Hi, crafty friends! It’s the third Thursday of the month, which means it’s #getcrackingonchristmas. This is an initiative from Jenn Shurkus to get us creating holiday cards all year instead of having to scramble last minute to get them done in November and December. This lets us use our holiday products, try out new things and enjoy the process! My card today features an adorable Christmas bear from a digi stamp set from Amanda Jayne Designs, as well as some other goodies.

I colored the bear with Copics and used the Snowflakes and Ornament die set from Hero Arts to turn him into a Christmas ornament. Isn’t he adorable with his head tilted to the side? I covered the card base with a piece of Cranberry cardstock from Concord & 9th. This is the perfect Christmas red, and it goes really well with the colors on his hat, as well as the color I chose for the sentiment, which is also from Amanda Jayne Designs.

I used the Snowflake Confetti Fancy Die from Hero Arts to create a white background of snowflakes. I cut the panel down and adhered it to a piece of gold glitter cardstock from Kort & Godt Hobby, giving shine and sparkle to the snowflake openings. I mounted my gold cardstock to the center of the card using foam tape and added my colored bear ornament with more foam tape – there’s a lot of dimension going on here. I used the Gift bows dies from Kristina Werner to add a gold glitter bow to the top of the ornament. I also used a little bit of the gold glitter cardstock to mat the sentiment, which I adhered directly to the ornament to finish the card.

For such a simple image, I sure used a lot of Copics.