If you are like me - still scrambling with holiday cards - this photo is fabulous inspiration. Here is my take:
I used the stag head and the woodgrain as a jumping off point. Starting with the card panel, I troweled some white texture paste through a Tim Holtz wood grain stencil using a circle mask - and covered it with Distress Glitter while it was still wet. I heat embossed the Simon Says Stamp stag head in gold, and cut it out using my scan n cut. The greeting, from Clearly Besotted, was white heat embossed onto a strip of SSS Schoolhouse Red card stock (my favourite red card stock!). The sentiment and the stag were mounted with foam tape and the panel was stuck to a SSS Slate card base- with a few sparkling clear sequins added for (even more) sparkle.
I really like this card - but if I were to make it again, I would probably shift everything down to the bottom half of the card.
Our guest designer this week is former TO DT member and amazing card maker - Sarah from Funky Fossil Designs. So happy to have her with us - her designs are always so inspiring.
We are being sponsored by Uniko, who are offering a gift voucher to the winner - so it is definitely worth taking some TIME OUT to play along with us!
Jill
I just find your card stunning Jill. You are amazing at using the paste...as you know I have one of your cards framed on my wall! I love the colour combo and I thought about it moving down and I think you have it placed perfectly-moving it would make it lower might make it a bit too heavy...if you get my drift!
ReplyDeleteThe reindeer looks beautiful in gold! Love how you let the red pop in the banner! Hugs, Gerrina
ReplyDeleteYour gold stag head is so elegant and gorgeous. Great inspiration.
ReplyDeleteStylish, shimmery and so striking, Jill ... what an elegant take on the inspiration! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteJill, this is just so beautiful and dreamy! I love the gold stags head....it is just perfect :)
ReplyDeleteThis is just fantastic, clean and crisp. Love the gray base. What a great ides to use the circle mask for glittered stencil. You are, after all, my favorite glitter user! The gold stag head looks gorgeous with it. The white on red sentiment is the perfect finish. Classy and fabulous!! I think the placement is perfect. It's a little lower than center, and that is just right, IMHO.
ReplyDeleteLove your card Jill! It's so detailed and yet has a clean look. All the texture, shine and sparkle look amazing! And I'm with others here -everything is placed perfectly!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous card!! I love the wood grain detail in back of the detail and the pop of gold!!
ReplyDeleteJill this is stunning. The reindeer in gold gives it a really classy feel. I just love it. Jenny x
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