1st Christmas Card

Morning everyone

I've recently purchased some dies for my Christmas cards this year.

I was really anxious to try them out so here is a card I made at the weekend using the Santa die from Tonic Studios.

I really enjoyed making this card and used a technique i have never used before - paper piecing.

I cut the santa die out 3 times in different colours; 1 in red, 1 in black and 1 in white. I used the black die to give me the outline of santa and stuck him onto a white oval (cut out using a oval die) and then used the waste to fill in the bits that should be black - i.e. his boots and belt. I continued with this theme by filling in the white parts (beard, fluff on his coat, hat and boots) and again with the red (santa's hat and coat).

To put the card together I used a 6x6 card blank and for my mat and layers I cut out different size squares in red and white. I also cut out a red mat for the oval to help it stand out. I thought the white layer was rather bland so ran it through an embossing folder from crafter's companion (textures 8x8 - snow). For the sentiment i used a crafters companion 'merry christmas' die and kept to the theme of red and white layers. To finish the card off and fill in the white space I decided to use nuvo drops from Tonic studios, and used a clear sparkle pen to make the white areas on Santa sparkle.

Hope you like this card as much as I do.... this is my first ever handmade christmas card.

Crafty Hugs

Naomi