Thursday, December 13, 2012

Vintage Reindeer


"I have always thought Christmas time, when it has come round, as a good time, a kind, forgiving, charitable time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely..." -Charles Dickens


Show off your clean and simple creations featuring scoring at CAS-ual Fridays this week. What better sponsor to have than Scor-pal! You can check out the amazing inspiration from the Girl Fridays, read more about the challenge details and rules and find out about the sponsor and prize at the CAS-ual Fridays Blog.

I wanted to go old-school vintage, with a modern twist, on my clean and simple creation, so I chose to stamp lightly a postcard image onto some ivory paper. I added a diagonal, scored strip of midnight blue patterned paper for some movement. I covered a wooden reindeer embellishment with distress ink and touches of gold glitter to replicate vintage ornaments and adhered it to the card in the same direction as the scored panel. I finished the card with a stamped greeting from Snowflake Greetings by CAS-ual Fridays Stamps.

23 comments:

  1. Stunning card Karen!! Love the vintage look...and that Reindeer is beautiful!

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  2. WOW! Karen, this is absolutely stunning. Love it!

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  3. I agree WOW! This one goes to the top of my list as one of my all time faves from you.

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  4. wow! The scoring really DOES add movement. Brilliant.

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  5. wow this is stunning... I love that leaping deer...

    Happy Friday Karen. :)

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  6. Oh WOW I just love this vintage leaping fella!! Awesome card Karen ;)

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  7. What a gorgeous card!! Love the colors and your score lines, are perfect! :)

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  8. Great vintage card and I love that reindeer!

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  9. This is AWEsome Karen! LOVE your vintage deer!

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  10. I know that the reindeer is supposed to be the focal point of the card, but the scored paper strip grabs my attention more. How can something as simple as score lines add so much to a card?

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  11. I didn't realize you'd scored it at first... great job.

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  12. THis is gorgeous, Karen! I love the vintage yet CAS modern feel!

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  13. i am in love with this one, Karen!! love the textures the inking create. gorgeous card!

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  14. Well, isn't he gorgeous? Love the the scored paper too :)

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  15. love it , adding to my bucket list
    ava g

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  16. Nice cards thanks for sharing today. Great giveaway.

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