Today is my brother’s birthday and exactly a week ago was my brother-in-law’s birthday. I made two almost the same cards for them as I always do. This year the card began with a die I picked up at Buffalo Stamps and Stuff in November, the Honey Bee Birch A2 Coverplate. Then I added two of the My Favorite Things Delightful Deer which have shown up nearly every Christmas since I purchased the die.
The background for this card was a piece of patterned paper from Altenew’s Gel Printing Soft Washes. Before I started putting the card together I splattered some white ink for snow. In retrospect, I should have done it at the end. The birch trees were die cut from white paper and were ink blended with Distress Oxide ink. If you look closely you can see that the birch trees are backed with a darker gray cardstock. The sentiment is from Ellen Hutson’s HB2U.
The deer were also ink blended to add some dimension, and the cute little red cardinal is from the Honey Bee set. I hand cut the snow drift and added a bit of glitter to the edges.
The only difference in the second card is the background which was created with a light gray cardstock and “snow splatters.”
Because of the gray background, I didn’t add a second layer to the trees.
I’m sending these off to the Double D Challenge (Christmas Animals) and The Four Seasons Challenge (Anything Winter.)
Both winter scenes ae beautiful, those are great deer dies and the birch trees are the perfect background for them!!
Thank you for joining our challenge at The Four Seasons and Double D!
Diane FS and DD Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Four Seasons}
A simple design with extra jazz with the 3D snow on them. Karen you make even the simplest design elegant & special.
Both cards are just fabulous! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D & Four Seasons challenges! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
Co-Owner … Can You Handle the Pressure, Double D, Four Seasons, Peace On Earth, Stencil Fun, Simply Clean & Simple, Two Old Bats, Triple B
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