Thursday, December 1, 2011

Jolly & Glittery Little Santa

Wow, where did the year go?  Hard to believe that today is the first day of the last month of the year, and that Christmas is only 24 more sleeps away ( when the kids were small we counted down the sleeps until Santa arrived ).  Since it's the first of the month it's time for the next challenge at One Crazy Stamper and the theme is Winter/Christmas.
For this card I decided to use a technique that involves lots, and lots of messy glitter - it was time to get the animals all glittery for the upcoming season anyway!!  I stamped Jolly Little Santa from Whimsy Stamps on the front of a sheet of acrylic with Staz On Jet black ink.  Then working on the back side of the stamped image I put Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear adhesive on all of the parts of the image that I wanted to be either red, black, green or gold.  After applying the glue I sprinkled the selected color of Glitter Ritz on to the glue and shook off the access ( if you are going to try this technique run a used dryer sheet over both sides of the acrylic, it prevents some of the static ).  Once all of the glue dries I then applied Flower Soft Polar White Diamond range to the front of the card to make the fur trim ( use the same adhesive ).  Dp paper from Fancy Pants Saint Nick collection is on the inside of the card, and Whimsy Stamps Holiday Wishlist, stamped on kraft paper, and colored with Prismacolor pencils finishes the inside.  Ribbon and sentiment are from my stash.
I am entering this card into the following:
City Crafter - #85 Santa Claus is Coming

9 comments:

  1. such a glitzy card, know what you mean about messy glitter, I get it everywhere
    hugs

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  2. Hi Shari what a lovely image of Santa love his glittery coat, your card is just fabulous. hugs Shirleyxxxxx

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  3. This is fun!!! Thanks for playing along with us at CCCB!

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  4. Such a beautiful Santa!! thanks so much for sharing with us at CCCB

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  5. This is a great card. Thanks for playing with us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations.

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  6. What a beautiful Santa. I just adore it!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at CCCB!

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  7. Love this glittery Santa! Love the list too! Great card!! :)

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  8. Wow, that glitter was worth all the effort as this is a gorgeous card, I love the little wish list. The Santa is just AWESOME!!! Thanks for joining us at Going Grey with Scrap-Creations this week!

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  9. Darling! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with CCCB!

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