A Set of Christmas Cheer With a Layered Deer

This week I'm winding down from a crazy World Card Making Day weekend over at StampNation.  I've been so busy lately doing challenges and promotions  that  I decided this week I was going to just take a little time to make a set of cards for fun.  No guidelines to follow, no schedules, no rules.  Just me and my MISTI and this beautiful new stamp set that has been sitting on my table for about a month, waiting for me to play with it. 

I bought this set as soon as I laid eyes on Maureen Merritt's gorgeous card   over at  StampNation 

I absolutely love this Color Layering Deer by Hero Arts! 

To make this a cohesive set of gift cards I tried to stay with the same stamps and dies and the same colors throughout.  I did try to make each card a little different though, which can be a bit tricky when working with the same focal element.

First, I set up my MISTI and just went to town stamping about 30 of these beautiful deer.  Once my MISTI was loaded I figured why not just stamp as many as I could so I have enough little deer on hand to make it to December. 

And I have to admit...I'm totally in love with how super simple it was to stamp such a beautiful image.

I didn't have to think hard on the color combination for this deer either because I used the 

Couture Color - Cocoa Collection from The Ton. They are three beautiful browns that worked great together when stamping this layered deer.

For this set of cards I used the following supplies:

Stamps:  Color Layering Deer (Hero Arts), Outline Holiday Cones, Mistletoe Kisses, Minor Stripes Background (The Ton), Gift Tag Greetings (My Favorite Things).

Ink: red sangria, warm hazelnut, found topaz, aspen cocoa (The Ton), forever green (Hero Arts), tuxedo black (Memento), white pigment (WPlus9).

Paper: black, schoolhouse red (Simon Says Stamp), white 140 lb cardstock (Neenah).

Accessories: Color Layering Deer Frame Cuts Dies (Hero Arts), Sentimental Flourish Frame dies (My Favorite Things), Birch Trees dies (Sizzix), Silly Stitched dies, Border Builders dies, Bunnies and Bows dies (Lil' Inker Designs), Wink of Stella clear glitter pen (ZIG), white embossing powder (WOW!).

Now, I'm off to box this set up, along with some coordinating envelopes.  This will be the perfect thank you gift to some very special people I know.

Thanks for stopping by!