Dad's "Bear"thday Card

Today I made a simple birthday card for my dad..

I got the "Wildlife Reserve" SU stmap set for occasions where I need masculine cards, especially for my Dad.

I used Earth Elements colors for his card. The center birthday sentiment is from "So Many Scallops"... 2 of my 6 sets off "the things to do or use list".

I inked just the sentiment with my Really Rust marker and stamped it on Very Vanilla Card stock. then I punched it out with my 1 1/4 " circle punch and then a circle form Really Rust card stock. this is the only element I mounted on dimensionals.

I stamped the Bear with Stazon Timber Brown, and used my H2o painters and the browns, Old Olive and More Mustard, from the Earth Elements Watercolor Wonder Crayons to paint the bear. I just kept over laping the colors until I got the colors I wanted. I matted with More Mustard and then added 4 brown matte brads from Creative Impressions. The tree stamp is by Inkadinkado and was stamped on Old Olive using Timber Brown StazOn. The Creamy Caramel base was embossed with Distressed Stripes embossing folder. I used the Ef folder because I felt it looked like tree bark and worked great for this card. maybe I should have sponged it with brown ink, but I didn't want it to be dark. I wanted this card to be length wise, but couldnt do it with this folder, I am hoping they make one going the opposite direction. I suppose I could have done it if I didnt want the nice border and have an extra layer of color. The Birthday Sentiment is meant to look like a sun. I think my dad will like it. I didnt have a lot of time or I would have made a sentiment up Happy "Bear"thday on my computer.

I am so glad I got another card made this week...

Until later... Happy Stamping!