Inspiration: Mojo Monday #274 + In[k]spire Me #494
After I was finished packaging my Christmas gifts, I decided to use the Home for the Holidays collection from Doodlebug (2013) to make a card. Hopefully, some more Christmas cards will be collected next year to give to the children's hospital again and those fun, cutesy collections are perfect to make cards for a younger audience, so I figured, why not start the new stash...
I went to my list of old Mojo Monday sketches and picked one based on the Santa image I wanted to use. I liked the idea of making a circle card, so I pulled out my Tonic layering circles dies (the largest ones I have) and prepared the card base, plus three layers of patterned papers. I used the street paper for the rectangle behind Santa and matted it with brushed silver cardstock before die-cutting the circle.
Tip: To ensure that the card stands up on a flat surface, I cut a small portion at the bottom of the card backside. This also ensures that the card stays level when it is displayed.
I picked a sentiment from the French Spellbinders stamp set (still excited about that one), stamped it in Gumball Green ink and cut the strip at an angle, before adding to the circle and cutting the edge to match. I added a sparkly button from Buttons Galore & More, threaded with silver cord. I added white mini pompoms from Queen & Co to the Santa suit and hat.
The overdyed seam binding I used is actually hand dyed. It was inspired by one of the Facebook Lives Tim did this season, where he used his Distress mica sprays to dye seam binding. I was curious so I tried it with a couple of ribbons I had on hand. The seam binding worked out the best, especially to hold the crinkling after it dried. I got this really cool green shade that will work well with a lot of holiday collections in my stash. I will need to dye more and now I'm wondering if I'll be able to reproduce the same colour, as we know with hand dying that every time produces unique results.
I made a square envelope out of matching patterned paper, using one of the stickers for the address block and adding a stamp sticker, since this card will most likely be hand delivered. Considering how hard it was to find my crafting groove earlier today, I'm pretty happy with this finished project.
Supplies
Stamps: Joyeux Noël (Spellbinders)
Cardstock: Smoky Slate, Basic White (Stampin' Up!); Silver Opulent Cardstock (Sizzix)
Patterned Papers, This & That Stickers: Home for the Holidays (Doodlebug Design)
Ink: Gumball Green (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Layering Circles (Tonic)
Accessories: Stampin' Dimensionals, Envelope Punch Board, Seam Binding (Stampin' Up!);
Santa's Sparkle Buttons (Buttons Galore & More); Black and White Mini Pompoms (Queen & Co);
Mica Distress Sprays (Tim Holtz for Ranger); Silver Cord (Unknown Source)
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