Sunday, October 14, 2012

Elegant Reindeer

I made another Christmas card today and I think this one turned our really elegant!  The card is 4 1/2"x6 1/4."  I used cream cardstock for the card base.  I cut some shimmery green cardstock at 4 3/8"x6 1/8," some gilded cardstock at 4 1/4"x6" and some green patterned cardstock at 4"x5 3/4" and layered them all together.  I used George and Basic Shapes to cut the three ovals.  The cream oval is cut at 5," the shimmery green oval is cut at 5" using the shadow feature and the gilded oval is cut at 5 1/4" using the shadow feature.  I embossed the cream oval with the stripes folder from James' Set and my Cuttlebug.  I adhered my ovals to the card and then added some strips of shimmery green and cream cardstock.  The green one is 1 1/8"x4" and the cream one is 1"x4."  I stamped the sentiment in coffee bean ink by Tsukineko and added a gold pearl in each corner of the cream strip.  I used Christmas to cut the reindeer.  It is cut at 4" and adhered to the card with pop-dots.  I added some gold Stickles to part of the harness.
 
 
I made this for the following challenges:
52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown: green, brown, cream, metallic gold color combo  

9 comments:

  1. I agree...totally elegant! Lee-Ann :)

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  2. What a great layout and a lovely reindeer image!

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  3. WOW!!!! I love this card! It is so elegant and gorgeous. My mouth dropped open when i first saw it. Thanks so much for joining us at 52CCT ths week!

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  4. Oh, WOW!!! This is stunning! LOVE the use of the die cut--absolutely gorgeous! Thanks for joining us at 52CCT! :)

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  5. There's lots of lovely texture going on here Paula. Great use of the colours!

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  6. I love your die cut reindeer - so elegant. Thanks so much for playing along at 52CCT this week - Jacqueline xx

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  7. This is beautiful, like the dimension that you have added to the reindeer die cut.love all the layering and perfect use of the colours in our challenge at 52 CCT too.

    Louise xx

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  8. Gorgeous card - I love how the reindeer's swirly antlers echo the swirls in the patterned paper! A really great layout and an elegant card! Thanks so much for sharing this with us at 52 {C}CT! Ruth x

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  9. Beautifully done, love the reindeer! Thanks for joining us this week at 52CCT!

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