Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Reindeer Games...

Aaaahh, down to the last introduction!  I have another story to share here...

When my sister sent me this image, we debated back and forth on it.  I liked the concept, but wanted the reindeer to look more squishy instead of long and lean as normal reindeer look.  Unfortunately, putting the two girls on the reindeer made the reindeer look huge, but I think she managed to get the face to look kawaii while still being able to add the two girls on for the ride.

We had decided that if we weren't totally happy with it, we wouldn't release it.  Fast forward a year later, I was skyping with my sis and she was excited to show me all the crafts she's been working on. One of which was using the reindeer image.  Man, she sure made it look cute as an ornament!  So we talked some more and decided that we'd release it during the next holiday season.  Hope we made the right decision and that you can now enjoy it too.

Here's the journaling card I came up with this time.  I wanted to do something a little different this time.  Instead of using patterned paper like I normally do, i decided to go a little more artsy fartsy and make my own background.  It's hard to see in this photo, but I stamped and colored the reindeer image on cardstock.  Then I used some Spun Sugar Distress Ink with my water brush and painted on a light streak of pink in front of and under the reindeer.  After that dried, I stamped the Joy sentiment using an old Hero Arts set.  It still needed something, so I found some of my ice stickles and made more streaks by the legs of the reindeer and under the words.  I think it added just the right touch without taking anything away from the image.


I hope you have enjoyed my journaling card projects! I think I'm going to continue to make more with future releases.

So, do you want a chance to win this reindeer image?  If so, just leave a comment on THIS POST by 08/31/13 11:59HST.

Please join us tomorrow as our design team will feature our new images and we will reveal who our guest designer is!

13 comments:

  1. Awww...this Reindeer stamp is just too cute! Can't wait for this release. And I really need to get started on project life, too. :)

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  2. This is my favorite stamp in the release! Absolutely love it!

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  3. This is totally awesome, so so cute!!!!

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  4. Ooh ... I just love this card; the girls riding on the reindeer look so fun! ... & my daughter's name is Joy! :)

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  5. LOVE your journaling card!!! Super cute!!!

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  6. So cute- gives me inspiration to start my Christmas cards. The reindeer it the cutest.

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  7. I love the idea of a journaling card! I never even thought of it. This image is so great for Christmas Cards!

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  8. I am glad that you and your sister decided to include this stamp image in the release for this month. You made another very nice journaling card.

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  9. This is super cute Jenny! Good use of the HA set! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

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  10. Oh so cute!! I am so glad you and your sister decided to release this image!

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  11. I love Christmas images!! Makes me actually want to get started early on my cards this year. And not wait until after Christmas like last year! XD
    This one is adorable! <3 it!

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  12. Aww... I love this image! They look like they are having a blast!

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  13. Great technique Jenny! This is really cool!

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