Be of Good Cheer ATC

Hi crafters! Today I have a fun surprise project to share, a Santa Artist Trading Card.

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DieCember® has just gotten started at Simon Says Stamp and today there is a big Cyber Monday surprise. You will get the exclusive Tim Holtz Be of Good Cheer set as a gift with any Tim Holtz $25 purchase (while supplies last). You don't need to add a code.

I decided to make an Artist Trading Card for this project, since I thought Santa would fit well on the space of an ATC (2.5x3.5 in). I die cut Santa from various left-over papers and from Simon Says Stamp velvet paper. 

Here you can see the cute exclusive Be of Good Cheer set. There is also a snowman head. I die cut the pieces for Santa as you can see here. The rim of the hat was die cut twice, once from collage paper and once from white velvet paper. I cut off the beard part from the velvet paper.

Coat the collage paper die cut with Moon Dust Stickles. I used this same technique on my DieCember® blog party tag yesterday.

Assemble and glue all the pieces.

I cut the ATC from watercolor paper which had already been colored with Distress Ink. Smear Distress Inks on a non-stick craft sheet and mist with water. Press the paper into the ink. Let the paper dry and then repeat. 

Mist with Distress Spritz Tumbled Glass through the Sparkle Fade stencil.

Die cut pine branches using Tim's Vault Festive Wreath and Festive Gatherings sets. I die cut them from silver kraft-stock, Simon Says Stamp silver glitter paper and Navy cardstock.

Layer the pine branches on the ATC and add some Clear Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Dazzling Gems. The sentiments come from Tim's Christmas Sticker Book.

The Pawsitively Luxury Velvet paper adds a nice touch to the hat. 

This shadow die cut is so cleverly done. It was die cut from a small piece of paper where I had tried out some watercolor paint. Santa was adhered with foam tape.

Mixing different types of pine branch die cuts adds interest. 

The small stars also comes from the Be of Good Cheer set and were die cut from silver cardstock. I added gems to some of the centers. 

Thank you for visiting!

Happy Christmas crafting!

Anna-Karin

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