Santa Card

by Kathy Berger

Santa Card

This card was inspired by a couple of cards I saw on-line, but I added my own twist to them, using the Divine Swirls embossing folder and a corner rounder, and adding a hat completed with a pompom.

Materials

• Paper and Cardstock
• White Card-stock
• 4 1/4" x 11" for card base
• 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 for beard, moustache, and hat brim
• Small scrap for eyes
• Black Card-stock, small scrap for eyes
• Bazzill Singles
• Sweet Pea     ( BAZ-1-168   $0.59),   4 1/4" x 1 13/16", plus a small scrap for the nose
  
• Diablo     ( BAZ-2-233   $0.59),   4 1/4" x 1 13/16", and 3 3/4" x 1 5/8" then cut on the diagonal to form a triangle.




• Inks and Embossing Powders
• Distress Inks
• Tattered Rose     ( RAN-DP-Rose   $5.00)
• Weathered Wood     ( RAN-DP-Wood   $5.00)
• Embellishments
• Small white pom pom
• Tools
• Provo Craft Cuttlebug Machine     ( Pro-cuttlebug   $89.00)
• Provo Craft Cuttlebug A2 Embossing Folder, Divine Swirl     ( Pro-ef-1142   $4.99)
• Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper, corner rounder     ( WRM-CAD-CRNR1   $24.99)
• Punches
• EK Success Nesting Punches, 1 1/2" x 3/4" Oval     ( EK-PSPNPOV-004   $13.99)
• EK Success Circle, 5/16"     ( EK-PSP-01   $4.59)
• EK Success Circle, 1/2"     ( EK-PSP-02   $4.59)
• EK Success Circle, 1"     ( EK-PSP-13   $4.59)
• Fiskars Decorative Edge Scissors, Cloud     ( FIK-Sci-cloud   $2.99)
• Ultimate Gel Pen, White Pastel     ( AMC-ULT-wht   $1.59)
• 3" round hydra sponge     ( sponge   $0.55)
• Adhesives
• Aleene's Tacky Glue     ( ALE-glue-quick   $3.99)
• ATG-714 Double Sided Adhesive Tape Gun for 1/4" tape     ( ATG-714   $59.99)
3-D Large Circle Foam Dots     ( BC-foam-lgcir   $2.99)
• Other
• Beard Template

Instructions

• Make the eyes.
• Punch two 1/2" circles out of black card-stock.
• Punch two 3/8" circles out of black card stock.
• Punch two 3/8" circles out of white card stock.
• Layer a white circle centered on each of the 1/2" black circles
• Layer a small black circle over the white circle, offset so a crescent of the white circle is visible, on each eye.
• Opposite from the white crescent, draw a small arc of white with the white gel pen, on each eye.
• Set eyes aside.
     
• Punch a 1" circle out of the scrap of Sweet Pea card-stock for the nose. Sponge rose distress ink around the edges.
• Sponge two circles of rose distress ink onto the rectangle of Sweet Pea card-stock, about an inch from the center horizontally, and just below center vertically.
  These will be Santa's rosy cheeks.
• Attach the Diablo rectangle to the front of the card base right at the top of the card.
• Attach the Sweet Pea card-stock rectangle to the front of the card base, just below the diablo rectangle.
  
  
  
• Run the quarter sheet of white card-stock through the CuttleBug, inside of the Divine Swirls embossing folder, according to manufacturer's directions.
• Cut the embossed paper into two pieces, 4 1/4" x 4 1/4" square and 2 1/4" a 4 1/4 ".
• Use the Cloud scissors on the 2 1/4" x 4 1/4" piece of embossed card-stock to create a band for Santa's Hat, roughly 1/2" wide or a little wider.
  Sponge the edges of the band with Weathered Wood ink.
  Attach to the card, slightly overlapping the Sweet Pea Rectangle.
  
  
  
• Use the beard template to cut the square piece of embossed card-stock to make Santa's beard.
  Sponge around the edges of the cut arch with the Weathered Wood ink.
  
  
  
• Use the remaining scrap from the beard to punch the two ovals for Santa's moustache.
  Sponge around the ovals with the Weathered Wood ink.
  
• Attach the beard at the bottom of the card, with the top of the beard barely overlapping the Sweet Pea strip.
• Sponge the hypotenuse (the slanted side) of the Diable triangle with Weathered Wood ink.
  Here are the parts that have been sponged so far, excluding the beard.
  
  
  
• Attach the triangle of Diablo card-stock to the top left side of the card, point down.
• Corner round all of the corners of the card using the 1/2" side of the Corner Chompers.
  
  
  
• Sponge Weathered Wood ink around all of the card edges.
• Attach Santa's nose to the lower center of the Sweet Pea part of the card front, just above the beard, using a 3-D foam dot.
  Attach the ovals below the nose to make the moustache.
  Attach the eyes above and to each side of the nose.
• Attach a pom pom to the end of the triangle to finish Santa's hat.
  
  
  
• On the inside, stamp a sentiment of your choice. My favorite is a simple "Ho Ho Ho."

I hope you have enjoyed my take on Santa. I wish you and yours a Happy Holiday season!