I hope this qualifies as 'puppy love' for the first Love Fest challenge. This cute little stamp was a lovely gift from Gabby (Gabalot), hence my title - Gabby Bear. We don't have bears in Australia, so I have never seen one in real life, I hope the colours are ok.
I coloured little Gabby with TH Distress inks - Rusty Hinge and Gathered Twigs. The flowers and some parts of Gabby have a little bit of Zig brush work. The mushroom was stamped ages ago and was in my stash. I think it is by Stampotique, but I am not 100% sure.
I used an MFT chicken wire stencil over the Prima tag and added various off cut die scraps. The black/white behind Gabby is a torn piece of Glitz dp. I curled the outer edges then added distress ink so it would have the optical illusion of cutting a piece of card out. Does that make sense?
The flowers are very roughly cut circles then cutting round and around.
Thank you for looking at my tag, I had heaps of fun joining in the challenge.
Date: Saturday, February 15, 2014 GMT Views: 2226
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Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7361
Sat, Feb 15, 2014 @ 10:43 PM
A most adorable tag! I love the little scene you have created with Gabby Bear. I LOVE your rough cut flowers, fence, chicken wire and floral sprig to accompany that sweet bear (great coloring of him by the way) and this goes strait onto my Pinterest tag board and into my faves.
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46781
Sun, Feb 16, 2014 @ 7:08 AM
OMGoodness Susie, I did not see this!!! It is absolutely adorable!!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your tag!!! I love everything about it, all the honeycomb designs, the sentiment, the big mushroom, EVERYTHING!!!
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Really cute tag! Love the sentiment! No bears! WOW! We actually had a black bear wonder into our town last year. They are around here, but I think they must be pretty elusive, because you never see them.
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Sun, Feb 23, 2014 @ 6:52 AM
Oh, Susie, this is fabulous! I could write a paragraph! Until I read your description I thought there really was a piece cut out from the tag. Awesome techniques! Just... Wow!
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