Polar Bear Gift Card Holder

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

Snowflake Girl

With Christmas just around the corner, I thought I'd better get started on my cards.  Here is one that I made with the Let It Snow stamp from Crafter's Companion USA!  When I was little I loved snowstorms and trying to catch snowflakes and this little girl brings me right back there!  The new Impression Obsession snowflake die was perfect for this card!

She has the sweetest little face, so cute!  Here is a pic of the inside of the card...

It feels so good to have some Christmas cards ready to send!  Getting started is always the hardest part!

Thanks for visiting :)
Janet

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Crafter's Companion USA - Swalk - Let It Snow

Cardstock:  Stampin' Up Ballet Blue, Cougar Opaque White

Inks: Momento Tuxedo Black

Copics:  Face : E11, E00, E50 and R02

                Coat and Hat:  RV66 and RV 69

                Hair:  YR20, YR18, E19 and E18

                Scarf, Boots and Mittens:  B24 and B23

                Hair Bows:  YG05 and YG09

                Sky:  B91

Dies :  Spellbinders - Fancy Lattice and Labels Eight,  Impression Obsession - Small Snowflake Set,