Meeting Santa

By Spotlight

I couldn't go past the delightful vintage Santa scenes of this Collection; they're perfect accents for this Christmas tradition!

Final Result

Materials

- 'Tis the Season Paper Collection
- Small Lowercase Chipboard Letters
- Chocolate & White Mini Alphas
- Brown Ink
- Holly Swirls Wooden Flourishes
- Lippy Red Rhinestones
- Foam Mounting Dots

Step 1

Use St Nick (reverse) as your background.

From Stocking, cut apart all the red stripes.
Adhere the music stave and the narrow red spotted strip along the bottom edge of page.

Cut an 18cm x 23cm (7" x 9") rectangle of Ornament (reverse) and adhere towards the top right corner of page.
Adhere photographs in top right and bottom left corners of rectangle, as shown.
Cut all ten Santa scenes from Sleigh (reverse).
Adhere six of these to the photo mat, as shown.
Scallop the edge of the large spotted strip from Stocking, and adhere an 18cm (7") piece to the bottom edge of the photo mat.

Cut the wider patterned strip from Stocking to 18cm (7") and adhere below mat.
Ink letters and three wooden flourishes, and adhere letters to title strip.
Use mini alphas to complete title.

Adhere three more Santa squares to the top left corner.
Adhere the last Santa square on an angle, overlapping title.

Embellish with the flourishes and rhinestones.

Handy Hint

Use larger embellishments, like wooden flourishes, in groups of three to form a visual triangle that frames and leads the eye to your subject.