Painful Santa

Have you ever started a card and NOTHING goes the way you want it too?  Hence the title of this card today!  Painful Santa.  I had plenty of ideas swirling through my head. I wanted to paper piece him using some of the beautiful pattern paper I have from Stampin’ Up!.  Each time I did it my Santa looked hideous.  So straight to the trash he went.  My friend Cathy was stamping with me and we laughed so hard at our creations because they were just that UGLY!  We kept telling ourselves, "How can two creative people create something so horrific?"  Well, we did.  After one hour of laughing at this crazy Santa we did come up with something we liked. 

This chubby cute Santa comes from the set Just Beclause (116640).  He is super cute and has loads of possibilities, except my brain was not working the way it should have the other night.  I also used the stamp set Four the Holidays (116921) for the sentiment at the bottom.  GREAT sentiment stamp set.  To create this card I used Black Craft ink to stamp the Santa and then clear embossed him on Kraft cardstock.  I colored him using a blender pen and inks.  I used my White Gel pen for the white on his beard and coat.  You will notice I used the Petals-A-Plenty Embossing Folder (116824) on the side of the card along with my favorite Taffeta ribbon…Kraft!  Lastly I added some buttons from the Playground Designer Buttons (116313).  I love BUTTONS!!  It’s another fun kick I am on! 

I hope your Sunday brings a little sunshine to your day.  It’s not looking very sunshiney here in Colorado but I have hope!