Santa Bottle Topper

My friend and fellow-stamper Sandy Hancock sent this idea to me. I think this makes a wonderful gift to give when you are invited to a dinner party, holiday party or other event where you don't want to show up empty-handed.  The cute bottle topper will fit a Sparkling Cider, Wine, Champagne or other similar shaped bottle.

I CASEd her idea and only made very minor changes.  Since I did not have the same "For You" stamp, I substituted the "Very Merry" stamp from the Short and Sweet stamp set. I also chose not to stamp it on Santa's beard, but to the side instead.  Here is my version:

 

I think adding a knot made out of Real Red satin ribbon "ties" the whole thing together, don't you?

Here is a peek at what the back of the bottle topper looks like. This is the part that fits over the neck of the bottle.

Santa Bottle Topper Tutorial
This is a photo of all the pieces you will be using:

Start with the large piece of Real Red card stock. It measures 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". (This is a quarter sheet of card stock). Score it at 2 1/2" and fold on scored line.

On the 2 1/2" end, use the 1 3/8" circle punch to make hole. You should center it left-to-right and push it up as far as it will go.

Punch, and it will look like this. Set aside.

Take the Whisper White piece of card stock, that measures 4" x 2 3/4" and place it in the Northern Flurry Embossing Folder as shown. Then run it through your Big Shot.

Stamp the "Very Merry" in black ink on your snowflake piece. Set aside.

Take the Real Red card stock piece that measures 2" x 4" and make a pencil mark at one end, at the center (this will be at 1")

Now cut  from the pencil mark down to the opposite end at the corner. And then again from the pencil mark to the opposite end at the other corner.  You will end up with a triangle.  You can do this with a ruler, pencil and scissors.  Or you can use your Paper cutter as shown:

Your triangle should look like this:

Punch all the remaining pieces out. You need:
1 Whisper White Scallop circle (2 3/8")
1 Pink Pirouette Scallop circle (2 3/8")
1 Whisper White Word Window
2 Whisper White circles (3/4")
1 Pink Pirouette circle (1/2")
1 Whisper White circle (1/2")
2 Basic Black circles (1/4")  - the Owl punch has "eyes" this size

Next is the assembly of Santa: Fold the white scallop circle in half. Attach to pink scallop circle using SNAIL adhesive. Be sure to carefully match up the scallops.

Attach this to the red triangle.  The triangle will become Santa's shirt and hat at the same time.

Next, finish the hat by adding glue and glitter to the Word Window piece and the 1/2" white circle.

 Attach to hat:

Make Santa's moustache. To make this easier, try this trick - stick the 3/4" circles on the sticky part of a Post-It note. This gives you something to hold on to.  Then, using the 3/4" circle punch, punch out a "slice" of each circle:

You will be left with 2 little "slices" on your Post It.  These are Santa's whiskers.  Discard the other pieces that were punched.

Attach moustache, nose and eyes:

Assemble. I used SNAIL adhesive to attach the snowflake background onto red base. I used Sticky Strip to attach Santa.

Last step is very small but makes a BIG difference. Use a white gel pen to make accents on eyes and nose.  Then finally, add a rhinestone gem to the snowflake on the right.

You may want to add a knot of Real Red satin ribbon on the neck of the bottle you are using. I seems to finish it well:

Materials List:
Real Red card stock (#102482)
Whisper White card stock (#100730)
Pink Pirouette card stock (#111351)
Basic Black card stock (#119922)
Short and Sweet stamp set (#115060)
Basic Black ink pad (#101179)
1 3/8" circle punch (#119860)
2 3/8" Scallop circle punch (#118874)
Word Window punch (#119857)
3/4" circle punch (#119873)
1/2" circle punch (#229869)
1/4" circle punch (the Two-Step Owl Punch has circles this size) (#119074)
"Northern Flurry" Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (#120902)
Big Shot  (#113439)
2 Way Glue Pen (#100425)
Dazzling Diamonds glitter (#102023)
White gel pen (#105021)
Paper cutter (#104152) & Scoring Blade  (#104154)
Basic Rhinestones (#119246)
SNAIL Adhesive (#104332)
Sticky Strip (#104294)
Real Red 5/8" satin ribbon (to tie on bottle)