Vintage Santa Christmas Watercolor 11×14
Nostalgic Santa.
I am getting soooo in the Christmas spirit!
We have had snow and unseasonably cold temperatures lately; and I have to say, I have been loving it!
Ever since I painted my Vintage Santa Face watercolor, I have been itching to do another vintage Santa painting.
So I did! And here he is!
Ho Ho Ho!!
So much fun!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
Vintage Santa Face Original 11×14 Watercolor by Jodi McKinney
Vintage Santa Face Watercolor.
Hi Friends –
It’s been a hot minute or two (aka almost a month!) since I’ve posted here on my CreativeLifeInBetween blog.
And I have to admit… I have really been enjoying the blogging break.
I have been enjoying lots of time with family and friends and keeping busy at work.
I’ve cried tears of sorrow and loss with a few friends/family who have lost parents recently.
I’ve cried tears of joy as friends celebrated homecomings and moves.
I’ve cried tears of frustration at myself for making stupid mistakes.
I’ve smiled so hard I thought my cheeks would break seeing first time “school” pictures of my sweet grandie girls.
I’ve celebrated and toasted new beginnings and successes with my adult kiddos.
I’ve laughed so hard with friends, it made all the frustrations of the day disappear.
In other words, I’ve been living every day to the fullest and cherishing the moments.
And this weekend, I found time to play in my art room, and I created this Vintage Santa Face Watercolor Painting that I have to say I am sooooo pleased with it makes me smile!
My DIL, Colleen, and I are ramping up and getting ready for our biggest sale of the year at the Mars Fall Craft Show being held Saturday, November 23rd at the Mars High School and Christmas Open House at Berry Vine Gifts November 15-17. If you are near, we hope you will come see us. If not, feel free to check out our McKinneyX2Designs Etsy shop!
We’re also getting ready to celebrate a special birthday for a 3-year old girl and her 61-year old Pap! (Both who I love more than life itself! <3)
Hope you are all doing well!
Sending Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
PS I’ve been posting more on Instagram if you hang out there and would like to follow.
I sadly needed a sympathy card for a special co-worker friend.
I hope he and his family feel the heartfelt hugs I sent when they receive this card.
This card was a labor of love and a combination of water coloring and stamping.
I first dropped some green watercolor paint into the bottom left corner and then blew through a straw to push it up to resemble blades of grass. I then brushed watercolor paint onto the Stampin Up Too Kind flower stamp and lightly stamped it, letting it loosely spread.
The “hugs” sentiment is from the Paper Smooches Sentiment stamp set. I love the font, and this set has a bunch of other fun ones I’m sure you’ll be seeing in future cards. I finished it off with some “signature” jodi splatters, then distressed the edges of it and some complimentary colors of card stock. I wrapped it with some linen thread and adhered it to some vanilla cardstock.
Cheers & HUGS & Happy Friday,
Jodi
This card was one of those projects that just evolved….
I had no idea where I was going with it, but I love how it ended up.
I felt like just splashing some watercolor on paper.
I wanted to get “wild and crazy” and just tear the paper instead of cutting it.
After the watercolor dried, I stamped Penny Black’s Letter Stamp on top.
I then heat embossed Hero Arts’ ferns on top of that.
Then I splattered…
and I sponged the edges…
and I wrapped with some SU linen thread and a wooden button.
For the inside, I painted some “leftover” watercolor paint onto the Hero Arts Fern stamp. I LOVE how it turned out.
Then, I used the Paper Smooches Happy Birthday Sentiment on top of it.
It turned into a birthday card for a very special brother-in-law.
I hope he feels the love and passion that went into each step of the creation.
Kinda like the love I feel for him. 🙂
Happy Birthday Ron! May your birthday be as special as you!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
P.S. I am entering this card in the CanYouCaseIt Designer’s Choice Challenge this week (CYCI#66).
I’m on a vintage kick now since The Paper Players Challenge got me wound up last week (when I made this card that Claire kindly picked as her “Cut Above” – thanks Claire! 🙂 )
It’s been a busy week, so I was excited to wake up on my own at 4:30am on Thursday to get an hour or so in for stamping and crafting before starting the day.
(I know – very strange – but it is that [er ahem] ‘vintage’ here-she-goes-again phase of life where I am waking every night around 3 or 4am and often can’t get back to sleep…. )
You know – like everything else these days – I blame it on the meh eh eh eh eh menopause (sung to the tune of “Blame it on the Alcohol”).
This week is a Color Challenge (PP221) at The Paper Players to use Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, and Mossy Meadow to create any type of card. Well the colors lead perfectly into Christmas, and Christmas leads perfectly into Vintage, and Vintage leads perfect into Hello Doily (again) and Stampin Up’s Wondrous Wreath! I also discovered that Just Add Ink has a Texture Challenge (JAI#240), so I thought I would play along with that too since my card certainly has a lot of “texture” to it with embossing, die cut, brad, bow, and layers. 🙂
With some Pinterest inspiration I discovered from Maggie Patterson @ I Love Papercrafts, I created this version:
For my stampin’ friends: To make this card, I started with SU Very Vanilla for the Card Base, then added SU Typeset Specialty Designer Series Paper (DSP) framed in black and sponged on the edges to vintage up, along with curling up a bit. The wreath and bow are stamped with Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler on Very Vanilla also, then die cut out. The doily was done by stamping SU Hello Doily with Versa Mark on vellum paper, then sprinkled with white embossing powder and heat embossed. I fussy-cut it out – a bit tedious, but love the results. I also sponged with brown around the edges of this faux doily to vintage it up (as well as every other piece on this card). The banner and Joy sentiment were done with the SU Under the Tree Specialty DSP. Topped it all off with an Antique Brad and linen thread bow, and Voila – another Christmas card ready for someone special – because I kinda love this one…. especially considering it was done on one cup of coffee and even before the sun came up 🙂 .
Have a wonderful Friday and weekend!
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
I couldn’t wait to make a card for The Paper Players Challenge (PP220) this week! The theme is Vintage, and I love making vingtagy cards!
I needed a thank you note for a special someone for something special, so I couldn’t wait to start vintaging up a card. (Do you like the vintage adjective and verb I [ahem] created?!)
And the SUOChallenge (SUO109) is to make a Thank You card, so I am submitting this card for that challenge too. Bonus – a twofer! 🙂
Stampin Up’s Hello Doily and Dress Up Framelits seemed the perfect start. I had seen some great inspiration on Pinterest done by Lyssa Griffin Zwolanek and Cheryl Garratt that gave me bits and pieces to create my final Vintage Thank You Card. I used the distressing tool to rough up the edges and sponged with crumb cake and and soft suede brown inks. I used SU Flowering Flourishes to stamp onto the dress form. A little lace, an antique-look button, some linen thread and lots of little pearls all added embellishment to finish up the vintageness. Finally, the sentiment is from SU Petite Pairs.
Whadayathink???
Girly girly – eh?
I kinda love it. Hope my special someone does too :).
Cheers & Hugs,
Jodi
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