I just love polar bears. I know I posted before about their colour in this post but an artist can do what she likes right? So these ones are shaded with grey rather than yellow/brown. It matches better with the colours of this card.
This card is based on a sketch at Crazy 4 Challenges this week. I omitted a small banner across the bottom of the circle. Well, it isn’t really so much omitted as it is hard to see. The polar bear is standing on a snowy ridge but you can’t see it for all the shaker bits. I used Distress inks (some regular and some Oxide) and a gel pen to add snow. I actually did two of these cards, the other one also included some glass glitter in the shaker. When I use glass glitter vs regular glitter, it doesn’t tend to stick to the acetate but for some weird reason it stuck this time. The static often subsides after a while so if you’ve made a shaker with glitter and it obscures the scene or sentiment inside, it may work out in the end. But for a polar bear card, it makes it look like he’s in a blizzard which is very appropriate! This card uses snowflake confetti, silver glass microbeads and two sizes of silver stars.
The sentiment is from PTI Two Feet Deep and the bear is by Hero Arts. I have the matching dies but if a shape is simple enough, I tend to cut it out to avoid the white edge. Wouldn’t it be great if dies would cut the stamped image out perfectly?? The little tree is by Impression Obsession and the confetti bits are by Lucy’s Cards. The stitched circle is by Simon Says Stamp.
I hope you will join us over at Crazy 4 Challenges this week! It’s getting to be a busy time of year but you will be making cards or tags anyway right? So use this sketch to help you out and save some time!
Enjoy, Rebecca
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