A Joyful Christmas by Emma

Hi everyone, Emma here! Today, I'm sharing a very special Christmas card that I made and as always, I hope you like it...

To begin with I covered the front of my card with a piece of the paper from the Holidays Past Paper Stash, matted over a piece of red card. I aged the edges of the paper, to give a vintage look to the card. I stamped the image of Santa and coloured him using Distress Marker pens. I added a piece of the Frosted Film over the top of the image before putting it behind my die cut frame, which I'd stamped with the Marble Background stamp and then blended the cream cardstock with Old Paper and Frayed Burlap DI. I then matted the completed artwork onto a piece of green card.

Next, I die cut all my pieces to make up the Tattered Poinsettia, the Holly leaves and the Tattered Pinecone branches. I blended the Poinsettia petals with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and the leaves, etc with Peeled Paint and Shabby Shutters. I then added some Rock Candy Crackle Paint over the top of all the pieces. Once they were dry I assembled the Poinsettia and added a pearl to the centre of the bloom.

Next, I arranged and attached my artwork, Tattered Poinsettia and all the die cut leaves to the front of my card.

I threaded some Seam Binding from my stash, which I aged using different neutral shades of DI, through one of the Idea-ology Hinge Clips and attached one of the Locket Keys and some twine onto it.

I finally stamped the "A Joyful Christmas" message onto a piece of Manila Cardstock and carefully cut it out before attaching it to the front of my card.

So, if you still haven't made that really special Christmas card...I hope I've given you a little bit of inspiration with this project and HERE'S THE LIST OF WHAT I USED TO MAKE THIS CARD:

Marbled Background stamp

Tim Holtz ~ Letter to Santa Stamp Set

Tim Holtz ~ Joyful Song Stamp Set

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations Die ~ Tattered Poinsettia

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations Die ~ Holly Branch

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Alterations Die ~ Vintage Cabinet

Sizzix/Tim Holtz Tattered Pinecone Die

Distress Markers

Victorian Velvet, Old Paper, Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint Distress Inks

Idea-ology Hinge Clips

Idea-ology Locket Keys

Tim Holtz ~ Frosted Film

Tim Holtz ~ Paper Stash Holidays Past

Rock Candy Crackle Paint

Thank you for taking the time at this busy period to stop by and have a look at my little creation, I can't wait to read all your comments.

See you soon...Emma x