Sunday, November 22, 2020

Oh Deer.

It's been one of those days today. I managed to get a food shop delivery and it has put me all at sixes and sevens with what I had planned.  It's time again for the girls in the Christmas Card Club to show out next makes. Gwen chose the theme of Deer.  I had intended to make more than one card but this one took me ages so one it will have to be or I will never get this posted. 
I have managed to kill two birds with one stone though and enter this into a challenge that requires you to use your long forgotten embossing folders. I am very guilty of that and was surprised to find just how many christmas themed folders I do in fact have!

This embossing folder is by Crafter's Companion and is called Reindeer Parade.  I embossed a sheet of craft card with it and trimmed slightly down as it is  6"x6" .Using a dauber and distress ink I coloured the raised parts and gently some of the background too and all the way round the edges.  The sentiment is a Britannia die which I die cut 5 times. The top one I laid over my clear embossing pad and pressed down slightly and then dipped into gold embossing powder and heat set.  The deer stamp which comes with the matching die cut  came as a freebie from a Practical Publishing magazine. I gave the Deer the same treatment by stamping with my clear embossing pad and then embossing with the gold.  I mounted him onto a plaque made from an oval die cut and raised everything  up using strips of oddments of cardstock layered up to give some height. That is the part that took all the time up cutting and adhering together but the pile of strips on my desk has gone down . Yay!

Entering into the following challenges:
Let's Squash It #2 Use a Christmas Embossing folder and a stamp. 

Christmas Kickstart Challenge #42 Use a Christmas embossing folder and a stamp.
Pixies Crafty Workshop #391 Use up your snippets. (Brown cardstock for sentiment and deer plus strips that  you can't see raising embellishments up. )


Stay Safe and Well
Hugs

35 comments:

Granmargaret said...

Lovely card

Suze said...

This is really lovely Mrs A. I like the inking on the embossed piece.

Jane Willis said...

Absolutely stunning, like something out of a stately home!

Freubelmina said...

A beautiful card Mrs A. I am in love with your handsome reindeer and the background has been made beautiful and atmospheric.
Kind regards, Wilma xx

Aquarius said...

Very impressive, love what you did with the heat embossing on the deer and sentiment

cuilliesocks said...

Just so beautiful Valery, lovely EF and that you've added colour to it.
The deer mounted on the plaque is a fabulous idea, your stacked up sentiment is brilliant, I never manage more than two layers. Keep well and safe Kate x

dutchess said...

That’s a great embossing folder and makes a perfect background for your deer....beautiful.....take care xxx

gwen70 said...

Beautiful card, love the embossing folder and the deer xx

Margreet said...

Your card is so beautiful! Love that embossingfolder!
xxx Margreet

Dotty Jo said...

I see you've chosen my favourite EF of the moment - isn't it a beaut. Thanks for joining Gail and me at Christmas Kickstart and Let's Squash It! Jo x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

What a great card, perfect for a male Christmas I think. Love the embossing folder and super stag stamp and die cut too.
Lorraine

Mac Mable said...

What a striking card. The embossing folder adds lots of wonderful texture and I love how you did the deer and the layering of the sentiment x. A real stunner Mrs A. x.

Brenda in IN said...

Great embossing folder and is the perfect background for the mounted deer head. I'm always amazed when I get out my Christmas things how much I do have so I understand what you're saying. Then I buy more!

Chris said...

The beautiful embossed background is perfect with the magnificent deer head, great colours too!
xx

Mia said...

Beautiful card, Valery. I love your embossed background. I think I need to start using my embossing folders more often! Kisses, my friend.

Jackie T said...

Hi Mrs A this is a stunning Christmas card. I love it. Take care. Hugs Jackie

Sue's Crafty Corner said...

Wow, this is beautiful Valery Anne, I love it.

Sue xx

Hazel (Didos) said...

Oh this is super, what a great card, I love that embossing folder!! Hazelxx

Christine Harrop said...

Terrific ValeryAnne. Great embossing folder. Like you I have been revisiting some of my older dies and embossing folders. There are some great ones and we tend to forget about them and use the new stuff. Christine xx

Linda Simpson said...

Wonderful card and love the embossed background.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Gibmiss said...

Fabulous card Valery ....love the embossing folder ....stunning xx
Hugs Sylvie xx

Jenny L said...

Hi Mrs A,
now I am very guilty of pocessing embossing folders and not using them in fact I have that very same one.
I bought 4 new ones last year and to this day have only used the one so I must rectify that soon.
I love your wonderful card and the super design.
Love the heat embossing on the sentiment and the stag it looks like it's metal.
I too have that stag freebie and I am ashamed to say haven't used it yet.
Lots of crafty love. Jenny L.

aussie aNNie said...

Stunning just loving this. xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Great design with that Ef and the tecnhnique you used! Lovely card!

Sue - said...

Beautiful card Mrs A. Love the embossing folder too.

Faye Wynn-Jones said...

This is a super elegant card, it suits the colour palette you've used x

Jules said...

A brilliant card Mrs A!

Love how you have used your stash.

My embossing folder is the opposite and doesn't contain many Christmas folders at all!

Hope all is OK with you and your sorted your shopping delivery out.

Love Jules xx

KandA said...

What a fabulous cards Mrs A. Super embossed background and the dies are so striking with all the layering up xx

Sally H said...

An absolutely gorgeous card, Mrs A! I love it! It is a lovely embossing folder.

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Hi Valery, you made me smile mentioning forgotten embossing folders. I went through my Christmas stash yesterday and hardly dare to admit the stuff that was there and I had completely forgotten I had them. What are we like! The embossing and the deer stamp certainly work well together. Thanks for the visit to mine, lovely comment. Happy creative week, Angela xXx

Craftychris said...

Ooh this is absolutely gorgeous! I must hunt that embossing folder down, its fab! We are hanging in there, i hope you are too? Take care and stay safe my friend xxx

ionabunny said...

Gorgeous embossed background and beautiful deer. Thanks for joining the fun at Let's Squash It! and Christmas Kickstart Challenge. Hugz

BarbaraS said...

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Zoe Tant said...

Hi Valery sorry so late commenting I missed you out but I'm glad I found it now. Gorgeous Stag card. Zoe x

Di said...

I was sure I'd commented earlier, sigh. Love this card and the design and making is so right for the Squash It Challenge. Great colours as well.

I owe you an email - chasing my tail here - hence such a late comment via the Playground links. Still think I commented earlier though.

Hugs - and a woof from Dudley!

Di xx