Hi Stampers!
This beautiful antique style Christmas card, was incredibly easy to create, and it can also be quickly transformed to be a winter card. It could even be a sympathy or thinking of you card ,with the change of a sentiment!
It was a card idea I had in my head, and then when I started stamping it, I didn’t love it. Then I had the thought to change it to an older, vintage postcard style of card, and the magic began.
I stamped the pine trees first in the background,onto a Very Vanilla panel by inking the stamp in Pear Pizzazz, stamping off once first, then stamped the image. I stamped the smaller reindeer in Crumb Cake, and finally the larger centerpiece Reindeer in Early Espresso. I filled in the bigger deer with a blender pen and the Early Espresso ink pad, and also used those tools to add shadowing to the deer for depth of field. I sponged the edges with Early Espresso as well, but I still was not completely satisfied with the look. So I ran a small clear block along the edge of the card stock to rough it up a bit and give an aged curl. I then used the flat side of the sponge dabbed lightly all over the front in Crumb Cake to finish the aged patina.
I am so thrilled with how this turned out, but it needed a touch of a red color to slightly brighten it, but not a bright red, so I turned to the Cherry Cobbler 1/4″ Double Stitched Ribbon to add a slight color pop. I added the ribbon to a piece of Be Merry DSP with bit of Snail Adhesive. I mounted the front panel using Stampin’ Dimensionals to give some height and visual interest. Then adhered them to a Garden Green card stock base.
I didn’t stop there, for the inside I added the Pine Boughs in Garden Green ink by stamping them first full ink, then again without reinking to fill in the negative space. I sponged the edges as well in Early Espresso, and added the sentiment in that same ink as well.
I finished the front of the card, with some tiny touches of Clear Wink of Stella. I thought it added a bit of wintery Christmas magic.
Measurements
Base: Garden Green 4 1/4″ by 11″, score at 5 1/2″
DSP layer: 4″ by 5 /14″
Very Vanilla front: 3 1/2″ by 4 1/2″
Inside Very Vanilla panel: 4″ by 5 1/4″
So, what do you think? I am really pleased and think I may actually use this design as my family Christmas card…….well, until I get ahold of the 2017 Holiday Catalog I suppose 😉
Until next time,
Stay Crafty!!
XO Rach
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Supplies
144406 Nature Sings clear mount stamp set
144111 Be Merry Designer Series Paper
101650 Very Vanilla card stock
102584 Garden Green card stock
126973 Garden Green ink pad
131180 Pear Pizzazz ink pad
126975 Crumb Cake ink pad
126974 Early Espresso ink pad
144117 Cherry Cobbler 1/4″ Stitched Ribbon
141337 Stampin Sponges
126889 Stampin’ Trimmer
102300 Bone Folder
104332 SNAIL Adhesive
104430 Stampin’ Dimensionals
118491 Clear Block Bundle
126200 Stampin’ Scrub
102394 Stampin’ Mist cleaner
107301 Whisper White Envelopes
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