Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Holiday Catalogue Favourites

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Welcome to the last Stamping Sunday Blog Hop for 2018. This month we are featuring our favourite item from the Holiday Catalogue. I have chosen the very summery and non traditional So Santa Stamp Set as these kind of images are ever so popular in the South Pacific, with Christmas falling in the middle of our Summer. 

Our local fire brigade volunteers a fire truck so Santa and his helpers visit every house on Christmas morning, with his shorts and thongs, bellowing Merry Christmas as he throws lollies to all the neighbourhood kids. Local surfers will sport a Santa Hat on Christmas Day if there are waves to ride, in fact its not unusual to see a sea of red hats down any beach in Australia on Chrissy Day. 

I decided to use that cute little surfing Santa to create a bauble for our Christmas Tree along with four cards in four different colours.

The dome has a screw bottom so all I had to do was stamp, colour and fussy cut the Santa image with a little tab on the bottom so I could adhere him to the plastic dome with a few glue dots. The Palm  tree was made with the Tropical Chic Thinlits and some Wood texture DSP.  Some beautiful white Singleton Beach sand has been added to the bottom before screwing together.

All four cards are exactly the same design, I have just changed the colours of DSP and inks used. The sponged background has been completed using Shimmery White card and then adhered to the back of a "photo frame". The Photo Frame is easy to make, just cut a square from the top portion of a rectangular die cut. 

The card front has been die cut with the "x" border from the Stitched Labels Framelits in a zig zag pattern. This was then adhered to the whisper white card base. A layer of craft foam has been added to the back of the "photo frame" as these are being posted, the craft foam prevents any squishing or dents.

The frangipani flower from Tropical Chic was stamped in Pineapple Punch for all four cards, with the leaves of each card changing to coordinate with the DSP and coloured sponging.

The four colours used for the set of cards are Flirty Flamingo, Grapefruit Grove, Blueberry Bushel and Highland Heather.

Thanks for stopping by today. The DT Team at Sunday Stamping wish you all a safe and happy Festive Season. Until next month, stay awesome and stay crafty

So Santa - Surfing Santa - 2018 Holiday Catalogue

Good Day Crafty Friends,

Hope you are having a great day. Happy Spring! We have had a wonderful start to the season here in Perth, the sun is shining but not killer hot, there is little wind, no rain and therefore makes for pleasant walking the fur babies kinda days.

The start of Spring is also a time to start adding cards to my Christmas stash. Having just received the new So Santa stamp set (Page 23 of the NEW Holiday Catalogue #147821), I couldn't wait to ink it up for the first time.

Those who follow me and my style of card making know that I am not a huge fan of traditional Christmas colours and themes. The super cute scootering and surfing Santa images in this stamp set won my heart from the get go. Plus the sentiments and images are perfect for Australian/Kiwi themed Christmas cards.

Sooo stinkin' cute! For my card I chose to use the Scooter riding Santa with his sack of presents on the front of the card teamed with some Coastal Cabana DSP and card stock. The stamped image has been coloured with Stampin' Blends, fussy cut and then adhered to the card front with mini dimensionals.

The greeting was stamped directly onto the Whisper White card front with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

The inside is a tunnel box card with Santa and his surfboard front and centre. The background has been sponged with Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo inks and splashed with Coastal Cabana flicks.

Santa, the stacks of presents and starfish were all coloured using Stampin' Blends. The tunnel box card folds flat for posting and when opened Santa moves with the folds of the card.

Basic Tunnel Card Measurements:

Base - Two pieces measuring 5 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Score One @ 4 1/4", Score the Second @ 1/2", 4 1/4" and 4 3/4"
Insert - 5 1/2" x 4 1/4" trim a sliver off each side and the top, THEN, score 1/4" in from both sides.
Construct and decorate. 

I have already created quite a few cards with this stamp set, so be sure to check back for more projects idea's in the coming weeks. 

Until next time, stay awesome, stay organised and stay crafty