Christmas: Girl with reindeer

Christmas in July. I really don’t want to end up rushing to make cards in the run-up to Christmas like I did last year, so I’m making a start on them now.

How:

I printed the digi stamp on some Neenah solar white and coloured it with Copic markers, sticking with the traditional Christmas colour scheme of red, green and white.

I added some sparkle to the trim with the Spectrum Noir marker, but the shiny kept transferring onto my fingers even once it was dry so I layered some pico embellisher over the top to keep it under control. The bells and the reindeer’s nose were given a coat of glossy accents. The sentiment was stamped in Versafine onyx black as that gives a nice solid black impression.

I trimmed the image panel to size, mounted it flush on a card base and then added a thin strip of silver tape down one edge. A flurry of sequins across the card finished it off.

Challenges:

• The Paper Nest Dolls Challenge – Anything Goes 07
• The Daily Marker 30 Day Colouring Challenge

Supplies:

• stamps:
  Lawn Fawn – joy to the woods (sentiment)
• digital stamps:
  Paper Nest Dolls – holiday friends
• inks:
  Versafine – onyx black
• Copic markers:
  skin – E00, E51, E21, E70, E93
  hair – E55, E57, E59, E49
  cloak/bow – R27, R29, R59
  coat/bell strap – G09, G19, G29
  trim – W00, W1, W3
  boots – W5, W7, W9, 100
  gloves – W5, W7, W9
  reindeer body – E55, E57, E59
  reindeer horns/hooves – E51, E53, E55
  reindeer ears – E93
  bells – Y38, Y17, Y18
  shadow – C00, C1, C3
• embellishments:
  Pretty Pink Posh – Create A Smile snow dance kit sequins
  Stix2 – border lined tape – silver
  Spectrum Noir – sparkle – clear
  Irresistible pico embellisher – shimmer
  Ranger glossy accents
• paper and card:
  Neenah solar white 216gsm
  Papermill Direct – plain – Christmas red