Welcome to our Busy Beaver Canada Day Blog Hop! We are blog hopping today in celebration of Canada’s 150th Birthday, sharing projects featuring the cute new ‘Busy Beaver’ stamp & die set by Taylored Expressions!
Grab a coffee and relax for a bit while you enjoy our little hop! Be sure to leave comments along the way because Scrap N’ Stamp Canada has some prizes to give away randomly- $150 in gift certificates (3 lucky people will get $50 gc’s) and a Busy Beaver set with a bonus maple leaf tag die! Winners will be randomly chosen and announced here on the SNS blog on Monday!
Today I’m sharing two cards with you- first up is my Busy Beaver Card:
I created a background using some book print paper coated with white gesso, I then used a heart stencil (this one is by Dina Wakley) and some Distress Paint in two shades of red, Barn Door & Festive Berries, to create part of my ‘Canadian flag’ background. I like combining two shades of paint for some subtle variety and texture. I used the 1″ Alphanumeric Dies by Tim Holtz & Sizzix to cut CANADA out of my background as well, I love how easy it is when there are multiples of each letter to work with! The rest of the card is from the Busy Beaver stamp set- I stamped on watercolor paper and used watercolor pencils to color this cutie up. The maple leaf die is from a sweet little tag that is a gift with purchase while supplies last! Love it!
Here’s a closer look at the stamp set- it comes with some sweet sentiments 🙂 This adorable Busy Beaver Stamp & Die set was created by Raya’s request to help us celebrate Canada’s big 150th Birthday!
My second card uses the same background as the first, but instead of the beaver I added the same ‘kind is classy‘ sentiment I featured on my card last Tuesday. I also use that cute little maple leaf tag! This sentiment seemed perfect for my Canadian card, since kind is definitely a word that describes most Canadians I know!
We’ve got a several more stops with inspiration for you to visit… please enjoy hopping on through and seeing what our friends have created! If you get lost along the way, feel free to stop back here and see what you’ve missed- all the links are listed below!
Tara Nixon Cox (you are here!)
Thanks so much for joining us celebrating Canada’s 150th Birthday! Have FUN hopping along to the different blogs!
Inky hugs,
Tara
p.s. in case you missed it… GO HERE NEXT to see what Nancy has for you!
Super fun cards!!! I am loving that maple leaf tag!
Love your cards, Tara!
What a super fun canada day blog hop! I love how your cards turned out and the stamp set is sooo stinkin cute!
That beaver is so dam cute! Love the cards you created!
Your card is so Canadian, we are a very kind Country. Happy Canada Day!
LOVE your cards and the retro vibe they have! Thanks for sharing!
FANTASTICALLY CUTE!!! Happy Canada day.
This card is so cute – I love the CANADA running down the left side – yes the beaver is our animal!!
love the ‘mixed media’ aspect of your cards. I never think about using my paints on a card. Happy Canada Day
Such an adorable card! Love that little beaver sitting on the log. Thanks for having me play along!
Happy Birthday Canada!!! Great cards!!
This makes me so happy – something just for Canadians! What a fabulous way to celebrate Canada’s 150! The beaver stamp set is super cute and the sentiments are perfect! I love the little maple leaf tag too! Your cards are so cute, Tara! Thank you for the inspiration and the awesome giveaway!
P.S. How do I follow this blog? I’ve subscribed to the newsletter but I haven’t been receiving the blog posts.
This is great to see all the Canada love! Your cards are great!
Happy Canada Day!! Adorable cards!!! This beaver stamp set is so cute. I love the technique you used to create your background with the book paper and gesso!
So super cute!
Love the card! And that beaver is super cute! Happy Canada Day!
Love the card. Happy Canada day
Happy Canada Day! The maple leaf tag die is a very nice touch.
These are awesome Tara!! I love the book print paper on the background <3 So glad that I got to play along!! Happy Canada Day!
Love your card. Happy Canada Day
The Busy Beaver is awesome – I can’t believe there is a sentiment with our Canadian “eh”!!! So fun.
Thanks for doing this blog hop – I have just added new-to-me Canadian stamping blogs to my blog reader. So happy!
Beautiful card. Happy Canada day ! 🙂
Great cards!
Such a cute set and great card ideas! Thanks!
Those are so cute and so appropriate! I am loving this hop! Perfect on a soggy Canada day!
Awesome way to spend a rainy canada day.
So cute!! Love the stamp set and the backgrounds are awesome!
Oh our fave Canadian beaver ❤️
Very cute! Love the little beaver.
Very cute card, and of course the BEAVER!
So nice to see some Canada Day cards – they’re really fun!
Love the cards and the Busy Beaver 🙂
Happy Canada day and have fun in creating with scrapnstamps!
So cute!
Awesome cards! Happy Canada Day!
I LOVE this set and the cards you created! Finding Canadian related stamps is not easy!
Love this so much!
Loving this blog hop with Canadian content! These cards are wonderful. Happy Canada Day Tara!
Both of these cards are great! Happy Canada Day!
cute cards, love the beaver
Great to see a CANADIAN stamping post! The beaver is adorable, EH?
This set is so cute! Happy 150th bday Canada!
Great cards, like the print, and using paint gives it a very rustic look for the background, perfect setting for Canada Day!
Your cards are so cute! Love the little beaver.
So cute….Happy Canada dAY
So cute! Gesso is a great idea
Great cards! Love the versatility of the stamp set with all of the different phrases.
love both cards Canada is a very kind country to live in
Great cards! The Beaver is adorable!
What a cute canada day card