Saturday 26 December 2015

First One for Christmas 2016


glitter shot


I hope you're enjoying the holiday season. I like to do a bit of Christmassy crafting actually AT Christmas, so here's my first card for next Christmas. 

I used a pre-coloured image from Debbi Moore Santa Claus CD and cropped most of it away to leave just the lower leg and feet. Then I cut the hohoho on the Silhouette cutter. I added glitter to the fur, a scrap of patterned paper, embossed the card base and added a brad. 

I'd like to enter:
CD Sunday  cool yule
Eureka  Santa 
Christmas at Sweet Stampin  Father Christmas 
The Male Room  Christmas

17 comments:

Ros Crawford said...

Well that's what I call getting ahead!! This is brilliant! Love how you cropped the image ... makes it so powerful! Hope you're having a great Christmas!

Carol said...

Well - that's a first. Well done Marina. I intend to start early on mine but not this early. Thank you for joining in with us. Happy New Year to you.
Carol xx
CD Sunday DT

Lisa Mensing said...

SO beautiful! Thanks for playing along at Eureka! Stamps Santa Challenge. Lisa

Wynn said...

Fabulous Marina!! What a clever idea cutting the image down. You are very creative.....think I might have told you this before. Thank you for joining us at CD Sunday. Hope you had a good Christmas. Wynn DT

JoAnn said...

Great start on 2016 Christmas cards. Love how you cropped the image down to showcase the boots. Hope you had a good Christmas.

Notes by Nina said...

Fabulous card, Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

sue-b said...

Well someone is an early bird, i should do the same but i think i will leave it for at least January, Thanks for joining us with this lovely card, I think it's perfect for a male. xxx

Shauna said...

How fantastic! Santa's legs look great, especially with the glitter bit. What a fun card and an early start on card making for you!
- Shauna

shaz earl said...

Fabulous card, very cool indeed thank you for sharing with us at CD Sunday
Hugs Shaz GDT

sandie said...

Ab idea to just leave the boots and love the added glitter x

chrissie said...

Well done Marina. I always say I will make one each week but never actually do it.

Love Chrissie xx

Bonnie said...

What a fantastic image of Santa's boots, Marina! A wonderful take on this challenge! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Thanks for sharing with us at Merry Monday and I hope we see more of your cards in 2016!

Pia S said...

I tend to forget about the possibility to crop images. Love what you did here, keeping only Santa's feet. And a bit of sparkle does look great on Christmas cards. Fun design!

Jane Willis said...

I love the idea of cropping the image, it makes it look as if Santa is dancing!
Jane

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What a great and creative idea for a Christmas card! I like it very much. Looks super original!

Deborah Frings said...

LOL! I do like this - great work. Thanks so much for playing along with our Christmas challenge at The Male Room. Hope to see you again next year.

Tracey T said...

Oh, this is different and really fun! Thank you for playing at Christmas at Sweet Stampin'! Tracey x