Ho ho ho! Time for a batch of Christmas cards. I played with the Picket Fence Studios Santa Mischief set which I bought solely for the sentiments, but the Santas grew on me so I made a card for each of them.
It's possible that everything on these cards is retired. We all have a few oldies in our stash that we still love to play with, right? I stamped all my Santas in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics.
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| Memory Box Pine Forest Frame, Impression Obsession Ho Ho Ho and Small Snowflake Set, TH Sizzix Snowfall embossing folder, Darice Corner Scroll embossing folder |
I stamped a snowflake background for the next card and added some designer paper borders. Santa's list needed some writing on it so I scribbled in gray fine tip pen.
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| Taylored Expressions Stitched Rectangle Stacklets, Spellbinders Long Classic Rectangles, Impression Obsession Small Snowflake Set |
The third card has a little scene which I laid out exactly as shown on the stamp package. I cut a snowy hill, added a snowflake border above, and accented with the little snowflake centers that popped out of the border. The gentle bokeh sky background is Mintay paper.
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| Precious Marieke Snowflake Border |
My first Santa is going to head over to the Peace On Earth Christmas Challenge because, even though he's not a lamb, he does remind me of the red-coated lambs in the inspiration board.
That's three more for the Christmas card box and Santa Mischief can take a rest till another year.
Thank you for stopping by!
19 comments:
A beautiful batch of Santas! Love them all, and so beautifully coloured too, Jo x
An adorable Christmas trio of cards today Leslie! I can see how those Santa's could grow on you. They're super cute, and those little penguins.... Yay for adding three more cards to your box!!
They're all cute... but too much winter for me. sigh!! We're at 32ºF (0ºC) here as a high today and not much better the rest of the week even with a forecast of snow today. Brrrr Have a great day. hope it's warmer in your neck of the woods
All three of these are AWESOME Leslie!! I think the Santa in each is really cute and I love the IO snowflakes you used too...it's a set I pull out every year! (They're the perfect size to put anywhere on a card!!) And YAY for 3 more cards for the Christmas stash! Hugs. :0)
I'm head over heels in love with these darling Santas, Leslie! The first card has wonderful textures and the papers on the second and third cards are perfect add-ons. You have such a way with your papers - they are just enough but never overpower the focal image. SUPER fun and pretty cards!
I can see why those Santas grew on you. You have made 3 great cards. I am pleased to hear that your pile of Christmas cards is steadily growing xx
All beautiful cards, love the embossing, dies and the cute Santas especially the one with the little penguins.
Carol x
I reach for my oldies every Christmas, Leslie! Why replace them when they continue to be SO enjoyable?
I love your trio of cuteness today and especially love that first die-cut 'ho ho ho' your hand-penned list on card two, and your sweet 'dinner time' scene on card three!
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I love your clean and crisp Santa on all of these backgrounds. I really like the first one the best, but they are all Santa Worthy!
YES, I have lots of old goodies that I love to work with every year! You've given us a trio of perfectly adorable cards, Leslie. I especially like Santa feeding the penguins!
I agree that we should use those stamps and dies that we love whether they are currently available or not. And these Santas are definitely in the keep and use every year category! Three fun Christmas cards! (Love the list)
What a great bunch of Santas my friend! Great die cutting and embossing and then there is all that lovely coloring! You do play well with color!
Such sweet cards Leslie. Each one is just so fun to look at!! :) xx
These are absolutely adorable and so fun. You do an amazing job matching papers, adding texture and lots of extra details that just make your cards so wonderful.
they are all so cute, I think the one checking the list is my fav :) Beautiful touches of Designer paper, something I'm trying to get in the habit of using xx
Oh my friend, these are all just awesome! What a fun Santa and each card made me smile! Great job as always! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace On Earth challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Peace On Earth Co-Owner
They are all so cute, I love your shading on them, great papers and embellishments on all of them, like your touch with the scribbling on the list, great set!
Love this trio of cards! These are all so awesome! Good for you for pulling out some oldies, I'm glad you revisited them. Love the HO HO HO card, that die is amaging. Just love how it is all linked together. You have a wonderful eye for details on your cards. Nice set to add to your Christmas card box. And sorry I'm so late commenting. Just getting caught up on blog reading rom the last 2-3 weeks. Yikes, lots to go through. Have an amazing day Leslie. I appreciate every post you do, always full of inspiration. Hugs
How fun and festive! Darling cards!
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