Santa Paws Christmas Card

Hi there! I’m Claudia (@mrsclocards) and I welcome you to another Color Me Happy Wednesday! Today I wanna share with you this holiday card I made using many Heffy Doodle supplies including the Yappy Happy Mail stamps and dies set, the Wanna Build a Snowman stamps and dies and the Santa Village stamps and dies set. All the other supplies are listed on the rest of the blog post!

This card required a lot of work and imagination but it’s the type of card I love the most!
First of all, I stamped all the images on a sheet of Heffy Doodle Alcohol marker friendly cardstock using Memento Rich Cocoa ink and I used the matching marker to draw the Santa suit on the biggest dog.

Here’s a list of where all images come from:
– DOGS and LETTER: Yappy Happy Mail stamps and dies
– SNOWMAN, SCARF AND HAT, STAR: Wanna Build a Snowman stamps and dies
– TREES, tall pile of GIFTS and CANDY CANE: Santa Village stamps and dies
– SLEIGH/WAGON ans its PRESENTS: Farmyard Fun stamps and dies
– GIFTS: A Little Shellfish stamps and dies, Koality Hugs stamps and dies
The Santa hat and the bottom of the sleigh are from other companies’ stamp sets.

I colored all images using Copic Markers (E10s, R20s and BG10s), I added details with a white gel pen and I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out. I created the sleigh using the wagon from the Farmyard Fun stamps set (I just masked the wheels) and I hand draw the missing parts. I fussy cut the scarf and the hat and I used them to turn the puppies into perfect holiday characters! Later I used white paint to add little splatters to the images for a snowy effect.

For the background, I trimmed a sheet of Heffy Doodle White Cardstock, I used the biggest Imperial Stitched Rectangles die to cut it out and I ink blended it using Distress Oxide in Black Soot, Uncharted Mariner and Salvaged Patina. I splattered it with white paint and set it aside to dry. In the meantime, I die cut the Rolling Hills Landscape die on the other half of the sheet and I used the biggest Imperial Stitched Rectangles die to cut the hills out for matching the background. Once I did it, I used glue and Chunky Glitter for adding sparkle to the edge of the hills; I also die cut a Fence Border from kraft cardstock and I used a white gel pen to draw the snow.

I chose a sentiment from the Holiday Sentiments Duo stamp set and I heat embossed it on a piece of cardstock (previously ink blended with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina) using gold embossing powder, then I used a More Strips of Ease similar die to cut the sentiment out and I attached it over a red cardstock strip.At this point, I glued the hills to the sky and I used foam squares to add all the colored images and die cuts. Finally I glued the card over a striped card base-you can make you own by using the Candy Store (Thin Diagonal Stripes) stencil.

Thanks for reading and happy crafting!
Claudia