Penguins and/or polar bears at CaSS

Good morning! I'm in getting-ready-to-go-back-to-school mode: the Boy Wonder's uniform is washed, ironed and ready to go and I'm in a mild state of panic about a) the amount of work I need to have ready before we go back and b) the fact that I can't find a replacement for my most comfy work shoes, which gave up the ghost at the end of last term.  

The weather this holiday has been disappointing to put it mildly, but the clouds, rain and rather chilly temperatures have at least made it a little easier to contemplate making Christmas cards this summer!  Which brings me to our latest challenge at Christmas at Sweet Stampin' and our Penguins and/or Polar Bears theme.

I do like a nice penguin (and I know I'm not alone here) but having used my CC Designs Penguins on the CaSS card not long ago, I thought it would be only right and proper to use my Tiddly Inks polar bear image which had been sitting in a box waiting to be coloured.

I decided to keep the whole design in shades of brown.  I coloured the image with Copics (W0-5 for the polar bear, E31-37 for the fox and E40-44 for Wryn's clothes). I then used my Simon Says Stamp Falling Snow stencil and applied embossing paste to the image. I opted for Maja Designs paper which I cut out with a large Go Kreate  die. I used the strip from the bottom of the 12" x 12" paper to make my sentiment border, fixing this underneath the image once the paste had dried.  The only embellies are my last two tiny chipboard corners which I had coated with Picket Fence distress paint. 

We have the lovely Sweet Pea Stamps sponsoring us this month so there are some lovely digis to be won.  Why not hop over to CaSS, check out the lovely inspiration designs the CaSSettes have made and maybe even play along?

Have a great day!

Tracey xx