…everything is softer and more beautiful

Sharing what could quite possibly be the only individualised Christmas card I make this year featuring the cute Little Reindeer stamp from Gerda Steiner Designs.

For my layout I’ve followed the current sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch, I just made it into a square instead of a rectangle.  I used layers of mats for interest and some messy foiling and embossing (see a great YouTube on this technique by Dawn Woleslagle here) for my background.

Over at The Paper Players they have a colour palette to play with.  I’ve used the Seaside Spray and Crumb Cake as my cardstock layers.  I tried to get a brown that was similar to the Crumb Cake to colour up my cute little reindeer.  I did add a couple of other colours in the lightbulbs and decorations hanging off his antlers and I couldn’t help but do his nose red for the most famous reindeer of all!  Instead of colouring the lightbulbs that were part of the stamp I’ve stuck some Darice mini ones over the stamped ones for my only embellies.

As I’ve featured one of her gorgeous stamps on my card, I am also linking this up at Gerda Steiner Designs where they always play anything goes.

Speaking of anything goes challenges, that’s always our theme at Bizzy Bec’s too.  So why not link up a project and be in the draw to win five digi stamps of your choice.  You can find our December challenge here.

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Stampendous! Embossing Powder ~ Detail Silver

Embellishments

Make it Crafty Chipboard Single Layered Word ~ 2" Merry

Inks & Paints etc

Copic Multiliner ~ sepia

Stampin’ Up! Stampin’ Pad ~ Seaside Spray

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Antique Linen, Black Soot, Brushed Corduroy, Candied Apple, Pine Needles & Spun Sugar

Tsukineko Ink ~ VersaMark

Papers

Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock ~ Marshmallow

Close To My Heart Cardstock ~ White Daisy

Couture Creations Foil ~ Silver

Lawn Fawn Fawndamentals Sparkle Cardstock Holiday ~ Silver

Stampin’ Up! Cardstock ~ Crumb Cake & Seaside Spray

Uniquely Creative Cardstock ~ Bookingforld Watercolour Paper

Ribbons & Trims

Darice Mini Garland ~ Light Bulbs

Stamps

Gerda Steiner Designs ~ GSD612 Little Reindeer

Stampin’ Up! ~ 150496 So Many Stars

Challenges

Thanks for stopping by!