January Intro: Bear Holder + Pinking Rectangles + XOXO Word Shaker
It’s Day 2 of sneak peeks for our January 5th release. If you missed yesterday’s post, you can see that sneak peek HERE.
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Hi Crafty Friends! Emily Mydlowski here, sharing sneak peeks of adorable and fun Valentine’s Day cards using the Bear Holder Die, Pinking Rectangles Die, and the XOXO Word Shaker.
I’m absolutely smitten with the Bear Holder Die. You can really stretch this die to create a variety of bears. For my projects, I made both a Polar Bear and a Panda Bear, using a color change and some fussy cutting.
To make the Panda, I cut the bear out of Black and White cardstock. The black cardstock forms the base of the bear, while the white fur face is fussy cut from the white bear die cut. To add dimension, I inked blended light gray ink around the edges of the face. The black eyes are actually the inside ear pieces that I placed behind the panda’s mouth and nose. For extra Valentine’s Day charm, I added a pink and white polka dot bow tie and pink cheeks (I used a cotton swab with pink ink to add the cheeks). Then, I added a white tummy and tucked in a bright pink heart into their paws.
To assemble the card, I attached the panda to a white Eyelet Oval die cut, which I adhered to a Pinking Rectangle Panel with pink Love Words stenciling. To finish the card, I added a Valentine Banner Greetings and Banner die cut and adhered the decorated panel to a pink and white polka dot scrap paper card base.
For the Polar Bear card, I cut the bear holder from white cardstock and blended the edges with a light blue ink. I added pink ink-blended ears, a gray and black nose, black eyes and mouth, and a blue ink-blended belly. To create the rosy cheeks, I used R20 and R000 Copic markers.
The polar bear is holding two hearts and a Love die-cut from the upcoming Love You Shadow set. I used Pinking Rectangles to create all the framed layers and finished the card with a Valentine Banner Greetings.
For my XOXO shaker card, I matched the colors to the Love is Kind shaker beads in pink, blue, and red. I particularly love the pops of blue for Valentine cards. For the Xs, I used blue and white patterned paper and blended the hearts in red and pink ink. I adhered the shaker to a white cardstock Pinking Rectangle and Valentine Banner Greetings for the “Hugs & Kisses” sentiment.
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Thank you so much for checking out day 2 of sneak peeks for the upcoming release available on January 5th. Be sure to stop back tomorrow for another day of sneak peek inspiration!