Here Comes Santa Claus, With A Makeover!

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Hi Too Cool Stampers!

I hope you had a fabulous Thanksgiving! I couldn't help reminiscing a bit about a little incident that happen in our house last Thanksgiving…you may remember…Lucky's Thanksgiving dinner 2011…

I'm sorry, but this photo just cracks me up EVERY.SINGLE.TIME. I'm happy to report that Lucky thoroughly behaved himself yesterday. And, our rubberbands around the cabinet handles are still working just fine to keep another "fun" day like this from happening again!

OK—On with today's project! Since it's after turkey day and we can "officially" get into the Christmas season, I thought I'd start with a little Santa Extreme Makeover!

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Here is Santa in the before photo. He's looking pretty good with his Whisper White, Apothecary Accents die-cut beard and perfectly coordinating sentiment from the Just Belive stamp set. He's clean. He's simple. He's cute!

His belt buckle, punched from the Brushed Silver card stock with the 1-3/8" Square Punch is polished up nicely. The buttons of his Cherry Cobbler suit are a trendy shape from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack.

Still, I think we could certainly snaz him up a bit! What do you think? Let's add some texture and some bling!

The Before & After! It's quite an impressive makeover!

This Santa has an extra layer of Cherry Cobbler Core'dinations card stock, embossed with the Lacy Brocade Texture Impressions Folder, then lightly sanded to bring out the texture.

Even his beard is textured, this time with the Perfect Polka Dots Texture Impressions Folder.

My favorite change is the Silver Glimmer buckle that's punched in a Curly Label shape! The belt is 3/4" wide, by the way, and the I used a 1" Square Punch for the black on the buckle.

I also made him another coat in Petals-A-Plenty texture! Oh, and don't forget the 1/2" Circle buttons with Rhinestone Jewels accents! A great finishing touch!

Too Cool Demo Team member, Carmen DeBruce, made a similar Real Red Santa card recently, and I loved her details, too! She also used the Silver Glimmer Paper for a Scallop Square Punch buckle, then she added some Champagne Shimmer Paint Mist spray over the top for more shine and sparkle!

And check out her Santa's buttons! She used the Buttons #5 Sizzlits to make easy, die-cuts with an embossed "button-like" texture! Genius!

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