Winter Deer - Sheepski Designs, digital cutter, paper piecing

Aurora Borealis lighting a snowy scene with deer and trees, my card features the Sheepski Designs image, Winter Deer, cut with a Cricut Maker and a colourful sky with Cosmic Shimmer Opal Blaze polish. This is my inspiration piece for July's Sheepski Designs blog challenge. The theme this month is Christmas! 

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Putting It Together

I'm still recovering from breaking my shoulder so still taking it easy on my crafting. But, I've had something like this on my mind since I first got my Cricut Maker.

Cosmic Shimmer recently release the Opal Blaze Polishes. I fell in love with them when I saw them and had to have them all. They look stunning on black or dark cardstock with an amazing duo-colour shimmer. In the pot, it looks almost white then comes to life with the dark background. I used four of the colours with a blender stick to pick up the colours in the Northern Lights. Seeing them in person is high on my bucket list. Every time they're south enough to see where I live, it's cloudy and rainy.

I used the Cricut Maker to cut the PNG from light grey thin cardstock using the medium cardstock setting. 

For the snow, I removed the trees and deer and discarded the top.

I used white Liquid Pearls with a blending sponge for a little visual texture for the snow. 

I cut the image again with light black cardstock just slightly larger than the cut on grey.

This time I carefully weeded the background to have the trees and deer. 

I did a dry fit to make sure they would all fit the way I wanted. 

I used liquid glue on the snow piece and the deer and trees, adding them to the panel with the sky. 

I trimmed and chomped the corners before adding it to a black cardbase. Inside I added a white panel for a personal sentiment. The shimmer and colour of the sky is hard to capture in the pictures but is amazing in person. 

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