Holiday Hugs – WPlus9 – Do I have a thing for polar bears and other interesting questions

I was sharing my recent purchases with a friend, and she said, "Wow. You've got a thing for polar bears, don't you?" Considering a couple of the sets I've bought recently feature polar bears, you'd think so. However, I think I just like cute animal stamps, and now that I am free to indulge that, I've been pretty much buying all the ones I see that I like. Well, SOME of the ones I see that I like. I can't afford ALL of them.

When I saw this little set from WPlus9, I decided it was something I both wanted and could afford! Lookie:

AAAAAHHHHH!!! STINKIN' CUTE!!! I dipped into my hoard of 6 x 6 Memory Box paper for the beautiful piece which I used to draw this color combination from.

I colored the images with SU! markers (Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze, Lost Lagoon, Smoky Slate, Basic Gray) plus the lightest gray from my set of Tombow grayscale markers. I also used the SU! Chalk marker to make the white dots on the little girl's coat.

I used the largest Stitched Pinking Edged Square die from MFT and layered a square embossed with Taylored Expressions Cable Knit folder. I added a Winter Wonderland embellishment from Stampin' Up! in the lower right corner.

I used the Stampin' Up! Triple Banner punch to punch the greeting from Cherry Cobbler card stock, and added some of the Whisper White Glitter Ribbon.

With the final touch of Cherry Cobbler candy dots.