Tuesday 1 September 2020

C24C - Christmas Stag ....

.... Good morning! It's the first day of September, and I'm not sure how we got here so quickly. It does mean that it's time for our new challenge at Christmas 24 - C24C#17. If you've not started on your Christmas cards yet, then it's probably time and hopefully our theme of Christmas Animals will help get you going. I made a clean and elegant card:


Stamps: Stamplorations - Yuletide Deer; Stampin' Up! - Merry Medley
Inks: Delicata - Golden Glitz; Versafine Clair - Pinecone
Dies: Nesting set from my stash (don't know the company)
Accessories: Hero Arts A2 Top Folding White Card; Gold Satin Mirri Card; Copic Markers; Clear Embossing Powder

I'm submitting this card to a few challenges. I'm joining in with Time Out Challenges - TOC#169 where the theme is Season - any type of season, and I've picked Christmas. Also with Fab Friday - FabF#196 where they have some lovely warms colours which are very suggestive of autumn, but I've used them for my beautiful stag.


The card is simplicity itself. I simply stamped the large background image in gold onto the card base - I used my MISTI so I was able to stamp the image a few times to ensure a nice depth of gold colour. I stamped the stag on white card and coloured with Copic markers - nothing fancy, just simple colouring in the banded lines. I put the coloured image back into the MISTI, stamped in brown pigment ink and embossed with clear powder. I used a rectangle die to cut out the image and a scalloped edge die for the gold mat layer. And that's it, very clean, simple and elegant, and surprisingly easy to mass produce. I think I'm going to make a few more cards based on this design but in different colours.


On the inside, I kept things very simple. I added a sweet sentiment and stamped the stag head in the corner of the card.

We have some new members joining the team today, so please don't forget to visit our blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the team and leave some comments - we all like to read them. Have fun with this challenge and I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs. See you all soon.

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7 comments:

sandie said...

wonderful card Deborah. The stag is the real star here as the eye is drawn straight to it with your lovely soft background. Fab and soft colouring to match! Great to see you at Time Out x

Heather said...

Such a pretty doodle deer, Deborah - your coloring of all those details is gorgeous! Thanks so much for playing at Fab Friday!

stampwithamyk said...

Cool design! Love the deer image. Thanks for joining us at Fab Friday, hope to see you again soon!

Amanda Mertz said...

Wow! I never saw our challenge colors as Christmas but I'm convinced now! I love the gold accents and that image is perfect for coloring! Lovely! Thanks for sharing at Fab Friday!

Fabiola said...

Oh Deborah! Elle est si originale, j'aime ce joli mix de moderne et de classique , biz

Kim Heggins said...

this is absolutely beautiful...gorgeous card. Thank you so much for taking the time to play along with us at Time Out!

Nonni said...

This is a fab stag image, I own this stamp too... Love the stylish background! Beautiful CAS card. Thank you for joining us at Time Out!

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