First fall, now winter?

Well it doesn't feel like fall OR winter today, but I decided to make a Christmas card for the challenge at Merry Monday.  I'm not usually interested in making cards out of season lol but I really liked the idea of this challenge. You have to leave a comment on 3 of the other participants' cards, which I don't do too much since I do that on the three design teams that I'm on, so I thought it would be fun to look at some of the other entries. The challenge this week is a classic Christmas challenge that I paired with the challenges at Freshly Made Sketches and Stampin' Royalty, which is to add patterned paper.

I didn't realize until today how FEW Christmas stamp sets I have left!  The last catalog retirement really wiped me out!  I decided to use a new one that has yet to see ink from Tag It.  This was one of our Convention sets and I think I've mentioned before that I didn't care for it too much. Well, I think that is because I was trying to look at it as a SET, when in actuality all of the images are really stand-alone images for different occasions. Now that I have realized that, I actually do kind of like the set! lol Good thing, right?  Cuz I have it, so I might as well use it!

I kind of made my own DSP strip out of the Season of Style DSP stack. I cut some diagonal strips, adhered them to a scrap piece of cardstock and then cut the edges off.  The focal image is popped up on Dimensionals and looks much better in person when you can see the layers. Isn't Santa a cutie?!  This is the first Santa stamp I have EVER owned!  I used my markers to give him green eyes, black boots and a black belt buckle. I just love him!  OH, and I finally got to use my Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder for the first time this year. That is just one of those things that I can't seem to ever use on a card that isn't for Christmas. It is just TOO Christmasy for me to figure out how to like it on any other project. haha

Stamp Set: Tag It

Cardstock: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White

Ink: Basic Black, Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Tools: Petals-a-Plenty Embossing Folder, Ovals Collection Framelits, sponge

Accessories: Season of Style DSP pack, Dimensionals, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine