As I Have said before (I think, brain fog!) I can’t always spend as much time as I would like in my craft room, so I am always on the look out for simple card ideas which are fabulous. One thing that makes gorgeous cards is stunning paper. I am in love with the Peaceful Place Speciality DSP. There are a number of sheets which can be used to create gorgeous backgrounds and cards with the minimum of effort. Another bonus is that you can make 6 cards from one piece of 12x12 paper. First I cut the paper in to 3 strips of 10cm (4inches) to separate the trees. Then cut it down to height. I find it easier to cut it at 6 inches and then reduce it down to fit on the card blank.
You can stamp and punch a deer from the Peaceful Deer bundle, or you can stamp and colour directly on to the DSP. On the card below, I stamped the deer in Basic Gray (I find Basic Black is too dark) and then coloured the deer with the Crumb Cake blends. I added the sentiment directly to the card, if you are not confident stamping you can add the sentiment by stamping on scrap card and then cutting it out and adding it to the card.
My Metric
10.5 cm x 14.5 cm (10.5 by 29cm scored at 14.5cm)
Panel – 14.5cm x 10cm Inside
White Panel - 10cm x 14cm
Metric
10.5 cm x 14.8 cm (10.5 by full length scored at 14.8cm)
Panel – 14.8cm x 10cm
Inside White Panel - 10cm x 14.3cm
Imperial
4. 1/8" x 5.5" (4” by full length scored at 5.5”)
Panel – 5.5” x 3 7/8”
Inside White Panel - 3.75” x 5.25”
You can look through your stash and see what else you could use, in the video my examples used the retired Moose. The baby deer is super cute, what is your favourite?
