Merry Bear

Hi there.  I hope you're not buried under lots of snow
and that you're staying warm and cozy inside.  Maybe finding time in the craft room?

I've been trying to join in to the Christmas Kickstart Challenge for a couple of months.

Finally, I think I've made the deadline!

HAVE A VERY BEAR-Y CHRISTMAS

I've used this adorable MFT Bear with with a wonderful die that a dear

friend gifted me.  I have such lovely and generous friends!

I stamped the bear and colored the image with Distress Markers, using

a slightly damp waterbrush.  After he was colored and dry, I place the piece

back in the MISTI and stamped with embossing ink and clear heat embossed.

I masked the bear and used a wet on wet technique to watercolor the sky,

then masked off a section for the ice and again used the wet on wet technique

to color the ice.

Then for fun, I inked the "ice" with embossing ink and used some old

and almost forgotten Iridescent Ice Embossing Powder to make the ice sparkle.

Maybe you can see that better here...

I added some chunky white Frantage for falling snow.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Birdie Brown Polar Bear Pals (MFT), Holiday Snippets (PB)

Ink:   Memento Tuxedo Black, Garden Patina Archival (Ranger), Distress Markers (cracked pistachio, twisted citron, pumice stone)

Paper:   Coastal Cabana (SU), Neenah (110 lb. solar white), Watercolor (TH)

Other:  Distress Re-inker (Tumbled Glass), Iredescent Ice EP, Clear EP (SU), Chunky White EP (Frantage), Oval Burst Die (Avery Elle)