Friday, August 21, 2015

Birthday Bear Hugs

MFTWSC242 cropped

I colored this sweet bear a few days ago, and now found a great use for him on this card using the current sketch #242 from My Favorite Things this week!  The bear and sentiment are from the darling Birdie Brown Birthday Bears stamp set, and was cut with the matching Die-Namics.

MFTWSC242

For the background panel, which was die-cut with the Blueprints 15 Die-Namics, I stamped a piece of watercolor card stock with the BG Grid background in Versamark ink, then heat embossed with white detail embossing powder.  I used a piece of acetate and some Summer Splash dye ink to do some ink smooshing on the background.  The sketch this week calls for an oval in the center, and since I didn’t want to cover up my inky background, I die-cut a vellum oval.  I added a sentiment from the Birthday Bears stamp set on an Orange Fizz card stock flag that was cut with Blueprints 2 Die-Namics.  I accented with a few Sparkling Clear sequins, and adhered everything to a Lemon Chiffon card stock base.

I’m also entering my card in the current Tag You’re It challenge #28.



Happy Friday!  Thanks for stopping by today!

10 comments:

Celeste Goff said...

What a great card Tammy! I love that awesome embossed and watercolored background!

Lyn said...

Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous <3

Valentyna Komisarenko said...

Such a cutie!!! Background looks gorgeous, perfect for this bear!

Susan said...

I like how you used the inspiration and expanded it to a card! Thanks for joining in at Tag You're It Challenge!

Kelly Szafron said...

I like that you colored the bear as a polar bear and used water color resist to create an icy looking background. Thanks for joining us at Tag You're It! Challenge.

Erin (Homemade Cards by Erin) said...

Beautiful background, thanks for joining us at Tag You're It Challenge.

Nora Noll said...

Oh this is lovely!! I LOVE your background with the grid and the watercolor. You colored that bear so beautifully too. Great take on the challenge.

anja curvers said...

Wow great coloring and awesome background. Thanks for joining us over at Tag You're It.

Susan R. Opel said...

Super sweet AS ALWAYS, Tammy!

Alice said...

beautiful coloring on the images and very pretty background! lovely card! thanks so much for playing along with MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge!