Santa's Sleigh and Santa too

With all this talk of Santa's Sleigh, have you been wondering where Santa is? Well he's here today.

This was another card I made made back in September for my Holiday Catalogue display that I hadn't shared here. For a change I used traditional Christmas colours (real red & garden green).

I combined elements from 3 of my most used bundles & stamps this year:
* Santa's Sleigh bundle - tree, sleigh & reindeer stamps & dies
* Cookie Cutter Christmas bundle Santa stamp punched with Cookie Cutter builder punch)
* Wonderful Year - sentiment (reminder - this is retiring so get it now).

Did you realise that the sleigh is cut in 2 pieces? The solid sleigh base & an intricate overlay. This lets you combine different elements like card & glimmer or foil. I used real red card for both pieces in this card as I wanted to add detail but not outshine Santa.

Speaking of Santa, he's stamped in black archival ink & coloured in with markers - fun! I used real red, basic gray & smoky slate markers for his clothes & a touch of retired blush blossom for his face. I also fussy cut a second Santa head to give him more depth. Click on the pic to see a bigger version.

On the inside I stamped two more sentiments from Wonderful Year & Santa made another appearance too. This card just makes me smile. I don't know that I'd mass produce it although it's an easy card, but it was lots of fun to make the scene.

While we're talking Santa, here's another much simpler & quicker Santa to mass produce...

Jolly Santa

This card was the third card we made at my Cookie Cutter Christmas card class (you can see the other cards we made here & here, or see all my Cookie Cutter Christmas cards here.

I cut the Jolly with the fun Christmas Greetings thinlit dies & teamed it with sentiments from the coordinating Holly Jolly Christmas stamp set, both from the Annual Catalogue & a pretty holly print from the Presents & Pinecones paper pack (retiring & discounted now)

Like Santa in the first card, he's coloured with markers & also has a extra fussy cut head layer. I'm not a big fussy cutting fan but this was very easy to do.

The inside is almost the same as the Santa's Sleigh version above, using Wonderful Year again - no pic though.

So there you go. Two more Santa ideas to try. Thanks for visiting today. I have more Christmas to share so pop by again tomorrow.

See all my Santa's Sleigh cards here & remember to pin my cards for later inspiration.

Inky wishes, Di

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Santa & his Sleigh

Print Recipe

Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Bundle $78.25	Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Bundle $61.00	Wonderful Year Clear-Mount Stamp Set $35.00	Real Red A4 Card Stock $14.00	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75
Garden Green A4 Card Stock $14.00	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock $14.00	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50	Soft Suede Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad $12.25	Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers $40.75	Real Red & Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Markers $12.25	Big Shot $159.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform $70.00
Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set $37.00	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch $31.00	Santa's Sleigh Photopolymer Stamp Set $37.00	Santa's Sleigh Dies Thinlits $50.00	Wonderful Year Wood-Mount Stamp Set $49.00

Jolly Santa

Print Recipe
 

Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Bundle $61.00	Holly Jolly Greetings Clear-Mount Stamp Set $35.00	Christmas Greetings Thinlits Dies $29.00	Wonderful Year Clear-Mount Stamp Set $35.00	Presents & Pinecones Designer Series Paper $19.25 $15.40
Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock $12.25	Whisper White A4 Card Stock $15.75	Real Red A4 Card Stock $14.00	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad $12.25	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad $11.50
Neutrals Stampin' Write Markers $40.75	Real Red & Crumb Cake Stampin' Write Markers $12.25	Classic Label Punch $31.00	Big Shot $159.00	Big Shot Magnetic Platform $70.00
Cookie Cutter Christmas Photopolymer Stamp Set $37.00	Cookie Cutter Builder Punch $31.00	Wonderful Year Wood-Mount Stamp Set $49.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad $10.00	Red Glimmer Paper $8.75