Another festive cross stitch card, this time showing a very happy looking Santa Claus! I love cross stitch cards for Christmas, but it is hard to judge who to send them to, as they take such a long time to make, and I don’t want them thrown out after a week with all the generic Christmas cards! I only give them to people who I know will appreciate them -  mainly my Gran, who keeps all the handmade cards I give her, and my mum.

Santa was stitched on to 16 count cream aida and mounted in a gold card. The card was a Christmas card I had received a previous year, but I couldn’t bear to throw out such a beautiful gold frame, so I turned it into an aperture card! This type of “recyling” is great because you can make stunning cards for next to no cost, all it takes is a bit of time and effort to do it – and for the right recipient, I love to spend longer than I probably should making a card perfect. Don’t you?

Merry Christmas everyone! Ten days to go!