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Wednesday 20 February 2013

WOYWW- Everything But the Kitchen Sink

Hello there, fellow WOYWWers and anyone else who has wandered into The House of Bears this morning. Not sure what WOYWW stands for? Then press your furry paw right here to see what this rather addictive phenomenon is all about.

It's a pyjama clad Horace with you here today. I've just moved myself, and rather a lot of our stash, into the kitchen. I persuaded Wilbear to leave the table out after the weekend craft session, normally he insists on everything being put away neatly once we've finished, he likes everything in its place.

Anyway, I've decided to carry on replenishing the card box, it was rather empty, and since we started using our scraps from scrapbook kits to make cards, I feel the inspawration to make more.

Here I am at the table, with veritable piles of STUFF. I've decided to make cards with our already made toppers, which we seemed to make on an almost weekly basis last year, in our mad card making phase!


I climbed Mount Patterned-Paper-stash - which were mostly freebies from magazines, either 6x 6 paper pads or the paper that comes free inside the mags. We've acquired enough of this to decorate our whole village twice over. Also on the table-desk are some distress stains, glues, a corner rounder, gems, die cuts..... A bit of everything I need to keep me occupied this morning.


Despite the early hour, I've made two cards already. This one below using patterned paper, a stamped and coloured butterfly courtesy of the cub, a die cut flourish on top of a brick effect embossed and distressed piece of cardstock.


I've also made this card below; the stamped image was again coloured by the cub, she's better at colouring than us. It's mounted onto a spellbinders frame. I cut a co-ordinating piece of patterned paper for the background and a strip of pink card as a divider.


I'm going to pawruse the WOYWW blogs before continuing with my cardathon. Hopefully I can make a dent in the card making stash box, and add to the made cards box.

With love from the bears.

31 comments:

  1. Hi Horace and all the Bears x
    Gorgeous cards this week, you have been busy :0)
    Love all your crafty stash and that Butterfly looks so Great too.
    Happy WOYWW Heather # 72

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  2. OK... that is indeed a 'mad making card phase' you had going on there... love the photo!

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  3. Hello Bears! I'm glad I'm not the only one with loads of freebie paper stored! I have so much its ridiculous. Have a great week,Hugs, Shaz #91 xx

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  4. Love your veritable piles of Stuff, Horace!

    And the results show the inspiration coming from piles like this one! (working with the same method to be honest *sshhhh)

    Have a wonderful crafty WW!

    Hugs,
    die amelie xx

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  5. Morning Horace, my but you've got lots out.... have a crafty day. Helen 5

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  6. Hi Horace and the bears! So glad I discovered his blog today! Bears blogging, what more could you ask for? Looks like you've been very busy!

    Lauren #119

    http://mylifeinanenglishcottage.blogspot.co.uk/

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  7. Ooh that's a very busy desk Horace. The cards are beautiful - love the butterfly one especially :) x

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  8. A very busy desk and busy bears it seems
    I looked for you at the crop on Saturday but not a bear in sight
    Jackie 19

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  9. oooooh what a fabulous desk and stash, love your cards, you have been a busy bear..happy crafting Gillx #103

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  10. Two lovely cards, rather like the top one so be careful I don't send someone in to snaffle it. You just be careful climbing paper mountains,.
    Hugs, Neet xx 11

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  11. You have been busy today, nice cards.

    Im sure you'd love my blog giveaway of some lovely dovecraft papers

    http://stampinglemons.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/birthday-giveaway.html

    Gill x

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  12. Horace, what a good story teller you have become!! Great cards, love the one with the butterfly.
    Krisha #21

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  13. Happy WOYWW! Freebies help make cards for charities, so I'm always on the lookout for those to help my poor old purse. It makes you feel you are doing something worthwhile when making them knowing they are helping others. Having ill health myself it gives me a purpose to help others in the same position or sadly, worse. TFS. Karen 142 x

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  14. A mad card making time sounds wonderful! I need to get ahead someday! Thanks for stopping by!

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  15. Hope the card making went well, love the two already done x

    Sharon#136

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  16. a lovely busy desk and a couple of very pretty cards, I don't know all these really good people using up their scraps, putting me to shame
    Wishing you a really great WOYWW
    Ria #73

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  17. Love the butterfly design. Craft desk looks as good as mine.

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  18. Love those cards, can see many hours of fun coming up! Chris141

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  19. Yp my favourite bears. How're things? Looks like you're busy with yiour card amking - thos two are so pretty. Thanks for your visit to smiley pot earlier. :o) Happy Wednesday :o)
    Sue x (MiniOwner@152)

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  20. Hope you don't fall off the pattern paper mountains, it can be very slippery! Happy card making! Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, waving hi from the hills of North Carolina ♥

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  21. Hiya Bears - great to see you using all those free papers ! I had so many I gave a big bag of them to my friend to use at the school where she works ! Thought the kids would have fun using them for crafts & I would never use them all !! Fun using up things you have made last year too ! Thanks for calling by ! Ali x #27

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  22. Thanks for stopping by last week, I'll have to come back I guess, I cannot get the pictures to come about. Wishing you sunshine this week, as it is a beautiful cold, sunny day here. 2 days with heavy snow forcast to come. Happy WOYWW.

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  23. Hello bears, hope you made a good dent in your stash and filled the card box.
    Glad to see I'm not the only freebie fiend. I've vowed to start using them all or giving them away.
    Happy WOYWW
    Alison
    #75

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  24. Howdy Horace, nice looking cards you've made. That's quite pile to pick from too. Have fun. Have a great week. Happy WOYWW! Nan 7

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  25. I love the butterfly-y one. You are all very talented.

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  26. Bears being abit untidy this week, thats unusual. Fab cards. Francesca #29

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  27. Hello Bears, can you all give each other a hug from me. Love your creative cards this week, they are getting better and better, you are such clever bears.

    Happy WOYWW
    Eliza

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  28. Love your butterfly perched on the brick wall - delicious! Didn't even manage to visit any desks let alone share mine this week... you're my first (and likely my only!).
    Alison x

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  29. Happy Very Belated WOYWW. Lovely cards and creative use of all your papers. I reduced my stash by giving some away to charity, just keeping the really fab ones that I use. I love to craft in my PJs!! Ali x #40

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  30. Oh my - a desk full of treasures! Your cards turned out beautifully. April #130

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  31. I love how the brink embossing looks, I have to get that in my collection!

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