February Rudolph Days

Hi everyone.  Today I'm playing along with Rudolph Days February Challenge!  Maureen is once again hosting a year of Anything Goes Christmas challenges that run on her blog from the 25th until end of month.  I love to play along with this fun challenge.

I used a NBUS reindeer die to cut out just his face and antlers from coloured card stock.  Sponged around the outside of all the pieces in a darker co-ordinating ink.  I used clear wink of stella on his antlers, crystal glaze on his nose, chalk for his cheeks and then did a few highlights with my white gel pen.  The reindeer is mounted on a layer of foam to pop him up from the fun, patterned paper background.  I used a second die (JOY) to cut out the J and Y from red paper, again sponging around the outside of the letters and adding wink of stella before mounting onto foam.

The whole panel was framed in a very thin red frame to finish.  This card makes me happy. :)

Here's a close-up ...

... and because I had so much fun making this card, I made another ...

Come play along!

Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb. card stock); Patterned paper (Unknown); Soft Suede, Baked Brown Sugar (SU!)
Ink:  Real Red (SU!); Distress Inks:  Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Eline's Reindeer Die (Marianne Design), JOY die (AliExpress), sponges, red chalk, white gel pen, clear Wink of Stella, Crystal glaze (Nuvo)

Challenges:
February Rudolph Days - Anything Goes Christmas