Birthday Bear

Hi everyone!  This is my submission for TCP Tuesday 155, to use this sketch:

I found this to be a tough sketch, but that's why I like playing along with challenges.  I didn't know what to do with that long panel, but as I was going through my TCP stamps, I got the idea to give PJ a woodsy birthday celebration.  I have a small pack of camping-ish papers by K&Co, so I pulled those out and matted the snippets on white cardstock, which was then matted on burgundy cardstock by DCWV.  I'm not great at creating scenes, but I think I did alright here, using the clouds, pine tree, and PJ from the Happy Camper set, and the cake and party hat from the A Beary Good Year set.

I used my Copics, but I wish that I had more colors, especially the lighter ones, when it comes to things like blending the sky.  Hopefully I'll pick some more markers up at next month's scrapbook convention.  :)  You can see that I then mixed at matched the sentiments "please feed the bears" and "happy birthday" from each set to create my own "please feed the birthday bear" sentiment.  I don't know if it's as funny as it was in my head, but there it is.  :)  PJ's belly was paper pieced and he and his accessories were popped up on foam tape.  I added some Offray yellow ribbon and yellow brads from my stash to finish off the card.  I hope you enjoy my quirky little card!  

It's a rainy morning here in NY, so after I get Chris off to work I'll probably stay in and get crafty.  :)  I hope you all have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!

-Suzanne :O )