Looking Up - Santa's Workshop Card Tutorial – Chloes Creative Cards

Hello Crafters,

Look up to the skies on Christmas Eve and try to spot Santa whizzing across in his sleigh on his way to drop off all the presents to the girls and boys around the world! This card, by DT member extraordinaire, Glynis, captures this magic with an image of Santa laden with presents, ready to go on his big adventure. Glynis has used items from the recently-launched Santa's Workshop collection for this wonderful creation and has written up the full instructions so that you can make your own version.

Read on for a full step-by-step project tutorial, complete with linked materials list.

WHAT YOU NEED:

Santa’s Workshop collection:

Nesting die set – 6x6” Decorative Squares
Mirror Card – Vista
Pearl card – Crystal White
Bling Box – Frosty Christmas
Sparkelicious glitter – Snowball, Crystallina, and Diamante Sparkle
WOW! embossing powder – Clear Gloss and Silver Bells
WOW! clear embossing inkpad
Versafine Clair Black inkpad
Marker pens
Thin red ribbon
Sparklers – 10mm
Foam pads on a roll
Art Glitter Dries-Clear PVA glue
Pinflair 3D glue gel
8x8” white straight-edged card blank
WOW! heat tool
Die-cutting machine

INSTRUCTIONS:

1 Trim four different sized matts to fit the base card using Vista mirror card, white card and patterned paper from the Santa’s Workshop paper pad. Decorate the edges of the white matt using Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter and the patterned one using Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter. Matt and layer the four panels together, secure onto the base card, and decorate the corner with pearls from the Frosty Christmas Bling Box.

2 Using the largest die from the 6x6” Decorative Square die set, cut from white card and glitter the outside using Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter. Using the next die in the set, die-cut with Vista mirror card. Trim a sheet of patterned paper from the pad to fit, go around the sides with Diamante Sparkle Sparkelicious glitter, then matt and layer the three panels together and secure onto the base card with foam pads.

3 Stamp, heat-emboss and die-cut the main image from the Looking Up stamp and die set onto white card using Versafine Clair Black ink and WOW! Clear Gloss embossing powder, then colour and glitter the beard. Stamp, heat-emboss and fussy cut Santa’s hat, presents and cuff. Colour with the marker pens, add Snowball and Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter, and adhere both stamped images together with Pinflair glue. Secure onto the base card with foam pads.

4 Stamp, heat-emboss and die-cut the sentiment onto white card using Silver Bells embossing powder. Attach the thin red ribbon and a 10mm Sparkle then secure into place with foam pads. Dot the Art Glitter glue around the background and cover with Crystallina Sparkelicious glitter to finish.