Happy Friday! It's Jeanne posting today. The card I'm sharing today uses three dies; one of which is a personal favorite.
I love cute cards (actually I love most ALL styles of cards) and I really like Mr. Snuggles. Today, I made him a polar bear hugging a cup of cocoa from one of the new Christmas dies - Cocoa and Sweet Treats. This is an A2 side fold card. The card base is 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 folded to 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.
I started by cutting a panel from plaid paper that was 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches. I cut three blue panels and one white panel with the Rectangle set.
The sentiment was stamped on the white panel. I stacked and glued
the blue panels together and then glued the white panel on top. This
gives a nice edge to the white panel and allows it to be popped up off
the card face without using foam dots or tape. When creating a stacked panel, the Rectangle Set is super helpful.
It's important that the panels all be the EXACT same size - something
difficult to do with a paper cutter but very easy with a rectangle die.
I added two ribbons that match some of the plaid lines. One was
placed under the white sentiment panel and the smaller one I placed on
top.
I die cut the bear, cocoa, steam and snowflake from white card stock. I used blue for the cocoa cup. Copic markers were used to color the cocoa for inside the cup, ear insides and nose; I used a multi-liner pen for the bears eyes. To give him some depth, I sponged his edges in a light grey ink.
Finally, I glued him together and added him to the sentiment panel along with a few buttons.
Have a great weekend - see you next Friday!