Father Christmas - Greetings from North Pole shaped card - Day 322 of my 366 day challenge

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Father Christmas - Greetings from North Pole shaped card - 
Day 322 of my 366 day challenge

Hi Craft addicts!

For today's challenge, I have made a Christmas Card using a Tonic Studios Father Christmas die along with some Hunkydory stamps and some peel off stickers.

Father Christmas - Greetings from North Pole shaped card

How I made this card:-
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  • I first of all coloured the tag using "Blue" inks (once again it is a Papermania ink cube), making it darker at the top of tag.
  • I then cut out the "Father Christmas" (Jolly Santa) from Tonic Studios in "Black", "Red" and "White" card making sure I kept all the pieces from them all. 
  • Using Cosmic Shimmer PVA Glue, I attached the black one onto the tag and added the boots back to it. I then took all the red pieces of the die-cut and glued them in the relevant places. Finally, I added the white pieces (the fur and bobble of his hat).
  • I tried to make the fur etc a bit less white by using a "Beige" alcohol marker and used a "Flesh" coloured one for his face.
  • I glued it to the front of the card at a slight angle just below the sentiment I had stamped and added a Candi button to where the hole was.
  • I used the "Greetings from the North Pole" stamp from the "Winter Greetings" set from the "For the Love of Stamps" collection and stamped it in "Onyx Black" Versafine ink.
  • I then coloured alternate letters in "Red" and "Blue" colouring pencils.
  • I felt the card needed something else so took 2 of the "parcels" from a peel off Christmas sheet and coloured them in using "Blue", "Yellow" and "Red" alcohol markers and placed them on to the card using Foam pads.
  • Finally I added a few peel off sticker snowflakes to just above the sentiment.

And there you are - a stylish and cheerful Christmas card which is suitable for all ages. It is quick and simple to make using a Father Christmas die from Tonic Studios, Peel off stickers and stamps from Hunkydory. You can also buy it from my website here

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Products and items you may need to make this card

  • 6" shaped square white card with envelope from Kanban
  • Father Christmas (Jolly Santa Rococo die) from Tonic Studios
  • Parcels and Snowflakes Peel off stickers from Craft Creations
  • Greetings from the North Pole sentiment from the Winter Greetings set from Hunkydory's For the Love of stamp sets.
  • Candi button
  • Red, Blue, Yellow. Flesh and Beige alcohol markers
  • Blue and Red crayon pencils
  • Tuxedo Black Memento ink pad
  • Onyx Black Versafine ink pad
  • Blue shades of ink from Generation INX or DoCrafts Papermania (they are water based or dye based
  • Black cardstock
  • Red cardstock
  • White cardstock
  • Foam pads
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA Glue
  • Collall All Purpose Glue
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