Friday, December 8, 2017

Tube-a Santa

I managed to get a card made today and you will very likely think this is an unusual card. I made it to join in the Holiday Chaos at Bugaboo for one last time. Didn't make the entire week but I did what I could. So in our town we have a group of people who call themselves The Tuba Santas and during Christmas time they dress up like Santa Claus and play their tubas throughout town. So the Day 5 challenge was to make a humorous card using this picture as inspiration.

So Bugaboo has a line of Santa images that are tropical oriented and I went to look at which ones I had of the Tropical Santas. I ran across Tropical Santa Tubing. Then I got to thinking about how I could make it funny. So I created the sentiment on my computer and I'll send it to one of our Tuba Santas in town because no one else will get the joke. At least I don't think so.


The sun is a stamp from Spellbinder's called Sunny Days. I stamped it with Squeezed Lemonade and then Mustard Seed distress ink. I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches. I picked orange for his hat, swim suit and the base card because that's a summer color for me. Since I made his nose pink (for a bit of sunburn) I inked the sentiment with Picked Raspberry distress ink. I added some Crystal Stickles on Santa's hat. I am entering these challenges:
That's it for me today and probably into next week. I have a busy weekend. Twins coming tomorrow and I'm having dinner for some friends on Sunday. I'd love to get my Christmas cards out by next week so that's a goal for the weekend too. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my unusual Christmas card. Snow also predicted for tomorrow and the weather has turned blustery cold here. Hope you are toasty warm wherever you are! Have an awesome weekend!

Donna


11 comments:

Lisa Lynn said...

Donna, love the coloring and the glitter on the hat. Thanks for joining us at the Holiday Chaos 2017 Humor Me Challenge, Lisa Lynn GDT.

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

oh. my. goodness.

I absolutely love LOVE this card. It is funny - hilarious to think of Santa tubing - and minimalistic yet amazing!

Pam said...

This is so cute, I'm sure your friend will love it! Love the added sparkle on Santa's hat!
Pam
scrap-n-sewgranny.blogspot.com

Jane said...

Wonderful to see a hot weather Santa scene. Fun card. Thanks for joining in with AAA Cards Christmas Challenge.

Pia S said...

Such a fun card for the intended receiver, I'm sure it'll be much appreciated:) So glad to see you participate in our Christmas chaos event over at Catch the Bug, good luck in the challenge!

MaryH said...

Both of these cute cards made me grin! I especially love your sentiment on #1. YOur Tuba friends will definitely get a chuckle from this card, and since I'm an ex-Floridian, I also loved the Tube-ing Santa! Clever ways to use these fun images. TFS & Hugs

Ceal said...

How fun! thanks for joining us at AAA Cards!

LucieGCards said...

What a fun festive card! Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Cards!

Narelle Farrugia said...

Ha! I adore this Santa! This image is just the cutest and perfect for our Aussie Christmas! Thanks for joining us at FMS this week!

Elizabeth Hart said...

Great fun with the Santa tubing - Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Pile it On Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)

Julie Odil said...

This is so very fun! Thanks for joining us this week at QKR Stampede! Julie, DT member

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