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Actually, it's 25.00...but my cut is 20% for letting you know about it. HEY...do you have any idea how much work it takes to throw a hyperlink into one of these posts? That's worth a little something, right?
I have to say that this is one of my fave Christmas Cards I've made this year. I sponged four colors of blue ink, spattered a mixture of white Distress Paint and Acrylic Paints, then cut the deer from grunge paper. I painted him and put so little glitter on him that pretty much everyone here in the house thinks something is wrong with me. I usually have the stuff streaming out the air ducts by October, but have shown uncommon restraint this year. I'm not sure why, but I can tell you that I fully intend to resume my abuse of glitter and sparkly stuff, shortly. I've missed going to the store or the stable and having people squint while looking in my general direction.
Sorry. Ramble.
One of my favorite dies from Impression Obsession this year is the Jingle Bells. I took the flourishes from the die and attached them to the back of my reindeer, being very careful to enhance his flying and not look like he was having some type of gastric disturbance.
Kittie, one of the DT at IO, started putting cute little sprigs with berries around her deer several years ago. She put 3 berries in the middle of hers, but I wanted to see if I could get close to a little poinsettia, instead. It's not quite that, but cute nonetheless.
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Wed, Dec 23, 2015 @ 9:35 PM
Beautiful card! Your sponging is so perfectly blended and LOVE the grunge deer! Even your spatter is done so well!
Thanks for the laughs too! Love your descriptions as much as I love your work!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132001
Thu, Dec 24, 2015 @ 12:52 AM
No wonder it's a personal favourite of yours,Carmen, it's totally gorgeous, the deer is stunning. I plead guilty to keeping a couple of Christmas cards each year which I can't bear to.give away...I hope you are not the same ;-).
Registered: December 3, 2009 Location: Central PA Posts: 58093
Sun, Dec 27, 2015 @ 7:10 AM
I enjoy the card for for its beauty, DH wants a deer with a rack like that! He's a hunter through and through! Now you just know I'm heading to your blog to finish the write-ups. Your story telling is the best!