Bronson

It seems to be one thing after another right now. I'm still being plagued by Hackers trying to get into my accounts and keeping one step ahead of them is proving a nightmare. Blogging should be a fun hobby but I dread logging in right now and doing anything on my computer. I'm watching for alerts coming in by email and on my mobile and constantly looking over my shoulder.
We have blocked drains again. It always seems to be The Doc who has to ring the council to come and sort it out every 18 mths or so though this time it is only 9 months!  The blockage is always out on the main road and there are at least 20 houses between us and the main drain. Anyway the call was made  to them yesterday and there is supposed to be a response time of within 8 hrs. It is now 23 hrs and no sign of them hence the reason why I am so late for my own Christmas Card Club post.
It was my turn to choose the theme and I went for Polar orTeddy bears on our cards.

My first card is a Joy Fold Card (I do like making these ) using a Polar Bear design that was a freebie sheet of images from Making Cards Dec 2015 called Traditional Christmas.

I have used Navy blue card stock for the base cards and white leather look card for the layers. The ribbon and pearls were from my stash. The snowflakes are from a set I won on Scrappy Mo's Rudolph Day challenge  and is their first outing.  They are by Memory box and cut like a dream. Thanks Mo.

 I like to make a tag pocket as an addition to the Joy fold design and use ribbon for my closure.
Below is a close up of the tag I made from the freebie design paper.

Entering this card into the following challenges:

International Art & Soul #42 Nature.

Try Stampin'-Or-Not On Tuesday #378  Fun fold cards.

CCC Digi Creaions #96 Use Pearls/Gems.

Moving Along With The Times #76 Wild animals.

Crafty Catz #429 Anything goes + pearls.

Fussy and Fancy #220 different shaped or folded cards.

Crafty Calendar # Unusual folds.

My next three cards are not what I had intended making. I was looking for a digi file to check for a particular Bear digi I knew I had but when I opened it I think it is actually a dog and not the Grizzly I thought it was so even though I have coloured it up I will save for another time.  Whilst looking for the said digi I came across a Poly Craft file of digis I had purchased way back in 2011 when I first started colouring. They were 100 discontinued digis for £9.99 so I bought them thinking I would practice on them first then promptly forgot where I had stored them!! On opening up the file lo and behold I found these images of Bronson (who is most definitely a Bear) and Beaker (which I have coloured up as a Robin).

 This one is called  Bronson and Beaker Skate 677736.

 I have coloured them all with my Graph'it pens and stuck to a 4 colour  palette which I think works well. Tartan paper is from  First Edition paper pad 'Jingle All the Way. ' Plain red is from a ' Glitz' paper pack Joyeux Noel. Sentiment is a die cut by Presscut. PCD12

 Next one is called Bronson and Beaker Branch 76354. I have used papers from the same 2 paper packs. The die cut sentiment this time is by  Tonic called Modern Merry Christmas.

Last card is called Bronson and Beaker  Gifts Galore 736472 using backing papers from the same two packs as above. The  die cut sentiment is by Tonic called Wave Merry Christmas.

I'm off now to check first for any  Hacking Alerts and then to see what all my team mates have made of my choice of theme.
Entering into the following challenges:
C.R.A.F.T. Challenges #482 Christmas.
Cute Card Thursday #547 Dies and punches.
Colour Crazy Challenge #37 Anything goes.