A fellow demonstrator, Donna Todd, posted a photo of a Santa card on Facebook and it was so cute that I decided that our Craft Group needed to make our version of the card. There are quite a few variations of the card, just Google "Santa Punch Art Card" and you'll find lots and lots of examples.

Donna made hers with regular cardstock, but I thought that the White Velveteen Sheets would be perfect to make Santa's beard and hat trim, being a little furry.

So, here's how to make it...

Materials (Click on the names to see the items in my shop)

Red A4 Cardstock
White A4 Cardstock
White Velveteen Sheets - regular white cardstock can be used instead
Pink A4 Cardstock
Black A4 Cardstock – a small scrap will do
Foam dimensional squares
Adhesives:

Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Tape Adhesive
Mini Glue Dots

Charm/Trinket, or a stamped and coloured image or other embellishment could be used instead

Equipment

Paper Trimmer
Big Shot
Swirls and Curls Textured Embossing Folder
¾” (1.2 Cm) Circle Punch
Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies or Layering Ovals Framelits Dies
White Stampin' Chalk Marker
Sponge Daubers
Pink Ink Pad

Instructions

1. Cut Red Cardstock 11” x 4” for the card base, score at 5½”. You will get two bases from one sheet of A4 cardstock.

2. Cut a piece of White Velveteen Sheets (or white cardstock) 4½” x 4” and emboss using the Swirls and Curls Textured Embossing Folder. If using Velveteen Sheets, adhere this to a piece of white cardstock of the same size as bits may break away when you cut it later. On the wrong side, make a pencil mark at 2½” (shown in red) and another at 3¼” (shown in green) on both sides. Then mark at 2” (red) and 2¾” (green) in the middle.

3. Draw a curved line across each set of marks. TIP: You can use a plate to draw this curve. The area below the green line will be used for Santa’s beard, the strip between the red and green lines will be his hat trim and then we will use the other bit to create his moustache.

4. To make the moustache, start about ½” in from the edge then draw a curved line to the centre, with the lowest part of the curve just under an inch from the centre top and the inverted V at about ½” from the centre top. It doesn’t have to be exact. Repeat on the other side and cut it out. The red line is the same red line in #3, after the pieces have been cut out.

TIP: It may be useful to create templates for all three pieces for future cards using regular cardstock.

5. Punch two ¾” circles from the black cardstock and place a small line or mark on each using the White Stampin' Chalk Marker. (See my card photo at the top).

6. Use the second smallest oval from the Stitched Shapes Framelits Dies or the 1¾” long oval die from the Layering Ovals Framelits Dies to die cut Santa’s nose using Powder Pink cardstock.

7. Punch one ¾” circle from pink cardstock and a piece 2” x 4” for Santa’s face.

8. Sponge around Santa's nose with pink ink, and add a little colour to his cheeks as well.

9. Attach all of the pieces in the following order:

Position the top of the pink face piece at 1¾” from the top of the card (i.e. the folded edge) using Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Snail Adhesive.
Adhere the beard flush with the bottom of the card (Multipurpose Liquid Glue might be best for this as it will allow for easier positioning).
Adhere the hat trim so that the centre is about 1” from the top of the card, making sure that it covers the red at the bottom edge using Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Snail Adhesive.
Adhere Santa’s lip and moustache, using Dimensionals for the moustache.
Adhere the Snowflake Trinket, nose and eyes, using Dimensionals for the nose.

10. Cut white cardstock 3¾“ x 5¼“and adhere inside the card using Multipurpose Liquid Glue or Tape Adhesive.

And there you have it, a cute Santa Christmas Card. I'll be making a bunch of them for my family and friends this year, so if you're on my Christmas card list, you just may get your own one of these!

Happy crafting.