Saturday, December 1, 2012

To Die For at FSC!

The newest challenge at FSC is "To Die For" and DT Sister, Joanna, chose this theme.  How fun is this challenge in which you can use die cuts, cut your own dies or even punches!  Just remember to include stamping along with your choice of "Dies."  There is always a prize and a Top 3 selection, so come on and join in!  All of us at FSC, love to see you and your fabulous creations!
The embossed background on mine was actually a leftover from a previous "CC2 Challenge," so that was my canvas!  I wanted to have a good portion of the background visible, so opted to go with shrinking my "Die Cuts."  This is what I did with the little ornaments and deer!  The ornaments were cut from white shrink plastic, stamped using Tim's stamps and Perfect Medium.  I then colored them with Perfect Pearls and baked.  Once heat set, I went over them with alcohol inks and blending solution.  The deer was cut from frosted shrink plastic, blended on Distress Ink, stamped the other side with Metallic Distress Stains using a snowflake stamp of Tim's.  I did add a little color to his nose and an eye.  All of these were coated with clear embossing ink and powder and heat set as well.  These were all baked in my toaster oven.  Added some red/white bakers twine for a more festive touch!


See the little baby snowflakes!
Hope you will join in with all the fun!  Have a wonderful weekend and thank you so much for stopping by!

45 comments:

Netty said...

Beautiful card Terry and loving the little ornaments, xx

Jo said...

so gorgeous!

CuddlyBunny said...

Wonderful Terry! I love the softness of your holiday colors!

Yvonne Garner said...

A stunning beauty. Love how the baker's twine sets off the whole card. Hope all is well. Best, Yvonne

Shelly Schmidt said...

Wow-love this fantastic card- the embossing outlined by twine is a great look- and how I love the shrink plastic elements- so cool!!!

Ink Art Designs said...

Hi Terry, this is soooo gorgeous! I love all the shrink plastic ornaments...a great idea!!! and very effective with the alcoholic inks. x
Dot x

Michele said...

perfection! so many wonderful elements! love it. xo

Caroline said...

Terry this is gorgeous the embossed bacground looks fabulous and all the little ornaments look fantastic. Caroline xxx

Claire said...

Oh Terry this is gorgeous, the little shrink plastic die cuts are fabulous and I particularly love the way you've used the bakers twine.
Hope you're having a good weekend
Claire xx

Brenda Brown said...

This captures Christmas beautifully my friend. A stunning background and your little shrinkies are wonderful embellishments, texturised and coloured perfectly. I so love this.
We are due home Thursday. I brought a little pack of papers and some images with me so I have been making some Christmas collage cards which has been fun and given me something to do when the sun went down or when we have had a shower.
Take care.
Hugs Brenda xxx

cebelica said...

Your creation is awesome. Hugs! xx

Anonymous said...

Fabulous card Terry, love the way you've used the baker's twine and the 'shrunk' embellies are gorgeous ! Sue C x

Valerie-Jael said...

Absolutely gorgeous, love it! Hugs, Valerie

Donna Ellis said...

Terry, gorgeous! I wanted to ask, is your background a dry embossed folder with white EP? It looks amazing, and would love to learn how you created it! Love the total look of your card - and a great idea about shrinking the dies!

Sharon said...

Wow Terry this really is stunning!!!

Meggymay said...

Wow, its a gorgeous card, love the deer its a great idea to shrink the images.
Yvonne x

Pam said...

Loving the background, and the cute shrinky dinks!!

Art From The heart said...

Absolutely beautiful. I love every detail,especially the deer !
Hugs

Anonymous said...

So many wonderful details and love the treatment of the reindeer.
Striking piece of work Terry.
Wishes
Lynne

Jenny Marples said...

So gorgeous it's almost edible. What a clever idea to shrink your diecuts. They are so special. Hugs, Buttons x

Janny Jager said...

Bautiful card Terry with great details.
love it.
Greetings Janny

Asia King (aka Joanna K) said...

Terry, what a gorgeous card! I love the embossed background, it adds so much delicious texture - fabulous! xx

Unknown said...

Oh how utterly wonderful the embossed parts are Terry, and that cute deer is superb, fab creation again my friend! Hugs, Ira xox
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Karin said...

wow a fantastic card!

Ephemera said...

Hi Terry, WOW, that embossed background is spectacular. Is it heat embossed? So loving that effect. Those shrinkies are adorable especially that cite little reindeer. Have a lovely Sunday. xx

Unknown said...

Your card is gorgeous my friend. Lots of wonderful embossing so pretty to look at.

Hugs~

It's windy, windy here. Makes for a bad hair day!

Von said...

I love this !
Von ☺

Hettie said...

This is gorgeous Terry and so clever of you to use shrink plastic. Wonderful!
xx

Silvia(Barnie) said...

Terry, your tag looks wonderful. Love the textured background.

Alexa said...

Those ornaments are just too cute! i love that reindeer - he looks like he's made of glass! x

Sherry said...

It's perfect Terry and that mini reindeer is just fabulous! xx

Vada said...

Little Lady You Rock!!! Love Your Reindeer, Too Die For.
Glad to read that Santa got there. Enjoy!
Hugs Vada

Carol W. said...

Love love this one! My Fav, so far! You rock using Tim's products, thank you for sharing.

PetraB said...

terrific project, love the little ornaments - so sweet

1CardCreator said...

This is awesome Terry!

Marjie Kemper said...

Wow, Terry, this is a beauty! Love what you've done with the red and white bakers' twine, and you know I just grin whenever you pull out your shrinkie talents... that deer is fabulous! He looks just like the ones who visit me every morning.

Ellie Knol said...

LOVE the way your diecuts turned out, in your oven...LOL

xxx Ellie xxx

Lynn Stevens said...

Awesome Terry, it looks like your letters are covered with a blanket of frost or snow!
Hugs Lynn

Lucy Edmondson said...

oh Terry, this is amazing! My favourite Christmas make so far this year. Love the frosty letters and those shrinky baubles with all their details - wonderful! I love the way you have used the Baker's twine. I haven't seen anyone use it in that way and it works so well,

Lucy x

Kim said...

Holy Cramoly! I love this. Your background is perfect...I havent' used my folder and stamp set yet...now I will. And I love the snowflake touch on the deer. Great ideas!

Lisa Somerville said...

Beautiful! Love the embossed background and the shrunked embellies!

Fliss said...

Fabulous textured creation Terry and the little deer looks adorable with his glossy coat.
Fliss xx

Words and Pictures said...

The embossed background is absolutely yummy, and I love your glossy little deer - gorgeous inspiration as always, Terry, thank you!
Alison x

Jan Hennings said...

This is a beauty!!

Shirl said...

Such a clever use of the shrink plastic Terry it compliments your creation perfectly.

Hugs Shirley x x

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