Saturday, 1 August 2026

To a Deer Friend

I was so pleased when my 'Another Christmas Pudding' card was the winner of the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown 'Embossing' challenge and the team invited me to be Guest Designer of the current Sketch challenge.




To make this card I used:
     C6 white matt card blank
     Practical Publishing 'Festive Friend' stamp and die set
     X-cut 'Small Polka Hearts' embossing folder
     Versafine Onyx Black ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Copics - E25, E31, E35, R20 & R29, W-1
     Snippets of white matt and red matt card

I trimmed a snippet of white matt card so it was slightly smaller than the card blank.  I cut a one inch strip of white card the same width as the panel and embossed it with the hearts embossing folder.  I placed the panel into my MISTI and laid the strip across the centre so I could see where to position the sentiment.  I removed the strip and used black ink to stamp the sentiment before embossing it with clear embossing powder.  The panel was layered onto a slightly larger snippet of red matt card and attached to the card blank.  I used black ink to stamp Rudolph onto a snippet of white matt card before embossing it with clear embossing powder, cutting it with the coordinating die and then colouring it with Copics.   I then cut two more plain Rudolph images and layered them to give strength to the antlers and legs before attaching it to the left side of the card.  

I am entering the following challenges:
     Addicted to Stamps & More - Christmas
     Allsorts - Anything Goes
     Cut It Up - Emboss It (I have a dry embossed strip and wet embossing for Rudolph and sentiment)
     Little Red Wagon - One Thing (I have one image, one sentiment and one embossed strip)
     Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
     Sparkles Christmas Challenge - Clean and Simple

Kath x

8 comments:

crafty-stamper said...

Congrats on your win and GDT spot Kath. Great CAS card and sentiment, love the happy friendly Rudolph and embossed strip.
Carol x

Sarn said...

Congrats on your GD spot at 52 Card Christmas Throwdown.
Loving this cute reindeer festive make.
Thanks for taking part in the Allsorts challenge. x

Fabiola said...

elle est si adorable Kath, un amour de carte si craquante, merci d'ètre notre guest designer chez 52CCTncette semaine, biz

brenda said...

Thanks so much for sharing your pretty card at Allsorts.

B x

Ashwini Rao said...

Congrats on your win and GD spot!
I love your CAS card. Rudolf looks so adorable! Thank you so much for joining us at the Addicted to Stamps & More challenge!

Lynne said...

A lovely cas card and congrats on your Guest DT spot. Thank you for joining in at Allsorts.

Gerda said...

What a super cute CAS card!! Great take on the sketch!!
Thanks for joining us at Cut it Up challenge!
Have a great day.
Gerda

Pat said...

This is a really fun card Kath and I love Rudolph layered over the strip of hearts embossing and a fun sentiment to finish. Congratulations on your Guest Designer spot over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown with this wonderful interpretation of the sketch. x