Peeking Reindeer

Hi everyone - Happy Sunday! I had the chance to pick up some new Hero Arts Christmas products on Friday - yay!! Had to play with the darling peeking reindeer first:

Supplies: Paper - Basic Grey Infuse (retired); Anchor Paper kraft;

Paper Studio Holiday & Neutrals; Tim Holtz kraft metallic;

scrap of woodgrain & Lawn Fawn yellow watercolor

Dies - Hero Arts Paper Layering Wooden Door (retired but 

check out the Fairy Doors Infinity Dies),

Wagon and Accessories & Peeking Reindeer;

Sunny Studio Slimline Nature Borders;

Lawn Fawn Winter Big Scripty Words

Hot Foil Plate - Lawn Fawn Big Scripty Words

Other - foam tape; Spellbinders foil;

Copics & Hero Arts Sand ink for shading;

Paper Studio & Hero Arts enamel dots; 

Tree House Studio Wiggle eyes; white gel pen;

Hero Arts Green Christmas Felt (retired) & clear lacquer

My favorite local paper crafting store didn't participate in Hero Arts' ShopBox program (early release) for the Christmas season. I was disappointed and the owner wished she would've participated after seeing the release. Luckily they now have a large stock so I picked items not in the class bundle for the 2023 Holiday Stamp-Along (yes, I'll be playing along in November! Go HERE for details) . The Blog Hop for this new release has some great inspiration and I was eager to see how my card idea compared with those in the hop. My fave was that of Nichol Spohr (see it HERE along with an excellent video) who'll be teaching once again in the Stamp-Along. I love how she used the large number dies & especially love her little pom-pom nose on Rudolph. Since I didn't have any pom-poms, I used a scrap of red paper to piece it and added clear lacquer. 

This deer comes as one die but is very easy to cut apart and piece. I decided to add the googly eyes and found some fun oval ones in my stash that went well with the curve of Rudolph's nose. I had never used my wooden door die set before & thought Rudolph would be cute peeking from a door. I considered making my door interactive but in the end just put foam tape on the right edge. Rudolph was also popped up. Funny thing - after I'd glued everything down, I went to see if I could link to the door die set anywhere. I found a photograph of a completed card and realized the decorative hinges were supposed to have the scrolly part on the door - oops! There's a little arrow beyond the scrolls but I'd cut that off to fit my card. 

This is an A6 card since an A2 looked too crowded. Wouldn't have if I'd put the hinges on correctly! The card base is intended to be the "house" & I put a little "step" under my door with some "snow". The step was diecut from a wagon set - I love it when you can use a die in an unintended way! Since my reindeer & door dies are newly used, I'll add this card to Darnell's August NBUS Challenge. I'll also add my card to the current Stay Crafty with a Blog Named Hero Challenge where Anything Goes.

Thanks for stopping by & hope you have a crafty day!!