I have a few Christmas dies I've been admiring as they sit in my basket of not-yet-used toys. For this card I played with a pair of Tim Holtz die sets which were on sale and so probably from last year. The more I look at the TH line of dies and embossing folders the more I admire how they all work together. I may have to become a collector.
I think you can see which corner of the board inspired me.
My Tim Holtz dies are Papercut Christmas #2 and Alpine (mountains). The Starry Night is an older Taylored Expressions cutting plate. I punched a circle in the background to make a moon. The rolling hills are cut from patterned paper then brushed with ink for the varying shades. Lastly, the Happy Holidays is a Cottage Cutz die. I was determined to make a Christmas card without snow, hence the green foothills with snow only on the mountain peaks.
Is this not the friendliest looking guy? The deer and mountains were cut from white and colored simplistically with Copic markers. The deer's eyes and hooves are quite teensy, but I stayed true and included them as well. I cut three of his body blank to layer for more dimension.
The deer has a snowman companion in the set which I'll get around to later.
I will also link up at Darnell's NBUS Challenge#48 with my never been used Tim Holtz dies.
That's all, folks! I hope we can get together again soon. Have a happy day!