12 Kits of Christmas - February - Polar Bear

Are you ready for another installment of The 12 Kits of Christmas???  Just to refresh your memory, this is a group of 12 designers.  Each has been assigned a month to provide the Christmas crafting supplies to the other 11 members.  We all receive the same supplies and post our creations on the last day of every month.  It's interesting to see how we all come up with something different with the same kit of supplies.

This month our gracious hostess is Cathy Weber.  She sent us this fabulous supply of goodies to create with - including die cuts and papers from Memory Box and Your Time Made Easy, buttons from Papertrey, and sentiments from Waltzingmouse, Papertrey and Memory Box.  She even included some "snow", pom poms, gems and pretty red satin ribbon.

I made this snow globe shaker box by cutting 4 sheets of craft foam one at a time with two Spellbinders circles set one inside the other to make a ring.  I glued the 4 rings together - created my "scene" and filled it up with "snow, tiny pearl beads and some iridescent sequins.  I topped it off with a clear piece of plastic cut from a transparency sheet.  I then added a ring of paper to give it a more finished look.  It was easier than it sounds and the results are sweet!   I glittered the "snow drifts" on the bottom that I just rough cut and I added gems to make the dark night sky snowfall sparkly.

 I also made a tag with the goodies from the kit - here's a close up

For this one I cut a large circle and scallop using the Spellbinders Grand dies, topped that off with my polar bear snow scene and put a big fat 3 layer bow on top.  In the center of the bow is a button "sandwich" of a plain button topped with a snowflake button, topped with a red button topped with a gem.  Whew!  That's a lot of buttons huh?  I added a some c-beads on my twine for some added glam.

Why not see what the rest of the team came up with for this months challenge?  Here's a list of the designers with links to their blogs!   

Cathy

Renee

Suzanne

Marybeth

Joyce

Amy

Christina

Kim

Kara

Jessica

Sharron

Thanks for having a look!  Join us next month to see the latest 12 Kits of Christmas!

Jeanne


Supplies Used: 
Finished Card 6x6"                                                                         Tag
Paper:  Memory Box Yuletide Collection                                          Paper:  Memory Box Yuletide Collection
Polar Bear Stamp and Die Cut:  Wesley Bear Memory Box                Polar Bear Stamp and Die Cut:  Wesley Bear Memory Box
Embossing Folder:  TIm Holtz                                                         Seam Binding:  Hug Snug Elegant Peacock Blue
Snow globe diecut from MyTimeMadeEasy.com                                Stamp Sentiment:  In the Meadow Papertrey Ink
Twinery Caribbean Twine                                                                Twinery Caribbean Twine
Buttons:  Papertrey Ink                                                                   Buttons:  Papertrey Ink
Copic Marker Red 27                                                                      Dies:  Spellbinders Grand Circles, Grand Scalloped Circles
Extras:  Synthetic Snowflakes:  Michaels, Pearls,                               Standard Circles, Scalloped Circles
Coarse Glitter Martha Stewart                                                           Coarse Glitter Martha Stewart
Iridescent Sequins, Gems                                                                Beads
Sentiment By:  Lil Inkers