Silent Night

Hello, all!  Happy 4th of July!  I hope you all have a fabulous holiday!  Since it's Friday, it's time for another challenge from Christmas Stampin' All Year Long.  This week the challenge is to use your favorite color combo.  Our Sponsor is Emma Canning with her fabulous and adorable "Flat Friends" images.  I have a confession to make: I did not use my favorite color combo.  Nope, sorry.  But since it is the 4th of July, I HAD to use the red, white and blue combo.  See, it works for Christmas, too. (I have actually used if for Christmas cards before, and I do really like it--it's something different).

 I got to work with this adorable little deer.  He's so cute!  I did really have to resist coloring his nose red and making him into Rudolf. : )  When I received the image, I was a little unsure how to work with it, because there are two flowers with foliage growing by his feet, and these are not winter flowers people. So, I colored them with a straw brown color to simulate hay/dried grass and then added a little picket fence in front that mostly covers them up.  So, now I have an image that can be used for summer/spring AND winter.  I printed out a second image and used it as a mask so I could sponge in the winter sun and the hills.  Then I splatted on some white paint to make a gently falling snow storm.

So, now it's time to play along.  I can't wait to see what your favorite color combinations are; maybe I will get some new favorites myself.

Challenges:

Twisted Tuesdays #79--red, white, and blue with the twist of stars (my stars are small--in the blue border die cut)

Fab n' Funky #222--Christmas in July

The Squirrel and the Fox #73--Christmas in July

Christmas Card #31--anything goes

Card Mania #50--circles (I used a circle die cut, circles on my top paper and the blue enamel dots)

Tuesday Morning Sketches #256--sketch

 

Sweet Stamps #176--dreaming of snow

Loves Rubberstamps #110--anything goes

Tuesday Throwdown #202--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #158--red, white & blue

V's Sweet Ideas #25--red, white & blue

One Sweet Challenge--red, white & blue

Crafter's Cafe #70--red, white, blue

Supplies:

Stamps: Emma Canning "Deer Scene" digi;

Dies: Spellbinders classic circles, large; PTI "Fancy Flakes"; Verve "Scalloped Trim Trio" star border die; Sweet n' Sassy fence die