(#7) Santa's Happy Holidays

Provo Craft - Cricut Expression 2 - 24 Inch Electronic Cutter

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(#7) Santa's Happy Holidays

First, I took a standard size A2 white card and covered it with Red Cardstock. I do that with these smaller size card because I want the base of the card to sort of act as the matting for all the pieces of paper. I don't want to make the paper pieces any smaller...which is what I would have to do if I did a matting for each. TIP: One thing i've learned is that when your done tracing the card onto cardstock you have to add 1/8 of an inch to the height. That's because you take up that 1/8 inch when you have to fold the card. If your using The Design Studio just add .125 inch to the height. If your using a ruler the 1/8 mark is the first line after the inch mark.

I cut all the paper strips with my Fabulous Find Cricut Cartridge. I ran all the green cardstocks through the Snowflakes Embossing folder. I used the Ink Applicator Tool and added Peeled Paint ink to it and applied it to the embossed areas. Then, I heat embossed the Happy Holidays onto the santa. I added the Ho Ho Ho ribbon and some gems to the centers of the snowflakes that were visible.

SUPPLIES:
A2 White Card base ( 4 x 5.5)
Cricut Expressions
Fabulous Finds Cricut Cartridge
Fiskars "Tis the Season" clear stamp
Black embossing powder
Versamark Watermark Ink
Celebrate it – Santa
Cuttlebug
Snowflakes Embossing Folder
Peeled Paint Distress Ink and Ink Applicator Tool
The Paper Studio gems

PAPERS:
The Paper Studio Candy Cane Stripes
Bazzill light and dark green cardstock
Red Cardstock by Core'dinations Vintage Collection

Thanks for looking today, There is also a Cricut CUT file available at the URL hbelow if you want to download it. It fits an A2 size card which is 5.5 x 4 inches. http://cricut-scrapbooklayouts-cards-frames.blogspot.com/2011/09/christmas-card-7-happy-holidays.html