Peace on Earth

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is a Designer's Choice Challenge and Shirley has chosen: I'm in the Dark.

And here is the card I created:

I did a lot of ink blending on this one, and my fingers were blue to prove it!  I started off by heat embossing the 2" circle silhouette stamp on white card stock with clear embossing powder.  Because I only inked and embossed it one time, the impression wasn't completely solid, and it really gave the texture that you see when you look at the moon.  Then I used a LOT of blueprint sketch Distress Oxide ink to create the background.  I added in a little bit of dusty concord Distress Oxide and finished around the edges with some black soot Distress Oxide.  To create my forest, I started by stamping the trees with a medium gray ink, stamping a second time before reinking to achieve more depth.  Then I switched to using the black soot Distress Oxide and stamped off on a piece of scrap paper before stamping on the card panel, then use the black soot without stamping off first.  This allows the darker trees to really come to the front and the lighter ones to fade off making it look more like a forest.  I left a little space for a clearing where I would be able to stamp my deer.  He is really part of a three piece family, but I cut the stamp apart so I could use only the stag.  I spritzed on some shimmer spray and used a white gel pen to dot "snow" all over the panel.  I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle and adhered it to a dark blue card stock.  I finished it off by heat embossing the sentiment with silver embossing powder on a little dark blue banner.

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 photo.  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" I used only the stag, "2 in. Circle Silhouette", "Large Pine Tree" and "Peace"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Crimbo Crackers #212--anything goes

Cardz TV #120--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #501--anything goes with the optional twist: include a reindeer

Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #129--anything goes

Make My Monday #128--CAS

Cards Galore #178--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #41--anything goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #25--anything goes

Dare 2B Artzy--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #426--KISS (keep it simple sister)

Crafty Sentiments--anything goes