Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Hello and welcome! 

I normally would share my design team card for Allsorts challenge with you on Saturdays, but unfortunately I had to make the decision to leave the design team. There have been some technical difficulties with my card uploads and nothing I tried was of any help. When it happened again with my new card uploads I figured it must be an ongoing issue (whatever may have caused it) and I decided to step down. There is only so much research I can do about computer problems and it's been starting to frustrate me. Luckily I haven't had any issues on my personal blog so I will of course continue sharing here. 

So this card was actually made for Allsorts (before my upload issues started) for Mervi's fun theme of Santas, Angels and Elves and I had so much fun looking through my stamps to decide which Santa image to use. I actually colored up a few but haven't made them all into cards yet. 

This specific Santa stamp is from a set by Craft UK several years old. I have no idea where it was originally sold, as I found this set on eBay. I think this Santa Claus is so fun with his penguin friend. 

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I've been re-discovering my love for colored pencils, so this image has been stamped using  Versafine Onyx ink on  Bristol Vellum paper then colored with Faber Castell Polychromos pencils. I find Versafine Onyx does not smear at all when using colored pencils on Bristol Paper, while my usual Versafine Clair needs to be heat set or clear embossed. 

I fussy cut the image to use on the design using my Cutterbee scissors. For the background I decided to use some dotted pattern paper and a stitched border die (old - similar set) was used to make a snowy hill. 

The sentiment is from an old clear Penny Black Set - Holly Jolly. I added red grosgrain ribbon and a mini strip of striped pattern paper from my stash to finish off the card. 

Products Used:

Image stamp by Craft UK // Sentiment Penny Black Holly Jolly // Faber Castell Polychromos Pencils // Similar Stitched Border Die Set // Grosgrain Ribbon Option// Pattern Papers from Stash // Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush // Cutterbee Scissors //  Versafine Onyx Ink // Tombow Mono Multi Glue // Bristol Vellum Paper

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I'm linking up here:

Always Fun Challenges - Anything Goes // Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge  - Happy Holidays // Crafty Catz - Christmas // As You Like It Challenge - Snowmen or Penguis & Why (Penguins because I find them to be such unique animals, but can't deny that I also love working with snowmen stamps) // Cardz 4 Galz - Cute Christmas // C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas // Craft Rocket Challenges - Christmas // Crimbo Crackers - Christmas // Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Christmas // Allsorts Challenge - Santas, Elves and Angels