SSS Strawbeary CAS Slimline Cards

Hello Crafty friends, this month Simon Says stamp launched the Yay You release and I fell in love with the cute strawberry and bear images from the new Strawberry stamp set.

So I placed an order for the Strawbeary stamp set and the coordinating Strawbeary die set and you won’t believe it but they arrived in the UK pretty quick so I immediately give them a try.

I had so many ideas but at the end, I decided to go for clean and simple compositions.

Strawbeary Slimline Cards

These slimline cards measure 8x 4 inches.

Strawberry Bears Cards Recipe

Strawbeary Stamps and Dies by Simon Says Stamp.
Arches cold-pressed watercolour paper to stamp the images.
Tsukineko VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink to stamp all the images and sentiments.
MISTI Stamping Tool for stamping precision.
Nuvo Water Brushes and Zig Clean Colour Real Brush to add colour.
Neenah Classic Crest 110 Lb B for the card front and card bases.
Sakura Black Glaze and Nuvo Crystal Glaze to add glossy eyes to the bears

Due to the size of the little bears, they are easy and quick to colour.

I decided to add a traditional look to the bear in the “Thinking of you card” and the tag in this post.

For the card below I used alternative colours.

To do colouring, I stamped the images on watercolour paper using Tsukineko VersaFine Clair Nocturne ink.
I always use the Misti to do stamping, even when I don’t mention it.
watercolour paper is a bit harder to stamp due to the texture so I feel the Misti gives me the chance to repeat the stamping if I need to.
After stamping I added colours using Nuvo Water Brushes and Zig Clean Colour Real Brush.
I apply very little colour at the edge of the image and I blended it towards the centre using very little water ( less than a drop).
Then, I repeat the same process using different shades until I am happy.
To finish, I die-cut the images and I arranged them as you see in the pictures.
I also used a Sakura Black Glaze and Nuvo Crystal Glaze to add glossy eyes to the bears