Down the Chimney for "Less is More".....

Hello everyone: I have a card to share with you for the "Less is More" one layer challenge with a theme of "Santa" and the LiveLoveCards November Challenge with a theme of "Snowflakes".  I think this card could qualify for this challenge since there are a bunch of Snowflakes on the roof top and the chimney, don't you think?, here is my card.

This images are both from a retired Flourishes set called "Joy is in the Air", the set has the image of a snow globe plus the Santa 2 more equally cute images, this is like a 2 step stamp set, you stamp the snow globe and then, stamp the image inside.

Since this challenge calls for a one layer card I cut an 4"x11" card base from Ninah Solar White card stock and folded it at 5 1/2  then, stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored them with my Prismacolor pencils. 

I heat embossed the sentiment with gold EP, added a little SU Dazzling Diamonds to Santa's hat and the snow for some sparkle and added a couple of score lines to either side for a bit of texture. 

Now, I colored Santa's mittens last, I honestly did't know if they should be white, black or red, I actually Google this question and I got several responses for the colors, mostly favored red mittens so I colored them red.  Now, some mentioned Santa's toy sack and said that it could be either red, green or blue so, I chose red. It's amazing the stuff you find out just by Google-ing!!

I want to thank you for stopping by, I appreciate your comments and will answer your questions, should you have any.

Until next time, happy stamping.

Hugs from Maria.