Rooftop Santa

Hello Nomad friends.  Someone posted a question on fb the other day.  They said they had lots of different elements but were unsure how to combine them into a project.   I suggested they throw them all up in the air and see where they land.  Maybe they thought I was being flippant, but it's a technique that has worked for me.  Often I'm not actually tossing them into the air, although it has been known, but I do scoop loose bits into a pile on my desk and often a couple of elements will catch my eye as compatible.  For this card I used lots of bits that were lurking.  I wanted to try the second lift card at 52 Weeks to Christmas.  I decided on a colour scheme and first checked my already cut circles for pieces that would fit.  I found a circle, an oval and a inverted scallop die cut and it all went from there.

I bought this Dixi Craft Santa on the Roof die recently and I had already cut him from a red card scrap.  Then he lay there, looking at me.....  The gold stitch cut circle seemed a perfect backdrop for his antics.  The gold mirror stitch cut oval was also lying and has suffered a few scratches which I covered with this Poppystamps Button Frame background, which was also in the precuts box, and it seemed to fit perfectly on the oval.  I decided to add a red layer to the gold inverted circle cut, and embossed a Kort og Godt God Jul (Merry Christmas) with gold powder and layered them up.  The red plaid caught my eye, and I wasn't sure, but then I spotted a scrap of the same card I used for the Santa.  I cut both with a small slim stitched Rectangle die and put it all together on a slightly textured red card base.  Three gold star stickers to finish and a satisfying result for a load of scraps.  

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Santa is joining the fun at
52 Weeks to Christmas Challenge - Lift
Christmas Kickstart Challenge 43 - Twas The Night Before Christmas
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb Utfordring 190 - Jul
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge 518
Scrap og Skravl Desember Oppgave 1 - Red/Gold 1/3