Sunday, August 4, 2013

Fishing up some Christmas Wishes

Hi everyone!  I have another Christmas card to share with you today.  I was sitting here with my husband this morning and said I was working on something with candy canes.  He tossed out the idea of fishing candy canes.  I love that man!  He sure does help me out when I run into a creative block  :-)


I started with a red card base, 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.  I cut a blue and white polka dot paper 1/8" smaller, inked the edges with indian corn blue and ran it through my cuddlebug using the snowflake folder.  The background paper came from My Mind's Eye 6x6 paper pad called Sweater Weather.  All other paper came from scraps. 

 I used quite a few different cartridges for this one.  The clouds are from This & That, sized at 1/2" and inked with indian corn blue ink.  The trees were cut a various sizes from Paper Doll Dress Up.  I colored the trunk with a brown marker and added silver glitter like garland or snow.  The snow was cut from the grass border on Plantin Schoolbook under the RolyPoly feature at 1 1/2".  I cut three of these, inked the top with indian corn blue, alternately layered them and spread some stardust glitz over them for glistening snow. 


The pond was also cut from Plantin Schoolbook, the oval under the Basic feature at 1 1/4".  The deer was cut from Campin Critters at 2 1/2" and I just cut the fish off the line.  The wreath over the antlers came from Christmas Solutions and was cut a 1" and added green glitter glue.  The candy canes were cut at various sizes from Tis the Season.  I cut these out of red and added the white stripes with my gel pen.  I  popped up the deer and a couple of the candy canes with foam tape.


I didn't have a stamp that I liked for a sentiment on this card so I typed it up in a word doc and used a free font called Beyond Wonderland.  I had some scraps from the same Sweater Weather paper pad left from another project, so I trimmed them to 1/4" and added to the top and bottom.


Hope you enjoy!!  And I'm sending a BIG thank you to my husband for the creative idea!!!!  

Linking to:
Bitten by the Bug 2 - Christmas in July
Festive Friday - Candy Canes
Paper Crafting Journey - Punches and/or Die Cuts
Die Cuttin Divas - Anything Goes



16 comments:

  1. This is so very adorable Dawn!! Love it!! What a cute idea to have the deer fishing for candy canes!! And the wreath hanging on his antler! How funny is that?! Thank you so very much for joining our 'Christmas In July' challenge at BBTB2!!!! :)

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  2. Fabulous card Dawn. Love that your deer is fishing candy canes! Thanks for sharing your creativity with us at BBTB2.
    Jayne x

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  3. This makes me smile all over my face! What a sweet (pun intended) scene! Better hold onto that guy, he's a keeper! Thanks for playing along with us at Festive Friday!

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  4. What an ADORABLE and original creation!!! Inside and out...I just love it! So glad you've joined in with us at Festive Friday

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  5. Thanks so much!! and yes he is definitely a keeper!!! :-)

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  6. This is so creative. Love the fishing deer. Thanks for joining BBTB2.

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  7. oh now how adorable and creative! thanks for sharing with us at bbtb2 :)

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  8. Well... all the kids would love that if they could fish for candy canes! Love it.

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  9. Fabulous and fun. Such a stunning creation. Thank you for sharing with us at PCJ Challenge.
    Laine - DT
    xx

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  10. Very cute and such fun - love it!
    Thank you so much for joining us at PCJ for our Punches/Dies challenge Karen P, Paper Crafting Journey Design Team http://stampinginpink.blogspot.co.uk/

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  11. What a fun card. It has so many interesting cuts and I love the way you made up such a festive scene.

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  12. This is GREAT! It make me snicker with glee!!

    Awesome!!

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  13. OMG...this is SO cute! Love it!! :0)

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  14. Uh, your husband is awesome. It turned out SO CUTE! What a clever way to use this week's challenge, and you did a fantastic job with it! Thank you so much for playing with us at Festive Friday this week!

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  15. OK, candy cane fishing? Too cute! Love the card inside and out!

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  16. thank you so much everyone!!

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