Saturday 22 October 2016

..... had a very shiny nose....

The reindeer stamp I've used on this card is one of my very favourite Christmas stamps. It was a magazine freebie several years ago - it's so sweet without being fussily cute, and lends itself beautifully to colouring.


Today I've stamped and heat-embossed it, and then coloured it in with Promarkers apart from the nose and the robin's breast, which I have made very shiny using Tonertex pen and cold foil, which you can buy from Foil Play.

The printed paper panel is made using the paper left over from a sheet I printed out for this card and the embossed snowflake panel is done using a Darice embossing folder and Core-dinations card. After embossing, I sanded the pattern lightly and then smooshed a glue pad over the top and sprinkled it with white glitter. I can seldom get sparkle to show up in photos, so you will have to take my word for it, it is actually VERY sparkly.

The sentiment is cut with the Tonic die "Sparkle and Shine" - which sums up the sparkly snowflakes and little Rudolph's Very Shiny Nose!

I am sharing this with:

Jingle Belles - While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Embossing, Heat or Dry
CRAFT challenge - Christmas
Allsorts Challenge - Sparkle and Shine  
Winter Wonderland - Frosty or Well Wrapped Up
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes
Perfectly Created Chaos- Anything Goes

16 comments:

SmilynStef said...

Wonderful coloring ... what a cute little Christmas image ... so glad you joined us at jingle belles.

brenda said...

A really lovely Christmas card, it's lovely to see you at Allsorts, manky thanks for joining in with our 'Glitter and Sparkle' theme.

B x

crafty-stamper said...

Love the cute image great B.paper and embossing
Carol x

Kajcyika said...

Just adorable! The deer is just too cute to be true :)
Thanks for joining us at 52CCT! :)

Barb said...

Wow Jane this is absolutely beautiful. I love everything about it especially that sweet little reindeer. Barbxx

CraftyLyn said...

Beautiful card,love the cute little deer in his scarf.Thanks for sharing your card with us here at winter wonderland,Lyn DT.

Creative world said...

Beautiful Christmas card,lovely image and love your red accents with the sentiment...Thank you for joining us at ATSM...Ċ½eljka DT

Tanja said...

this reindeer is so adorable - love the card design, too - I hope you join us again at Addicted to Stamps and More

Cards By MI said...

Super cute card, lovely sweet image and adorable card. Thanks for joining us over at the Winter Wonderland.
Love n hugs
Marie

Dori Shelton said...

Great card! I love the mixture of patterns and textures you've used. Thank you so much for sharing at Perfectly Created Chaos. I hope you join again soon!

lauren bergold said...

oh my gosh, that reindeer really is adorable! love your awesome holiday card! thanks for joining our celebration of christmas critters at JINGLE BELLES! :)

MagsB said...

This is lovely, Jane, I love the embossing and the reindeer is adorable! Thanks for joining in at CRAFT Challenge!

love Mags B x

Deborah Frings said...

I think this is adorable! I love the little reindeer, the lovely shine on the die cut words and the beautifully embossed flourish! Lovely work. Thanks so much for playing along with 52CCT this week! Deborah, DT.

Craftnut said...

Thank you for entering our sparkle and shine challenge at Allsorts Tracy x

Craftnut said...

Thank you for entering our sparkle and shine challenge at Allsorts Tracy x

sweet art designs said...

Simply adorable. Thank you for sharing with us at the C.R.A.F.T. Challenge. - Myrna DT