Sunday 11 August 2019

Polar Bear Place Card


     A new project for Not Just Cards today, place cards for Christmas Dinner, I have a friend who loves bears so this will be perfect for her.
     Both the tree and the bear were cut using a Sizzix Bigz die, these are steel rule dies that will cut through mountboard and leather so a piece of folded card is no problem at all. You can't do this with thin dies, it will not cut and may ruin your die.
      The card needed to be just over twice the height of the shape I wanted to cut, I then folded it in half, right sides together and creased it. From this centre fold I measured 3/8 of an inch out and scored, doing this on both sides. Once scored I folded the card back to show the right side again, this forms a 'W' shape at the bottom of your card.
   
     When placing the card on the die I had to make sure that the 'W' was just above the base of the cut area so it wasn't chopped off, this made the bears feet a little shallower but at least he will now stand up by himself.
      Before sticking the sided together I die cut the name in the bears body and then backed it with some blue Stardust card, I have kept the cut out letters for another project.
      I have only glued the very top of the bears head and ears together and a tiny spot of glue on his tail too. This leaves a slot in his body that could house a tag listing the menu.

   
      Hopefully you can see in this picture the 'W' in action, it makes your Bigz dies even more useful. They do fold flat for storage until required.
      Both bear and tree have been cut from Stix2 Stardust card as it adds that little sparkle to your table dressing.
     Please pop over to Not Just Cards and take a look at all the inspiration on offer, then come and join us with your creation.




I would like to enter this bear in the following challenges:
C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas
The 12 Months Of Christmas - Sparkle, Glitter & Bling
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Christmas / optional no stamp or digi


4 comments:

  1. Wonderful place card. Thanks for joining us at the CHNC Christmas Weekly this week for our Anything Goes, optional "no stamp or digital image" Challenge.

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  2. This is a great way of displaying those table names, love the polar bear, so different from the traditional Christmas themed name plates. Thanks for sharing Creative wishes Tracey

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  3. What a fabulous idea.
    Thank you so much for entering our challenge this week at CRAFT Challenge looking forward to see you again next challenge.
    Hugs Sheryl xx
    CRAFT DT
    Cat Crazy Craft Corner {My Blog}

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  4. Great fun! You're well prepared in good time for Christmas. Thank you for joining the CRAFT challenge. Debbie CRAFT DT

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