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!
23 comments:
Beautiful card. <3
What a wonderful creation. I love that you used die cuts to create the whole of the card. I just don't find myself being creative enough to do that. Hats off to you my friend!
Beautiful card love the layers and cute die-cut reindeer
Carol x
What a FUN card Leslie! So much to love about this card too...your mountains look 3 dimensional with the shading, I love the stary sky and green rolling hills, and of course the star of the card, Mr. Reindeer! He is so dang CUTE!!! Someone is definitely going to smile when they receive this card! Hugs. :0)
Oh my gosh, Leslie! Your dear imagination must have been in heaven creating this adorable card! I can visualize your magical hands working in concert with the awesome ingenuity in that amazing Leslie-brain of yours, determining which colors to use, where to combine layers, when to use printed papers, what inks will best enhance the depths and (in this case) heights of your creation. And what about the nose on your dancing reindeer? He is definitely welcoming the rest of us to check out his beautiful home! LOVE LOVE LOVE all the tiny pieces, and gorgeous layers!
huggers,
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cute card... but I don't need reminders of winter.sigh!! There's still too much snow n the ground here... Have a great day
So cute. Love the scene.
Omigosh, Leslie! This is truly a piece of art! All those pieces...wonderful colors and design. It's beautiful.
So cute and so clever, Leslie! I love all your die cutting and the arrangement of them all.
What a fun little scene. You just have to smile xx
LOL oh yes, I see where you drew inspiration from! OMG how cute this is! You did an awesome job ... I would have probably had it all messed up! CUTE! CUTE! CUTE! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Peace On Earth challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
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Love this Leslie! I sure wish I had your creativity, you always amaze me with what you come up with on the inspiration boards! So much detail, love all the layerings. The Reindeer is so cute. I really like how you did the rolling hills with pattern paper, you are so clever! Thanks for sharing today Leslie!
Love you die cut scene, Leslie.
This guy is such fun, Leslie! Love this scene you've created! You've started off your Christmas cards in a BIG way!
Wow, what an adorably cute and well put together card with all dies!! I know how picky those little pieces can be but so worth it in the end don't you think? the deer certainly looks like he is saying 'snowing in the mountains again, whatever'! It's a fabulously fun card! Thanks for joining in our challenge too, Christmas will be here before we know it the way the weeks, days and months fly by!!
Oh, Leslie, that stag has the best expression! Seems like he's cheering on your accomplishment placing all these layers of paper together so beautifully! I can't help but go back for another gander... so fantastic!
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he's the happiest reindeer I've ever seen. Wonderful card ♥
I just had to take some time to make a comment before we jet off to lands not discovered before. Lol
This card is so inspiring and I adore how it all is designed by you to work so well together. The mountains although die cuts look so dimensional and fit with that cute reindeer perfectly. I enjoyed this card.
Wow that is fabulous, great job combining the dies, it all works perfectly, and I do like the idea that we don't have to have snow everywhere, so true to life, neat shading of the background paper too.
Your work is always amazing, Leslie, no matter the medium! I'm drawn to this adorable reindeer and the magnificent scene you crafted for him. i LOVE the snowcapped mountains and green meadow he's standing in. Oh, and the stars! I can tell you had fun making this, and I'm glad you're enjoying your new toys!
What a beautiful card you created with all those dies! They definitely do work together! I fell in love with your adorable reindeer along with the mountains with the snow. So great that you started this year's Christmas cards. You'll be so happy with your stash come December.
Beautiful creation thank you for joining in over at POEC this time. Do join in again we would love to see you there Elaine DT x
LOVE THIS!!!! I really like his dies too!
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