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...

Playing in the Rain...

 

More fun with my cardmaking has been one of my goals for the past couple of years,   I love elegant and classic but doing things to bring on the smiles and laughter is so therapeutic.  And this card definitely is therapeutic for me today.   It's raining here at my house and is predicted to continue for the next few days,  so there are lots of  puddles being created, but it is much too cold to be outside, so I'm looking at this cute bunny and thinking about how much fun he is having jumping in this glossy puddle!  I swap with a fabulous group of cardmakers and once a month we get together to eat (of course) swap our cards out and one lady has a project for everyone to do.   I'm doing the project this month and this is the card we are going to make.  I am am demonstrating paper piecing and how to use glossy accents.   A lot of this I have to do in advance, because of drying time-- but I ordered a glossy accents for each lady to take home for future use!  I really do think  it will be a hit!       Thanks for stopping in,    Smiles,  Kathy

 I'm playing along over at  the following challenges:

  Critter Crazy  

(anything goes--critter is the start)

NBUS

(never before used stuff)

Bunny (from Playing in the Rain)

CUT IT UP CHALLENGE

(theme of love and use a die cut)

Supply List

Playing in the Rain (in the current SU Occasions Catalog)

retired SU Sunshine and Rainbows DSP

hole puncher for embellishments

Glossy Accents

Xyron to run the fussy cut puddle through before putting glossy accent on

Heart balloon from (CTMH Smitten Stamp set ret.?)

Scissors for fussy cutting

Bermuda Bay CS SU

Basic White CS SU

Black Pen to create the balloon string

to visit "Where Pearls Lie Deep"