I love so many of the free coloring pages that\u00a0Elizabeth O. Dulemba<\/a>, who is an children’s book illustrator, regularly offers on her blog. This “Sledding Bear!”<\/a> has such glee that I couldn’t resist coloring him up. \u00a0I decided that the movement in the image would be a perfect background for some shaker cards.<\/p>\n

I started the background using the snowflakes from the “tinsel& twig” stamp set from the girls’ paperie with Tsukineko VersaMark Clear Ink<\/a>\u00a0and white embossing powder. The embossed snowflakes create a resist. I applied Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Peacock Feathers<\/a> and Tsukineko Artnic baby blue ink in a circular motion using finger daubers, and the embossed snowflakes were left crisp and white (if you have residual ink, you can dab that off with a tissue or a baby wipe). \u00a0I then colored up the digi with the following Copic colors, using a dotting technique to mimic boucle wool for the wooly parts:
\nBear: W1 and W3
\nScarf and hat trim: BG 10 and BG45
\nHat and sled: RV52 and RV 55
\nI used Mod Podge to glue on the fussy cut digi onto the snowy background to create a seamless backing for the shaker pieces to move on.<\/p>\n

I made the top part of the shaker with a piece of upcycled plastic packaging. \u00a0I first dry embossed a piece of white card stock using a Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder. Then I used an X-ACTO Knife<\/a> to cut out an opening for the plastic packaging to fit through.\u00a0I filled the container area with a fun mix of white and silver\u00a0sequins, tiny pearls, snowflake sequins, and sequin hearts. \u00a0I wanted to add the little hearts to signify all the “love in the air” that the bear is zooming through. LOL \u00a0I used\u00a0Glossy Accents<\/a> to adhere the plastic packaging to the embossed white top piece as well as the base background.<\/p>\n

For finishing touches I added a little organza ribbon with white polka dots to the bottom of the embossed top panel, and tied it in a pretty bow. I hot glued a little flat back pearl heart on the center of the bow to\u00a0highlight\u00a0the love theme of the card, which I was afraid might get lost in this fun, interactive card. \u00a0This card is joining the batch of cards I am creating for\u00a0children at St. Jude’s to use for their Valentines.<\/p>\n

The following is a video share of this card:<\/p>\n