Jingle Belles "Trim the Tree" challenge

It's been a couple of months since I've played along with the Jingle Belles challenges, so I was glad to have time to play along with the new challenge - use ribbon, lace, trims, etc. on your card.

This card didn't end up like I originally envisioned.  The Santa in the frame just looked too stark, so I just kept adding some layers until everything came together.

I've had the gold Christmas tree fabric trim in my stash for a long time, so it was nice to finally use some of it.  I cut two small pieces to layer on the top and bottom behind the Santa, and then cut one single tree for the bottom left corner, along with a gold ribbon bow.  The sentiment and music background are Tim Holtz ephemera.  The Santa image is a vintage German Santa diecut that I've had for at least 10 years.  I bought a package of about six of these and now I'm down to my last two; guess I've been hoarding them, lol!  

My Favorite Things - Camp Create Day #3

For Day 3 at MFT Camp Create, we are learning how to do shaker cards.  You can see the blog post here.  As an additional twist, you can make today a Christmas in July camp day!

I used stamps from MFT's "Jingle All the Way" set for this card, along with patterned paper from Doodlebug.  The images were colored with Copics and then I added a little clear Stickles to Santa's hat.   Here's the Day 3 badge:  

I'm also entering this card in some Christmas challenges:

Sparkles Christmas Challenge (include a tree)

Jingle Belles Tic-Tac-Toe challenge (glitter/Santa/red or green)