An Old Fashioned Santa - a Card

I love old fashioned things,, especially Victoriana.  Today's card features a German die cut of an old fashioned Santa Claus.

Materials:

• light blue card base (A2)
• dark blue striped foil card (Hot Off the Press, Hunkydory)
• patterned paper (Bo Bunny-Frantic Stamper)
• gold foil card
• light blue glitter paper (DCWV, Michaels)
• Frantic Stamper Die Blessings and Cross (4 dies)
• Die from Sizzix (Sizzix has a number of swirly patterns to choose from)
• elegant flourishes
• holly and mistletoe
• classique
• German Die cut (Castle in the Air)

Steps: (this card is really easy to put together)

1. Cut the blue foil to 4 x 5 1/4 inches.  Cut a 1/4 piece also long enough to go across your card (I think mine was 3 3/4 inches long.)
2. Layer the foil piece onto your card base
3. Next take the pattern paper and cut to 3 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches. Also cut a strip of pattern paper that is 1/2 inch thick and long enough to go across the card.
4. Edge your pattern paper with silver paint pen. 
5. Attach large piece to your card.
6. Glue the thin blue foil strip to the center of the pattern paper strip.  Edge in silver paint pen.
7. Cut the strip so that it is long enough to go across your card on the pattern paper only (see picture) (The more I look at my card the more I don't think the strip should be used.)
8. Add your glitter swirl to the left side of your card.  Let the bottom swirl cradle Santa.

9. Add your sentiment (cut in gold foil) to the right.

Have a great day!

Lis