A Little Holiday Magic

A Little Holiday Magic

Hi Everyone,

I am still frantically trying to get my Christmas cards out… I know, I am dreadfully late but the days have been taking me for a ride lately and I seem to be always running behind.

Anyway, here is another card to share. I am in love with this Santa in the North Pole Treasures by Penny Black. He really is a treasure! He has that old-timing feel and I love how he has spring in his step.

Time is precious at this time of year, so here is a brief summary…

First I drew a light pencil circle for the moon on watercolor paper.  Using distress stains as my watercolors,  I painted the moon with Antique Linen, Fossilized Amber and a little of Frayed Burlap for shadow. Then, using a few more distress stains, Chipped Sapphire, Stormy Sky, Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood and Black Soot were used for the sky and Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint and Forest Moss for the trees.

While the background was drying, I cut a lumpy snow bank from Neenah white cardstock and colored the edges with the same sky colors and stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black in, sprinkled Hero Arts clear embossing powder and heat set it.

Now on to the adorable Santa. The Santa was stamped onto Neenah white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink (Copic marker friendly) and colored with Copic markers. Here is a list of the colors used:

After the Santa was colored, I fussy-cut out him out. At the same time, with a piece of watercolor paper, I die-cut out a bunny and tree using the  Penny Black’s Nature’s Beauty die set. The tree and the edges of the bunny were then watercolored with the same colors used before.

It’s time to put everything together. Starting with a black cardstock card base and the piece of chalk, I  rubbed chalk over the edges of the front of the card base, then mounted the background. The snow bank and tree were added with a bit of foam tape.

To complete the background, I splattered droplets of McCaffery’s white ink over the front for a snowy effect and set it aside to dry.

Finally, the Santa was added with foam tape and clear IrRESISTible Pico embellisher was applied to his buttons and shoes. I know you can’t see it but these little embellishments added a tiny bit of texture and dimension. For the final touch, tiny clear crystal gems were added to the sky for extra twinkle!

And there you have it – another card ready to send!

Supply List:

Penny
Black
North
Pole
Treasures
Stamp Set
Penny
Black
Full of
Merriment
Stamp
Set
Penny
Black
Natures
Beauty
Die
Set
Strathmore
Watercolor
Paper
Pad
Neenah
110lb.
Solar White
card stock
Licorice
Twist
Heavy
Black
Card Stock
Versafine
Onyx
Black
Ink Pad
Memento
Tuxedo
Black
Hero Arts
Clear
Embossing
Powder
Antique
Linen
Distress
Stain
Fossilized
Amber
Distress
Stain
Frayed
Burlap
Distress
Stain
Stormy
Sky
Distress
Stain
Chipped
Sapphire
Distress
Stain
Weathered
Wood
Distress
Stain
Faded
Jeans
Distress
Stain
Tim Holtz
Black
Soot
Distress
Stain
Crushed
Olive
Distress
Stain
Peeled
Paint
Distress
Stain
Forest
Moss
Distress
Stain
R01
Copic
Marker
R22
Copic
Marker
R27
Copic
Marker
R29
Copic
Marker
RV69
Copic
Marker
G03
Copic
Marker
G46
Copic
Marker
Mc Caffery’s
White
Ink
IrRESISTible
Pico
Embellisher-
Clear
Foam
Dimensional
Tape
Crystal
Gem
Stickers
2mm
Crayola
White
Chalk
Sakura
White
Gelly
Pen

 

Share