For today's post, I used the same base card format as yesterday's post with different paper and a different stamp set. I really like how substantial these gift cards feel...is that weird? The stamp set is another from MFT called Chill Wishes. It contains a bunch of funny penguins that I am in love with. The look on their faces cracks me up. They look petrified of something to me...kind of like I did when I tried skiing! I also like how the artist left their hats and scarfs plain because I had a great time adding stripes and dots to change them up.
Keeway Tsao from the MFT Design Team made a card using this set and she made rainbow ski goggles that I thought were adorable so I wanted some for my skier. I added some Flower Soft to his hat band and pompom to add some texture! All of the dies are MFT STAX. The paper I used for this card came from Pinecone Press. I'm sorry to say that I checked their website and it's no longer available but any coordinating designer card stock in red, white and green would work. Here is how the card looks with the 1st flap opened
See what I mean about the petrified look on the penguin's face and the potential to make your own design on the hat?!! I have to confess that I stamped out about a dozen penguins just to play dress up and see what I could come up with for cute hat and scarf designs! You can see his hat better in the close up picture a bit further down.
Above is how the card looks opened. Again the pine trees really add to the little scenes. These small and large tree stamps are both in the Chill Wishes stamp set. Here are some close-up photos...
I hope you've enjoyed seeing my gift card holders and that they make you want to get your stamps out to play! Thanks so much for visiting!
Janet
Wow, Christmas was a whirlwind this year! I was worried for a bit, but I got everything on my list done! Some of my favorites this year were two gift cards that I made for my niece and nephew. They came out so cute! I'm going to post the first one today and the second one tomorrow. For the first I used the Polar Bear Pals stamp set from My Favorite Things. It is darling, I couldn't decided which bear I liked best so I used all but one! That is the reason I made my gift card a tri-fold card. I used MFT Circle STAX to cut the sparkly circle and MFT Stitched Circle STAX to cut the snowflake circle and the snowy ground. The patterned paper I used was from the new Doodlebug line. I found it at Violette's stamp store in Lakeland, FL. Here is the front of the card..
When you open the first flap of the card, you see the little waving bear from the Polar Bear set. There is a larger waving bear too so you can make scenes where this little bear looks like he's waving from a distance or you can make it look like he's a youngster. The Oh What Fun and Believe stamps are from a Penny Black set. I used MFT's Stitched Rectangle STAX to cut out the white piece for the sentiment.
When you open the last flap you can see the gift card pocket and more polar bears! I just love them all!!
The trees really add to the little scenes. They come from another MFT set called Chill Wishes. Here are some close-up pictures...
So much fun to make and give as a gift! Thanks for visiting. Hope you are having a happy holiday season!
Janet
