A Retro Reindeer Christmas

Today I am showcasing this wonderful October 2021 release, Retro Reindeer (#SD1119) and two great sentiments, All is Calm (#SDX079) and Seasons Greeting (SDX158). I decided to showcase some stencils and a few different mediums while keeping a monochromatic look on each card.

My first card below was stamped on watercolor paper and colored in with Bermuda bay. Next, with the fabulous IZink Diamond glitter Paint in teal, I painted the antlers and the body with it. The background was inked in with Bermuda bay using the Dotty path stencil from ACLD. A couple rhinestones for interest and image popped on dimensionals.

My second card was stamped on watercolor paper and colored in with Inka Gold in gold. The sentiment was stamped and punched out and the gold was placed around it as well...layering with a black mat. Using the tree stencil, I painted the Inka Gold onto my background. The image and sentiment are on dimensionals.

My third creation I stamped the deer on watercolor paper and watercolored the image in red. The Big Splash Stencil from ACLD was used and I watercolored in red. 3 big rhinestones and a little one and the sentiment and image are on dimensionals.

My last card was done using a tannish/brown Zig watercolor brush marker for the anters and body of the deer. The background was done using a woodgrain embossing folder and then swiped with an antique linen ink pad....the main image and sentiment were swiped with it, too. Some organza ribbon and a banner sentiment.

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Here is the entire October release below...so wonderful! You can make some gorgeous creations for Christmas!

Have a wonderful day!

Pam

 

Retro Reindeer

Hello Friends!

I'm here today to share three pretty cards, using beautiful stamps from Technique Junkies.

I was totally smitten with #SD1119 Retro Reindeer the moment I saw it. I just knew that I wanted clean and simple cards, letting the image showcase itself! I make approximately 180 Christmas cards each year, and this may be what I make this year! Let me show you what I created!

For my first card, I though embossing and embellishing with silver on black seemed perfect, so that's what happened. The sentiment is from a wonderful new set #SS142 Light of Faith. I used a 5 x 7 card base, and cut a black focal panel and silver mat, a bit smaller than the card base. The deer and sentiment were heat embossed in silver, and a strip of silver Washi Tape (that resembles grosgrain ribbon) was added diagonally for some grounding of each stamp. The layers were assembled, and a beautiful card was finished!

This view just shows the shine a bit better...

I had printed some of this very light background paper for a workshop that a friend and I are teaching later this month, and fell in love with it. (It's actually digital dollhouse wallpaper!).

Short and sweet, the card base is light gray, and the image and sentiment (also from the #SS142 Light of Faith set) were stamped with black Versafine ink for a crisp image. This one will probably be our Christmas cards this year - I love the utter simplicity of it, and the sentiment really speaks to me. This will be the first Christmas that any of our family has been HERE for Christmas for many years!

I'm not only a Technique Junkie, but a Christmas Junkie, so this release has been SO much fun to work with!!! But...WAIT until you see next month's amazing stamps!

So glad you stopped by today!

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Be sure to head over to the Technique Junkies store and do a little crafty shopping!

Hugs and smiles,

Patti J.