Happy Reindeer

It's July, so I'm in Christmas mode (naturally!) with this sweet image from the soon-to-be-released set of festive images from Lili of the Valley.  This one's called Happy Reindeer and he's adorable.  I've teamed it with a new Marianne Design die although the lettering didn't quite go to plan! I had hoped to emboss it with glitter, but my first attempt at applying embossing ink only to the letters didn't work because the ink seeped under the die and covered the whole of the red card. I therefore resorted to inking in the letters to the embossed die-cut with a white gel pen using the metal die like a stencil!

Card Recipe:

• Happy Reindeer from Lili of the Valley
• MFT Stitched Scalloped Basic Edges 2
• MFT Stitched Basic Edges 2
• Maja Design Coffee in the Arbour Paperpad
• Glossy Accents
• Chrystal Glamour Dust glitter
• Marianne Design Twinkle Twinkle Die
• Watercoloured with Ranger Distress Ink Reinkers
• The Langton Watercolour paper
• Viva Pearl Pen - Ice White

I've been inspired by:

• Deep Ocean - Christmas In July
• Simon's Wednesday Challenge - We're seeing stars

Happy crafting
Annette
xx