Hey, hey!
I've been wanting to take this wizard from the Impronte d'Autore Always Believe in Magic set and turn him into a Father Christmas image for almost a year now, really ever since I got this set from Crafty Purple Frog, who has a nice selection of Impronte d'Autore clear stamp sets. Besides giving him Christmas colored robes, the only alteration I made was to sketch in the staff and lantern that he is holding. I think he definitely captures that old world charm as he makes his way through the snow on this Christmas Eve night. I don't know what it is, because I have plenty of actual Christmas stamps still waiting to make it onto cards but it is especially fun to take a non-holiday stamp and turn it into a magical Christmas card like this. :)
Stay crafty my friends!
Supply list:
cardstock- Papertrey Ink and Catherine Pooler
stamps- Impronte d'Autore (Always Believe in Magic), My Favorite Things (sentiment), Waffle Flower (postage collage winter)
ink- Memento tuxedo black and london fog, Versamark watermark
Hero Arts detail white embossing powder
Spellbinders hemstitch rectangle dies
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Pear Blossom Press gold gel pen
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
beard- C1, C2, C3, N4
clothes- E40, W1, W2, W3, R24, R46, R59, RV99, G24, G46, BG99, YG67, Y02, YR23, E47
staff/lantern- E44, E47, E49/Y000, Y00, Y02, C3, C5, C7, C9
sky- BV23, BV25, BV29