Polar Bear

This card came together quickly, using elements from my UFO box. I adhered the bottom of the bear directly onto my card base, but added thin foam tape behind the ears. I also added strips of thin foam tape behind the frame.

Bear: Festive Bear and Deer die set, Katie Skilton

Frame: Sue Wilson, Creative  Expressions
Sentiment strip: not sure of the brand as it was in my UFO box

I'm linking up my card at:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards - C ... Cute Christmas Critter

ABC Christmas - X for Xylophone (photo inspiration)

The Cutie Pie - #200 Special occasions

Christmas treats

Hello everyone. I have 2 cards to share that are similar in design but with the colours red and green switched around.

I started by randomly stamping the red candy canes (old Stamp of Approval collection, Catherine Pooler), onto white Neenah cardstock and then filling up the spaces with brown coffee cups (Verve Stamps) and green candies (Stamp of Approval collection), using Distress Oxide inks. I die cut the panels using a SSS stitched rectangle. 

For the sentiment topper, I used a Neat & Tangled stamp and die cut the circle using a Winnie & Walter die. The sentiment topper got lost against the busy background, so I decided to do some ink blending using Pumice Stone regular distress ink, and I love how that turned out.

I'm linking up my cards (left card for those challenges requesting only one card)  at:

Jingle Belles - Christmas feast (Christmas food and treats)

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards - Change colours (day 8)

Make My Monday - #239 Food and/or drink

We Love Stamping - Christmas

Allsorts - #807 Anything goes (option: food and drink)

Blue Christmas shaker card

Hello everyone. Here's my second set of cards for Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards link-up.

Just like the previous cards, today's design was inspired by a card that Stephanie Severin created last year. I did not have time to finish and post my card for the recent CASE prompt at Jingle Belles, but here it is.

My inspiration was this monochromatic card by Stephanie.

The patterned paper I used was from the same paper pack as the PP on my previous card (Lisa Horton Scandi Christmas) that came with a UK crafting magazine (Papercraft Essentials 204). The background was stark white, so I antiqued it using Antique linen distress ink. Stephanie had sprayed her panel with clear sparkle spray, which inspired me to turn my cards into shaker cards with glitter snow and some sequins. I coloured my frame after die-cutting using 2 rectangle nesting dies (Creative Craft). The sentiment strip came from my UFO box.

I'm linking up my card at:

Beccy's Month of Holiday Cards - B ... for Blue 

Peace on Earth Christmas - #75 AG Christmas

SSS Wednesday - Anything goes

Allsorts - #805 Magic of the season