Hello again! Today’s card showcases the ‘christmas deer’ aperture round die, another goodie that’s currently in ClarityCrafts‘ Gray Friday sale. I thought it would work well with the red & gold scheme from Color Hues, together with the themes from Time Out and The Holly and Ivy, and the top row (family critters, die cut & layers) from TicTacToe‘s grid.
I took a piece of dark red card, cut to 6×6 (15cm square) and die cut the deer into the centre. I put a piece of Clarity’s super sticky double sided adhesive sheet onto the reverse of the card, leaving the backing sheet in place and using the cover piece on the front of the card to stick the die cut firmly in place. I covered it with ‘variegated gold’ (M2) gilding flakes and rubbed them down to stick to the exposed adhesive.
I mounted the whole piece onto a layer of gold card and attached it to a 7×7 card blank. It still needed something more, so I cut a frame using the ‘nested square film strip frame-it panel’ dies. These cut a frame into the edge of a square, so I also used the next size down to cut the inner edge, leaving me with just the frame, which I glued onto the card front. The final touch was one of the KISS word stickers.
Red deer are a native British species, but I don’t think they’re quite this vibrant in real life!
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Very pretty!
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Gorgeous card with the die and I love that metallic background! WOW!
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Thanks so much Vicki!
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Gorgeous card.
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Very striking – loving the gilding flakes behind the deer – hmmmm – reminds me how much I love that……xx
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Thank you!
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Deborah… what a fun die cut! Love the metallic flakes as an undercoating. Great card. Thanks so much for joining and sharing at Time Out this week.
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Thanks Elizabeth!
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Such a stylish card! I love that die–so unusual in itself and gorgeous laid on top of the gold gilded background! Thanks for sharing with us at Color Hues!
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Thank you!
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such great classic design, Deborah – the background for the deer really sets them off well – thanks for joining us again at TicTacToe!
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thanks Betty!
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Beautiful! Thank you so much for playing along with us over at the Color Hues Challenge!
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This is stunning Deborah – love the gilded backdrop behind this pair of very vibrant red deer! Thanks for joining us at The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge! Hope to see you in the gallery again soon!
Hugs, Kate!
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I really appreciate the close ups. Your attention to detail (that gold inner frame) is spot on. Beautiful card. Thanks so much for playing with Color Hues!!!
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Thank you!
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