I kept the reindeer as my focal point but used a completely different stamp set and different sentiment. I kept the red and green colors, using kraft as my neutral instead of white, with my color palette more on the muted side. I also added a bow with mine out of twine rather than ribbon. Both cards have lots of matting and layering!
For my card, I embossed a red cardstock panel with tiny dots that matches the dots in the background patterned paper. I added the stitched banner cut out of kraft cardstock. This comes with the two holes at the top, so I ran some green and gold bakers twine through the openings and tied a bow in the center.
The background patterned paper is a journal card that I cut down to size and matted on green cardstock to match the green in the trees. These are both from the same company and meant to be color matched, making it very easy to coordinate together.
I stamped, colored, and die cut the reindeer and added a tiny bit of gold sparkle to the bell around its neck (hard to see in the photo) to match the gold flecks in the bakers twine. I stamped the sentiment in the same dark brown ink as the stamped reindeer.
Date: Monday, August 22, 2022 GMT Views: 241
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Paper: Papertrey Ink: Classic Kraft and Ripe Avocado cardstocks and Monthly Moments December Journal Card Collection (background patterned paper) and Stamper's Select White cardstock, Unknown: red cardstock from my stash
Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 15402
Mon, Aug 22, 2022 @ 12:47 PM
Great card! Love the color palette you used with the more muted colors paired with kraft. The swiss dot embossing to mimic the dp layer looks fab and i love the way you tied so many elements together with the colors and layers. Such cute and whimsical dp to showcase that very cute and whimsical reindeer. And you wrapped it all up so nicely with that twine bow. Great idea to dress up those holes. Adorable card.