Winter Materials Swap

Today's card was created using supplies from a "winter materials swap." 

Materials from my swap partner were (the patterned paper was double-sided, so I show the other side in the 2nd picture):

As you can see, I made an easel card from the materials with the Santa as focal.

Here's what the card looks like when closed for mailing:

The focal was edged with black ink.  The doily was cut in half to fit top and bottom.  Border was cut using a Spellbinder's Edgeability cutting die - my favorite one called "Classic Bracket".  Chipboard was covered with white ink & heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Red gems don't show very well in the picture - they are a sparkly red - not black!

Here's the inside:

The "Christmas" was a stamp from a large set from HOTP - no name.    I cut the square piece down to form this shape, and attached with fun foam. The other sentiment was from their "Christmas Tags & Trims".

And here's the card my swap partner SamB made.  It is a cutaway card with the bottom border showing through from the inside:

As you can see, it is VERY different from what I did.  That's the fun you can have with double-sided paper!