Monday 27 November 2017

Santa Claus is coming to town



Hello and I hope this week will be a good one for you. I can hardly believe that it is time for another challenge at 


and this challenge marks our twelfth, we have been creating cute Christmasness or Christmas cuteness (!!) for a whole year...how did that happen?

Anyway it won't be long until the fella in red will be visiting so this time the theme is

Santa Claus is coming to town.🎅 

Now, I tend to steer clear of Father Christmas images and stamps as I find some of them a bit creepy looking. However, I found a lovely decoupage sheet from Craft Creations that I just had to use and then remembered that I had bought a cute Father Christmas stamp and die from Swedish House Crafts, so I have two cards to share!!



I wanted the stamp to tell the story on this one so kept it quite plain. The sweet paper is from Doodlebug Designs Milk and Cookies...so cute.


I love the idea of Father Christmas ice skating!! The Crafters Companion embossing folder made for a perfect back drop and the sentiment is, of course, a much used Christmas stamp set from  LOTV.

It would be lovely to see you and your Santa creations so hope you will have a minute or two to join us.

Well, that's me for today but I will be back later in the week, so see you then xx

Some challenges

Allsorts #443 - Inspired by a Christmas Carol or song
( Santa Clause is coming to town)

27 comments:

debby4000 said...

Love both your Santa card, especially love the one with the santa stamp.
luv
Debby

Julie B said...

Two fab cards Sarah, love the DP as usual and the EF makes a super backdrop for your skating Santa. :)

meg said...

Two fantastic cards Sarah, love the stamp in the first and the skating Santa in the Second, love the layout of that card

Megan J said...

Hi Sarah, two lovely cards for Christmas, love the little scandi Santa, but the ice skating Santa looks fabulous. Have a wonderful week... Megan

brenda said...

Liking both cards Sarah but especially the second, that skating Santa is adorable.

B x

cotnob said...

Fabulous Christmas cards Sarah, super Santa images and two great designs.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

Pat said...

Two super cards Sarah, I love the Santa image on the second.

Pat xx

Sue Nicholson said...

Brilliant christmas card, like the layout. Have a fab week cheers Sue N x

Laine said...

Adorable Sarah, such cute Santa cards.
Laine
x

Crafty Moone Cards said...

Lovely cards Sarah.
Sue x

Annette said...

Fabulous Santa cards Sarah. You are getting very organised! I need to get my act together a bit more I think!
xx

Carol S. said...

Gorgeous fun cards Sarah. Great background on the skating Santa. Hugs, Carol S.xx

Lynne said...

Super Santa cards Sarah x

Wendy said...

Fabulous cards Sarah, love your Santa images.
Wendy xx

brenda said...

Me again Sarah, only just realised you had linked up to Allsorts, many thanks for joining in.

B x

Sandma's Handmade Cards said...

Two fabulous cards Sarah and I especially like the second one. The skating Santa is just so cute and I love how you've given him some dimension too. Crafty hugs, Sandra x

Jane Savage said...

Both brilliant, Sarah! I like the idea of a skating Santa too but that stamped image on the card above it is just too funny! Love, love, love! xxx

Pamellia said...

These are fabulous Sarah! I love Santa images for the holidays and your Santas are so much fun! Very festive! hugs :)

Wendy L said...

Lovely Santa cards, thanks for joining us at Allsorts. Xxx

Claire said...

What super cute Santas Sarah, they look wonderful. The stamped santa on your first card is just adorable, love the embossed effect on the second card, creates a nice scene x

Wishcraft said...

Fab cards Sarah, love them both but the second one with the embossed background and cute skating Santa is especially fabulous :o) Hugs, Lisa x

Anne said...

You've been very good doing Christmas all year!
Love both these cards, the Santa and die set on the first one is really cute and not one I've seen before.
Anne x

aussie aNNie said...

Two awesome cards, really fun.x[aNNie]🎄

Rainey's Craft Room said...

Two great cards Sarah, love the stamp and die combo on the first one, I love this style of Santa.
Lorraine

Nataliascraft said...

Two wonderful Christmas cards Sarah, love Santa image x

Debbie said...

Hi dearie. 2 fab cards. Loving the santas. Hope you're okay. Hugs xx

Lynne in NI said...

Great cards Sarah, I reckon I'll be adding that Santa head to my wish list for next year!