Hawaiian Holiday - So Santa Cards

Aloha! I love warm weather themed Christmas cards! After spending 20+ years of having white Christmases I've moved back to warmer weather and split my time between So Cal and Hawaii. So while I enjoy making the traditional snowflakes and mittens type cards, I really love when I can use a tropical twist on holiday cards.

This stamp from the So Santa set is a favorite.  As soon as I saw it I knew it would pair perfectly with the Tropical Chic set I already had.  Since these cards are for the color challenge at Splitcoast Stampers I had to stick with the challenge colors of Blushing Bride, Melon Mambo and Pear Pizzazz plus neutrals.

I used an Aqua Painter and also a blender pen for the tight areas to water color the main image. The Night of Navy (a SU neutral this year) is used very lightly in the background for the sky.  I stamped and cut the flowers using the pinks and I cut the foliage from Pear Pizzazz card stock and sponged the edges with the same color ink.
I wanted this to have that vintage Hawaiian feel so I used Crumb Cake to distress the edges of both the Santa panel and and the wood grain DSP.

Since I had colored a second image (in case number one didn't turn out) I made a second card that is a bit more clean and simple.

To get the water color look on the foliage I misted the stamp with water after inking it but before stamping giving it a watery look.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today and MELE KALIKIMAKA!

Supplies:
Stamps:
So Santa
Tropical Chic bundle
Dies:
Stitched Shapes
Ink:
Blushing Bride
Melon Mambo
Pear Pizzazz
Crumb Cake
Smoky Slate
Night of Navy
Paper:
Wood Textures
Tropical Escape
Accessories:
Aqua Painter
Blender Pen

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