Santa Christmas Card

Santa is on his way less than 1 wk from today so I created this Santa Christmas card. Today is start of Mark's Finest Papers Simple Salutations Santa Claus challenge 12/19-25 that I am a Hostess of.

Used MFP Christmas Selections 2012 for Santa stamp and sentiment from Winter Scenes. Layer is embossed with Cuttlebug Sledding embossing folder. Added HOHOHO ribbon.

embossing: Cuttlebug embossing folder
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
paper: cardstock - green, red, white 
ribbon:Santa's Workbench Narrow Ribbon
stamp: MFP Christmas Selections 2012 - Santa, Winter Scenes - sentiment
 
Entering this into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Ch82 Traditional Christmas Colors unlim 12/11-30
Aud Sentiments Use Any Sentiment unlim 12/19-1/1
Catch the Bug Dec Bingo Ch Diagonal left to right: Border, Red&Green, Sentiment 12/15-
Christmas Card 2013 Ch Wk#3 Doilies/Any ChristmasCard unlim 12/16-22
Clear It Out Christmas Theme unlim 12/4-31
Crafty Boots Ch Christmas unlim 12/10-23
Cutie Pie Ch #33 Cute Christmas unlim 12/10-1/5
DLART Thankful Thurs Anything Goes Dec Linky Party unlim 11/29-12/31
Gingerloft Christmas or Winter unlim 12/16-1/12
Hooked on Craft Ch27 Christmas unlim 11/26-12/29

Hot Shot Ch14 Clean and Simple unlim 12/16-1/13
LEJ Designs Ch34 Santa's Coming To Town lim3 1st 12/18-30
Paper Playtime Ch91 Winter Fun unlim 12/17-27 
Paper Pretties Mon PPMC70 Create a Christmas Creation unlim 12/17-23
Pin & Tack Ch4 "Spark Your Creativity Now" Anything Goes unlim 12/1-31 
Reasonable Ribbon Ch62 Anything Goes & Ribbon unlim 12/15-29
Ribbon Carousel RCC75 Holiday Spirit unlim 12/4-31
Simon Says Stamp Merry Christmas unlim 12/19-25
Simon Says Stamp & Show Ch Gift-spiration unlim 12/17-22
Use It Tues Ch45 All About Christmas/Hannukah unlim stash items the ribbon 12/11-21

Christmas Kraft Gift Bag

Created this Christmas Gift Bag using No Fuss Gift Bag idea from Frenchie of  Stamp & Scrap with Frenchie and you can see her wonderful video on how to make it here. 

I used Kraft cardstock for the pattern Kraft cardstock and maroon cardstock for the handle.

Quite easy to make using my Martha Stewart score board.

Made a couple changes to how Frenchie made the gift bag. I chose to seal the side of the gift bag up differently. Instead of tucking the less wide side under I used adhesive tape on the less wide side and adhered the side to the wider side without tucking. I also used adhesive on the bottom left & right panels to adhere them to the bottom inside.

Used Spellbinder for sentiment tag. Stamped "Joy" sentiment.

Added some ribbon & holly embellishing. 

brads: 2 mini gold - to attach handle to gift bag
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
holly: Make It Christmas - from Hobby Lobby
paper:
krafty Christmas cardstock
cardstock - maroon
punch: Crop-A-Dile - used for holes for handle
ribbon: Craft Narrow Ribbon Bow-tique
Spellbinder: Shape Back to Basics Tags
stamp: Fiskars 'tis the season - sentiment "Joy"
tape: red adhesive - holds gift bag together better than ATG adhesive   
tools: Martha Stewart score board 

Entering this into the following challenges:

Anything Goes Ch81 Tags lim5 1st 11/27-12/9
Aud Sentiments Ch68 Bingo unlim 3rd row: ribbon,word "joy",die cut 11/21-12/4
Corrosive Ch163 Anything Goes lim3 3rd 11/25-12/8
Crafts and Me Ch111 Circles unlim dots/circles pattern Kraft cardstock 11/21-28
Crafty Boots Anything Goes unlim 11/26-12/9
Crafty Sentiments Ch Red, White & Green lim3 1st 11/27-12/3
Crazy 4 Ch C4C164 Put a Bow on it 11/24
Divas by Design Ch62 Use 2 or more patt papers lim2 2nd 11/21-27
DLART Thankful Thurs Anything Goes Linky Party unlim 11/1-30 
Frosted Designs Fab Fri Ch "Happiness Is ..." "Happiness is a Handmade Gift Bag" 11/23-29
Hiding In My Craft Room HIMCR73 Christmas lim3 2nd 11/24-30
Hooked on Craft Ch27 Christmas unlim 11/26-12/29
Kraft Journal Holiday Gifts unlim 11/26-12/2

Kraft Journal Backlink Your Fav Proj of 2012 12/17-23
LEJ Designs Ch31 Fav Technique my fav technique is scoring & an easy made project lim3 1st 11/27-12/2
Lexis Creations Ch79 Christmas unlim 11/26-12/8
My Sheri Crafts Ch99 'Tis the Season unlim 11/24-12/7
Paper Playtime Ch89 Anything Goes unlim 11/19-29
Paper Pretties Mon PPMC67 Anything Goes unlim 11/26-12/2
Party Time Tues PTT96 Anything Goes unlim 11/27-12/4
Pin & Tack Ch3 "Spark Your Creativity" Anything Goes unlim 11/1-30  
Reasonable Ribbon RRR Ch60 Anything But a Card w/ Ribbon unlim 11/15-28
Scrap-Creations Going Grey Merry Christmas lim2 1st 11/27-12/3
The Pink Elephant Pretty Packaging unlim 11/26-12/2
Tues Alchemy Ch42 Anything Goes unlim 11/27-12/3
Tues Throwdown Ch125 Lots of Layers lim3 1st 11/27-12/3
 Use It Tues Ch44 Ink It Up not used the "Joy" stamp before 11/27-12/7