As many folks face another Nor’easter in March, it got me thinking about the only thing I love about winter, and that’s Christmas! When our family gets together its always about good food, dancing and singing, so when I saw this super fun Katzelkraft “Christmas Gangnam Style” stamp set<\/a><\/span>, it went on the top of my wish list. I mean, this image is EVERYTHING, right?!<\/p>\n

<\/a>I also got a chance to re-evaluate some more Arteza products<\/a><\/span> (I’ll be sharing a full separate video review of these in a following post). In short, I LOVE the Arteza Fineliner Pens<\/a><\/span>. To color up this image, I used 8 of them: brown, tan, yellow, red, black and three greys and a fine point Arteza water brush<\/a><\/span> to blend out the inks for a watercolored look. Getting into tiny nooks and crannies of the image was so easy with these fineliner pens!<\/p>\n

I also used the Arteza Arctic Blue (117) Real Brush Pen<\/a><\/span> and a water brush to create a soft blue haloing background. For some highlighting details, I used a Uniball Signo White Gel Pen<\/a><\/span> on the sun glasses, noses, hooves, boots and gloves; and I added some magical shimmer to the antlers and Santa’s white fur trim with a Clear Wink of Stella Pen<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

For the card front, I used scraps from my scrap box from a 2012 Recollections Christmas paper pad called “Memories Never Melt” and inked the edges with some Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Faded Jeans<\/a><\/span>. For a little sparkle, I added a thin strip of silver glitter washi tape on one side. To add the look of a film strip cell (like this was a pic from a music video – hahaha), I used one of the Neat & Tangled Tiny Cuts border dies<\/a><\/span> on the two sides of the image, again inking the edges with more Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Faded Jeans<\/a><\/span> to maintain a cohesive look.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Inside the card, I used the remaining scraps of the Recollections patterned paper from my scrap box. To make it a little more festive, I doodled some bursting stars with the Arteza Black Fineliner Pen. Then to drive home the fun Gangnam Style theme, I used Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder<\/a><\/span> on a scrap of dark blue card stock to heat emboss the sentiment from the stamp set. I cut it into a simple banner shape and added that as the final touch on the card liner.<\/p>\n

Disclosure<\/span>: Many of the supplies I\u2019ve used for today\u2019s project are linked.\u00a0Some 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<\/em>!<\/p>\n

Arteza Coupon<\/span>: If by chance you want to purchase any Arteza products<\/a><\/span>, you can use the COUPON CODE (BOE-TOZ-460) for 10% off.<\/em><\/p>\n

The following is a video sharing the coloring of this image:<\/p>\n