Joy by Donna Sledzik - Outside The Box

Happy Friday everyone! Today's Christmas card features the cute new Polar Bear die.

Let's make the card:

Create an ink blended background on a light blue cardstock panel. I used several Blue Distress Oxide Inks and a blending brush to ink the light blue cardstock.

Next, I spattered the background with plain water to add some texture.
I die cut the Evergreen Sky Collage die from white cardstock and inked the trees with Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink.
The polar bear was die cut from gray and white cardstock. I lightly inked the edges of the bear with Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink and glued the layers together. I glued a piece of black cardstock behind the eyes and nose of the bear. The cheeks where colored with a pink pencil and the paws with a gray pencil. I tied a piece of ribbon around the bears neck for a scarf.
I glued the blue background to a black cardstock mat and glued it to a white card base.
I used foam tape to adhere the tree frame to the card.
The bear was glued in place with liquid glue, tucking him behind the hill.
Next, I spattered the card with white paint.
The word Joy was die cut from white cardstock and the shadow from red cardstock. I adhered the word at the top of the tree frame.
The sentiment was stamped and white heat embossed on a black cardstock strip and adhered to the card with foam tape.