Hello Crafty Friends! I am so excited to be on the Gerda Steiner Designs blog today to share a couple of Christmas cards that I made featuring the absolutely adorable new Beary Merry Christmas set. This super cute set is part of the upcoming Christmas Release, arriving on October 1st. I kept both card designs fairly clean and simple to give all of the attention to these sweet images!
HO HO HO Merry Christmas! My first card is a simple slimline card using the bear in the wreath image as the O in the HO HO HO.
First, I stamped the image three times onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen. Next, I used a 2.25” circle die to diecut each of the images out.
COPIC COLORS:
Bear: E50/51/53/33/99/35, E25/27/29, R20
Hat: R24/27/29/39, C1
Wreath: YG01
Stars: Y13
I used the Impact Alphabet Die-namics to diecut the letter H nine times out of red cardstock. I layered and adhered 3 letters with liquid adhesive to create three Hs. I highlighted the letters with a white gel pen.
For the sentiment, I stamped of one of the sentiments from the set with Versamark Watermark ink and heat embossed with a White Detailed Embossing Powder onto a piece of black cardstock. I used one of the dies from the Blueprints 27 Die-namics to diecut it out.
I took a piece of white cardstock (3.5” x 8.25”). I adhered the letters with liquid adhesive and the colored images and sentiment strip with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. I adhered the panel to a piece of red cardstock before adhering it to a white cardbase (3.75” x 8.5”). I finished the card with a few red gems from my stash to represent berries on the wreath.
Have a Beary Merry Christmas! My second card showcases the sweetest bear all decked out in his reindeer sweater and antlers.
I stamped and colored the images in the same manner as the first card. I fussy cut out the images.
COPIC COLORS:
Bear: E50/51/53/33/99/35, E25/27/29, R20
Antlers: E40/41/42
Scarf: YG01/03/17
Sweater: R24/27/29/39, E:51/53/33, R20
Bird: B00/02/04, Y38, R20
Hat: R24/27/29, C1
For the background, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock with the scalloped die from the Blueprints 27 Die-namics. I masked of the bottom portion of the panel and lightly ink blended with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks. I added some dots with a Copic marker (B02) and a white gel pen.
I stamped the two sentiments from the set directly onto the panel with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I adhered the colored images with foam tape. Finally, I adhered the panel to a piece of red cardstock before adhering it to a white cardbase (4.25” x 5.5”).
As always, I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my cards. I had so much fun playing with this adorable Beary Merry Christmas Clear Stamp set and truly appreciated this amazing opportunity to Guest Design for GSD. Be sure to look out for the Christmas Release on October 1st! I’ll be back to share more from this amazing release. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.
Have a wonderful and crafty day!
Hanh
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