LPS Sketch Challenge: {Beary Best Katie} house

Two posts today... please scroll down (or click here) so you

don't miss the Caardvarks Challenge action. ;O)

Well this started out as Cindy's sketch....
(Cindy's layouts are legendarily stunning!)

But then...

the oval turned into a circle to make way for the picture frames & the rectangular mat at the bottom grew curves, and the heart turned into a bear! (and then it needed a roof?) Go figure?

If you'd like to play along with us, you could win
this set {Beary Best Katie}
(Please check out the LPS Blog for the details)

You can see the whole {Beary Best Katie} set here

(today is the last day for the sale on 2 newest sets)
&
The Gallery of beary gorgeous cards is here ;o)

Here are a couple of the details on how this {Beary Best Katie} house was built...

To make a layered Katie,
I did a bunch of emboss resist & paper piecing:

Katie was stamped 3 times:

-once with her bear (to make a "magic" pattern with the wall paper & baseboard-tutorial here)
-once for her sweet little face and feet
-and once more to add a script embossing layer to her dress...

(and some crochet ribbon trim on the bottom too!) :O)

The scalloped edge was made with punched circles of a digital ledger printed and gesso washed. (The circles are stuck on the back)

To make the little picture frame brads, I printed out an inchie of an architectural drawing, stuck it on a brad & glazed it over with Crystal Lacquer (there's a tutorial on the brad altering process here.)

The curvy piece at the bottom was emboss resist
and the shape was from the curvy card feet template.

The bear used to be an Ikea lampshade (it broke so I saved the paper)
To make him I did this:

1) Glued the lampshade paper to cardstock
2) Traced the bear template onto it (body, head, & 2 arms)
3) Cut the bear out
4) Tinted the bear with Copics & other markers
5) Stitched him with dark gray embroidery thread (tummy & nose)
6) Assembled him

The arms are added on brads to make them movable :O)

If you would like the template for the bear, please just let me know
& I'll scan it, etc. (It might be fun to make a big bear shaped card, no?)

Thank you so much for taking time out to look at this.
Here's hoping that you have an amazing day!