Happy Canada Day and welcome to the Scrap ‘N Stamp July 2020 Canada, Eh! Blog Hop! We are excited to be hopping a few days early this month so we can properly celebrate Canada Day with all of you!
Be sure to leave comments along the way as you hop- you’ll have a chance to win one of 3 Canadian prize packs this month (there will also be opportunities to win on Facebook & Instagram)!
Today I’m kicking things off using stamps, dies, ephemera & paper O Canada collection designed by Becky Fleck for Photo Play. It’s got a lot of fun elements, though I have to admit I was a bit creatively challenged this time… probably because it’s been too long since I’ve been back in my “home & native land.” It looks like future travels from my current home in the south back to British Columbia are probably in the distant future, so I decided to embrace the ‘eh’ factor, which I tend to do when I feel a bit home-sick for Canada.
Since colouring a beaver (we’re calling him Rocky. Do you recognize him from the hop graphic above?) was one of my many challenges, I chose to stick to some simple brown shading on white and added a paper pieced vest. As I played around with patterned papers & ephemera pieces to decide on a layout, I thought a window opening would give some fun dimension. I used a strip of plaid paper to give Rocky something to stand on and added my die cut speech bubble and ephemera around him. A bit of red twine tied around the bottom of the card adds some fun texture.
Inside the card I added a die cut rectangle of maple leaf paper and added a second die cut of Rocky & strip of plaid paper to stabilize the ‘floating’ elements in my window. I stamped one more ‘eh?’ to tie it all together…
Here’s a closer look:
It turned out not too bad for a creative slump, eh? Trust me… you’re in for a treat when you see what the rest of the team has come up with!
Here’s the full list of links for today’s blog hop:
Enjoy, and Happy Canada Day, Eh!
Inky hugs,
Tara
Wow! Sure wish my creative slumps looked like this! This card is full of Canadian Love!
I can hear the ‘Bob & Doug McKenzie’ theme in the background….I love your Rocky beaver, Tara 🙂
Tara, love your Rocky!!! Totally Canadian in content, and made me smile on this rainy Canada Day. Thanks for sharing your creation!
Creative Slump? I think you have a different definition of what that means lol. This card is fantastic Tara! It’s 100% Canadian! Eh
You always make the best cards Tara, this is so fun, love it.
Love this card, it is so Canadian! Hope you get to come home soon. 🙂
What a really cute card, love everything Canadian eh!
So much Canada in one card! Love it!
Hi, Tara! Super cute card. Wow and you’re in a creative slump? I don’t know where in the South you are living in, but your heart is still in your homeland. We’re not so bad, are we? haha Happy Canada Day! Marisela in San Antonio, Texas
That is a very cute card.
Very patriotic and cute!
No question that this is a very Canadian card! So cute! Well done! Hope you find a way to return home safely.
I absolutely love your card! The beaver is adorable and I love the acetate feature and your gorgeous papers! Yay for Canada! I just finished the blog hop and I’m feeling very inspired!
Love this card! So happy to have found your blog and the Scrap n Stamp facebook group!
Super cute card!
AWWWWWW what an adorable card!
What a fun card! I love that adorable beaver and the fun papers you used!
I think you hit all our Cliches ! Cute beaver!
Happy Canada Day! This is sooo cute! I LOVE the little beaver! and that Canada paper!
Super cute eh!!!
such a cute card, i love it.
So cute! It can be tough to find Canadian themed stamps and dies. I’m excited to buy some of this release.
I love the Canadian vibe this gives. Plaid, Maple Leafs, AND a beaver?? Well done. 🙂 All it needs now is the smell of Maple Syrup.
I love the plaid!
hard to find Canadian stamps
Your card is 110% Canadian, complete with maple leaves, eh and, of course, a very dapper Rocky, sporting his vest! Such a fun card! Hope your travel plans come to fruition and you’ll spend some time in your ‘native land’ soon!
~carol
Hope you had a wonderful Canada Day! What a cute beaver…love all the plaid.
If this is a slump I can’t wait to see something non slump. Rocky is a Canadian cutie.
Hi Tara. A very cute card and Canadian. Rocky looks so innocent. Just like a true Canadian. EH! TFS
How refreshing to see Canadian art work, love it.
Oh Canada . Super cute cards.
So cute
Absolutely love it! It is so Canadian ❤
Cute card!
This. Is. Utterly. Adorable. How could anyone NOT smile when receiving this card!
Can’t get more Canadian than plaid and maple leafs! Love it!
Loved this card and it made me smile, eh?
These are so awesome can’t wait till next Canada Day to send some out to family & friends to brighten their holiday!
Wow! Eh-mazing card for a creative slump! Thanks for sharing!
There’s nothing more Canadian than a beaver and plaid 🙂
Go Rocky! Love the Canadian theme – we really need more stamps along this line – and this one makes us smile big!
Fantastic card.
This beaver is taking a rest for the Confédération 153 birthday. Well, I did not know English Canadian say
EH!
Well, Eh! to all of you
Salut
Yolande
Love this card.. Eh!
This card sums the positive attitude and outlook that Canadian hold true in their hearts and ways of being…I love it and feel inspired by it!
Lorri
Love the beaver , it is so Canadian!
I love this card. It is so creative! The combination of patterns is awesome and I love how you framed the beaver with the circle opening. Great work!
Rock on Rocky. Great card.
Fantastic Canadian card, eh!!! Just love the colours, paper choices and of course, Rocky! That’s as Canadian as you can get! Beautiful card! Love, love, love it!