Penny Black Deer In Christmas Tree

 Today I'd like to share an Eclipse card I made using the Penny Black Deer in a Tree, Christmas Die.  Most Eclipse cards are made using a simple three or four letter word, but after watching a recent youtube video about using your dies, I wanted to try using a Christmas die. This die happened to be one I'd ordered at the end of the season last year and had not gotten a chance to use.  It's a beautiful die but not too complicated.  Here's my finished card, then a few details about making it. 

I started by selecting the top printed paper, trimming it to fit the front of an A2 card base and then die cutting the image to the left edge of it.  I carefully set aside every piece of the die cut out and the background.  Next I repeated the die cut 6 times with white card stock and only kept the die cut tree and deer outline piece.  As I cut each one, I carefully used my book binding glue and stacked them on top of each other matching them exactly.  For the top layer, I added the printed olive green color.  

I carefully mounted the die cut background matted piece then added the stacked tree and reindeer piece.  Lastly, using tweezers, I glued and added each individual background piece inside the tree and around the reindeer to complete the design and not to leave any open spots. 

To complete the card I stamped the sentiment on a scrap of white card stock using coordinating olive ink and die cut the edges.  I added a couple of strips of foam tape to the back to raise it slightly and added it to the right side of the card. I really like the way this one turned out and think I'll make a few more for my stash! 

Thank you for stopping by today.  I enjoy sharing my work with you and invite you to “Follow” my blog and to visit my site ~ “Not Just Scraps” on Facebook ~ where you can purchase my cards.

 

I’ll be entering this card in the following challenges:

Allsorts Challenge Blog Week 592 Cute Christmas

Crimbo Crackers Challenge 217 ~ Anything Goes   

Cute Card Thursday ~ Challenge 655 ~ Dies & Punches  

Krafty Chicks Challenge: #528 ~ Christmas 

Serving a Risen Savior,

Pam

Products Used:

Penny Black, Deer in Tree, Christmas Craft Die