Hi again, I needed to make a centerpiece for my Christmas table. Ever since I saw what "Jim the Gentleman Crafter" did a while back, I knew I had to bust out the matboard and engineer one of my own.
I googled "sleigh templates" and found a free download to print. (What did we ever do before Google?) I then cut the pieces out from matboard and covered them with paper.
The reindeer were cut 16 times with matboard and 2 glued together for strength. I inked them with "gathered twigs" distress and sprayed them with "picket fence" stain in a mister bottle.
To make the reindeer fly, I cut some heavyweight plastic into 1/2 inch strips and glued them to the back of the deer, creating an L bracket. I wrapped some chenille stems around them for a harness - so cute!
Once the general assembly was complete, it was time to decorate (my favorite!!) I added lightweight texture paste to the base and threw on some die cut snowflakes. I used the frostyville border die from Memory Box to glue on the edges. It was a bit short so I added some Festive Greenery cuts from Tim Holtz.
Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you all have a wonderful week, now go get something done today.
Happy Canada Day! Maple Leaves in Red and White.
For the girlie girl birds. New paper from Kaiserkraft. Yummmm
For the travelling birds, maps and globes and gears, oh my. This one is for you Tim Holtz.
View 2 distress inks, stains, Tim Holtz movers and shapers, bigz dies, Stampers Anonymous stamps
