FS618 - Joy

Congratulations to this week's Splitcoaststampers' Featured Stamper, Victoria (aka Hawaiian). I chose this card as my inspiration:

I focused on Victoria's:
-Santa (where you can't see his face)
-snowflakes
-winter/christmas pattern
-sequins

I changed:
-no shaker
-stamped pattern
-die cut sentiment

I started with this adorable Gnome (with matching die) from Picket Fence Studios. I am loving all the gnomes this year - I had no idea I liked them so much!

I stamped him with Catherine Pooler Twilight ink onto white cardstock. After I inked and before I stamped, I used my finger to remove most of the ink on the pattern that is on his hat - I wanted a solid red hat.

Then I did some no-line colouring. The red was pretty simple, but when it came to his 'white beard', I was concerned at how dark the Twilight outline was. I just kept filling in with darker and darker Warm Gray markers until it 'disappeared'.

For the background, I used Essentials by Ellen's Plaid Maker set  with red cardstock and Versafine Clair Nocturne ink to create a buffalo check. I made it bigger than I needed, so I could centre the pattern on the square (I'm picky like that!). I cut some snowflakes from Pop Up Mittens and my sentiment using the Classic Block Alphabet dies (you may recall that I lost my 'y', so I bought another set. I thought for sure that would 'help' me find the lost y, but not so far! lol!)

I added some Sparkling Clear Confetti sequins for a touch of sparkle.

Here's a quick video:

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