Tuesday 19 October 2010

Golden Santa !!!

Hi,

When i bought this Santa - it was a case of i need to have a Santa in my stamp collection, but he is now turning out to be a very versatile Santa - as this is the 3rd time i've coloured him in, in different colours and everytime he looks good.

I must be getting 'Tight' in my old age (not long ago i would have just gone out and bought a gold charm, but no not now !!!) as i wanted a gold charm for this card as the background papers are gold, so i found 6 Santas i had bought from 'The Works' for 99p (so i thought if it's a disaster, i've not lost much), i versamarked 1 of them then covered it in my (not used in a very long time) gold embossing powder and heated it - yipee i now have a gold and not silver charm.

The Card and the Challenges I'm entering are :

Penny Black Saturday Friends - where the lovely Debby has come up with a fabby sketch for Challenge No: 123

Delightful Challenges - where the Challenge is 'Metal Mania'

Sisterhood Of Crafters - where the Challenge is 'All Things Known As Bling ----'

The Corrosive Challenge  - where Challenge No: 86 is 'Get Rid Of The White'

Sweet Stamping - where Challenge No: 48 is 'Ribbons'

The Penny Black Octoberfest Challenge - where you have to make a card using an image out of the 2010 catalogue

Docrafts - Snoflake Challenge No: 41





One photo shows the shine from the pearlescent papers, better than the other one.

Image - Penny Black - 'Antique Santa' Slapstick
Background Card - DCWV - Metallic Stack
Designer Papers - Crafts House - Plum Pudding - they have a pearlescent finish to them
Charm - The Works
Ribbon - Stash

Thanks for looking, Luv Sam x

16 comments:

tilly said...

what a cute santa, think you will get lots of use from this stamp---- your papers are super as well
Tilly x

kay said...

super santa card and you are not tight but being a true crafter...lol.x

coops said...

gorgeous card sam.love the santa and stunning rich colours.fab idea with the charm :D

xx coops xx

Wanda said...

Oh it's beautiful. I love how you did it. Thank you for playing along on Delightful Challenges. Huggles, Wanda

Janice said...

Great card, clever you with the charm.Love the pearlescent card. Jx

Darlene said...

WOW this is fabulous ... love all the sparkle!1 Thanks for joining us at The Sisterhood! Hope to see you again next challenge!

Noreen said...

Great card, fab use of that Santa xx

debby4000 said...

Oh this is so cute, wonderful card.
luv
Debby

Joey said...

Hi Sam

hes a gorgeous santa, I do that with most of my images, colour in all diff combos, great card, thanks for joining us at pbsc.

Joey.xx

Jules said...

Hi Sam

Loving what you have done here.

I love the shimmer, colour choices and fantastic backing papers.

Beautiful.

Love Jules xx

An Occasional Genius said...

Go you with the improvising! Your golden santa look great, love the script paper, thanks for playing along with our Sweet Stampin challenge x

Janet said...

great card! thanks for joining the corrosive challenge this week!
hugs

Rosalien Zwackhalen said...

Fab Santa :)), great card.:) Thanks for joining DS.

Hugs, Rosalien

Julia said...

Thanks for the tip about the charms I will give that a try. Fab card.

Kath Stewart said...

beautiful card sam....thanks for joining in the fun this week at Penny Black Saturday...hugs kath xxx

annies place said...

Love your santa, great cards Ann x