A Christmas Critter Bear Celebration

Because I live in Las Vegas; which is essentially in the desert, I don't see much wildlife where I live.  But at this time of the year especially, I think about snow, animals, and all those things I grew up knowing in Minnesota.  It's so much fun to be able to craft and create with these sweet animals.  Well, not like a polar bear; but....you know what I mean.  As I explained in an earlier post today, I found some Crate Paper Snow & Cocoa products at Tuesday Morning; and I went to Pinterest for some inspiration.  I've been having fun creating a few cards using this sweet line of products.

This card started with a white cardstock base to which I attached a sweet patterned paper from the Snow & Cocoa 6x6 patterned paper pad.  I used a different Crate Paper for the pink plaid in the journalling spot placed on the doily.  The die-cut is from Papertrey Ink, and the polar bear, snowflakes, sequin, sentiment flag are all part of the ephemera package I purchased and chipboard frame, which is also Snow & Cocoa, came in a separate package of 8 frames.

The bow I attached has two shades of pink seam binding and a length of Solid Ivory Baker's Twine.  I really do love this sweet line by Crate Paper, and I can almost always find lots of great inspiration (for any line) on Pinterest.  That at least gives me a starting point, and I can let my creativity run wild from there.  Right?

Thanks so much for stopping by again.  I will be linking up in a couple of challenges listed below.  I always love it when I have time to create cards so that I can just play along in some of the challenges I love.  That's always a good week, right?

Blessings,

Karen

Here are those FUN challenges I was talking about.  I love to play along here:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog - Simon Says "Christmas Critters" - My critter is that darling polar bear.

Mod Squad Challenge Blog - BEARS - I hope everyone loves my adorable polar bear.

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog - Simon Says "Celebrate" - This card celebrates SNOW...if you get it at your house, celebrate it.

Pixie's Crafty Workshop: Pixie's Snippets Playground - The pink gingham patterned paper was a snippet on my craft table that I put to good use.