Greetings Earthlings!
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YAY! It's finally here!! The Operation Write Home blog hop for World Card Making Day! I hope you are having a great hop - or if you're starting here I hope you find lots of great inspiration!! If you want to start at the top, you can click on the banner above to get there.
I am supposed to say why I donate my cards and funds to Operation Write Home. To be honest, when I actually think about the men and women (& dogs!) that risk their lives half a world away I get really choked up. These are VOLUNTEERS, folks. VOLUNTEERS! Please click on the link on the upper right and at least give this fine organization some $ to pay for shipping. The soldiers don't have to pay postage to send these cards home but we do have to
pay to send these cards to our
HEROES.
I kept this Christmas card simple. I wanted it to have a 'classic' look.
I started by embossing the base of the card using a Sizzix folder. I surfed and found the one I used ON SALE! I like the Sizzix folders for embossing the bases of cards because they seem to be a teeny weeny bit bigger than most of the Cuttlebug folders I have.
Next up I cut out the deer with a Memory Box die. Have you seen these? They are so crisp and detailed. This one is called Deer Trio. I added the style number to this picture in case you go looking for it. I purposely cut it out off center to balance out the sentiment.
The way the die is made you can make the 'ground' they are standing on thicker or thinner.. I kept this thin to leave plenty of room for the
sentiment.
After I had it cut out I used the Cuttlebug folder Swiss Dots only on the 'ground' portion of the die cut. This made the 'sandwich' very wide so I could not use my Texture Boutique to emboss, instead I used my Big Shot. Even so, the antlers were over the edge but being so thin they just bent a little as it went through the machine.
I made the sentiment with PSE and then cut it out using a Spellbinders Fancy Tags. I also embossed the die cut.
Just to help the sentiment stand out a little bit I used some Memento Summer Sky ink (yeah, I know it's a winter scene..) on a sponge and LIGHTLY applied it to the top 1/4 of the base. It barely shows and you're not really aware of it
until you look for it.
Put it all together with foam tape and voilà!
I still can't believe that I made a card without Copics or stamps!
I still can't believe that I made a card without Copics or stamps!
Now you're off to the next stop on the blog hop! Have fun!
Party on, Wayne
