Iconic Christmas Decoration Hunt Card

Merry Christmas! I hope you all had a wonderful day with family and friends! Today I would like to share the Christmas card I made for one of my nephews. I know it is too late for this year (unless you celebrate Kings' Day or the Epiphany), but I don't want you to miss out on the Iconic Christmas Bundle like I almost did.

When I first saw the Iconic Christmas stamp set and Framelit Bundle, it was not on my immediate must have list. After pouring over the Holiday Catalog again, an idea burst into my head. Iconic Christmas would make an amazing I Spy™ type of Christmas card for my six year old nephew! Brilliant!

I used Stampin' Write Markers and Stampin' Blends Markers to color in the Christmas decorations. Some decorations are traditional colors and some are not. I tried to vary the colors to make the game take a little longer and be more interesting.

The inside has a pocket perfect for holding clues to find different Christmas decorations. I wrote a little story about Santa decorating the Christmas tree and helping him find each of the decorations.

I used a word processing program to create a 3-1/3" x 4-3/4" text box with the story and the clues and printed it directly onto Thick Whisper White cardstock. I didn't write clues for all of the decorations.

I wrote a few prompting questions to start a conversation with my nephew about the decorations. He is at an age where he is quantifying and categorizing items and wants to tell you about his observations. Why not help develop his conversation, observation, and counting skills. I also wrote out each number word instead of typing the symbol. My nephew is reading more and more every day, so I thought it would be a good challenge to practice reading number words (can you tell I was an elementary school teacher).

Iconic Christmas Find the Ornaments Card Measurements
	Paper	Dimensions
Card Base	Thick Whisper White	8-1/2” x 5-1/2”; scored at 4-1/4”
1st Matte	Christmas Around the World Designer Series Paper	5-1/2” x 4-1/4”
2nd Matte	Basic Black	4” x 5”
3rd Matte	Thick Whisper White	3-3/4” x 4-3/4”
Inside Pocket	Christmas Around the World Designer Series Paper	4” x 5”
Clue Sheet	Thick Whisper White	3-1/3” x 4-7/5”

The inside pocket would be shortened to hold a gift card instead if you didn't want to make this card with the decoration hunt game.

You could also leave the front of the card uncolored and have the recipient color it in.

Item #	Description	Retail (USD)
146059	Iconic Christmas Bundle (Photopolymer)	$47.50
144825	Iconic Christmas Stamp Set (Photopolymer)	$27.00
144680	Ornamental Christmas Framelits	$26.00

Sadly, Iconic Christmas is retiring January 2nd, 2018 and will no longer be available for purchase. I almost missed this fantastic bundle. Don't miss out on this cute graphic stamp set and framelit bundle! Stay tuned for more Iconic Christmas projects!

Thanks for stopping by!
Beth

Iconic Christmas Find the Ornaments Card Supply List
Stamps	#146059 Iconic Christmas Bundle (Photopolymer)
Paper	#140272 Thick Whisper White #121045 Basic Black #144629 Christmas Around the World Designer Series Paper
Ink	#140931 Archival Basic Black #131264 Many Marvelous Stampin’ Write Marker Collection #144033 2017-2019 In Color Stampin’ Write Markers #144581 Dark Crumb Cake Stampin’ Blend Marker
Embellishments	#104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools	#126199 Stampin’ Pierce Mat #143263 Big Shot Machine #126889 Stampin’ Trimmer #119868 1” Circle Punch