Santa Claus is Coming to town...

 

This post published at 1:00 AM today and I disccovered a few minutes ago that I had misspelled Claus on my card ( I had put Clause).   Anyway I corrected it and added the new photo above.   It's theme week over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and I'm using a special die cut by Tim Holtz "Santa and Sleigh."   I received this "die cut" as a freebie with purchase from Simon Says Stamp, Christmas before last I think    I decided now was the perfect time to use it and when I went looking for ideas (to CASE) so imagine my surprise when I ran across this.      In the search ,  I ran across cards with elaborate sky/earth backgrounds (that were gorgeous).    But in the end, I decided to use a "bauble ornament" from Etsy to mimic a globe and just see how it all came together.   Just being honest,  "flying by the seat of pants" is my cardmaking method most of the time--Sometimes  I'm  pleasantly surprised and sometimes I'm mortified (probably exaggerating--and actually just not as pleased)   To make this card and all cards where I use digital imagery I use the "word" label program ( for this card I used 4 on 1 with the 5 1/2 inch vertical.  See screenshot below

(corrected spelling of Santa Clause to Claus)

After copying and pasting the image, I typed in the sentiment  (centering it and choosing font, size and hex code for color (SU razzleberry - to match card base (it is retiring in a couple of weeks and I wanted to use it up)   I then print ever how many of these pages I need to use as the panel on my card base.   When cut, each page makes 4 pieces of 5 1/2 x 4 1/4 panels.  I decided to make several of these and share with my Stamping Club swap group.   Since I also planned to emboss these panels.   I copied and pasted just the image on another word page so I could die cut the ornament with a round stitched die cut.   I didn't want the actual ornament  to be embossed.   When you click on the card this will make sense.    The sentiment reads  'Santa Claus' is Coming to Town, which is a fun Christmas song that's been around for most if not all of my life.   The sentiment on the inside that I actually stamped, is  A happy Christmas to all and to all a good night (SU)...which is similar to " A merry Christmas to all and to all a good night, which is the last line from the Night before Chirstmas poem.   

I'm sharing my card over at:

Tic Tac Toe

the center vertical line (die cut, free, embossing)

Cut it Up

starts with a B (bauble ornament)

Krafty Chcks

Christmas theme

Thanks for stopping by and I sure hope you will join the fun this week over at 52 CCT, we would enjoy seeing what you create~           Smiles,  Kathy

  

PS   for those who came early to check it all out,    it should be Santa Claus   not Santa Clause   (oops)   didn't quite research it thoroughly...