A very generous and thoughtful friend recently sent me a few sheets of this great designer paper along with a gift card for my birthday, so I immediately bought this fun little Picket Fence Santa image stamp set and paired them together to make this card. The designer paper reminded me of a night sky in snow and the sentiment in the stamp set was perfect, so that's how this card came to be. I colored the image with Copics and glaze pens; then added some liquid applique to the fur for a little texture. I fussy cut and placed him over the sentiment panel. That panel was die-cut with a Kat Scrappiness stitched die and the snowflakes were done with 2 punches and a die and dotted with diamond stickles for a little sparkle. (Thank you again for the wonderful birthday gifts my friend, you know who you are)
I will enter this into the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Christmas
NBUS Challenge #55 - never before used stuff
the Happy Little Stampers October Christmas Challenge - A/G *opt. stencil
the Allsorts Challenge Week #750 - add texture
Thanks as always for stopping by and I wish you a peaceful stress-free day.
(I'd like to have one of those myself actually LOL)
Carol
19 comments:
Gorgeous card, love the Santa with his long beard! Enjoy your gifts! Hugs, Valerie
Santa looks perfect against that starry/snowy looking background! I love the addition of the punched snowflakes and also the liquid applique on Santa too! LOVE this card for the holidays!
Lynn
Beautiful card and p.paper,love the image and as you say the sentiment is perfect.
Carol x
Lovely card, Carol!
Great festive card.. love the added texture.
Great fun and colourful Carol and certainly has nice textures for our optional theme at Allsorts, thanks so much.
B x
Jolly Santa works so well with that 'night sky' background - super card.
Such a cute Christmas card, Carol! Love the paper and the Santa! You really did a nice job adding the liquid applique as I think it completes a Christmas card beautifully! Great job, my friend! I love the Santa gnome!!! :)
That is a beautiful background, so perfect for Santa in the snow and great idea to add the texture to the fir. Really cute! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Allsorts challenge!
A lovely festive card and wonderful texture on Santa's fur trims too. Thank you for sharing at Allsorts this week.
Lorraine
Really cool night sky indeed! I love the Santa with the puffy details on his outfit too! The snowflake accents are the perfect touch to this scene! Brilliant card and happy belated birthday friend!
What a lovely friend to send you fabulous paper like this, love the Santa with all the texture, you've made him come alive. Love this happy card Carol.
Faith x
Darling card, I would of thought you did the background, like your liquid applique on santa!
You created a fabulous card with your gifts!! So festive and sweet! Love the snowy paper and that cute gnome with the adorned tree! Well done putting the liquid applique on Santa's hat and dress, it really bring the gnome to life!! Love the sparkling on the snowflakes too!
Happy Birthday even if it's so late, dear Carol! I wish you all the best for the days ahead, you deserved it!! Sorry for the stress you have had. Breath and go on... it will pass.
Sending big hugs and heartfelt thoughts across the miles!
Absolutely gorgeous magical card , lovely design ♥
Love it.
Great choices for your birthday gifts and such a jolly happy card too. I like the liquid applique for the fur. Thanks for sharing with us at Allsorts and happy belated birthday too. L x
And I hope you have had at least one peaceful stress-free day since you posted this, Carol! What a great gift from your sweet friend. You have made a really bright scene for Santa baby! I love the texture on the fur and the schparkle on the snowflakes! Thank you for inspiring everyone at NBUS! Hugs, Darnell (Sorry to be so late. I'm just home from travels and trying to slowly get caught up. It's good to be home!)
Adorable Santa image and great texture you added too.
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