MFT Stamps March Ready, Set, Christmas! Challenge

 

Hello Crafty Friends! Have you seen that there's a new Ready, Set, Christmas! Challenge from My Favorite Things? Join the team each month in crafting cards in anticipation of the 2023 holiday season. Here’s your chance to do something nice for your future self AND enter yourself for a chance to win $50 to spend on some new MFT goodies. There’s no requirement other than to share a new holiday-themed card created after the challenge is issued each month. Enter as many new cards as you like because the goal is to be ready for the holiday season. Come and play along for a chance to win a $50 MFT Gift Voucher!

Today I have a mini slimline Christmas card to share with you featuring the absolutely adorable Santa from the SY Holiday Hello set that I have paired up with a fun little sentiment made out of letters from the Frosted Alphabet Die-namics.

I stamped the images onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with gel pens. I used the coordinating SY Holiday Hello Die-namics to cut them out.

COPIC COLORS

Santa's Skin: E000/00/21/11/93

Santa's Hair/Beard: W00/0/1

Santa's Hat/Suit: R22/24/27/29, N0/1/2, N5

Santa's Gloves/Boots: N2/3/5/7/9

For the background, I took a piece of Smooth White cardstock and ink blended the sky with Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Prize Ribbon Distress Oxide inks. Once dried, I trimmed out the panel with the largest die from the Stitched Mini Slimline STAX Die-namics. I added some stars with a white gel pen.

For the large sentiment, I diecut the letters and frosting for H and O with the Frosted Alphabet Die-namics out of Red Hot and Smooth White cardstock, respectively. I assembled the letters and frostings with liquid adhesive and added a touch of Spectrum Noir Sparkle pen to the frosting to make it look like glistening snow.

For the second sentiment, I stamped one of the sentiments from the SY Selfties With Santa set with Versamark Watermark ink onto a piece of anti-static treated Black Licorice cardstock. I added white embossing powder before heat setting the embossing. The sentiment was then trimmed out with one of the dies from the Blueprints 27 Die-namics. 

I adhered all of the colored images and sentiment strips to the panel with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. Finally, I adhered the panel to a Smooth White cardbase (3" x 6").

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