I hadn't put away the Santa's Letter dies because I had only put together the Santa and I was curious to see the bear assembled. It was late when I sat down to craft and I thought putting together the bear could be something quick to work on. As I was working on it, I started looking for patterned paper for the gift the bear is holding and then inspiration took a left turn when I found the Snow Much Fun! papers from Carta Bella. That collection dates back to 2019, but it's always a pleasure to pull it out again.
Initially, I wanted to try out a tulle shaker, but I quickly realized the bear was too big to do that, so I picked the tree patterned paper to create my background and combined it with the Zig Zag Rectangle Stackables dies I was happy to find on clearance recently. I didn't like how the bear was floating on the card, so I decided to add snow banks to the background and bottom. While looking at pattern options, I found the snow globe paper and decided to fussy cut a few and have the bear hold those instead of the gift. Right now, the pocket on the bear has been left emoty, but I guess I could fill it with a little note. I have to say, I assumed those dies were meant to make pockets for gift cards, but now that I've assembled them, I'm pretty sure the pockets are too narrow for that, which is a shame. While the characters are cute, there are a few design flaws that bother me and make me regret that purchase a bit.
Supplies
Cardstock: Fog (Lawn Fawn); Pistachio Pudding, Blushing Bride, Basic Black,
Bordering Blue, Basic Grey (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Snow Much Fun! (Carta Bella)
Dies: Santa's Letter (Sizzix); Zig Zag Rectangle Stackables, Stitched Hillside Borders (Lawn Fawn)
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Envelope Punch Board,
Seaside Spray Metallic Ribbon (Stampin' Up!)
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