Happy Holidays...

Hello there!

I'm getting into the holiday spirit with this week's Scenic Saturday post over on the Bellarific blog. Curvy Girl Loves Santa is such a sweet way to dive into Christmas crafting.

The Curvy Girl Loves Santa stamp features this festive curvy girl getting a hug from jolly ol' St. Nick and because the image is nice and large, it easily becomes the focus of any card you use it on. Because of this I felt like concentrating most of my coloring time on the characters themselves and keeping their background simple. While Santa is decked out in his traditional red velvet suit, Curvy is feeling a bit sassy and girly in her bubblegum pink ensemble, complete with candy cane striped stockings. Together, they make a pretty pair posing together on Christmas Eve. The hallway they are standing in was done by coloring the wood flooring in by hand, then masking it and Santa and Curvy so that I could air brush the wall in a very light grey. Before removing the masks I then stamped the wall with a lined background stamp to add some design to the wallpaper behind them. With the festive scene complete, I glued it to a card base of dark green to match the stripes before adding a sentiment from the Be Merry Sentiment set on a lifted strip. Some die cut holly leaves and red pearl 'berries' are the perfect finishing touch for this happy holiday duo.  :)

Stay crafty my friends!

 

Supply list:
cardstock- Bazzill and Copic X-Press It 
stamps- Stamping Bella (Curvy Girl Loves Santa and Be Merry Sentiment set), My Favorite Things (Simple Lines Background)
ink- Memento tuxedo black, Catherine Pooler spruce and Papertrey Ink pure poppy
Papertrey Ink mini scallop frame die
Memory Box holly dies
Spectrum Noir clear glitter pen
Sharpie extra fine white pen
Kaiser Craft pearls
Copic markers:
skin- E000, E00, E11, E04, R00, R20
santa hair/clothes- C0, C2, C3, W1/E40, E41, W2, 0, R24, R27, R29, R59, T5, T7, T10, Y02, YR23, YR24, E47, E34, E57, E44
curvy hair/clothes- E50, E53, E23/E40, E41, W2, 0, RV10, R81, RV32, RV34, W00, W1, W2, R24, R27, R29, R59
gifts- C1, C2, C3, YG23, YG25, G07, G29/R24, R27, R29, R59, YG23, G07
floor- E31, E34, E35, E42, E43, E44, E47
wall- E81, W2, W3