I was so honored when John, the owner of Dr. Digi’s House of Stamps<\/a><\/span> asked me to be a guest designer for him. I’d done a super fun Hello Kitty-inspired Killer Kitties<\/a><\/span> 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”<\/a><\/span> and he’s got such great style and attitude!<\/p>\n

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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:<\/p>\n

<\/a>Skin: E00, E01, E11, R30 (blush), R11 (toenails)
\nBeard, Mustache and Hair: W0, W1, W3, W5
\nSwim Trunks: R35, R37 and R39
\nSurfboard and Flip Flop Sandals: BG11, BG32, BG15, BG45 and N1
\nWand: Y13, Y21, YR21, and YR24
\nSunglasses: C9 with Uniball Signo White Gel Pen highlights and Ranger Glossy Accents for shine<\/p>\n

For the background, I blended on some Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Inks in Fossilized Amber<\/a><\/span>, Spiced Marmalade<\/a><\/span>, Salty Ocean<\/a><\/span> and Blueprint Sketch<\/a><\/span>. 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!<\/p>\n

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!<\/p>\n

CLICK the following picture to watch the tutorial start-to-finish video of creating this card:<\/p>\n

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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

This Surfin’ Santa card is being entered into the following challenges:
\nDigi Choosday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nABC Christmas Challenge U is for Upon and V is for Very Quick Challenge<\/a><\/span> – Santa standing upon the sand (hehehe)
\nSimon Says Stamp Wednesday Let’s Get Ready for Christmas Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nWord Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span> – WINNER<\/span><\/a>
\nCreatalicious Anything Goes with Optional Use Texture Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCute Card Thursdays Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nPause Dream Enjoy Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nLil Patch of Crafty Friends Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nThrough the Craft Room Door Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span>
\nCrafts Galore Encore Anything Goes Challenge<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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