'Tis the Season

Here's my card for the current Mix It Up challenge at SugarPea Designs.  I paired the sketch with elements from the inspiration photo (color scheme, gifts, holiday theme, and knit textures) for this simple, sweet holiday design.

My focal image is a combination of images from SPD's Hey Winter stamp set.  I stamped the scarf image first, then masked it before adding the bear so that the bear was wearing the scarf.  I also stamped up a trio of gift boxes.  The images were colored with Copic markers then cut out with my Scan 'n Cut machine.  

I adhered a strip of brown knit patterned cardstock, edged along one side with a strip of dark brown cardstock, to the right side of a kraft card base.  A white rectangle matted with a contrasting red Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle die cut was tucked beneath the left side of the patterned paper strip.  I added the images on top using foam tape for dimension.  The set's "tis the season" sentiment was stamped on a narrow red cardstock strip and adhered to the patterned paper strip beneath the cluster of images to finish the card.

Materials Used:
Hey Winter stamp set, Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle dies (SugarPea Designs); Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko/IMAGINE Crafts); markers (Copic); Kraft cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Early Espresso cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Red Punch cardstock (Recollections); designer paper (Lawn Fawn); foam tape