Thursday, January 26, 2017

Six Prancing Deer

I'm playing along with Merry Monday Christmas Challenge again this week.  Deanne's challenge is to be inspired by this photo.
Although I wanted to eat those luscious sugar cookies (!)  my card design was inspired by that little reindeer with the wreath around his neck - pulling Santa's sleigh in the top right corner of the photo!
I made the little wreath by die cutting a 1" Pinked Circle Nestability and then punching out the center with a 5/8" circle punch.  I cut a slit in the wreath and wrapped it around his neck, taping it on the back.  I added 3 red rhinestones to the wreath and a black Tiny Twinkles for his eye. 
I then made 5 more cards, choosing some different patterned papers and stamping the sentiment on Sentiment Strips.  
The red DP on this one was inspired by the cloth on the tray in the photo.
The next I used a black DP.  The Prancing Deer is a Tim Holtz/Ranger die.  The sentiments are popped up on foam dots.
and a grey swirl DP
And here's the group of 6!
Also linking my card to:


Stamps:  Silent Night - PTI
Paper:  Vintage Cream, Pine Feather, Text Style Distressed Dots - PTI, Yours Truly/Echo Park 6x6pad.
Ink:  True Black - PTI
Accessories:  Pinked Circles Nestabilities, 5/8" circle punch - EK Success, red rhinestones, Black Tiny Twinkles - Taylored Expressions, Sentiment Strips Dies - MFT, Prancing Deer Die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix.

17 comments:

~amy~ said...

Such an awesome design!

Bonnie said...

Wow, look at you, Julia! Six wonderful cards! I love this deer die cut and the wreath around his neck is so perfect!

Karen Dunbrook said...

great cards mf.
xx Karen

Redanne said...

Wow Julia, you are making great progress with your Christmas cards, these are real beauties, I just love the deer, one of my all time favourites! Hugs, Anne xx

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Fab group of six, Julia - just love your reindeer with the wreath!!

Sharli Schaitberger said...

Wow - six cards!! The damask one would be my darling daughter's favorite - I am partial to the red! But all of them are outstanding! Nice work!!!! Hugs!

Marcia Hill said...

WOW...you really were inspired by this weeks challenge photo Julia! And I love all 6 of them too! Lovely, lovely cards!! Thanks so much for sharing with us this week at Merry Monday!! :0)

nancy littrell said...

How fun to get 6 Christmas cards done for next year! I love all your cards Julia. TFS Hugs..

Loll said...

Such a fantastic design and so cool how different they look by just changing out the patterned paper background! Great job making a set of six, Julia. Your Christmas stash is already big! xx

Susan said...

Julia, I love those six different designs! What a great way to use up a bunch of dp!! The reindeer is lovely with the wreath around his neck.

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

Your design for these cards is simply wonderful!! What a beautiful deer! Thanks so much for playing with us at Happy Little Stampers Christmas challenge!

ionabunny said...

Beautiful design. Love the deer and the wreath. Hugz

Debbie Henderson Debbie's Designs said...

Your pretty die-cut reindeer looks great on all of the designer papers. They are all my favorite, haha! Thanks for playing Merry Monday!

Kim Heggins said...

These are so beautiful. Love that sweet reindeer!

Deepti Aggarwal said...

Oh..Wow!! lovely set of cards...love the reindeer against beautiful pps..Thank you so much for joining us at Happy Little Stampers - anything goes with dies. Hugs xx Deepti

A Pink said...

Beautiful , each and everyone . Classy, stylish and elegant hugs x

Zora said...

Bautifull cards. Thanks for your participation in HLS christmas challange. Hope to se youb in outher next challande. //Zora