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Monday, 14 February 2011

Reindeer games

Hazel's challenge this week over on Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge is to feature a creature on your card.

I chose this elegant reindeer and gave him a snowy landscape (torn cardstock) to leap across on this teeny weeny card (it's a 3 inch square). The stamp set has one snowflake stamp and the dot but I used a separate sentiment set and that also has a snowflake so you can mix them up to create a bit more variety.

The antlers are beautifully delicate but would be a nightmare to cut out so I stamped the reindeer first on the card base and then stamped again on a scrap of cardstock and cut him out, chopping off the antlers. The head and body are raised with a scrap of cardstock underneath for a tiny bit of dimension with the hooves stuck directly to the card base.

Stamps:
Holly Jolly Christmas and Season’s Greetings (Technique Tuesday)

Paper:
Kraft (actaully a file folder chopped up)
Cryogen white

Ink
Adirondack in by Ranger (Espresso and Latte)
Colorbox Pigment ink by clearsnap (Frost White)

Other:
E35 marker by Copic
White pencil by Prismacolor
Detail white embossing powder by Stampendous
Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers
Nail art gems

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16 comments:

  1. Anonymous14 February 2011 at 09:03

    love this card...everything is just spot on

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  2. Laura Tee14 February 2011 at 10:44

    Lovely card! Such a clever way to add dimension to the reindeer, too.

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  3. cookcreateread14 February 2011 at 11:08

    Gorgeous Joanne! You think up such lovely things!

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  4. Hazel14 February 2011 at 12:23

    You certainly do think up lovely ideas, Joanne - I love the way you stamped the reindeer first to get the delicate antlers (must remember that tip). Thank you for joining in my CHNC challenge 7 - hope to see you again soon. x

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  5. Kathy14 February 2011 at 13:08

    Lovely card Joanne - great idea for getting round the antler-cutting-out problem!

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  6. salamanda14 February 2011 at 15:31

    Great card and admire you working on Christmas cards. We have a rule in our house to not discuss Christmas until Halloween is over but it does make it all a bit last minute.

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  7. Scrappy~Sarah14 February 2011 at 18:27

    Beautiful Card, love the reindeer

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  8. Anonymous14 February 2011 at 19:04

    Lovely card, I was just wondering how you'd managed such delicate antlers but you very kindly shared the technique...

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  9. Lucy Edmondson14 February 2011 at 19:13

    Brilliant! The trick with the antlers is spot on!

    Lucy x

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  10. Janice14 February 2011 at 19:32

    Great use of a few neutral colours.

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  11. Kaz15 February 2011 at 11:34

    What a gorgeous card JOanne xx

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  12. Karen15 February 2011 at 11:51

    Fabulous Joanne! x

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  13. Anonymous15 February 2011 at 18:26

    Gorgeous card Joanne! Never too soon to start making Christmas cards x

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  14. Traceyr15 February 2011 at 22:40

    tee hee a reindeer - my favourite. Great card Joanne.

    :)

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  15. Di16 February 2011 at 07:34

    Oh this is adorable Joanne, fab crafting xx

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  16. Sue18 February 2011 at 20:16

    This is beautiful Joanne, just perfect x

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