Merry Christmas Deer!!

Hi guys!!!! Oh my gosh! I have the cutest project every to show you today!! Merry Christmas Deer!! EEK. How's your week going? Yesterday was my husband's birthday so we're celebrating everything this month! It's fun to do lots of activities and hang out together. We've been going to craft fairs and movies and the ice rink...all kinds of things. Only two weeks until Christmas now!! And then it's 2020!!! OMG I feel like we were all just celebrating 2000! And freaking out about Y2K! Twenty years already!! I have just a couple more projects to share before the end of the year. I'm kind of winding down here in the studio.

I have something REALLY BIG AND FUN coming the week of Christmas. I am so excited to tell you - but we have to wait a bit longer! It's a celebration of some milestones for me and my crafting journey. 

On to today's project! It's a Christmas Deer! And he's drinking cocoa! And wearing mittens! I literally can't stand the cuteness! The supplies for today's project are all from Lawn Fawn, Concord & 9th and Doodlebug. This card was pure joy to make. You know how you're making something and you find yourself smiling because you love it so much? Yeah, that. The finished card is a kraft A2 card base....

 

I will tell you - yes - this has a lot of pieces! But it was easy to put together!! The main body of the deer is from the Woodland Critters Dies set. You can make a deer, a squirrel, a raccoon, a fox and an owl all from the same die set! So cute! Then I added on the Winter add-ons...The scarf, mittens, ear muffs, cocoa, etc. So this is two die sets. They are called Huggers - because they 'hug' things in their arms. You could put a flat candy, a note, a gift card...whatever you think of! I chose to give my little sweetie a mug to hold.

 

I used cardstock for the body, feet, ears, etc. The scarf and ear muffs were made with patterned paper from my Doodlebug Stash. The sentiment was heat embossed onto a black strip.

 

In this photo you can really see how the arms fold over to hold things. Can you even stand it? I'm already thinking of Valentine projects for these dies! Maybe a little squirrel holding some candies!!??

 

I used a white gel pen to add some dots on her face, and highlights on all the pieces. This is a quick and easy way to 'jazz' up cardstock pieces and die cuts. I added Diamond Stickles to the heart, whip cream and ears.

See the pretty background swirls on the white layer? That's one of my favorite dies from Concord & 9th! I stamped a few snowflakes on that white panel also. 

 

 

 

The details are incredible - see the snowflake pattern on the mittens?? Love.

 

I used small sponge daubers and a few Distress Inks to add shading to the antlers and the face parts.

Thanks for coming by today! I hope your week has been awesome! I'll see you next week with something new! Take care and Happy Merry Wonderful Holidays to you! XOXO

CLICK HERE or on the graphic below to see the supply list for today's card! (Affiliate Links Used). 

Comments

[Tona]

This has to be the sweetest card I’ve ever seen!

[Anne Sturgeon]

So adorable... Love those mittens and mug. I am winding down also. Christmas is Sunday with our girls and Sunday the 21st with our out of town granddaughters. Looking forward to both so much. Happy Holidays and Happy belated birthday to Mark...

[nancy hassan]

You did it again- love it!!1