Cedric's First craft Creation

Hello there, well last night the bears had a secret vote, and I was unanimously voted in to stay at The House of Bears. Hooray, and to celebrate, the other bears said I can have a go at crafting. I thought I'd start with a scrapbook page of a country fair I attended last year.

I decided to cut a piece of patterned paper into a circular shape. The paper was double sided, which left some handy strips of co ordinating paper to use on my page.


I found some chipboard circles in the bears' stash, which I inked in Mustard, Broken China, and Barn door distress inks.


I then moved to the kitchen, as I wanted to use Dylusions mists, and didn't want to ruin my newly painted bedroom walls.


I sprayed through a Dylusions mask to create a circle effect.


My mask was still very wet, so I splodged the negative onto the bears' art journal to make a ready made background.


The bears suggest always wiping misty masks, inks and so on, onto a spare page in your journal, as it creates such interesting effects, and acts as a base for your next art project.


I glued my inked chipboard circles onto my misted page, took a look at it, decided I hated it, and ripped them all off in a little bear tantrum.


Once I'd finished sulking, I decided to start again with a new base! I punched my leftover strip of co ordinating patterned paper, by sitting on the lever. This works very well, and doesn't strain your paws.


I needed some glue to adhere everything to the page, the bears have a whole drawer full so I took my time choosing some.


Horace suggested that I took some time to consider the placement of my photos and paper, hmmm.


Hmmmmm


Oh dear


Horace became a little exasperated, and decided to help me out.


I was advised to add some paw-writing to my page, to make it more personal to me.


Here we are with my finished page. Crows Hall fair, where there was an archery demonstration. The organisers wouldn't let bears participate, they said the bows were too big for paws. I took a photo of a human having a go instead. He scored a bullseye on his first attempt!





I think I could enjoy living here, especially if I'm allowed to craft agin rather than constant decorating.

With love from the bears.