Christmas in July – Here comes Santa Claus

I saved it until the final day of Christmas in July to focus on Santa Claus … and I then challenged myself to use the fabric papers from Papermania that I have had for years in my stash!

I managed three cards using the fabric papers and used the Vintage Santa from Dimond Press for the focal images.

I made more of these images than I needed so expect to see them again (very soon!) … plus the fabric papers will also appear in this blog very soon!

I chose Real Red for the card bases and kept all three as simple top fold card bases with a white insert.

After creating the background panels I created the stamped images and coloured them using my alcohol markers.

For these two I made life easy for myself and used sentiments already made up.

For this one the sentiment was from the same stamp set as the Santa and I die cut it and stacked it three times so it is nice and chunky.

I love the feel of those fabric papers but struggle to use them so it was good to get some used up – and I just love these Santa images.

And so Christmas in July has come to an end! Hope you’ve enjoyed it and maybe it gave you some ideas for your festive makes. Please do join us at the Facebook group too!

Happy crafting!

Catherine