Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas - Merry Misfits

Happy World Cardmaking Day! I really enjoyed using some of the new stencils on this Merry Misfit Santa card.  Both the stencils and the stamps on this card are from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous.

On a piece of Watercolor Cardstock I put some Ranger Clear Texture Paste through the new Sparkle Layering Stencil.

 It doesn't need to be a really thick layer, just lightly spread it through the stencil so there are some sparkles across the corner.

 It isn't clear when it first goes on. It's a milky white color. It doesn't matter because we are going to cover it up.

 Sprinkle some Ranger Snowflake Embossing Tinsel Powder over it.

 Set it aside and let it dry on it's own and then you can heat emboss it.

Once it is heat embossed, then I sprayed it with water and some Distress Sprays in blue. Just use any blues you have, I think this one was Blue Print.

The snow drifts are again the Lumberjack woodgrain stamped with embossing ink and then embossed with the Snowflake Tinsel embossing powder.

I kind of cut along the grain to make the snow drifts but I also made a few of my own lines just to make it a little interesting.

The Peppermint Shifter Stencil shifts to make another layer of the peppermint candy shapes. I just stenciled several in red and punched them out with a 3/4" circle punch.

I popped up a couple of the drifts at different levels and tucked the peppermints behind and between them.

I wanted to add a little interest to Santa so I stamped three of him and then cut out the hat brim, hat pom pom, mustache out of one, and his whole beard, face and hat brim out of the other one.

I layered them into three layers, then painted some Collage Medium onto the beard, mustache, brim and pom pom and spritzed them with Clear Rock Candy glitter from the Glitter Duster.

Here you can see come of the layers a little better. It's just fun to add some dimension.

Although there are several steps to this card, it is a pretty simple card to make! I hope you are inspired to get a head start on some fun Christmas cards soon.

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