Hello crafty friends and welcome to this week’s Seasonal Saturday post, with our new sketch at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. I opted not to go down the obvious Christmas tree route, instead turning to the Father Christmas stamps from Linda’s Christmas Compendium.
I haven’t used any of the inky mop-up backgrounds from my stash for a while so, having found one with shades of green (I think it was from cleaning my brayer), I stamped the small Santa and heat embossed him with WOW’s superfine gold powder.
Having masked the Santa, I added some holly leaves below him using one of the Big Blooms stencils, brushing ‘rustic wilderness’ Distress Oxide through it. I shaded him in using a couple of green Polychromo pencils, which I smoothed out using Dorso oil and a blending nib, with ‘green gold’ for the toys in his sack and the lamplight, before whitening the fur on this outfit with a Posca pen.
I decided that the holly leaves needed filling in a bit more, so added them in the gaps using the stencil and ‘rustic wilderness’, then stamped the smallest star from Linda’s Wish Upon a Star set several times, heat embossing them in gold. I couldn’t find a sentiment I liked that fitted, so I went a bit rogue on the sketch and left it off, simply adding a narrow mount of Amazonia companion paper before attaching it to a 5×5 card blank.
Here’s a closer look at the lovely gold embossing.
As ever, our challenge runs until Friday, before our next theme on Saturday, so do come on over and play along with our sketch. I’ve incorporated a couple of other challenges into this card, taking the tones from Color Hues and the ‘anything goes’ theme from Peace on Earth
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Wow Deborah! Your card is simply a work of art! I’m so glad you left off the sentiment – this would look beautiful in a frame, to be displayed year on year. Your creativity is inspiring xx
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Thanks so much Gill x
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wow Deborah! j’adore, elle est originale et magnifique, biz
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Merci Fabiola x
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A vibrant and festive card – love that Santa xx
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Thanks!
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Just beautiful! Have always loved a green and gold color combo!
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Thanks! Not a combo I often use, but I like it!
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A beautifully elegant holiday card! Thanks so much for joining our challenge at Peace On Earth!
Diane POE Co-Owner
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This is just lovely! Santa looks so elegant with your gold embossing and beautiful background. Thanks for sharing with us at Color Hues!
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What a beautiful Santa image and card, Deborah! I absolutely love the direction you took with our colors. Thanks for linking up with us at Color Hues.
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Thanks Nancy x
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Beautiful xoxo
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Thanks Em x
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You have such a fantastic eye for design, Deborah! I love how you built this beautiful ethereal card which must be even more lovely in real life! Hugs, Darnell CH GD
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Fabulous card! Love your festive design and use of this weeks colors! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at Color Hues Challenge!
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