To finish off my Christmas cards for the year, I present this simple reindeer card that uses vellum (why do I always forget I own this?), random scraps of DSP, and some retired candy dots.
Today's card is all about featuring the beautiful bold stamps from the Merry Patterns stamp set. I decided to let the stamps shine and only add some background DSP for color.
I went simple with today's card focusing on stamping instead of techniques or layering. I started with my sentiment and then added the falling snowflakes around it. I love the layered stamping. To finish off the card, I added a strip of ribbon and a layer of DSP.
For this card, I wanted to use the sentiment mitten from Smitten Mittens. Unfortunately I realized that my Cherry Cobbler ink pad needs to be reinked. I managed to get a decently saturated image for this card, but I need to add reinking to my to-do list this week. I can't survive Christmas without Cherry Cobbler. It's hands-down my favorite Christmas color. After stamping, I had a die cut mitten to complete the pair and then started added DSP layers. I finished off the card with a piece of retired Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine.
For this card, I CASEd this great card from Cindy Lee Bee Designs. These mittens are so much fun! And I love the repeating mitten pattern in the DSP piece. But my absolute favorite part of the card is the Cable Knit Embossed piece. Love love love the texture!
Today's sketch comes from July 2016:
Here's what I originally did:
I love all the great patterns in the Be Merry DSP pack, so this was the perfect sketch to choose a ton of patterns and layer them. I added a simple sentiment with great stitching. For embellishments, I added the very versatile White Enamel Shapes and a piece of retired ribbon. The Gumball Green ribbon is a different color, but I love how it plays off the Garden Green in the paper.
Today's sketch comes from June 2016.
And here was my original submission for the sketch:
On to my reimagined Christmas card... I flipped the card onto it's side after realizing the pieces I wanted to include wouldn't quite fit vertically. Once I realigned my thinking, I got to stamping and cutting! I love my new little reindeer stamp! He's just so cute! For this card, I stamped him in Black, layered some trees in Old Olive, and (hard to see in the picture) added some sparkle with Wink of Stella.
