Signs of Santa Shadow Box Card - AddINKtive Designs

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you had a great weekend. We had some super stunning Spring weather in Perth, which saw the family get out and about down the beach and completing a few chores around the house, like cleaning the pool area, weeding the gardens and water blasting the cobbled driveway....and spiderwebs and fence and I love that thing lol. I would water blast everything if it wasn't so noisy!

With temperatures climbing above the mid 20's it was a reminder that Summer is just around the corner, as is Christmas! Today's card is another for my Christmas Card stash, the first of hopefully many fancy folds.

I LOVE shadow box cards. I love creating them and love seeing the recipients face when they receive them. They are super fun and easy to make, and because they are a little different, they are often put on display and therefore admired by many.

The tutorial for the Shadow Box card can be found at AddINKtive Designs here. This will give you the basic dimensionals and instructions on how to construct the Shadow Box card, the decoration is entirely up to you. 

The So Santa stamp set with the Surfing Santa image is so dang cute, I cant stop using him lol. I thought he would look great teamed with a sponged background and some tropical foliage.

The sponged background was masked and created with Pineapple Punch, Grapefruit Grove and Tempting Turquoise inks. The water image stamp from High tide stamp set has been inked with Coastal Cabana to create the water section, and the Waterfront stamp set has been used to create the Island and Palm Tree's in the background.

The Sahara Sand insert that holds Santa has been ripped along the top edge, sponged with Soft Suede ink and stamped with the sandy image from Magical Mermaid stamp set before adhering to the inside of the Shadow Box.

The Tropical Chic stamp set has been used to create the Frangipani and leaves along with the coordinating dies. These elements have been adhered to the outside of the Shadow Box with Tombow.

To finish the card, I added a little sign with the HO HO HO sentiment, linen twine and the Pinewood Planks embossing folder.  I have a large panel on the back of the Shadow Box Card to write a lengthy message, and the other wonderful thing about these cards, is that it folds flat for posting, which is great when posting International.

Below is a list of the products I have used to create this card. Simply click on the product images to be taken to my Online Store - for Australian residents only.

Product List

So Santa Clear-Mount Stamp Set [147821] $40.00	Waterfront Photopolymer Stamp Set [146386] $30.00	High Tide Photopolymer Stamp Set [143006] $45.00	Sahara Sand A4 Card Stock [121695] $14.75	Tropical Chic Clear-Mount Bundle [148399] $76.50
Pineapple Punch Classic Stampin' Pad [147141] $13.00	Grapefruit Grove Classic Stampin' Pad [147142] $13.00	Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $11.50	Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00
Linen Thread [104199] $8.00	Liquid Multipurpose Glue [110755] $7.00

Thanks for stopping by today. I appreciate the time you have taken to visit. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty x

So Santa - Baking Santa

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you are having a great day. I have a quick post sharing another Christmas card made with the ever cute So Santa stamp set. This time I have decided to ink up the Baking Santa image.

I have created a Folder Card - the side folded card sits inside the little folder. Lovely Lipstick card stock has been used for the Folder with Whisper White for the card base.

Granny Apple Smith Brights DSP in the dotty pattern has been added to both the Folder and card fronts along with some Lovely Lipstick ribbon.

The image has been stamped and coloured using Stampin' Blends. The sentiment was then stamped above the image and die cut.  This panel has been adhered to the DSP with dimensionals.

To finish the card a strip of DSP has been adhered to the inside of the card and a few 'Baking' utensil die cuts added to the ribbon.

Yipee, that is another Christmas card added to the stash! Thanks for stopping by today, until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty

Just Add Ink #426 - Sketch - So Santa Christmas Cards

Good Day Crafty Friends

Welcome to this weeks Just Add Ink Challenge #426. Kim has chosen a fun sketch for us to get creative and play along with.

With the new HOLIDAY Catalogue filled with lots of Christmas crafts, now is the perfect time for me to start adding to my Christmas card stash. Alongside this, I am madly making Christmas Cards and Tags as gifts for family and friends. 

Coming from a beachside town in New Zealand, this Surfing Santa from the So Santa stamp set is perfect for this years Christmas cards to send back home. 

I have used the same three components for each card, just changing the colours of cardstock and Stampin' Blends used:

So Santa stamp set - Holiday Catalogue - Page 23 #147821

Brights 6" x 6" DSP Pack - Annual Catalogue - Page 191 #146964

Floral Frames stamp set - Annual Catalogue - Page 135 #146508

The first card uses Gorgeous Grape DSP teamed with Coastal Cabana.

The second card combines Flirty Flamingo DSP with Lovely Lipstick

And the third card has Lemon Lime Twist and Daffodil Delight DSP.

Be sure to stop by all the Just Add Ink Design Team members blogs for more inspiration with this weeks Just Add Texture challenge . We would love for you and your crafty friends to play along, if you have a blog you can add your card to the Just Add Ink gallery here. Don't have your own blog? No problem! Just send us an email to just-add-ink@hotmail.com with a photo attachment. We'll upload it to our challenge entry blog.

Thanks for stopping by today. Until next time, stay awesome and stay crafty x