Cure for the common cold

     I think this poor fellow is looking a bit like several of my bloggie friends have been feeling lately.  This is "Beary Sick" from Mo's Digital Pencil and I've used him for our "Anything but a square" challenge this week at DP2.

     My original plan was to make everything about him cozy.  He's dressed in his comfy night shirt and has his fuzzy slippers on.  I wanted to carry on the theme, so he got a sentiment about chicken soup and some tea on the inside of the card.  Perfect sickie food!

     To further carry over the theme I wanted him to have a quilt.  Now I have done a wee bit of quilting myself (I'm too impatient to see the end result so my seam matching stinks LOL) but this paper quilting was much easier.  I so wish I could have gotten it to photograph better, but it's really more of a tactile thing anyway.  After stitching my DP at intervals I turned the panel over and used my large embossing tool to soften the centers of each square, then I added a pop dot in there.  I also added 1/8" Score Tape to the seams.  Once attached to the card base it makes those little squares puff up like they're stuffed.  It feels so cool when you run your fingers over it.

     I added a 3/8" fold to the top of the card base so that there would be room enough on the inside for the tea bag and it's pocket.  There's also a little tag tucked in behind that says "Hope you feel better soon".

     I'm not really sure why I went with the octagon shape.  Thy're all cut by hand.  Here's a side view that you might be able to see the little pillows with.  I used the terry cloth and Colorless Blender technique for his fur to make him a bit fuzzy.

     We'd love to have you come join in the challenge this week.  Just grab one of your Mo images and create something that's NOT square.
     I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Little Red Wagon--totally teddies
Bearly Mine--lace, ribbon, twine
Craft Room Challenge--something for a man
Crafty Sentiments--fancy fold or not swuare
Deep Ocean--the letter "b" (bear, buttons, bow, bunny slippers, bag of tea)
Use It Tuesday--fasteners (I raided my huge tub on buttons for this one)
Kaboodle Doodles--anything but square
Make It Monday--anything goes
No Matter Which--ribbon and bows
Crafts 4 Eternity--Teddy bear picnic

     Thanks for stopping by!  I've got blogaversary candy!  Thanks to all of you who are already playing along.  ☺

Supplies:  Paper--Simple Stories, Bazzill, Kraft Outlet; Stamps--Mo's Digital Pencil "Beary Sick", sentiment on card front from Create with TLC; Ink--Copics; Tools--Nestabilities Scalloped Octagon die, Lil Inker Stitched Sentiment Flag, Crop-a-dile, Bow Easy, sewing machine; Miscellaneous--Offray ribbon, Kraft Outlet Hang Tag String, buttons from my stash