Sunday, January 10, 2021

Happy Anniversary, Deer

I made this card for my son and daughter-in-law for their anniversary.  They live in a log home on a mountain in the woods and they have a herd of deer behind their house that visit them daily, so I use deer on many of the cards I make for them!

I cut a panel of water color paper and stenciled over it using Falling Trees Embossing Folder from Sizzix using Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink. Next, I smooshed the panel into Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink on my craft mat that I had spritzed with water.  Then I smooshed just the top half of the panel into Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink on my craft mat, also spritzed with water.  

The trees are die cut from green card using Woodlands Thinlit dies from Sizzix. I adhered them to the dried inked panel.  The deer are die cut from brown Kraft Core Coredinations paper using Reindeer Flight Bigz Sizzix die.  I also sponged them with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and added black enamel dot eyes.  I adhered the darker deer to the panel and then adhered the lighter deer on foam dots.

I'm linking my card to:

The Male Room Challenge


Stamps:  Hero Arts
Paper:  Watercolor paper - Canson Cold Press, white, New Leaf - PTI, brown and tan Kraft Core Coredinations.
Ink:  Ranger Distress Walnut Stain, Carved Pumpkin, Ranger Distress Oxide Peeled Paint, Leaf Green Wendy Vecchi Archival.
Accessories:  Falling Trees Embossing Folder - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Reindeer Flight Bigz Die, Woodlands Thinlit dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, enamel dots - Altenew. foam dots.

10 comments:

Mac Mable said...

Where your son and daughter-in-law live, sounds wonderful x.
Such a thoughtful idea to use the deer for them. The background of the card looks fabulous and the design and the deers look amazing Julia x.

Dotty Jo said...

Stunning card, Julia, they'll love it! Jo x

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just love your pair of deer, Julia, and what a gorgeous background!!

Christine Alexander said...

Love this Julia, gorgeous background for the deer :)

Trina P. said...

Wow!... incredible smooshed background, Julia. The deer theme is perfect for them.

Susan said...

Love those happy prancing deer! And what a wonderful background. How perfect for your son and daughter-in-law!

Bonnie said...

What a fabulous background, Julia! I love all the texture and mix of colors! Your deer look quite happy frisking about! A great anniversary card!

Loll said...

Beautiful card for your son and DIL's anniversary. I love the earthy colours you've used for your trees and background. The bright orange at the bottom adds some lovely brightness. How cool to live where deers come by for a visit each day! xx

Lady Joyful said...

Lovely anniversary card. I like the colourful background. Thank you for joining us at The Male Room - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT

Sari / Granne said...

You have created such a beautiful forest scene. Thank you so much for joining us in our Animal challenge at The Male Room. I hope to see you in our new Steampunk challenge.