Santa and a Lamp Post

I struggled a bit getting inspiration from the new Peace on Earth mood board (see it at the end of this post).  I couldn't come up with an idea for a Christmas card with a nautical or beach element in it.  So instead, I went with incorporating the blue lamp from the top left image and the Santa dressed in non-traditional colours from the bottom left image.

The lamp post was stamped and heat embossed with a metallic blue powder but came out too grey so I went over it with a blue alcohol ink marker and got it quite close to the blue of the lamp in the mood board.  The Santa is a really old SU stamp.  He's heat embossed, then watercoloured with pearlescent watercolour paints.  I painted a bit of rough ground at the bottom and splattered with a bit of blue and gold.  And bordered with a gold shimmer cs that matches the gold of Santa's stars.

Here's the mood board.  Head over to Peace on Earth to see how the rest of the Design Team interpreted it.

Supplies:
Stamps - SU Star Santa, Penny Black lamp post, Art Impressions sentiment
Ink - Versafine Onyx Black
Paper - waterddolour paper, gold shimmer and off white cs
Size - 6x4.25"
Accessories - clear embossing powder, metallic blue embossing powder, blue alcohol marker, Yasutomo pearlescent watercolour paints