All I could think of then was "cool water! cool water!"

Tear Bear Karate Kid

I had this off-white mulberry paper that looks like fabric so my thought was to make a Karate Kid Tear Bear.
No particular reason! Just for the fun of it... HA-YA!

Tear Bears July 4th are back

I had a few 4th of July scraps left over so I though I'd make another series of Tear Bears with them. Back is miss Independence. It's funny, one of my acquaintances went to Disney World with her family this weekend and I must have that in mind.

Seriously! Look at her, doesn't she makes you want to sing "...It's a small world after all. It's a small world after all...".

Anyway, she seems to hold on tight to her balloons and lollipop.

And her little Tear Bear brother, July, looks so ready to dive into his hot dog. I think he is wondering how he is going to handle it with just one hand.

But I also think little puppy Sam got the best deal of them all. He proudly claims the big apple pie.

Asian Sunset

Every now and then the Asian side in me will come out. And today, it came out on this card.

I don't know if I was thinking "relaxing" and worked the card around that thought, or I just went with the flow and it turned out to have a relaxing touch to it. But either way, the combination of burgundy, green and gold works quite nicely.

The stamp used for this card is called "bamboo reflection" and I heat embossed it in gold. Heat embossing is one of my favorite things to do. The powder can get a little messy but it so much fun to watch it melt. Ask my sister, I couldn't get the heat gun out of her hands when I first got it.
She even went as far as heat embossing each powder I had onto a cardboard to make me a color palette. And it has been quite helpful since, I must say!

So thanks to my little sister, I easily found my gold.

Clowning around

I love having long weekends. Ok! who doesn't? But it was great to be able to do so many things including a couple extra scrapbook items without interfering with other everyday activities.

So there they are.

I love the colors and papers on this card. And with pink & green, you can't go wrong. Actually, the overall inspiration for this card came from the 2 little crystal flowers embellishing the sentiment.

I also used my sewing machine to make the paper look like fabric. Did it work?
Yes! I do have a sewing machine but don't ask me to sew clothes. It is strictly for scrapbooking! My husband found out the hard way it seems. I wanted one and he got it for me a few birthdays ago. And the 1st thing he brought me was a pair of jeans to fix. I think I fixed the jeans but for some reason he hasn't brought me anything else since.


As for the Tear Bear I have been thinking about making a clown Tear Bear for a while and finally got around to it. I thought this weekend was appropriate to do it. I know several people who had their birthdays this 4th of July weekend and although they are not children anymore, they definitely are clowns.

My Tear Bears celebrate the 4th of July!

4th of July weekend and this is how my Tear Bears celebrated. What a beautiful long weekend. I created those a few weeks ago and they already made it on someone's scrapbook pages.

I present to you Miss Independence with a yummy slice of watermelon, her little brother (boys will be boys, have to have the firecrackers and a flag to waive) and Puppy Sam.