Christmas Cards - Santa Card

Hi everyone!  WOW! It's getting so close to Christmas!  I can hardly wait!

Today's card features the big guy himself!

I love K & Company stickers. They are so vintage!  I wanted a nice background for my Santa sticker so I embossed some brown cardstock and then sanded it lightly to really bring out the pattern (this is not core'dinations paper).

I added a wine red ribbon and bow and some punched ornaments with gems below.  I also used some green pine patterned paper.

Here's a nice side view.  You can easily see the layers of the Santa sticker.

Close Up!

Here is a close up of Santa.  He has just a touch of glitter on his hat and some outlining the frame.

This is a close up of the ornament border punch with the gems I added.

The days are winding down toward Christmas. Have you gotten your shopping done?
Take care and come back again to see more card inspiration!

Lis

Christmas Cards - December The 25th

Today's card is a simple but effective card... The 25th of course!

I got the red 25th piece from part of a scrapbook paper.  I didn't even have to sand it.  The background paper which actually has a pattern of reindeer on it has a great old feel to it.

  Here's a side view.

Close Up!

I really like rosettes!  Tim Holtz started a fad all by himself when he came up with the rosette dies from Sizzix.  The one below I made from the smaller rosette die.  I colored it a bit with vintage photo dye ink and placed a gem in the center.

This patterned organza kind of blends in with the background paper but that's OK.  The organza adds a bit of sparkle.

Thanks for stopping by! Come again!
Lis