Triangle Santa Christmas Card In July

Seeing all of the holiday movies being played on 

a certain TV channel got me to thinking that I ought to 

check out a couple Christmas card challenge blogs

that I participated in last year. 

Although I don't send out very many,

it's a perfect time to start working on Christmas cards :) 

As soon as I saw this weeks sketch challenge at 

52 Christmas Card Throwdown, I knew what I wanted to make.

I finally got around to making it. 

 I lightly blushed the cheeks with chalks / pastels.

Eyes were made with a marker.

Hat pom pom is a 1/4"circle punch. A tiny pom pom or jingle bell would be fun to use!

Die cut circle has real stitching and the edges are distressed.

Embossing folders from Cuttlebug:

Divine Swirls

Herringbone

Christmas Countdown (I think that's the name)

The edges of the kraft card base are lightly sponged with brown ink.

Pattern I drew on scrap paper to start.

I cut it apart and traced onto card stock scraps.

The pieces were hand cut with scissors then pieced together

onto a larger scrap of card stock. I trimmed around it

 then adhered it to my card front with dimensionals / pop dots. 

I was inspired by this image I saved long ago.

At the time I thought I'd use the idea to make ornaments

out of fabric scraps to give as gifts.

I never got around to it.......

Thanks for looking =)


I'm also entering my card in the following challenges:

Christmas Cards All Year Round - July Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - vintage or anything goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes




EDITED JULY 15, 2016:
My card was chosen as an honorable mention !