Christmas in July - Card 2/Bella Bear
Introducing the cutest holiday greeting card featuring Bella bear joyfully decorating a Christmas tree!
Bella is joined by her adorable little bird friend who is overseeing the job. This charming card is sure to bring smiles and warmth to anyone's holiday season. Spread the festive cheer with this delightful design.
To create this card head on over to PolkaDoodles crafting website by clicking the product links below.
Purchase and print the Bella Bear design, choose and print a pattern paper, pick and print a sentiment.
Ready to color?! I’ll list the Copic Marker colors below.
Decorating Tree Bella Christmas
Elvis Wesley Moose themed paper pack
Don’t like to color? This file below is for you! The pre colored version.
Decorating the Tree Bella Christmas Color
After printing the image - color the image, the Copic Colors I used are listed below. If you chose the pre colored version this project is going to be much quicker for you!
When your image is ready to create with trim it down to a 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 type size. Place a fun border die diagonally across the layer so that you will be leaving the full image on one section of the layer. Die cut.
Adhere a piece of 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 pattern paper to the front of a 5 1/5 x 8 1/2 card base, scored at 4 1/4.
Going back to the cut section with the image on it - this is the time to add any splatter or tiny details to the image.
I added some Nuvo shimmer pen to the snow on the ground, and some Copic Opaque Pigment Paint as splatter to the bottom of the card in the snow ( you can see that in the photo ). And just a few splatters around the rest of the image. I also used Nuvo Crystal Glaze on the stars to give them a shiny glossy finish as well as add a little dimension.
Next - add foam tape to the back of image section and adhere it onto the card base.
Trim down the sentiment and bullet the ends.
Adhere that to a scrap of red cardstock. Trim the ends of the red cardstock to match with the bullet ends of the sentiment. Use a bone folder to gently curl the sentiment from the backside.
Apply glue to one end of the sentiment strip and adhere to the image section, use a small piece of foam tape to adhere the other end of the sentiment - leaving some slack in the sentiment strip so it appears like a ribbon.
That’s it! Add a few rhinestones, snowflakes or gems for a little added interest.
Here are those Copic Marker Colors:
Bella & the Tree Trunk - E37, E35, E33
Tree - YG67, YG17, YG03
Bella’s Outfit:
Red- R59, R46, R35
White Fur & Scarf - N1, 0 (colorless blender)
Snow - BV01, BV0000 + shimmer pen
Blue Decoration Bag - B97, B34, B00
Stars - Y19, Y15, Y13
The same color combos were used for the bird, his hat, and the gifts.
*** I realize now that the green gift was in fact not a gift - it is a stool!!
Apparently I need to be sure my glasses are actually helping me to see, or creating illusions!!
Oh well, it made a pretty gift to!
The reason I noticed - I was going to point out that when coloring this image the next time I would choose a different color than green for that gift. Well I certainly will - like brown for a wooden stool type color! Hahaha!
Every card should be a creative adventure!
THE LINKS IN THIS POST CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS - WHICH MEANS THAT IF YOU CHOOSE TO PURCHASE A PRODUCT FROM ONE OF THESE LINKS THAT I WILL MAKE A SMALL COMMISION. THIS DOESN'T COST YOU ANY EXTRA TO PURCHASE. THE SMALL COMMISION HELPS ME TO CONTINUE TO SHARE CARD IDEAS AND EXAMPLES WITH YOU. HEARTFELT THANKS FOR YOUR SUPPORT.Let me know what you think of the stool/gift in the comments below. And…. have you started making Christmas cards yet?
