Hello There Birthday

Hi everyone.  Here's a birthday card I made last month for another of my sweet friend (lots of friends have birthdays in December!).  :)  I met Cindy at work in 1994 and we have remained in touch.  We always have so much fun when we get together; she is hilarious! :)  

This is a CAS (clean and simple) winter birthday card and the sentiment on the inside says "Have a Beary good birthday". :)

I've seen this polar bear stamp set around for a while and thought it was so adorable; finally bought it (Polar Pals - My Favorite Things).  I started by masking the snow at the bottom of my panel and than sponging lightly above with Salvaged Patina (one of my favourite colours of inks) distress ink.  I added more of the same ink to the sky.  The polar bear was stamped in black ink and clear heat embossed.  I hadn't thought my design through before starting, so had the blue sponged snow right across my bear.  I took a small paint brush with the tiniest bit of bleach and applied until it disappeared.  I stamped the sentiment in black and heat embossed in clear and then splattered diluted white acrylic paint for falling snow.

Close-up ...

I should have photographed the inside, because I had the sentiment, plus the same bear, just partial of him off the left side so you could see his face and waving hand ... it turned out really cute!

Another NBUS stamp set used for this card, so heading over to join the NBUS #34 Challenge.  I hope they aren't sick of seeing me there! :)  

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Stamps:  Polar Pals (My Favorite Things)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Salvaged Patina, Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Clear embossing powder (Ranger); post-it notes for masking, sponge brush, diluted white acrylic paint, splatter brush, paint brushes

Challenges:

NBUS Challenge #34