{"id":815,"date":"2009-12-17T03:39:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-17T08:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=815"},"modified":"2019-11-25T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T21:09:19","slug":"santas-startling-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/12\/17\/santas-startling-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"Santa’s Startling Confession"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Xmas-1995\"<\/p>\n

This was my Christmas card from 1995 when the airwaves were filled with the likes of Jerry, Sally, Leeza, Maurie, etc. and their carnival of guests who would gleefully bare their wretched souls to hooting and hollering audiences.<\/p>\n

This was done with brush and ink on paper. I think this piece represents the last time I ever used shading film. The lettering was done in CorelDraw on a Packard Bell 386 PC that I got from a mail-order catalog. I printed the type out on a laser printer and pasted it into the illustration. The illo was then copied in RED<\/strong> on cardstock. I worked at a place with terrific copiers. It was an awful place to work, but the copiers were great! Perks of the job!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This was my Christmas card from 1995 when the airwaves were filled with the likes of Jerry, Sally, Leeza, Maurie, etc. and their carnival of guests who would gleefully bare their wretched souls to hooting and hollering audiences. 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We call them Drawer Cards. Earlier Tina presented her Valentine to me, and here is my rebuttal.","rel":"","context":"In "Drawer Cards"","block_context":{"text":"Drawer Cards","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/drawer-cards\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/card-out-02-14-2024-valentine-pattern.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/card-out-02-14-2024-valentine-pattern.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/card-out-02-14-2024-valentine-pattern.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/card-out-02-14-2024-valentine-pattern.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43957,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/10\/19\/amethysts-and-orchids\/","url_meta":{"origin":815,"position":2},"title":"Amethysts and Orchids","author":"Joe","date":"October 19, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"In the event of birthdays, anniversaries and a few other holidays, Tina and I exchange cards we make for one another.","rel":"","context":"In "Drawer Cards"","block_context":{"text":"Drawer Cards","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/drawer-cards\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/JW-28TH-ANNIVERSARY.jpg?fit=850%2C850&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/JW-28TH-ANNIVERSARY.jpg?fit=850%2C850&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/JW-28TH-ANNIVERSARY.jpg?fit=850%2C850&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/JW-28TH-ANNIVERSARY.jpg?fit=850%2C850&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":864,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2010\/02\/03\/threes-a-crowd\/","url_meta":{"origin":815,"position":3},"title":"Three’s a Crowd","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"February 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's a card I did back in the late-'80s\/early '90s that crams together three holidays. 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