Shades of Brown - Stampin' Up! Reindeer Fun

   Can you tell I've been having a good time creating with the Reindeer Fun bundle?  My card today is inspired by the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge which is to use shades of brown.  It took me a minute to square up "brown" and "Christmas" and after looking through some papers and finding the lovely snowflake pattern in the Sentimental Christmas DSP an idea started!

  I started with a Basic White thick card base and I sponged Pecan Pie ink on the edges, next is the layer of Sentimental Christmas DSP.  Next is a panel of Basic White embossed with the Forever Plaid embossing folder with more sponged edges.

  I had a piece of the Wood Textured Specialty paper left from a previous project and it was already blended with Crumb Cake ink so I punched a tag top and you guessed it...more sponging.  I added a Crumb Cake ribbon to the tag and secured it with a long retired Glimmer Brad.

  Next are the deer stamped in Early Espresso, colored with Stampin' Blends and die cut.  I popped the deer with dimensionals and then worked on the sentiment.

  The sentiment is also from the Reindeer Fun stamp set and I stamped it in Early Espresso and cut the tag with the Unbounded Love dies.  And again more sponged edges.

  The finishing touch are the 4 retired candy dots in a shade of brown.  Could be Early Espresso, could be retired Chocolate Chip, who knows!

  I am pleasantly suprised with how good the "browns" work for a Christmas card and I'm glad I gave this challenge a try!

  Thanks for looking!  Did you stamp today?

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Stamps: Reindeer Fun

Ink: Early Espresso, Pecan Pie, Crumb Cake

Blends: Pecan Pie light & dark, SU300, color lifter

Paper: Basic White thick, Basic White, Sentimental Christmas DSP, Wood Texture Specialty paper

Accessories: Reindeer Fun dies, Forever Plaid embossing folder, Unbounded Love dies, dimensionals, tag topper punch (retired), Stitched Crumb Cake ribbon (retired), candy dots (retired), Glimmer Brad (retired)