Christmas Smiles

 Santa gets his picture taken a lot over the Christmas season. Did you know he does practice photo shoots!?! 

Santa Portrait and Three Pane Santa from High Hopes Rubber Stamps have caught him having some fun and practicing to get his smile and the twinkle in his eye just right! 

After stamping and colouring my stamps I hand fussy cut each one and ran a black marker around the edge to get any white I may have missed. I added some Star Dust Stickles to the hats and set them aside to dry. Patterned paper from Photo Play was perfect for this fun design. 

I didn't have a polaroid die that was small enough for my design so I cut a piece of card stock to the size I needed and then used a square die to cut out the "portrait" space. 

My film strip die is larger then the three pane Santa's so I cut a strip of card stock and patterned paper and added the panes in kind of a faux film strip and added two of the three Santa's to it. The third Santa was added in the top corner with a banner die behind him. I did some creative masking to combine two different sentiment stamps to make the sentiment. 

Some ribbon, snowflakes, a camera charm and enamel dots finish off my card. 

Card Recipe 

Stamp: Santa Portrait, Three Pane Santa  - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Sentiment: Sm. Christmas Script, Sending Smiles - High Hopes Rubber Stamps

Patterned Paper: Kringle & Co - Photo Play 

Tuxedo Black Memento ink, Hammermill 100lb digital cover stock, film strip die - YNS, snowflake die - Memory Box, ribbon - stash, camera charm - stash, square die - Spellbinders, enamel dots, Star Dust Stickles

 Copic Markers:

Hats, Mitts, Suits - R24 R27 R37 R59

Faces - E00 E21 E11 R20 white gel pen

Beards - C0 C1 C2 

B00 

Thanks for stopping by! Have a super fantastic day!

Christmas in July - Santa Portrait

Hello High Hopes Fans!!!

 

Happy Saturday Friends! I sure hope everyone is enjoying their holiday weekend on both sides of the border!

This month we are showcasing some "Christmas in July" projects over at High Hopes.  So without further delay, here is my first Christmas card for this year...It's always nice to be ahead of the game and ready for the jolly fella's visit!

 Lisa

 

This is Santa Portrait (Q200), along with Christmas Joy sentiment (G115).  Such a cute Santa! 

 

The image was stamped on Xpress It cardstock with a Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad using my Misti Stamping Tool.  The image was coloured with Copic Markers.

 

For the card base, I chose some SU Night of Navy cardstock.  The designer paper is from Carta Bella - Warm & Cozy 6x6 Paper Pad.  Foam tape was used on this card to "pop" Santa out!   A piece of gingham ribbon was added behind the main image.  The sentiment was stamped with a versamark ink pad and heat embossed using black embossing powder. 

 

To complete this card, 3 white YNS gumdrops were added on top of the ribbon and Ranger-Ice Stickles (Crystal Ice) was used on the fur of Santa's hat to add a finishing touch to this simple, yet adorable Christmas card.

 

Supplies Used:

Ink - Copic Markers -  B37, B26, E01, E31, T1 and T2; Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad, Versamark Ink Pad and Black Embossing Powder.
 

Paper - Carta Bella - Warm & Cozy 6x6 Paper Pad; SU Night of Navy Cardstock; Xpress It Cardstock.
 

Misc - Misti Stamping Tool, Gingham ribbon (stash), YNS - White Gumdrops, Ranger-Ice Stickles (Crystal Ice), Foam Tape and Glue Dots.

 

Thanks for stopping by!  And be sure to stop by again soon for more ideas and inspiration!

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