Peaceful Deer Merry Christmas

Sale-a-bration is almost over, so I pulled out some SAB products. This is a card  I came up with.

The Real Red card base is matted with Basic White and then Peaceful Prints DSP, free 12 by 12 DSP with a $60 order. This DSP, although it has Christmas patterns on one side, the patterns on the other sides are neutral enough to be used year round.  But for today, because this is a Christmas card, I used the Red plaid with white snowflakes. This could be used for a masculine Christmas card.

Before adding the focal image, I added a 1 1/2" white glimmer paper (retired) banner. The snowflakes tended to over whelm the focal image so the banner minimized that.

The background for the art piece image is an Oval die cut with two different sizes of the Layering Oval dies.  The smaller of the two was die cut with the DSP that looks like birch bark; the larger mat oval in Early Espresso cardstock.  Some trees were stamped with Garden Green ink towards the bottom of the oval.

The deer was stamped twice both with Early Espresso ink- the outline stamp first  followed by the solid patterned stamp.  The image was then punched with the Deer Builder punch and using dimensionals it was added to the oval background looking like it was flying through the sky.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set.

Supplies Used:

Stamp:  Peaceful Deer

Inks:  Early Espresso, Garden Green

Papers:  

Real Red  4 1/4 by 11 scored at 5 1/2" card base

Basic White (2 pieces) 4 by 5 1/4" - one for inside; other for mat of DSP

Peaceful Prints DSP 3 3/4 by 5" -added to Basic White on card front

Dazzling Diamond Glimmer Paper banner:  1 3/4 by 4 `1/2" 

Accessories:  Layering Oval Dies, Deer Builder punch, Triple Banner punch, Dimensionals

Peaceful Deer in Welcoming Woods

 It's been a while since I posted in my blog.  I had neck surgery 2 weeks ago and have been unable to sit up for any length of time.  I am still in quite a bit of pain, but feel well enough to sit in my comfy chair and type this post. My stitches have yet to be removed but I am getting more mobile every day.

Today was the first day in a long time that I was able to sit at my craft table and create something. So I pulled out a card I had started before my surgery.  The silhouette of the birch trees in the Welcoming Woods stamp set really intrigued me  bringing back memories of strolling in the woods near my home.

Before I had surgery I had made several cards featuring the Welcoming Woods stamp set, placing the trees against a brilliant sunset.  But today I want to do something different...

I've also been playing with the Peaceful Deer stamp set, and my something different was to use the two stamp sets together in a card for the holiday season.

Here's what I did:

Using the stamparatus, the silhouette of the trees was stamped using Whisper White ink onto a 3 1/2 by 4 3/4" piece of Misty Moonlight card stock.   I did this several times to get good Whisper White ink coverage.  Then I did the same with the horizon stamp moving it up and down to get a well defined horizon.

Once the ink was dry, I stamped the leaves with Whisper White ink and again with Misty Moonlight ink.

Then using a fine tipped black marker, I drew bark lines on all the birch trees and some of the branches, and with a blender brush applied some Whisper White ink below the trees.  Tiny stars between the branches were made using a fine tipped white paint pen.

At this point I decided to bring in the deer and the bunny.

On a separate piece of Basic White cardstock, the image of the deer and bunny were stamped using Black Memento ink and coloured them with Stampin' Blends. I also stamped 2 clusters of trees from the Peaceful Deer stamp set using Misty Moonlight ink. And because there are no dies for these images, I fussy cut them.  

The deer was added using liquid glue; the trees and bunny with dimensionals.

Then using a Smokey Slate marker, I drew footprints and shadows under the trees.

A sentiment was stamped with Misty Moonllght ink on Basic White, and punched with the Everyday Label punch.  It was added to the top of the image piece, and die cut snowflakes were added on either side.  On top of the larger one I added a bow made with some 3/8" white organza ribbon coloured with a Misty Moonlight Blend,

The completed art piece was adhered to a 4 by 5 1/4" piece of Dazzling diamond glimmer paper and then added to a Misty Moonlight card base.
                                                                                                         

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Peaceful Deer, Welcoming Woods

Inks:  Whisper white, Misty Moonlight, Stampin' Blends (Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Basic Black for the deer; Smoky Slate for the shadows and the rabbit; Misty Moonlight and Whisper White for the trees)

Papers:  Misty Moonlight, Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper, Basic White

Accessories:  Everyday Label Punch, Fine tip black marker, 3/8" glitter organza ribbon, dimensionals, glue dots, So Many Snowflake dies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

A Wintery Moon - Hand Stamped Sentiments #368 - Another Mini Catalogue Sneak Peek

 This card, featuring two new stamp sets, one from the Annual Catalogue, and  the other from the new  Mini catalogue. was made for the sketch challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments. The Elegant Evergreen stamp set from the current Annual Catalogue is available now; the Peaceful Deer starting August 3.

I am fascinated by full moons on wintery skies, so the circle on the card sketch became just that - a full moon. Looking back on the finished card, the moon could have been a bit smaller and probably would do that in a future card.

But back to the beginning.....

To start I embossed the front flap of a Thick Back White  A2 card with a now retired Winter Snow Embossing Folder. 

On  a separate piece of  Basic White card stock, I marked off where the moon would be and die cut a circle to act as a mask.  I die cut a second circle but in Basic White card stock.  Daffodil Delight was lightly added to this die cut circle. and would be added over the masked off area.

With the mask in place, a  blender brush was used to apply 3 shades of blue in the following order:  Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, and Night of Navy. Some Daffodil Delight was added to the sky above where the moon would be.

On the left upper sky, a cluster of snowflakes were embossed with White embossing powder.

Using the tree stamps from the Evergreen Elegance set. a large and a small tree were stamped using Evening Evergreen ink and fussy cut.  A little bunny from the Peaceful Deer set was also stamped, coloured with Smokey Slate 'blends' , and fussy cut.

The sentiment, stamped with Smokey Slate ink,  was punched at both ends using the Lovely Labels Pick a Punch Punch.

Putting the card together.......

After adhering the sponged sky about an inch from the top fold, the moon was added in the penciled off area. On the bottom of the moon, towards the right, the large and small trees were added, with the little bunny on the ground near the base of the smaller tree.

The sentiment was added over the bottom edge of the sponged art piece.

To finish the card, some Elegant Faceted dots were added to the front in random places, and.... some Clear Wink of Stella.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Evergreen Elegance, Peaceful Deer

Inks:  Elegant Evergreen, Pool Party, Balmy Blue, Pacific Point, Night of Navy, Versa Mark

Papers;  Thick basic white, Basic White 

Accessories:  White embossing powder, blender brushes, Layering Circle die, Lovely Labels Pick a Punch Punch, Winter Snow embossing folder, Elegant faceted gems.

Here is another card I made using the same sketch, only in Monochromatic tones of gray and white.