Winne the Pooh: Social Media Hop

Welcome hoppers!

My first post and my first hop!

What better way to jump into blogging my creations than to share them with great card makers right out of the gate. No pressure, right? I'm going to do my best to not be too critical of my own creations. I find it's best to embrace what you have. A lot of great things can come from what you already own and how you apply what you know. There's always room for learning new things and new techniques and adding to your supplies. (All craft rooms can testify to that, I'm sure.)

So let's get to this Winnie the Pooh Social Media Hop, shall we? I'll admit that the 90's for me included quite a bit of Winnie the Pooh even though I was a teenager and heading to college. I guess that was just what was "in" at the time.  I will also not deny that I have seen most every movie related to Winnie the Pooh.. sometimes nostalgia just takes over. 

Here is my first creation and my first time using a digi set. 

 

Since Winnie the Pooh sends my mind back in time I decided for this first card to imitate an old instant photo. The base of the card is 4.25 by 5.5.  I used an image from the digi set Together We Have It All from Polka Dot Orchard and colored it in with some pencils I had on hand. The die is from the Nested-Scallop Stitched Square Dies by Gina Marie Designs.  The stamped words are from two different stamp sets I received as gifts: "FRIENDS" is from a set by Hero Arts and "through thick and thin" is part of BFF (wit and wisdom) by Unity. The bees are cut from a sheet of Playful Bees paper from The Paper Studio. The background paper is a scrap from a paper stack called Ninth Street by The Paper Studio.

My second card uses the digi set Hundred Aker Woods from Polka Dot Orchard. 

I printed the map on cream cardstock and then colored portions of it with pencils.  Then I tore the top and bottom to give me just a portion of the map and adhered it to torn black cardstock. The sentiment is from the same set that I cut to leave a border. The striped paper is open stock from The Paper Studio I think called Tiny Stripes. Pooh and Piglet are chipboard from a set I've had for a few years but I threw away the packaging while organizing.  This card was pretty quick mixing some old with some new. 

Be sure to stop by again next week. I've got another couple Winnie the Pooh cards to show you. (I just found a cute paper to try but it's too late to get it into this post.) It's going to be my goal to share a creation once a week so I hope you'll join me!

Thanks for hopping over from Cindy!

Your next stop on the Hop is Nedra.

To start at the beginning head over to our hostess Crystal.

This is social media wide so be sure to follow all the way through as we hop from blogs, to YouTube, to Facebook, and Instagram (check out #winniethepoohhop). If you get lost head back to the beginning.

Until next time, keep creating things that fill you up!

Mindy