Hello Friends and thanks for joining me today!
I can finally share the card I made for Simon Says Stamp Fun and Festive Release 😄
My card features the new Dancing Deer Die. The idea I had for this card was to make it look like the Deer, lets call him Rudolf because he has a red nose 😉 was flying over the moon across a night sky. If you know me, you'll know I love interactive cards... so for this card I made it so that the moon spun from one side to another without letting the deer spin all the way around.
I have been wanting to make a tall and skinny card for the longest time so I thought this card would work perfectly.
- To begin, I painted my night sky using Mijello Mission Gold Watercolors using a mix of Persian Blue and Ivory Black.
- To the background I added white splatters using a copic white pigment. Set it aside to dry.
- Next I did all my die cutting. A white layer of the deer, a brown one and then a lighter brown for the antlers. I then pieced the deer together and added a red crystal to the nose.
- I then die cut the pieces for the moon, 2 large circles for the moon, and 2 smaller circles to make the spinner element.
- I glued the 2 large circles together, then blended some Hickory Smoke Distress Oxide Ink to the outer edge of the circle. Sprayed some water drops and picked it up with a paper towel.
- Next, I worked on the spinner mechanism by gluing a flat button onto one of the smaller circles I had cut out. Set it aside to dry.
- I then die cut a small circle on the upper half of the night sky background, slightly larger than the button.
- Next I placed the button through opening of the die cut circle and glued the other small die cut circle to the top.
- Once the spinner was dry and in place I added foam tape behind the background panel to pop it up and allow the spinner to move freely. Avoiding foam around the spinner area. Here is a link of a video to a previous spinner I created if you want a better idea of a similar process.
- Before attaching the moon to the spinner, added a couple of pieces of foam tape around the mechanism to act as movement stoppers. One at the the 4 o'clock mark and another at the 9 o'clock mark. Do not remove the protective tape.
- I then glued the deer onto the moon. Right about the middle part of the deer's body I added another piece of foam tape so that that piece would catch on the pieces that were already glued down on the panel. I then carefully placed and glued the moon onto the center of the spinning mechanism.
- Next I die cut 3 layers of the Sending Die using white cardstock, stacked and glued them together and then added a silver glitter layer of cardstock to the top.
- Repeated the same thing with the Christmas Blessing Die.
- Finished off the card by adding some white gel pen details and crystals.
The completed card measures 4 x 8.5 inches.
Here is a peak of the card in action.
I hope this partial spinning Christmas Blessings Deer card inspired you today.
Don't forget to check out all the new Fun and Festive Release Goodies!
Thank you for stopping by 😊
Until next time... Happy Crafting 👋
SUPPLIES
To make supplies easy to find, I have linked them below. If something I used is no longer available I will link to a similar product.
Affiliate links may be used depending on the product. Your purchases help keep my blog running, so thanks in advance for the support!
Supplies marked with an asterisk (*) were generously sent to me.
 *Dancing Deer Die Shop at: SSS |
 SENDING Wafer Die Shop at: SSS |
 Christmas Blessing Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Nested Circle Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Mijello Mission Gold Water Color Palette Set Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
 Oxide Ink Pad HICKORY SMOKE Shop at: SSS |
 Copic Opaque White Pigment Shop at: AMZ |
 April Crystals Shop at: SSS | SK |
 SILVER | CRYSTALS Shop at: SK |
 Uni-Ball Impact Gel Pen Shop at: SSS | AMZ |
