Jingle Belles - Card Deux

So an inchie or a twinchie? Wha? These gals at Jingle Belles are CRRRRRAAAZY!! "Have Yourself a Merry LITTLE Christmas", they said. VERY funny.

I don't have small stuff. I have cat hair!! I could gather a pile of that in an inch or two and stick THAT on some Christmas paper and call it DONE. No? Okay, fine. But what do you do when you have absolutely NO SMALL STAMPS?!

Ahhh....punches! Yes!! So I start gathering up all my teeny little punches and tried to devise a plan. THEN, when I was going through my Pink Paislee Father Christmas patterned paper I let out a mini-squeal! (I swear, I did!) There were 2 6 x6" sheets of Santa all EXACTLY ONE INCH CIRCLE SIZED!! WOOOOOOO!!! (However, I cropped him to 3/4" circle for my purpose and the paper behind the Santas are all 1" circles.)

I also decided since I wasn't varying too much in color from my tried and trued red & white theme from last week, that I'd at least vary the type of card. So, I made this one an easel card (<--click for the tutorial on SCS on how to make one). Haven't made these in a while. And, I've never made one that was vertical before (I don't think). Usually they're horizontal or square. I like these. They're fun to make. I really like how this card eventually turned out. I have to admit I started out hating it.

First is the card flat (un-easel-ized):



Now here it is in its full easel glory! ;)




Now go to the Jingle Belles and check out the other cards! This is just waaaaaay too much fun. And make a card yourself while you're at it. You'll be way ahead of the game by the time December rolls around. :)



{Supplies:
Paper: Cardstock (SU!), DSP - Father Christmas (Pink Paislee), Wassail (Basic Grey)
Ink: Distress Ink (Ranger), Frosted Lace Stickles (Ranger)
Stamp: Mega Mixed Messages (PTI)
Punch: 3/4" & 1" circle punch (EK Success)
Accessories: Foam snowflake & pearl (Michael's), Seam binding (SU!), Thickers (American Crafts)}


All my best,