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This post is kicking off the July challenge at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies, where the theme is always Anything With a Critter! Your critter can be cutesy, creepy, realistic looking, silhouette, die cut… as long as the critter is prominent on your card. Our sponsor this month is the amazing Jan’s Digi Stamps, who has great critter images and so much more. If you haven’t checked out Jan’s site before, you’ll want to head over and see the variety of sets and check out how much you get in each one… so many images and sentiments in her sets! See what I mean?
This Christmas in July card was made with a set aptly named Reindeer. The set includes not just the silhouette images but also b/w and colored images, as well as 4 beautiful sentiments! For this card I chose to use the silhouette image of a deer family. I printed it on bristol paper, die cut with a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle die, and ink blended with a couple Distress Oxide inks in shades of blue. I added a shadow to the snow beneath them with Promarkers and faded it out with the colorless blender. I found the perfect coordinating patterned paper in my stash. I used a Crafter’s Companion die set called Frosty Christmas to die cut a snowflake from white shimmer paper and added some bling to finish it off. Here’s another look:
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I hope you are as excited as I am to see what my teamies made for this challenge! So come over to the 2 Crafty Critter Crazies challenge to see and to enter your own critter card in the challenge. And while you are at it, submit it to Jan’s Digi Stamps Challenge too, where its always Anything Goes! Don’t forget to pay a visit to Jan’s Digi Stamps, where they are having a Christmas in July sale you do not want to miss!!! All Christmas sets are 25% off the whole month of July!!! No code necessary! Hope this chilly Christmas card cooled you off a bit from these warm summer temps! 😊 Until next time…
I am submitting this to the following challenges:
- Mod Squad – Silhouette Time
- Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas Challenge – #496 – Christmas cards w/opt. Use Snowflakes
- Craftyhazelnut’s Patterned Paper Challenge – July
- ABC Christmas Challenge – N is for No Fuss
- Fezziwigs Festive Frolics – Anything Festive Goes
- The House That Stamps Built – DCC JL120 – Christmas in July
- The Holly & Ivy Christmas Challenge – #75 – Anything Christmas Goes
Misplaced Mojo 
This is super, what a pretty card, love the shades of blue you have gone for. Thanks for sharing with me over on Fezziwigs Festive Frolics, Hazel x
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Oh my goodness, Karen! Just when I thought I didn’t need any more of Jan’s Christmas digi’s, here you go enabling me!!! What a gorgeous card! Thanks so much for joining us at The House that Stamps Built!
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Thanks for the sweet comment Patti! I hope you are doing well! So glad my entry came up in your range! Jan’s having a Christmas in July sale, so if you are going to cave in and get it, best to do it this month!!! I may be an enabler, but I’ll also find you the best deal. LOL 😁 Take care, friend!
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Karen,
Love the frosty colors with the silhouette and the snowflake. Thank you for showcasing my “Winter Deer” on your lovely Christmas creation; it is appreciated that you are sharing it and my site with others…
Hugs,
Jan
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Absolutely stunning, Karen! Love it in blue and love that big snowflake. 😀
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Thanks NC!
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This is gorgeous!!! I love the ink blending on your focal panel and that beautiful paper!! I’m always a sucker for snowflakes and that die cut one is fabulous!! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.
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Lovely card. Thank you for joining in the Snowflake Challenge at CHNC this week.
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Wonderful ink blending on this. Thanks for sharing this over at the house that stamps built.
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[…] have seen that I have already used this set once already, but using one of the silhouette images. That post is here if you missed […]
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Lovely card. I really like your focal here. Great take on the challenge, thank you so much for participating this week at the Mod Squad Challenge
Judy~ Mod Squad Challenge Designer
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What a beautiful card!! So elegant too, I just love silhouette images on cards.
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Thank you Tracie! And I’m a big fan of silhouette images too… I realized making that card that I want/need MORE silhouette images!!!
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Karen, this is beautiful! I LOVE all the blues with the silhouettes! 🙂
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Thanks Marie!!!
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Wow! Such an amazing card. Thanks for playing along with us at ABC Christmas Challenge. Looking forward to seeing your creative projects in the future galleries again.
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Fabulous card!
Thanks for playing at the ABC Christmas Challenge!
Helen x
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