Today I’m sharing one of the projects we made in my recent Bear Hugs Bundle Class. It’s an adorable little box perfect for anyone who enjoys sunny days and fishing, or cute bears and fish!

We began by stamping the large bear in Basic Black Archival ink onto Crumb Cake card stock. We used the same black ink to stamp the fish onto Whisper White card stock. We colored the fish with Soft Sky, Calypso Coral, and Pear Pizzazz Stampin’ Write Markers. Then we cut out the images with the Bear Hugs Framelits Dies.

We stamped the sentiment in Calypso Coral onto Whisper White card stock and cut it out with the Washi Label Punch.

We cut a piece of Pool Party card stock to 1-3/4″ x about 7″ and drew squiggly lines with Old Olive and Tempting Turquoise Stampin’ Write Markers. Then we stamped in Mossy Meadow ink the “seaweed” (or whatever the stuff groing at the bottom of a lake is called) using the jellyfish from the From Land to Sea stamp set upside down – the tentacles made the perfect swaying plants. We then cut the strip into four 1-3/4″ squares. We used the 3/4″ Circle Punch to cut a notch in the top of one square to accommodate the round notch in the top of the box front. We glued the other squares to the other sides.

Back view:

We glued the sentiment to the back of the box, which we’re using as the front.

We glued two fish to the top of the box.

We glued some fish to a piece of Whisper White Baker’s Twine, then attached the ends of the twine to the bear’s hands. Kimberly cut between two of the bear’s fingers and slipped the twine between them. Brilliant! I wish I had thought of that! I glued mine to his hands.

We glued the back of the bear’s legs to the inside of the box on the front side. Now when you close the it, the bear is coming up from inside the box with his string of fish.

Here’s what we used:

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