Christmas In July + Sale

Hello Scrapping Cottage friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit today. It's Mary Marsh here bringing you the Wednesday edition of the Blog. I am back from our beach vacation all tanned and relaxed. Last week I showed you a beach card and this week I have gone with Christmas, my favorite time of the year. 

Today for your viewing pleasure, I am featuring the Santa's List die that is part of the Christmas In July sale going on over at the Scrapping Cottage Store. The sale ends tonight at 9:00 pm Pacific time and there are some great deals to be had. You can save between 50%-80% on some Christmas dies.

 

Now lets get started with the details on my card.

 Card Base:  4 1/4" x 5 1/2"

Striped Paper: 4 1/8" x 2 3/4"

Vanilla embossed panel: 4 1/8" x 3"

 

My thought process on this card is to show Santa in a room checking out his naughty or nice list. I decided to create my wall background with some striped patterned paper for the wallpaper and a vanilla dry embossed layer to represent wood beadboard. The scalloped panel is the chair rail. And, that was part of an old Christmas scrapbook kit.

 

I found this striped patterned paper in my stash and thought it might be good colors for Santa's room. I used a vertical striped embossing folder on the vanilla cardstock.

 

 

After I die cut the Santa silhouette in black, I decided to make a night sky for the window. I sponged 3 shades of blue distress inks and then made a stencil to add some stars to the night time sky. I sponged those in a silver ink. I cut the sponged panel down to the size of the window and used glue to attach.

 

 

I wanted Santa's gifts to stand out so I die cut them in red card stock. A few little snips to separate them from Santa's stool and they are ready to be paper pieced over the black. I also paper pieced the moon with some silver cardstock. I attached them with Tombow mono adhesive and ranger multi-matte medium.

 

I attached the entire image to the background panel using 3D foam squares to give it dimension. My olive green carpet is actually a sneak peak of a new snow bank die coming soon.

 

 

To complete my card, I stamped my "naughty or nice" sentiment on vanilla cardstock and cut with the 3rd largest stitched circle die. Layered that onto a red circle cut with the 4th largest circle die.  

 

And that is my card for this week. Hope it gave you some inspiration. Let me know your thoughts, I read all of the comments you leave. Also, don't forget about our current challenge. It's all about greenery and you can get more info here. Until next time........inky hugs.