Shimmery Trio of Dashing Deer in Winter Woods

The Shimmery White embossing looks much prettier in person and I like it with the Gray Granite card

 I've decided to throw in some extra inspiration - a Christmas present if you will!

Three looks using the same basic ingredients and method.

Basically the same card, just stepped up a bit by creating the layer on the Thick Whisper White base card

Onto Gray Granite cardstock, the image from Winter Woods was stamped with Versamark, sprinkled with Shimmer White embossing powder and heat embossed.

I then applied versamark to the lower section direct from the pad and Shimmer White heat embossed.

Just for a bit more depth and interest, I stamped some more trees with Versamark and left them as a watermark.

Then I added the deer (they were leftovers from previous projects!).  The Dashing Deer was stamped with Golden Glitz metallic ink (I find using the Stamparatus helps as I can stamp twice to reinforce the shimmery colour) and then cut out with the coordinating Detailed Deer die.

Stepped up just a little more:  One more layer, a different tree image and shadows created with directional use of the Versamark pad

I used the birch image for this one.  To give the impressing of tree shadows, I swiped my Versamark pad diagonally and sparingly and then added extra Versamark to the foreground using horizontal strokes with the pad. Then heat embossed again with Shimmer White embossing powder.

I'll be relaxing on Christmas Day and I'm pretty sure you will be too!  So my next post will be on Friday 27th December.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!  HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Winter Woods Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$40.00

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Detailed Deer Dies

$59.00

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$19.25

Versamark Pad

$16.50

White Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Heat Tool

$50.00

Stamparatus

$85.00

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Gray Granite A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Whisper White A4 Thick Cardstock

$14.25

Basic Gray A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Dramatic Dashing Deer

Who knew? - Tidying up my table and using up leftovers produced a dramatic Christmas card!

I love the dramatic combination of red, black and gold!

It's that time of year now when I start sorting through the mess that has become my crafting table during the flurry of Christmas card production.  So, I found the Golden Glitz Dashing Deer in one corner and the off cut of Gold Foil Sheet in another - a pile of ribbons somewhere in the middle and a spare piece of Real Red in a drawer!

The clean up continues!

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products available for purchase from my online store

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$19.25

Basic Black A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Real Red A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Gold Foil Sheets

$8.75

Black 1/2" (1.3 Cm) Satin Ribbon

$12.25

Stitched Rectangle Dies

$61.00

Feels Like Frost Set of Christmas Cards - Quick and easy!

Simple and quick Christmas card using the Feels Like Frost paper and Christmas Gleaming bundle

I needed to make a lot more Christmas cards and I still had loads of Feels Like Frost Specialty Designer Series Paper.  I hadn't really used the photographic side of the papers and discovered that it was a perfect way to create some pretty but simple cards VERY quickly!  Perfect!

Same paper, different orientation and the addition of an Ornate Frames die

This time I used the Dashing Deer stamp set, coordinating Detailed Deer die  and a Glimmer Paper "star"
using a die from the Detailed Deer set 

I matched this piece of the paper with Merry Merlot ink and cardstock

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All available for purchase from my online store

Feels Like Frost Specialty 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper

$25.00

Christmas Gleaming Bundle (En)

$86.25

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Detailed Deer Dies

$59.00

Night Of Navy A4 Card Stock

$15.25

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Merry Merlot A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Merry Merlot Classic Stampin' Pad

$13.00

Ornate Frames Dies

$59.00

Silver Glimmer Paper

$8.75

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Golden Glitz Dashing Deer

A Dashing Deer Christmas card with a Golden Glitz watercolour background

In a previous post I shared how I made some Golden Glitz watercolour backgrounds.  This card uses another piece of the background.

I stamped the deer onto Blackberry Bliss card with Golden Glitz metallic ink (using my Stamparatus so that I could overstamp for better coverage) and cut it out with the coordinating Detailed Deer die.

I gold heat embossed the greeting and cut it out with one of the Merry Christmas dies, deciding to sponge the edges with gold ink to soften the look.

As always, I cut out the centre of the Gold Foil layer for use in another project.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products are available for purchase from my online store

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Detailed Deer Dies

$59.00

Stamparatus

$85.00

Golden Glitz Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$19.25

Gold Foil Sheets

$8.75

Blackberry Bliss A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Versamark Pad

$16.50

Gold Stampin' Emboss Powder

$10.50

Merry Christmas Dies

$49.00

Brightly Gleaming Dashing Deer

A simple Christmas card featuring Dashing Deer stamp set,
coordinating Detailed Deer die and Brightly Gleaming paper

This is one of my favourite simple Christmas cards and is really quick and easy to replicate for mass-production.

I used the Stamparatus to stamp the Dashing Deer onto Pretty Peacock cardstock with Celestial Copper metallic ink.  This allowed me to overstamp to ensure a good coverage of ink.  Once the ink was dry, I then cut out the deer with the coordinating Detailed Deer die.

A quick, mass-production, alternative would be to cut out as many of the deer as required and then use this method with the Stamparatus to stamp the die cuts.

To obtain the stitched frame, I cut a rectangle of Copper Foil sheet a little larger than a Stitched Rectangle die, then centred the die and cut.  This left the frame for use on this card and a rectangle for use on another project.

I also removed the centre of the Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper for use in another project.

I cut a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock to fit inside the stitched detail and then adhered the deer.

Thank you for visiting.
'Til next time!
Stephanie

Product List - All products available for purchase from my online store

Dashing Deer Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$38.00

Detailed Deer Dies

$59.00

Stamparatus

$85.00

Brightly Gleaming Specialty Designer Series Paper

$25.00

Celestial Copper Delicata Metallic Ink Pad

$19.25

Copper Foil Sheets

$8.75

Pretty Peacock A4 Cardstock

$15.25

Very Vanilla A4 Card Stock

$17.00

Stitched Rectangle Dies

$61.00