Santa's Clothing Christmas Card

I had already made all the different pieces of Santa's clothing using my Silhouette last month. I was preparing for a huge card making day. That day never came, but because all the pieces were already there, it took only a few minutes to come up with an idea for a card and putting it all together!

I embossed a white 6" x 6" card with polka dots using an embossing folder and my Big Shot. Then I decided to just throw Santa's clothes on to the card....

Turned out perfectly...
A quick holiday saying stamped and embossed on the inside and it was ready to be signed and sent off.

Quick Tip
Come up with ideas for cards...like Santa clothing pieces, Snowman decoration pieces, tags, labels...make them all and store them away...then when the time comes, you have all the pieces there to put together a card, rather than spending the time to make everything for a card along with come up with ideas. When you see the pieces before your eyes, an idea will just pop out!

Christmas in the Summer

Stores this year have been promoting Christmas in July. Strange you might say? Not really.

It takes quite a deal of time to make gifts for people and you can't procrastinate...so the earlier you start, the better it is for you.

A few years ago, 2008, I had decided to knit scarves for a handful of close friends and family.

So off I went to Walmart to pick up a variety of colours of yarn...

This green one was for my niece Michelle. She chose green as her latest favourite colour.

So I put together this cute little green one with it's twists and tassled ends.

This purple one was for one of my best friends, Melanie.

During this time she was leaning towards the colour purple, so a purple butterfly pattered scarf it was for her.

 
 

This simple brown scarf was for one of the guys, who wasn't into any frill. Quite suitable for anyone! One of the easiest to make.

This funky blue scarf has a V-pattern on either ends. It was quite complex for a simple looking design.

Another simple scarf for one of the guys. This one has a checkered textured pattern.



I had a great time making different scarves for different people. I think for that year, I made almost a dozen scarves. Each took me about a half a month to make depending on the complexity of the pattern and design...along with how many mistakes I made along the way because I lost count...lol

Probably in a few more years, I'll come up with something else to make for a select few :)