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Mele Kalikimaka Is Merry Christmas in Hawaiian! | CraftyPaws

I was so honored when John, the owner of Dr. Digi’s House of Stamps asked me to be a guest designer for him. I’d done a super fun Hello Kitty-inspired Killer Kitties Halloween project for him last year, so this time I perused his huge inventory of digis and fell in love with a few Santa images. This first project is “Surfin’ Santa” and he’s got such great style and attitude!

After uploading the image into Microsoft Word and lightening and de-saturating the image, I used the following Copic markers to color up Surfin’ Santa for some no-line coloring:

Skin: E00, E01, E11, R30 (blush), R11 (toenails)
Beard, Mustache and Hair: W0, W1, W3, W5
Swim Trunks: R35, R37 and R39
Surfboard and Flip Flop Sandals: BG11, BG32, BG15, BG45 and N1
Wand: Y13, Y21, YR21, and YR24
Sunglasses: C9 with Uniball Signo White Gel Pen highlights and Ranger Glossy Accents for shine

For the background, I blended on some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Fossilized Amber, Spiced Marmalade, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch. They blended beautifully and each color transitioned into the next to create a fuzzy out-of-focused looking background that could be the sand, ocean, and sky behind Surfin’ Santa. I also sprinkled on some water to the darkest area and blotted the water droplets with a tissue to achieve a splattered, watery look. I popped up Surfin’ Santa with some double sided foam adhesive over top, and that’s it!

The inside of the card I simply printed out on my computer onto some yellow copy paper, “Mele Kalikimaka!” which means, “Merry Christmas” in Hawaiian. I fussy cut out a small image of a surf board and bicycle leaning on a palm tree that I had in my stash, and I adhered that to the lower left corner. Then to make it truly festive, I added red gems/bling stickers to the palm tree to make the mini-scene Christmas-y!

CLICK the following picture to watch the tutorial start-to-finish video of creating this card:

Disclosure: Many of the supplies I’ve used for today’s project are linked. Some may be affiliate links, which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. I truly appreciate your support toward the costs of running this blog!

This Surfin’ Santa card is being entered into the following challenges:
Digi Choosday Anything Goes Challenge
ABC Christmas Challenge U is for Upon and V is for Very Quick Challenge – Santa standing upon the sand (hehehe)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Let’s Get Ready for Christmas Challenge
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes ChallengeWINNER
Creatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Use Texture Challenge
Cute Card Thursdays Anything Goes Challenge
Pause Dream Enjoy Anything Goes Challenge
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge
Through the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge
Crafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge

 

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