Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Guest Designing at Cardz 4 Guyz - Winter Fun Card

Ya know, usually North Dakotans are the ones being buried under feet of frigid snow before the rest of the country even considers the 4-letter word's existence. After seeing winter storm Bella (really? We're naming winter storms now... According to the Google that's been going on since 2011, who knew?)  dump oodles of snow on my neighbors to the south, I went outside and pretended to make celebratory snow angels in my not-so-white neck of the woods. We're not the first ones!

However, the lack of snow has made it decidedly more difficult to get into the Christmas spirit. Hence my lack of Christmas cards. Hence my impending panic.

Luckily, Cardz 4 Guyz came to my procrastinating rescue this week by forcing me to create a card with the theme "Fun in the Snow".

 
 
I started by coloring some texture paste with dark blue gelatos (I did a tutorial on this earlier in the week) I wanted to play with some Christmas goodies that have been stuck in their dungeon since this time last year, so I pulled out my Tim Holtz Holiday Knit stencil.

 
 
Oooooo! Sparkly - After I schhhhmeared the texture paste through the stencil, I naturally had to add some microfine glitter. #notsorry!
 
Then, since the background was already Holtzian, I decided to play with my NBUS Tim Holtz Syled Woodland stamp set. It's so folksy and I thought the deer would look soooooo cuuuuuute with this card.
 
 
As you can see, I sprinkled the background with a little bit of Chipped Sapphire Distress Spray Stains and then added some blue metallic floss behind the reindeer before rounding out the look with a sentiment.
 
 
 
He's so merry! Or unimpressed... I can't tell which. Let's go with mysterious - He's so mysterious!!
 
Anywho - that's my card for today, and I hope you'll consider going to play along in the Fun in the Snow challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz this week!
 
 
My colors came from the Merry Monday challenge currently underway - Blue and White with Texture! I'm also going to enter it into the Mixed Media Monthly challenge - Texture!
 
 

43 comments:

  1. Snow Angels, what fun Becca, I actually mentioned them to hubby the other evening wondering if we would even got any white stuff this year and he asked me what on earth I was babbling about - he needs to get out more. There was me thinking everyone knew what they were.

    Lovely card today, has a lovely Nordic feel to it.

    B x



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  2. WOW!! This is stunning with the blues and added glitter!! Really stunning design Becca!! :)

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  3. Can I just say...perfect? Great for anyone, not just a guy. Love that you've added the shimmery glitter (guys can have glitter, right?) and that graceful deer. Awesomesauce! Merry Monday's going to love it as well as Cardz For Guyz. Once again I've learned something from your blog...didn't know we were now naming storms either.

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  4. I love that stencil, and the color blue you chose for it. And the deer is pensive. :)

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  5. How very gorgeous! Love these cool colors and every single image!

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  6. Love this card! And it makes me want to get the stencil...!

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  7. Love that stencil Becca as well as the colour. Our snow was pretty non existent when it tried to snow on Friday and for me it can stay like that! It's great to look at but dreadful if you need to travel! :)

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  8. What a gorgeous card, Becca!! I love the background!! That stencil is fabulous and perfect for Christmas cards!! The mysterious reindeer is fabulous!! Love this my friend!! Have a great day :)

    Lisa
    A Mermaid's Crafts

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  9. Handsome AND mysterious! Beautiful card, Becca. He's a keeper.

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  10. So pretty,Thank you for joining us for Merry Monday.

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  11. Love the knitted stencil background Becca, perfect behind the reindeer image. Carol x

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  12. Becca, I love this blue wonder! What a pretty card for the Holidays! GOR-GE-OUS!!

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  13. I'm THE biggest fan of blue & brown together... & this looks stunning. Looooove the glitter! are you sure you're not trying to channel some snow with this card???!!!! It's so warm & cozy:):)

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  14. I love the blue background-very Norwegian looking and sparkles are always a must:) The deer just looks very pleased with himself-let's call the deer Percy:) I love the overall effect. No snow here either

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  15. Oh I LOVE this card!! That blue background is so festive. I like the color and the glitter just puts it over the top. The addition of that deer is just the icing on the cake!! FABULOUS design. As for your lack of snow-I don't care if we get ANY this year. CT got way too much last year for my liking!! I would rather have rain!!

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  16. LOVE this Becca! The effect of the deer stepping over the sentiment looks terrific! It's like he could just leap off your card!!

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  17. Absolutely stunning! Love what you did with the stencil...I might have to get that one... it looks so great! And the deer... just perfect, along with the sentiment too! Thank you for playing along at err Monday.

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  18. Spotted this beauty on Merry Monday - just love the mysterious deer over the stencil, so gorgeous!!

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  19. Fabulous colors Becca, your background is lovely with that beautiful deer.

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  20. Look at your card...It will surely make some one lighten up for Christmas and get that snowy feeling! The texture paste+gelatos look fabulous..and you are right..the deer looks adorable Becca! :)
    Suchi xx

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  21. The card is rocking :). The color design gives such a cozy feeling.

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  22. What a fabulous textural card Becca - the super smooth deer just adds to the contrast on this stunning creation.
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  23. Wow!! Love your background style, Becca!

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  24. Fabulous designed creation, image and awesome papers.xx

     { aNNie}

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  25. What a fabulous card! I love it all!

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  26. Love, love, love this! I do like your style. I normally don't look forward to Christmas card making since they are always so predictable with the red/green colors. Yours is genius - holiday, but doesn't scream Christmas.

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  27. Oh, I love that very beautiful deer you've got there, Becca, and your bg is simply stunning!!!! What a lovely Christmas card!!!
    Have a wonderful day!!!

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  28. Love your sweater background. Your card feels so warm and cozy. The blue is so pretty and makes your deer pop!!

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  29. BEAUTIFUL card and boy I love how you used that stencil xx

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  30. I like the card and especially the stenciled background with a lovely shade of blue.

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  31. You can have the snow from my yard! It is cold. Brrrr! Wonderful texture and use of that stencil! I agree your deer is mysterious! Lol. Awesome sauce design and colors. Happy Merry Day! ~Niki

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  32. Now this is yummy and then some! Love the background, the deer - ooh dear I already spent my pennies on Black Friday deals or else I would be shopping for that stencil and gorgeous deer stamp. I can't wait to get my new goodies too! Karen xx

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  33. Great stenciled background & love the way you wove the sentiment through the deer's legs!

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  34. Wow, Becca. This card is SO lovely and even though it is for a man, it would be perfect for anyone! Your use of the stencil and embossing paste is amazing but it is the thread behind the deer that draws everything together for me. So happy you joined us at Merry Monday!! xo

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  35. Great background and texture. Lovely effect.

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  36. Wowsers. That is sooooo beautiful! !!

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  37. Love, love, love!! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Merry Monday.

    Deanne :)

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  38. wow! This background is amazing!! :)

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  39. such a beautiful card, perfect! Amanda xx

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  40. Love the colored texture paste!! Wonderful! Thank you so much for playing with us at The Mixed Media Monthly Challenge Blog!

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