Santa's Beard

Inspiration: As You See It #188 (Vitesse rouge)

When I first saw the As You See It challenge to make a red card in ten minutes, I just thought, there's no way. I'm not a fast crafter (I like to cut and glue carefully, weigh out ideas and compare options) PLUS I'm not a clean and simple stamper. I've also done challenges with time limits in the past and while I can do it, I usually end up with cards that I never use or sell. (Quick suggestion to the AYSI team: maybe your speed challenge could be 20-minute cards instead of 10?)

Cue inspiration in the form of a Christmas edition of a French-Canadian magazine that I bought yesterday. There's an article in it on Santa where they have this handcut white mustache and beard on it, which caught my attention because it was paper craft. Then this morning, when I woke up, a light went on and I thought, there's my 10-minute red card right there! I have this Msutache Framelits die that Stampin' Up! sold years ago that was the perfect size and starting point for the card. The beard is simple a 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" square of Shimmery White cardstock, on which I trimmed the side to make the top narrower. I handcut strips at the bottom, rounded the cardstock with a bone folder and I snipped the ends at an angle. (The magazine one is a straight cut, but I liked the look better after trimming the ends.) At the top, I used a Small Oval punch for the mouth opening and it was ready to glue down on a leftover piece of red patterned paper I found in my scraps. I also found a leftover piece of red cardstock big enough for a card base - it was 12 x 12 cardstock initially, so I was able to use the 1" strip I cut off from the card base to die-cut my Ho Ho Ho with alphabet dies. I added Glitter Gloss to the letters for a bit of shine. Finally, I added little red gems on the backdrop and I was done!

The best part of this card is that it works both in English or in French so I can send it to anyone.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies
Cardstock: Red (Bazzill); Shimmery White (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Paper: Romantique City of Love (Reminisce)
Dies: Lowercase and Uppercase Alphabet (Recollections); Mustache Framelit (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: July Crystals (Studio Katia); A2 Jupiter Metallic Envelope (envelopes.com);
Glitter Gloss Aqua Shimmer Brush (Nuvo); Small Oval Punch (Stampin' Up!)

 

Comments

[Tootsy]

Superbe Cindy! Il aurait été intéressant de voir l'inspiration de départ...

[LeAnne]

That is the cutest thing EVER! Great way to make a quick card and quite impressive too! Love it! THanks for sharing it with us at AYSI...and I will check about that 20 minute thing, too!