I saw this cute card last winter and saved it because I wanted to use the idea later.  Well now was the time it became part of my Punch Art class this month.  The creator of the punch art polar bears is Laura Lipe.  This is my version that I created for the class.

Aren’t they cute?

My card is a Baja Breeze base (we used Bashful Blue in the class because I ran out of Baja Breeze).  The background is stamped with snowflakes.  The snow banks are a piece of torn Whisper White card stock that is sponged on the edges.

For the Polar Bears all the pieces are punched from Whisper White card stock, sponged with Sahara Sand ink and also distressed on the edges ( so they look furry).  I gave everyone a 1/4 sheet of Whisper White card stock and had them punch the pieces out and save it for a guide for later.  So this is what you have left.

Now you have an easy guide to see what pieces you need.  The ornament punch is the head of the large bear – the top of the ornament is cut off.  The large oval is the nose of the large bear – you can either stick it back in the punch to nip it off or cut it with scissors.  The small oval is the nose of the small bear.  By the way I am using the old punch names.  Did you realize the names of some of the punches changed?  They did when they switched to the new style.  Which reminds me I was going to write a post to explain something about the new punches – I’ll have to do that this week too.

For punch art I use the 2-way glue pen and a pair of craft tweezers – these are a great tool to have – too bad we don’t sell these anymore (although the old SU kind were too bulky anyway) – maybe we’ll get a better version next year.

Ok now it is time for Bingo… oh by the way I realized I started numbering the pieces wrong – I skipped #4 for some reason.  So today’s piece is really #9.

Let’s play….

It’s BINGO TIME!  We are playing Round 5 of Monika’s Blog Bingo.  I’m currently taking names for Round 7.   See this POST for more details on how to join, how to play and the previous winners.

Here is piece #10  –the alphabet  from Cute by the Inch stamp set (stamped in Poppy Parade).