Xmas card: Bright little reindeer

What:

I picked up this sweet little reindeer the other day and decided to use it for this month’s Make It Crafty challenge: “bright colours”. I normally stick to naturalistic colours, so choosing these bright oranges for the reindeer was definitely outside of my comfort zone.

How:

I started by cutting a piece of Stick It for the hill and carefully positioning it on the card base. This doubled as a mask for adding the Distress ink blending over the background.

Once the Distress ink was dry, I peeled the protective sheet off the Stick It and covered it with white microfine glitter. The background was completed by stamping the sentiment in gold.

I coloured the reindeer with Copic markers and fussy cut it out. The antlers, nose, hooves and bell were coated in Wink of Stella and then covered with glossy accents. I also added some glossy accents to the eye. The final step was to mount the reindeer on the card base with foam tape.

Challenges:

Make It Crafty Clean & Simple Challenge: Bright Colors
Day 16 of The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Hero Arts – classic Christmas borders
• digital stamps:
  Make It Crafty – Rudolf reindeer
• inks:
  Delicata – goldenglitz
• colour:
  Distress ink pads – tumbled glass, mermaid lagoon, chipped sapphire
• Copic markers:
  body – YR04, YR07, YR18, E08
  inner ear – R21
  eye – B00, B06, FB2
  antlers/feet/bell – Y21, Y26, Y28
  nose/collar – R17, R29, R89
  tail/chest – E50, E53, E55
• texture:
  Elizabeth Craft – silk microfine glitter – warm diamond
• paper and card:
  Papermania – tall card blank
• miscellaneous:
  Stick It
  Zig – Wink of Stella
  Ranger – glossy accents