Saturday, October 4, 2008

A Deer for Dad

I made this card for my dad's birthday. He is off hunting, so I thought a card inspired by his desire to hunt harmless woodland animals might be appropriate.

I don't have any deer stamps so I had to draw one. I colored it in with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with odorless mineral spirits. Then I cut it out and heat embossed it with matte clear embossing powder.

For the background I sponged Certainly Celery and Old Olive. Then I stamped trees from Lovely as a Tree with Old Olive ink, stamping off on scratch paper first.

The layers below that are Basic Black, Chocolate Chip and a Kiwi Kiss card base.

Happy World CardMaking Day! Check out the amazing celebration Gina K is having. Wow!

Limelight Paper Crafts is having a bunch of fun contests.

There is a fun blog hop going on at Unity.

Have a great day!

17 comments:

Cat Tidwell said...

Oh WOWZA! This is an awesome piece of art Theresa! This looks so real! Like you could pet it! (which is what you SHOULD do not hunt them, lol!) Men folk around here are the same way though...

I dont know how you go about it, but you ought to submit your drawings for stamps..seriously check into it!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card. Your dad will LOVE it. I wish I could draw. Your work is incredible.

Daniel August said...

Did you say that you draw it?!?! :O

Woah.. I'm amazed.. :S


Daniel

Unknown said...

You drew that? Wow, Theresa!! That's awesome! Love your coloring and shading too.

Tlbran said...

Amazing! I'm sure your Dad will love it also.

Kevin Renz said...

That is an amazing card! Just wanted to say thanks for playing too.

Julie S. said...

I am in total agreement -- lots of people with far less talent are doing their own sets these days. I would like to submit a link to this post to Gina K. Designs, Cornish Heritage Farms, and other likely places for them to see your art.

Cornish Heritage Farms would be a natural for you!
Julie

Anonymous said...

you drew this???? what are you messing with stamps for? Wow, consider me bowled over! This is gorgeous.

Flower said...

I was thinking, what a great card...the deer is an awesome stamp. But, you drew it! Seriously, that's talent. *bowing*

Catherine said...

you drew this?!? LOL! you'll probably get tired of people asking you the same question but this is too cool! keep drawing and posting it and i bet someone will hire you to make your own stamp and how cool is that?! =)

Anonymous said...

You need to design stamps (if you don't already) Wow! What a beautiful drawing of the deer. I would have to frame and display it!

Gwen said...

Oh my gosh!!! this is so incredable!! love how you did the background!!! just stunning!!

Lee said...

No seriously?????? Girl............you gotta be designing some stamps right now!!!! You've got some MAD drawing skills!!! And this card is amazing.........had to totally LOL about the "harmless woodland creatures"!!

Annapurna said...

No way Hose... It looks like the deer head is sticking out of the card. A real one. Great job with the drawing and using the matte clear embossing powder, Genius. I didn't even know something like that existed. Gotta get me some of that.

WELL DONE!!!!

Deb Wood said...

WOW this is amazing, such stunning color!!

Linsey R said...

what do you mean "I had to draw one"?!?!?! You DREW this?! OH MY GOSH, Theresa!!! I totally didn't know that you were a primo artist in this capacity too! I'm absolutely floored, girl! This is beyond amazing! You need to think about illustrating a stamp line--I would absolutely buy from you if this is the sort of skills you have! Wow! I'm so impressed! You are one talented lady! :) hugs!

Elena said...

Wow! You are not only a very talented stamper, but a very talented artist! That is amazing! This card is a piece of an art! The deer looks so realistic! Lots of detailed work! Love it!!!