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PFS Beary Christmas

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My take on the cute Beary Christmas To You (this and all links are affiliate links) stamp from this month’s Picket Fence Studios release is that I made the bear into a polar bear!

I’ve stamped the sentiment twice. It is called Another Joyeux Noel. Once on the background and then also on the coloured image. This is because the coloured image was die cut after I coloured it, but I didn’t want the text stamp to disappear behind it. I used only the Christmas part of the sentiment and used a text stamp from the Sweet Holiday set which I embossed in white onto black to go with. The card was finished off with a few sequins from The Winter Blues mix.

The text stamp is stamped right onto the card base whereas the coloured image is die cut and put on foam tape to get some dimension. I coloured up the background behind him in a deeper shade of blue to make him stand out more.

Here is a close-up of the polar bear because he’s cute!

Whimsy would follow you anywhere

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I looked at my phone this morning and it said “October”. I’m not sure I’m ready for that. Don’t get me wrong, I love the beautifully coloured trees, the fresh wind and the non-guilty hot-chocolate moments with a blanket because it’s not too warm for it anymore, but still. Winter is just a tad bit too close. That also means Christmas is coming closer. Are you ready? Have you started on your cards? Mine are actually mostly done! And I have another one to show you today.

A new month also means a new Whimsy Stamps release! I’ve played with one of the new digital stamps. It has a penguin AND a polar bear. Doesn’t get much better than that, right? You can find it here. I didn’t use any dies this time as I cut the coloured panel and then I just tore across the top so I could have some background paper peeking through, but if you prefer dies then the Slimline card builder die so work well for this.

Copics ued: (red) R22, R24, R27, R29, R59, R89, (dark grey) N3, N5, N7, N9, (light grey, penguin – hat – ground) N0, N1, N3, (orange) Y32, Y35, Y38, E97, (polar bear) W0, W1, W2, W3, (paw) E41, E42, E43,

18. Polar bear out for a walk

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Another reasonably simple card today. I have coloured up the polar bear with the boy and fox image by Tiddly Inks and cut it out by hand. It was fun colouring it in no-lines even if it had a few fiddly bits.

I have then made it look like he’s walking on snow and added some trees where I added a bit of acrylic paint to make it look like it’s been snowing. The text stamp is by Norsk Stempelblad.

Copics used: (bear) C7, W1, W2, W3, (fox) E18, E19, E97, (boy) YG01, YG03, YG63, YG67, E000, E00, E11, E42, E43, E47

Ricky Winter Light Wishes

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Another Winter themed Christmas card using a Tiddly Inks image, it is called Ricky Winter Light Wishes. I had a lot of fun colouring it in as I very rarely try to colour animals. I coloured it all in with Copics, and I used a bit of dark blue distress ink for the sky along with a white pen to make the stars.

The dies I’ve used are all Noor Design. Sadly one of the trees ended up a bit wonky for the photo… doh!

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Copics used: (sky) B91, B93, B95, B97, white pen, and blue disress ink pad, (fox) E18, E19, E97, (clothes) G40, G82, G94, W1, E42, E44, (skin) E000, E04, E21, (polar bear) W1, W3, W5