Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #585. Anything with paper!

 Have you ever wondered why Santa is always in red and white?  I decided to find out.  Here are the results. 

Santa Claus's iconic red and white outfit is largely thanks to American culture and the Coca-Cola Company!

The modern image of Santa as a jolly, bearded man in a red suit with white fur trim was popularized in the 19th century. Thomas Nast, a political cartoonist, created many of the early illustrations of Santa Claus for Harper's Weekly in the late 1800s. However, it was Haddon Sundblom's Coca-Cola advertisements starting in the 1930s that really solidified this image. Sundblom's Santa was depicted as a cheerful, plump man in a red suit with white trim, which matched Coca-Cola's color scheme.

Before these influences, Santa Claus's attire varied in color, often depicted in green, blue, or brown. The red and white ensemble stuck in popular culture, and now it's hard to imagine Santa in anything else!  Ai helped with this answer.  

So lets see who the sponsors are for my un-santa like creation!

The Paper Shelter

Polkadoodles

Such a wonderful surprise.  Two heavy hitters in the digital stamps and supplies trade.  Love them both!  Please go show some love and say a thank you for a great year of sponsorship.

Here is my project.  I was selected to created with The Paper Shelter.  I chose Here is Santa.  Let's get started!

Card base is hot pink.  Mat is sky blue with a background of
purple snowflakes.  I colored Santa using my Castle Art Gold
oil based colored pencils.  I did NOT want to do a traditional
Santa.  I think I accomplished it!

Here is the inside.

Back of card.  The mailing envelope is royal purple.

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge only has one more challenge for 2024 on December 4th.  I do hope that you and yours have a very Happy Thanksgiving (usa).  I will see you in a fortnight for the last challenge of the year.  So from my heart to yours,

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe and know you are blessed!

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #584 ATG

 Hello all! I have two very cute gnomes to show you today.  But, I have no idea what 'crackers' are.  Can someone help?  Oh well, let's see who our sponsors are.

Alex Syberia Designs

Sheepski Designs

Our sponsors for this challenge are wonderful.  Love working with both of them.  Please go give them some love and say a quick thank you!

My project is from Sheepski Designs and is called Crackers #253.  Here we go!

I colored the gnomes with my generic markers that i bought on 
Amazon.  Next I paper pieced the cracker.  I looked at pics
and I guess that there is a little surprise inside.  Cool!  The
card is hot pink card.  Next layer is from paper that I have had
since the start of this card making journey.   The final layer
is a piece of confetti paper to add a festive vibe.

I was gifted this printable paper from The Paper Shelter a few
holidays back.  It fit perfectly with my card layout.  The 
Merry Christmas is a metal die from amazon. 
 (can you tell I like Amazon?)

The back.

Well that is it for the challenge.  I will be back in a fortnight with another image.  So for now, stay safe, stay healthy and know you are blessed!

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #583 Anything Goes

 Alright, can anyone tell me where the rest of October went?  Gosh, Halloween is next week.  I am ready and I actually decorated.  Not like I used to but just the mantle.   Looks nice.  I make little Halloween baskets for the neighborhood kids to keep up the good relationships with the parents.  Never know when you will need a little help (especially with hubby).  Here are the sponsors!

Mirtillamente Craft Shop

Patties Creations

Patties Creations and Mirtellamente are really fantastic designers.  They both have images that are funny but also some that are serious.  Go say thank you and leave some love please.

On to my project.  We don't have large family dinners.  It just mom and dad and the girls.  But I do like to create place holders.  Each year is different.  So for 2024 I have used an image from Patties Creations that is titled Pumpkins with Vines.  Here we go!

First off I colored each pumpkin with the favorite color of the
person.  My name is Jana and my favorite color is Pink.  I found
some stick on letters in my file cabinet.  Put one on each.
You can't really see but I did make vines out of brown pipe
cleaners and attached them to the back to act as vines.  I think 
they turned out pretty cute.  The background is a table cloth that
I put on the table at Thanksgiving here in the USA.  

That is it for this fortnight.  Next up is another great project from another great sponsor.  Thanks you for visiting.  From my heart to yours, 

Stay Healthy, Stay Safe and know you are blessed!