Happiest Holiday Release Previews ~ Flowering Santa

It's day 4 of the Power Poppy Happiest Holiday 2017 previews!!  I hope you have been enjoying a small peek into all the new sets.  What's really cool, is we're only half way!!!  And today, we're sharing, what I think is the sweetest and most charming Santa EVER!!!  I mean, who thinks of putting flowers and leaves in a Santa's beard?  Marcella of course!!  She is so creative and clever and I LOVE how she thinks out of the box!!

I chose to use soft colors for this Flowering Santa; soft blues, violets, pinks, yellows and grays
And don't you just love his laugh lines?!?!?!  He just oozes "jolliness".

I cut him out and burnished the entire image, popping up the flowers and his mustache.  You can see the dimension a bit more below.

He's popped up over a stitched diecut frame, and I added some Glass Effect Gel (Viva Decor) along with some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to the snowflakes (in the background) and the flowers and Holly leaves.  

I did some ink isolation with the sentiment to break it up and make it horizontal instead of vertical.  For a tutorial on how to do that easy-peasy, click HERE.

Copics ~ B01, B00, BV31, YG11, YG000, C2, C0, R20, E11, E00, E000

That about sums up today's project.  If you haven't already, you'll want to check out what the rest of the gals have done with this charming fellow:

Allison Cope
Christine Okken
Julie Koerber
Stacy Morgan 
Tosha Leyendekker---you are here

I hope you are enjoying all the peeks!!
  Happy Stamping!

 

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Stamps:  Flowering Santa (Power Poppy)

Paper:  X-Press It, Cozy Christmas (MME)

Ink:  Tuxedo Black (Memento)

Dies:  Stitched Rectangle Die (Waltzingmouse), Snowflake Borderabilities (Spellbinders), Stitched Oval Window (Die-namics)

Accessories:  Copics, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter (SU!), Quickie Glue Pen, Dimensional Tape (Scotch)