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Showing posts with label Santa Claus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santa Claus. Show all posts
Sunday, November 30
Tuesday, November 19
Day 19 - "Q"
I've used this cute image of Santa in his quilted coat for today's card.
You can find him over in the freebies section along with lots of other Christmas images.
YOUR TURN: Create a card or papercraft project using the letter "Q" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
quilt, quilted paper, quote, quilling, quill, quiet, quarter fold card, quad twisted easel card, quatro fold, quartz
Digital Stamps:
Saturday, November 2
Day 2 - "B"
Bargello is a great technique for using up paper offcuts, and it also happens to begin with the letter "B", which is handy in an alphabet challenge. But just to be on the safe side, I also coloured dear old Santa with blue, black, brown, and beige markers.
YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "B" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
Blitzen, boots, bows, box cards, bendy cards, building block cards, bleaching, beads, brads, burnishing, blue, brown, black, baubles
Digital Stamps:
Wednesday, October 23
Merriest Christmas
I kept things simple today with a no-line colouring image of dear old Santa painting a cute little duck, some embossed panels and a happy sentiment.
Products:
Monday, October 7
Nicholas Claus
To create this card, I used a small portion of one of the images from the new Nicholas Claus set. I increased the size of the image, then removed the section I didn't need with photo editing software, before printing with light grey ink that's barely visible once the image is coloured.
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Wednesday, February 7
Santa's Hat
Although we're well and truly out of the holiday season, I still wanted to show you my method for colouring Santa's hat on a piece of kraft cardstock. I did two versions, one in the traditional red we all know and love, as well as a blue and brown version for when Santa feels like travelling incognito.
1. Start by printing the hat on a piece of kraft cardstock, and add one of the matching sentiments if you wish. Add a light layer of white pencil to the entire image.
2. Using a black or very dark grey pencil, add in some shadows, concentrating on the areas behind the fur and in the folds of the fabric.
3. Use your darkest red (black raspberry) to increase the size of your shadows. Feather the colour outward as you work by reducing the amount of pressure you place on the pencil.
4. Add a layer of your mid-red (crimson lake), applying a little more pressure to the shadow areas and a little less pressure to the highlight areas at the top of the hat and in the middle section.
5. Blend everything together with your lightest red (poppy red).
6. Use the black pencil to add some shadows to the fur. Keep the pressure very light when colouring over the white, you barely need to touch the surface.
7. Now build up the highlights with some more white. You can apply more pressure here as the fur is actually white in colour too.
8. Add a shadow beneath the hat using a dark grey (French grey 90%), then feather it out a little with a slightly lighter colour (French grey 70%). The shadow will help ground the image.
9. Mount the image onto a piece of red cardstock and then onto a kraft base card.
Digital Stamps:
Saturday, November 25
Day 25 - "V"
To give my image a vintage vibe, I selected earth-toned markers for everything except his beard, which was coloured with warm greys. I also brushed a little ink around the edge of the image panel before removing the cutting die.
YOUR TURN: Create a card using the letter "V" as your prompt.
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INSPIRATION WORDS:
Vintage, Vixen, visitors, view-master card, Venetian blind card, velvet, vermilion, violet, verdigris, vellum
Digital Stamps:
Tuesday, November 21
Sunday, November 19
Day 19 - "Q"
Quilting is my go-to for the "Q" prompt, and although I do have a few images that feature quilted fabric, I decided to alter Santa's coat instead. I've added a few images at the end of the post for anyone interested in the process.
YOUR TURN: Create a card or papercraft project using the letter "Q" as your prompt.
Click on the link below to add a photo of your creation to the challenge:
INSPIRATION WORDS:
quilt, quilted paper, quote, quilling, quill, quiet, quarter fold card, quatro fold, quartz
Digital Stamps:
Tuesday, November 14
Saturday, November 4
Wednesday, November 1
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