Santa Making a Delivery

Hi everyone.  Today I've had fun with another of my new Stamping Bella stamps.  This is called "Sneaky Yeti" because originally where was a Yeti peeking out from behind the cottage.  I masked him out.  I wanted to focus more on Santa, even though it's a small part of the image. :)

I'm playing along with Christmas Craft Creations this month where they want to see Christmas Characters.

I started by stamped my image onto mixed media paper in permanent black ink.  Heat set to make sure the ink was dry before watercolouring with distress inks.  My main colours are Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles, and Mowed Lawn.  Once I had finished watercolouring with those colours, I used the leftover ink to create a smooshed background for my card.  An easy way to tie the colours all together.

I finished watercolouring and then fussy-cut the image.  I stamped the sentiment in red before assembling the card.  The main panel is popped up for dimension, as well as the fussy-cut image.  To finish I splattered with diluted white gouache paint, and even though I masked off my sentiment, it managed to get underneath and blur the lettering a bit.  Grrr!  I'm just going with it! :)

I've added a few finished touches such as gray shadows on all the snow area, followed by clear wink of stella --- love the shimmer of the snow!  Also added crystal drops to the Christmas lights and the windows to make them shine.

Close-up ...

Since this is a new-to-me stamp, I'm entering this card into the NBUS #17 Challenge gallery.

This was so much fun to make!

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Sharing a couple of Jessie photos :)

Jessie loves sticks! (photo by Alejandro Garcia)

Jessie so dog-tired she didn't notice her head was on the floor :)

Products
Sneaky Yeti (Stamping Bella)
Merry Messages (Lawn Fawn)
Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media paper (140 lb.) - Blick Art Materials

Stamps:  Sneaky Yeki (Stamping Bella); Merry Messages (Lawn Fawn)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Black (Versafine); Distres Inks:  Evergreen Bough, Pine Needles, Mowed Lawn, Candied Apple, Aged Mahogany, Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs (Tim Holtz); Smoky Slate (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Water mister, water brush, Clear Wink of Stella, Crystal Drops (Nuvo)

Challenges:
Christmas Craft Creatons July Challenge - Christmas Characters
NBUS #17