Vintage Christmas

As Christmas seems to be drawing ever closer I decided to create a few more Christmas cards and this time around I have used the Snowy Woods plate from Artistic Outpost.

I was in the mood for more of a vintage feel to my Christmas makes this week and the Santa from the Snowy Woods plate is perfect for my focal image on this card, the detail is fabulous and I love the traditional feel to him, just how Santa should look!

My background is created with Distress Stains antiqued bronze and tarnished brass, this is the first time I have used these and I have to say I love the colours and the sheen you get. I applied my colours to a non-stick craft sheet and mopped the beads of ink up with my card, spritzing with a little water. I also added a snowflake rosette, cut from Kraft card, colouring the edges with a little vintage photo Distress Ink. I also added two rusty stars to the top of my snowflake and added both to a lacy bow.

I added rusty stars to the top and bottom corner of my card along with two wonderful ornate corners to my Santa (the rusty stars and ornate corners are from Linda's Funkie Junkie Boutique) I also cut a banner from Kraft card and added the Happy Christmas sentiment from the Snowy Woods plate.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Tracy x x