Another struggle with this challenge! I couldn't see how to translate the movie poster into a holiday card--forget about the color scheme provided. I finally got the idea to have the reindeer silhouetted against the moon (poster inspiration), colored kind of a peachy-white color with a black/grey sky (color scheme inspiration). And a card was born!
I die cut my reindeer from black glitter cardstock backed with Stick It adhesive. The antlers on this die are extremely delicate, and I didn't want to try to use liquid glue to adhere it, which would likely ooze out all over.
For my background, I die cut a mask from masking paper for the moon. I marked the vertical center of the panel, as well as the mask, & lined up those marks to get the positive portion of the mask centered. I inked around that with Tattered Rose, Hickory Smoke, Chipped Sapphire, & a bit of Black Soot at the edges of the panel. I let that dry, removed the positive circle mask, and placed the negative part of the mask on my panel. I then inked the moon with Tattered Rose, adding in a bit of Chipped Sapphire for craters, which I mostly blended out with the Tattered Rose. Finally, I spritzed the moon generously with my homemade Perfect Pearls mist, and then removed the mask & heat set the moon.
I stamped my greeting on another strip of mixed media paper & clear heat embossed it. I inked the strip with Tattered Rose to match the moon, and adhered it towards the bottom of my panel. I got 2 black glitter swirl brads that I've had in my stash for years, poked a hole for each in my card front, & attached them. I adhered my deer, colored a clear gem with alcohol ink, and used Ranger Multi Medium Matte to glue that to the reindeer's nose. I just figured Rudolph goes along with the greeting!
Date: Saturday, October 28, 2017 GMT Views: 542
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Tue, Oct 31, 2017 @ 7:06 AM
Love your inspired design with the beautiful moon and deer silhouette. The scrolls on your sentiment piece add a nice touch too and are reminiscent of the scrolled hills on the poster.