Playful Bears for a Friend

Just a playful card this afternoon, for a friend's upcoming birthday.  She ADORES bears, and I own only one stamp set with bears in it.  It's an ancient set called Bear Mail from All Night Media.

I tried to wrap up a few challenges here, but I'm not lovin' the end result.  The bears are cute on their own, but all these parts just don't add up to a card I like.  (sorry, 'friend'!)  I think the part that bugs me is the sentiment area.  The image just doesn't look right.  Something a bit more clean-lined would have been better.  But because of my buddy, I wanted to use another bear stamp.

• Mark's Finest Papers - use stripes - my green paper is striped
• Splitcoast Sketch Challenge
• Color Throwdown #114

I made my own sentiment to go along with the theme.  It was hard to fussy-cut around that little bear.

Well, this goes in the mail to my friend tomorrow.  I hope she likes it!

Thanks for joining me this afternoon.  I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Colleen

Stamps:  Bear Mail by All Night Media
Paper:  Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Real Red (instead of Poppy Parade), So Saffron, Certainly Celery dp (instead of Pear Pizzazz)
Ink:  Stazon black
Other:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Fancy Tags, dimensionals, SU markers