Wednesday 16 March 2022

Happy Holidays

I was looking through my drawer of cards to upcycle and came across a card with this cute Santa Claus - perfect for this weeks Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge.

I trimmed a piece of red mirri so it was slightly smaller than the card blank.  The blue scene paper was a little too big so I trimmed the left side and bottom so it was slightly smaller than the mirri layer.  I placed the paper into my MISTI and stamped the sentiment in the lower corner with red ink before embossing it with clear embossing powder.  I layered the paper onto the mirri and attached it to the card.  Santa was already fussy cut as he had been attached with a foam pad to the original Christmas card.  The paper also had some trees on the left side, so I positioned Santa so he covered the trees and looked like he was walking down the hill.

To make this card I used:
     6" x 4" white matt card blank
     Upcycled Christmas card
     Versafine Satin Red ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail Embossing Powder
     Paper Discovery paper (from a Papercraft Society Box)
     Snippet of red mirri card

I am entering the following challenges:
     Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Santa Claus
     Happy Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
     Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Kath x

8 comments:

Pat said...

The upcycled Santa is perfect with this beautiful snowy background backed by the red mirri card Kath and the added red sentiment finishes it perfectly. x

meg said...

A fabulous snowy scene for Santa Kath,the red sentiment and mirri card looks great against the snow

Carol S. said...

A gorgeous card Kath. Love the little Santa and the pretty background. Hugs, Carol S.xxx

Liz said...

Fabulous card Kath, great upcycling. What a cute scene. xx

Sue said...

Hi Kath, Nice card. Sue

Helen said...

So cute! Love the scene you've created.

Thanks for joining us at Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge.

Helen x

Stamps and Paper said...

Great bit of recycling Kath..some card images are just too nice to throw away…

Anne

foleysfriend said...

So clever of you to upcycle Santa! Love the scene you created and the red sentiment just pops. Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers ~ Christmas Challenge.

sue n.