Saturday, August 24, 2024

Winter Meadow, Greetings of the Season, Christmas Card, Stampin' Up!

Hello and welcome to my blog. Today I have a card to share with you that came from an error on yesterday's card. I call it a "happy accident". Who would have thought that a deer moved just a inch or so to the middle would mess up a sled card.  Please read on to see what I mean and how the card was made.

Yesterday I had made a card using the "Winter Meadow" Designer Series Paper (DSP) from the 12" x 12" package. The sheet has 6 deer and if you cut the sheet at 4" and 4" and then cut those strips at 5-1/4" on each end you have 6 deer cards.  I didn't pay attention that the deer is not in the same spot on each 4" piece. As I was making my card yesterday I had my sled all put together, the skates, the "greenery", the bow and the "berries".  I added Dimensionals to the back and set it on the front of the card (without removing the backing on the Dimensionals. I needed to see where the words were going to go when I realized that a lot of the deer was covered up. I almost stuck the sled in place but the more I looked at it with the deer a bit behind the sled the more I didn't like it. SO I got out another piece of the DSP, the Smoky Slate card stock for the base and the Basic Gray for the layer (it was cut at 4-1/8" x 5-3/8").  I got everything all taped together and then I added the sled and was much happier.

I was left with today's card. I had made a card last year using the deer and it was a sympathy card. I didn't want to repeat that so I thought I would play with the new "Greetings of the Season" bundle. I stamped the words using Basic Gray ink. Basic Black would be too dark. I just left it at that and called it done.

Today's card was a quick one because all the work was done the other day except for the words but even at that it's a quick card if you were to start from scratch. I love this DSP and will be making one more with a sled and I'll be checking on the other two deer cards to see where they are placed and I may just end up making some more sympathy cards to have in my stash. It's always fun when you have DSP that carries the card.  P.S. I like the sled card better!  LOL

I thank you SO very much for taking your time to stop in and see today's Christmas card,
Wanda

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