Christmas Deer

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps.  This week is: Christmas in July.

And here is the card I created:

I found a sketch I wanted to use and then remember this stag head die that I have that I had yet to use.  Then, I found some rustic papers and went to work.  I stamped, colored and fussy the cut out the pinecones, adhered them to the card and added some twine bows to dress them up.  I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of vellum that I wrapped around the oval the deer is mounted on.  I added a little red pearl to his nose and then added three more for embellishment.  In the photo below, you can see the shine from the gold embossed sentiment and the sparkle of the gold glitter paper behind the brown ribbon.

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 "Pine cone" and "Christmas"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Ovals, large"; STAMPlorations "Two Reindeer Dies"

Challenges:

Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes

Love To Craft Challenge Blog #60--anything goes

Crafty Calendar--anything goes

Creative Craft Cottage #142--Christmas in July

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #36--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #210--sketch

Kat Scrappiness--monochromatic

Crafty Creations #423--anything goes

Christmas Craft Creations--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #221--Christmas in July

Cute Card Thursday #690--anything goes

STAMPlorations: Summer anything goes

Winter Wonderland--Christmas music or songs (Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer)

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #212--anything goes

Crafty Catz #560--anything goes with the optional twist: Christmas in July

Cardz TV #145--anything goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #551--anything goes with the optional twist: punch/die

Double Trouble #89--Christmas in July (Thing #1: Christmas; Thing #3: ribbon and/or bow)