Wednesday, July 21, 2021

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 Calendar--anything goes
Creative Craft Cottage #142--Christmas in July












Kat Scrappiness--monochromatic
Crafty Creations #423--anything goes











STAMPlorations: Summer anything goes













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

19 comments:

Donna said...

Very striking Christmas card, great coordination of papers!

Patti J said...

Beautiful card, Heather! Love the pretty papers, and the masculine feel - it's so tough to create man cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

Glittered Paws said...

Love the stag head - goes perfect with your DP and pinecones. Surely a masculine feel to this card. Love the red pearl as well.

Lady Joyful said...

This is a really lovely, rustic design. Thank you for joining us at Christmas Craft Creations - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT

Doreen said...

This is just gorgeous,love the design,thanks for sharing with us this week at Crafty Catz.xxx

Donna Scholz said...

Great holiday card, Heather! I like the little red dot for the deer's nose. Thank you for sharing your card and creativity with us at Double Trouble!!! -Donna

Kathie said...

A perfect Christmas card Heather, with a few alterations this would also be perfect for a masculine birthday card. I find masculine cards so hard to create. I have my son's 20th card to make before next Friday so I'll have to get my thinking cap on and let my creative juices run wild. This is a great card and thanks so much for sharing it with us over at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck.
Hugs
Kathie SSW2~DT
New Zealand

Laurie Unger said...

Wonderful "rustic" holiday card. Love the dp and the fussy cut pine cones and twine are spot on for this!

Chris said...

Love the design and colours used, a definite masculine feel to this fabulous Christmas make. Thanks for sharing at Crafty Calendar this month.
Chris
x

Doris Klein said...

Wow.. that's really nice! Love the wood and the papers! Typical masculine card!
Thanks for playing along with our Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 and good luck!

Hugs and please come back soon!
Doris
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Suzanne Reynolds said...

Lovely layout and great background paper for your deer and pinecones... beautiful card. Thanks for sharing with us at Double Trouble and why not add your card to Heart2Heart as they waived their Close to My Heart product as a requirement, I’m sure they would love you to enter. http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/2021/07/christmas-in-july.html

Kellianne said...

I love the rustic feel of your card and those pinecones are gorgeous! So glad you played along with us at Double Trouble for Christmas in July! :)

Suze said...

Beautiful card Heather. Great idea to tie bows on the pinecones. Thank you for entering the Die Cut/Punch Challenge at CHNC.

Inkami said...

Gorgeous earthy tones on this fab rustic design!

Helen said...

A great card - thanks for sharing it with us at Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge.

Helen x
DT

Cindy Groh said...

Cute guy card.

Sheri Gilson said...

Lovely Christmas card! Thank you so much for playing along with the Kat Scrappiness July Card Challenge!

Michelle B. said...

Fabulous creation, those papers are perfect and LOVE the red nose. So glad you joined us for our ATG Challenge at CCC!

Nancy said...

Very nice! Thanks for playing along with us at Christmas Craft Creations!