Christmas Kickstart Challenge #102

Hello friends.  Playing along with Jo and her special guest elf Leslie at the Christmas Kickstart Challenge where they are looking for Santa in September.

I have many Santa stamps that I've collected over the years, but I do have one that is my all time favorite from a company that is no longer in business (sigh...) called Flourishes and the name of the set is Santa I Believe.  Here's what I came up with this year using this sweet Santa face...

Isn't that just the sweetest Santa face?!  This year I added a silhouette of Santa (enabled by Leslie I might add!!) using Cottage Cutz Santa's Naughty/Nice List die to the card and I love the way it looks next to Santa's face!

 I cut off about a half inch on the right side of the card front and then added some red & white striped dsp (PTI) to the inside of the card where it shows from the front of the card when it's closed.  The sentiment on the both the outside and the inside are both from the Santa I Believe stamp set.  I added a few red gems (PFS) to the holly berries on top of Santa's head and a piece of black & white baker's twine to the side of the card.  Easy peasy and done! 

You can check out Jo and Leslie's cards right HERE for some inspiration and then play along...Christmas really will be here before we know it!  This challenge is open till Tuesday, Sept. 30th.

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!