Christmas Deer

 Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is Christmas with the option of patterned paper.

And here is the card I created:

I started with a sketch, as I usually do, and a scrap of gold glitter card stock that was left over after I die cut a scalloped border for a card I made a week ago.  Then, I headed to my patterned paper stash (ok, a new pad of Christmas patterned paper) and thought this green piece went nicely with my gold glitter.  I stamped the image with versamark and heat embossed it with a gold tinsel embossing powder.  It gave a really nice, pale, sparkly gold touch.  I then heat embossed my sentiment with a solid gold embossing powder--I wasn't sure the sparkles would work well for the sentiment.  Then, because the edges looked a little plain and I wanted to add some more gold touches, I heat embossed antique gold frantage embossing powder around the edges of the image panel.  In real life, there is a lot of gold shimmer and shine going on here.  I adhered my gold glittery scalloped strip and then added some cream linen (the scalloped strip is just peeking out below the ribbon) and finished it off with a bow and a button.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you head on over to The House blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has done with this challenge.  And if you "need" any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your entire order coupon code over in my lift sidebar.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Deer Family Silhouette" and "Christmas"

Dies: MFT "Stitched Scalloped Trim Trio"

Challenges:

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #171--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #221--sketch

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes

Fab n' Funky #541--anything Christmas

The Paper Shelter--celebrations

Creative Moments #228--anything goes

Aud Sentiments #289--Christmas/winter/New Year

Creative Fingers #220--anything goes

Cardz TV #155--anything goes

YNS--Sparkle and Shine

Sweet Stampin'--anything Christmas

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Cards Galore--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #65--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--Christmas

Sheepski Designs #57--embellish it (I used embossing powder, ribbon, button, twine and a glittery die cut border)

Creative Inspirations--Christmas time

Creatalicious #224--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas

Critter Crazy #57--anything goes with a critter as the focal

Merry Little Christmas #41--anything goes

Winter Wonderland--anything goes

Paper Funday #35--anything goes with the optional twist: holidays

Crafty Creations #428--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: any holiday

Crafting Happiness #118--anything goes