Miracle of Christmas

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!! And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

I spotted this card on Pinterest a couple weeks ago, and I was inspired to put my own twist on it for this challenge:

 I used my mini MISTI to stamp my deer family first.  It took a couple of stampings to get a nice, dark image, but that's the beauty of the MISTI!  Then I masked off the ground directly beneath the deer and used the pine tree stamp to create my forest.  I stamped some of the trees directly, and some after stamping off once or twice to create a difference in depth.  Then I masked the moon with a punched out circle and used SU!'s Brocade Blue to sponge in the night sky.  When I removed the moon mask, the moon was a bit too bright, so I sponged some light gray ink on it to soften the look.  Then, I splatted some watered down white paint to give the look of snow.

After, I removed the ground mask, I sponged on some glue on the ground and added some fine glitter to make a snow covering.  I'm really please with how this turned out!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.  AND right now, there is a HUGE sale going on--Wendy is looking to clear out her show inventory.  So head over and see.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Deer Family Silhouette", "Large Pine Tree" and "May the Miracle . . ."
Dies: MFT "Stitched Scallops"; Marvy Uchida 1" circle punch

Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #46--fully loaded or CAS (I went with CAS)
Christmas at Sweet Stampin'--anything goes with the optional twist: snow people (I did not use the twist)
Sparkles #103--It's snowtime
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round--add a tree
Power Poppy Creative Spark--shimmer
Crafty Calendar--anything goes
Brown Sugar #292--anything goes
Creative Inspirations--something seasonal
Creatalicious #169--add some sparkle
Creative Craft Cottage #121--Christmas
2 Crafty Critter Crazies--anything goes
Merry Little Christmas Challenge #13--anything goes
Cardz TV #96--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #112--anything goes
CAS(E) This Sketch #336--sketch

Cut It Up #181--outdoor fun
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #452--anything goes with the optional twist: embossing (I did not use the twist)
Simon Says Stamp Monday--S is for? Snow and sparkle