Xmas card: Santa and snowflakes

What:

My Create A Smile snow dance kit finally arrived! I can only assume the postman was jealous and wanted to hold onto it for an extra few days before delivering it.

How:

This card looks like there’s a lot going on, but it actually came together quite quickly; for once I had an idea of what I wanted it to end up looking like before I started…

First I used the kit stencil to cover a piece of pearlised card with Distress ink blue snowflakes, then I die cut the gorgeous snowflake from it, and finally trimmed it to size.

I stamped the Santa, coloured him with Copic markers and added a touch of clear Wink of Stella to the trim on his outfit. His eyes and mouth were emphasised with a black fineliner.

Some more Wink of Stella went onto the card base where the die cut snowflake would be and I glued the snowflake panel to the card base, adding the centre piece of the die cut in the middle.

I added strips of silver tape above and below the panel on the black card base and popped the Santa up with some foam tape.

Challenges:

Day 28 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Create a Smile – snow dance kit
• dies:
  Create a Smile – snow dance kit
• stencils:
  Create a Smile – snow dance kit
• inks:
  Memento – tuxedo black
• pens:
  Triplus fineliner – black
• colour:
  Distress ink pad – tumbled glass
• Copic markers:
  skin: E000, YR000, E21
  beard: W00, W1, W2
  hat, coat and gloves: R35, R46, R59
  trim: C0, C2, C4
  boots: W5, W8
• embellishments:
  Wink of Stella – clear
  Stix2 – border lined tape – bright silver
• paper and card:
  Neenah – solar white – 216gsm
  Papermill Direct – pearlised – ultra white
  Papermill Direct – plain – black