A Tutti Collage for Christmas at Sweet Stampin' Challenge

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Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Today begins a new challenge at

Christmas at Sweet Stampin'!

My marvelously brilliant teammates have fantastic samples to share! We hope to see your imaginative artwork each month in our "Anything Goes Christmas" Challenges. The challenge is for ANY Christmas theme craft project. January's Challenge is open until February 12.

This month I'm playing with my virginal Tutti Deer Family Tree die. It's YEARS old, and has been crying out to be played with. It's a large die and will cover your standard A2 size creation. These cards are 5" x 7".



Products Used:
Tutti Deer Family Tree die
Tonic Studios Slab Merry Christmas die
MS Deep Edge Lace Trim Doily Punch
Crafters Companion Elegant Snowfall Emb Folder
2.5" Tear-ific Tape
GM2039 Ocean Breeze Microfine Velvet Glitter,
GM2000 Cloud Nine Microfine Velvet Glitter,
A colorful, dark Microfine Glitter called "Celebration"
Gold and White Brilliance Ink
Not Quite Navy, White, Gold Glossy cardstock

First I die cut 2 black back panels as bases. Then using brown, green and white, I cut out the shapes. Because the backgrounds were going to be dark, I placed white scraps on the back so that the snowflakes inside the deer would show up:



I made a big boo-boo on my first card, by applying the 2.5" Tear-ific Tape to the panel before dry embossing. As you can see, when I put the glitter on, it made a funky texture:


Lesson learned. For the light colored glitter, I dry embossed first, and applied the glitter to a white panel, adhering the glittered panel to the background:




The deer family and sentiment were adhered to the exposed 2.5" Tear-ific Tape, and the microfine glitters were rubbed in afterward.



Then a white and gold done in the same techniques:



On a Personal Note:
It's a normal day in central rural Florida's Winter.
Missy (our black cat) finds a convenient spot for an afternoon nap - the passenger bench in her Daddy's Mule. In the next six weeks, the oaks will lose the rest of their leaves. A week later, squigglies full of pollen appear, blanketing everything in yellow including the pool, and then the new leaves burst forth shortly thereafter, with lots of baby monarch butterfly caterpillars.

Challenges I'd like to support please:

1. ABC Christmas Challenge (A+B) A for Anything Christmas 1/16
2. Pile It On Challenges #150 "Land Animals" (deer family) 2/3
3. Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge #419 Something Old (the die is old) 1/12
4. Sparkles Christmas Challenges #96 "Add Some Sparkle" 
5. Merry Little Christmas #6 AG Christmas 02/01 sep post
6. Kerst Christmas (Jan 1) Christmas 02/01 FB
7. Christmas Crafts All Year Round (Jan) "Let It Snow" (white snowy theme) 02/01
8. Creative Craft Cottage #114 "Winter" 1/21 or 2/7? (sep post)
9. Shopping Our Stash #385 Winter Blues 1/15 (sep Post) (13)
10. Holly and Ivy Christmas #43 AG Christmas 2/8 (sep post) (15)

Stamping Hugs!