I went looking through my stamp and die sets and found a few potentials for a bear card. I finally landed on a cute one from MFT. While they're out of business, I have a good amount of product from them that I will never part with, and the stamp set I used for today's card is one of them.
He's so cute, isn't he? I went with a teal and purple color scheme, a combo on the cool end of the color spectrum, which seemed apropos for a polar bear. I stamped and colored him with Copic and Olo markers. I left the stamp in the stamp positioner, so I could restamp him in black pigment ink, remove that stamp and line up the sentiment beneath him.
I wanted to use something more playful than a normal rectangle and my old MFT Modern Rectangle stax came to the rescue. The larger panel was cut from Simon's Peacock cardstock, which tends to be more on the green than blue side of teal and matched the teal markers I used on his scarf. Unfortunately, photos using my phone camera tend to give everything more of a blue hue. The teal panel was die cut then I use a large background stamp to add tone on tone little twinkles and dots for just a bit of interest. After it was added to the card base, the main image was mounted with foam tape. No embellishments this time.
Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it. I encourage you to head over to the challenge blog to see the fabulous cards from the rest of the design team. The challenge will remain open until Friday September 25th at 3pm EDT. I hope you'll join us this week!
Stef
- MFT Polar Bear Pals stamp set
- SSS Twinkling Stars background stamp
- MFT Stitched Modern Rectangle Stax dies
- SSS Aegan ink
- Olos - V2.6, 2.4, 2.3, 1.1, BG 2.7, 2.5, 2.4, 2.1
- Copics - C3, 1, 0, BG 000, 0000
9 comments:
Such a cute polar bear card, Stef! I have a friend who seriously loves polar bears so every time I see something with a polar bear on it, I think of her, and she's received a stack of polar bear cards from me over the years too : ) I love the colors you chose and the shading on your image is divine! I love the fun shape of the dies too, it gives the card a mid-century modern look that's so much fun. Thanks for making my bear challenge look so great and have a wonderful week!
He's a cutie and your card is delightful!
Cute, cute card! I absolutely love how you colored the scarf! Eye-catching! Another happy bear! I have LOTS of MFT dies/stamps but I don't have what you used. So sad MFT isn't in business any longer...they were so creative with their products.
The colouring on that scarf is glorious - so three-dimensional it looks like a rolled collar. The choice of colours is really eye-catching too. The interesting shape of the panels is very striking - all in all, yet another wonder from you. :-)
That polar bear in his perfectly coloured scarf is adorable Stef - I love the shaped panels too, so nice to see something a little different and the tone-on-tone stars are a nice subtle added detail. I'm with you on MFT stamps - I just picked up a few new-to-me ones from a UK supplier who was selling off some stock they'd found at the back of the warehouse - I was thrilled and will definitely enjoy using them!
Stef, the shape of your card and the mid-century modern style is calling my name! Your sweet polar bear is so adorable and his pretty scarf is perfect. I love the teal, too!
Your bear is adorable and his scarf looks like a fine match to me. But that diecut shape really steals the show! Amazing!
What a fun card, Stef! The shape of the panels adds interest and movement. What a great die set this is! This bear has such a sweet smile on his face...I can't help but smile back at him. The scarf has such a beautiful jewel tone quality to it. LOVE it! Have a wonderful weekend!
Stef, I also have quite a collection of MFT goodies that I won't part with. Unfortunately this cute polar bear isn't one of them. He's fabulous, especially with his fun scarf. Fabulous CAS card
hugs
jaydee
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