My March CAS Christmas entry - Deer baubble

Hi all - skating in almost at the eleventh hour (well, about 7 hrs left) to post an entry for this month's CAS Christmas Card Challenge. I almost thought I wouldn't make it since I was out of town most of the past two weeks, then home for a meeting this afternoon. Meeting ended early and I had time to make use of items I had cut last week potentially for this challenge (use a deer).

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White; Poptone Black Licorice

Silhouette Design ID 70497 Circle Flourish Reindeer

Die - Spellbinders Ribbon Banners

Stamp - Hero Arts CL343 Holiday Sayings (retired)

Other - Tumbled Glass, Broken China, & Black Soot Distress Oxide Inks; Stickles

I started with a Silhouette design I used once almost four years ago (see card here). That was for a vintage challenge; this time I was going with white on white but ended up coloring my offset layer with shades of blue Distress Oxide ink. I tried stenciling some birch trees behind but rejected that idea as too busy, given the flourishes on the deer. I spritzed the blue with a bit of water but the effect is very subtle. Wanted to use diamond stickles on the deer but the bottle was empty - dang! Instead used crystal ones which turned out fine. I had cut a bunch of white and black deer so decided to layer for a slight shadow effect.

Sorry for the bad photo; it was already clouding up here after a fairly sunny day. Thanks to Loll, Bonnie & team for another fun challenge!! And a big Happy Birthday to this fabulous challenge blog - one year old and going strong!!