Naughty, Nice or Undecided?

Well, hey there, blogging friends! Long time no see. I unplugged from my blog and some from other social media for almost a week. I have been feeling blahhhh lately and although I did keep creating I took extra time for more sleep and relaxation aka doing nothing, lol.

The card I'm sharing today uses a digital image from PaperBabe Stamps called Santa's List. As soon as I saw it, I had to have it. I just love how he's studying his list and what a big hunk of a man he is! I'd printed him out on Office Depot 110# index stock and meant to make the card in time for PaperBabe's last challenge, Anything Goes. But that did not happen and now it's a Summer colors challenge! Hence, the colors I've used. And I went heavy on the blue because I'm linking to Jingle Belles' Blue Santa challenge as well.

  

Here you can see PaperBabe's color inspiration photo, left, and the current Outlawz Wednesday Sketch I used, right. I think I did pretty good with the colors AND keeping the blue dominant throughout the card.

The white card stock card base and sentiment is Office Depot 110# index. The patterned papers are all Lawn Fawn on the front. The ribbons and yellow stars are from my stash. The Neat & Tangled sentiment is stamped wuth VersaFine Clair, heat-embossed, fussy cut and popped up with dimensionals to accomodate the ribbons. I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Mustard Gold to the star groupings, arranged to give my card some eye movement. I colored Santa and his background with ProMarkers and distressed all paper edges with my Tim tool.

  

Here are some close-ups to see the glittery shimmer and shine made by applying Sakura metallic glitter gel pen to the stars in his pockets and his jingle bells hanging from his belt.

 I really like how these colors reside together, the warm reds and yellows against the cool blues.

 Inside my card I used Ranger Archival teal ink to stamp my sentiments, which are made by Casual Friday, Hot Off The Press and Hero Arts.

The back of my card uses my Lawn Fawn siggie stamp stamped with the Archival ink and one pretty large "snippet" of double-sided patterned paper that I cut into 3 pieces and used it all and both sides of it. Wish I could remember who made it. The strips at bottom are left over Lawn Fawn from making the front.

I have to admit, I wondered how these colors would work on a Christmas card. (Ya never know until ya try, right???) But....I likes it! I think the blue just lifts and brightens everything, as do the yellow touches. And it made me happy to color this Santa image up!

CHALLENGES:
1.  Outlawz Wednesday Sketch for July 24 - Aug. 6 - Sketch is shown above
2.  PaperBabe Stamps Challenge #99: Picture Inspiration - I used most of the colors, not the orange.  

3.  Jingle Belles JB:19:16: Blue Christmas
4.  Happy Little Stampers Christmas August: ACG + Opt. Jingle Belles - I have played the option. There are jingle bells hanging from Santa's belt.  

5.  Split Coast Stampers 2019 Christmas Card Challenge: March Bundle Up - Santa is bundled up.
6.  12 Mos. Christmas Link-Up #56: ACG + Opt. Sparkle, Glitter & Bling - I've played the option.
7.  Merry Little Christmas Challenge #13: August Anything Christmas Goes
8.  Passion for ProMarkers Wk 504: Going Dotty - my base paper mat has white snow dots and I have a few Nuvo drop dots
9.  A Bit More Time To Craft #97: Always AG
10.  Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge August AG + Patterned Paper

That's all for me this time. Until next time, stay crafty! XOX