Extreme Close UP!!!! Yeah, because that entire image is very small. I tried to make this card last year and wasn't happy with it. I only revisited it after failing with my first choice card this year. Sometimes you just can't force it.
And here is the load I made - I forgot to take the photograph before I had addressed them to go out, but wanted this photo for prosperity!
In the end I made around 80 nearly identical cards for my mass production. Even streamlining as much as possible, I guesstimate that each card took around 30 minutes to complete from scoring, cutting, stamping, coloring, embossing, masking, stamping, embossing. All those little steps take time. I think I timed the coloring taking me about 7 mins per card. That's why I had to do the extreme close up to appreciate the little bit of shading and texture I did in that image. Even using warm grays for the fur and cool grays for his beard. Then coloring the whole Santa image with Versamark to emboss it.
I did some test runs before I decided on the final finish of the card and although to be honest the embossing was a pain in the bum, it definitely needed it to give that final finish to the card.
Ingredients
Card size - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2";
Cardstock - Recollections 110lb white;
Stamps - Whispers;
Ink - Memento: tuxedo black, cottage ivy; Versamark pen;
Color - Copics (warm gray, cool gray, skin tone, blush tone, green, 2 reds (one for shadow), gold tone, darker gray)
Accessories - Clear embossing powder, Stamp-a-ma-jig, small T square.
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