~ La-La Land Crafts - Do Not Feed the Bears ~

Hello My Crafty Peeps!

It is my day to share my crafty creation for La-La Land Craft's 18 Days of Christmas.  My card  is not  so much a Christmas card but rather a wintery card.  December can be a hard month for a lot of people who are suffering with the loss of missing loved ones, people who are alone for the holidays, people who have birthdays and are forgotten in the mix of the holiday chaos or lumped into their Christmas present, etc.  So I decided to make a fun shaker card to hopefully bring a smile to someone else who may need a little pick me up at this time of year.



I cannot tell you how long I have been waiting for the Happy Trails Clear Stamp Set to be released.  Ok, it's been ever since I saw it in Club La-La Land Crafts last year.  I have been not so anxiously awaiting for it to be available for everyone to purchase.  I knew the moment I saw the sentiment, "Do Not Feed the Bears", that I wanted to make the bears look like they were wearing different disguises so they could fool anyone and everyone into feeding them.  Can you tell marshmallows are their favorite treat...LOL



I used the ears from one of the mice in the A Caroling We Go Clear Stamp Set to make him into a mouse.  The pig ears with the straw hat from the piggie pushing the wheelbarrow from the This Little Piggy Clear Stamp Set was the perfect addition to bring in the yellow color from the giraffe to make the design more aesthetically pleasing.

The antlers for the moosebear are from the moose in the new Happy Trails Clear Stamp Set.  I used Copic Blending Solution along with a scrap of terry cloth to give his fur some texture.

For the shaker bits, I used the marshmallows from the new Marshmallows Roasting Die and the itsy bitsy tiny hearts from the new Lantern Die along with white baking sprinkles and white and blue iridescent sequins.

To create the giraffe, I used the ossicones (horns) from the giraffe in the Things Are Looking Up Clear Stamp Set and I drew in the spots using a Copic 0.03 Multiliner.  The knit cap with bunny ears is from one of the new bunnies in the Snow Amazing Clear Stamp Set.

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS

When my children were growing up, my husband started the 12 Days of Christmas tradition of giving the girls small presents the 12 days before Christmas to take the edge off of the anticipation of Christmas Day.  We always had Christmas Eve gifts of Christmas Day jammies.  Plus, Santa would always bring a family gift like a game we could all spend time playing together.

Now that my children are grown,  Elf (meaning me, Nana) has take over the 12 Days of Christmas for my grandson.  He either hides in fun places, gives small gifts with quirky little sayings that go with the gift or gives gentle reminders to listen to his momma cause Elf is a snitch...LOL

~ La-La Land Crafts ~

Happy Trails Clear Stamp Set

Snow Amazing Clear Stamp Set

A Caroling We Go Clear Stamp Set

This Little Piggy Clear Stamp Set

Things Are Looking Up Clear Stamp Set

Blue Christmas Designer Paper Pack

Pierced Scalloped Circles Die Set

Stitched Nested Circles Die Set

Double Stitched Hills Border Die Set

Roasting Marshmallows Die

Birch Trees Die

Lantern Die
(Hearts for Shaker)

~ Copics ~

Moose Bear - E50 E30 E31 E33 E34/E50 E51 E34 E35 E57 E59

Giraffe Bear - Y11 Y15 Y18 YR23 YR24/E31 E33 E57 E59
Straw Hat - Y11 Y15 Y18 YR23 YR24/0 Blender

Mouse & Bunny Bears - W00 W0 W1 W3
Pig Bear - R0000 R000 R00 R01 R02
Blue Hat - B91 B93 B95 B97
Noses - W0 W1 W3 W5 W7
Eyes - B91 B93 B95
Cast Shadow - BV20
Blending Solution/Texture Rag
Multiliner - 0.03

~ Misc. ~
White Gelly Roll Pen #10
Baking Sprinkles
Silver Brads
Sequins
Acetate

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Happy Stamping!

~ Nicolette ~