You're Cool

This sweet little card was inspired by the current Paper Smooches Sparks challenge. I incorporated the color scheme and the holly leaf elements from the inspiration photo of a six pack of root beer "reindeer," along with a few other elements, in my design .

My focal image is from the Swanky Snowdudes set. When I stamped the image, I omitted the carrot nose, then went back and stamped the "hole" image from one of the golf images from the My Guy set in its place. I colored the nose red, like the red reindeer noses in the inspiration photo, and coated it with Glossy Accents for a shiny look. The hat's embellished with a little bit of white flock. The image is attached to a pair of layered die cut panels using dimensional dots.

To pull in another element from the inspiration photo, I used a holly leaf patterned paper for the cardfront's large panel. A strip of red checked ribbon runs across the panel with a loop underneath the right side of the layered die cuts, anchored with a red button, tied with some twine. The "you're cool" sentiment is a mix of sentiments--and pieces of sentiments--from the same two stamp sets as I used for the snowman. Love how easy it is to do this with clear stamps!

Materials Used:
from i {heart} papers: Paper Smooches Swanky Snowdudes and My Guy stamp sets, X-Press white Copic blending cardstock, Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo Black ink, Copic markers (R12, R22, R24, R27, B000, B0000), Echo Park Season's Greetings paper pad, Spellbinders oval and Labels 18 dies, Stampendous white flock, Ranger Glossy Accents, May Arts red and ivory checked ribbon, Creative Impressions twine thread, Sticky Thumb dimensional dots

other: Creamy Caramel, Real Red, and Very Vanilla cardstock (Stampin' Up!); red button (Michaels)