Valentine Card with Cottage Cutz Christmas Deer Die

Happy 1st Sunday of 2022 my dear crafty and creative friends!

Today I am sharing my first Cottage Cutz project for 2022! I am so grateful to be on this design team. They have the most adorable die cuts and I just love creating with them. For my project today, I created this super sweet card featuring the Christmas Deer w/ Mailbox and Gingerbread Cocoa House dies.

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Here's a look at my completed card. It features the sweet little Christmas Deer w/ Mailbox die and some of the elements from the Gingerbread Cocoa House die. I also used some of the Rectangle Stitched scallop dies from that set.

I started by die cutting all of my pieces in white. I then used my various markers to color in my pieces. This is by far one of my favorite techniques. 

I then used my chalks to add some depth to my little deer as well as rosy up his cheeks. This is my other favorite technique for dressing up my die cuts. I love using the dies for projects outside of it's obvious use.

I then cut the second largest scallop stitched rectangle from that die set in white cardstock. I cutout a piece of Doodlebug patterned paper for a mat. I cut two of the "whipped cream" toppings from the Gingerbread Cocoa House die set. I lightly inked the edges and then added them to the bottom of my mat.

Here is a closer look at the various layers. I used several pieces from the Gingerbread Cocoa House. I even used one of their small snow pile pieces and put it on top of the mail box.

Here's another angle. You can see on the top of the small mat, I added a couple of the Gingerbread Cocoa House's Drips along the top for a border. I added several of the small hearts from that die too.

Here is one last look at my completed card. I love the super cute and very festive paper from Doodlebug. They are a perfect compliment to the adorable Christmas Deer w/ Mailbox die. I love to take pieces from various dies and use them in unexpected ways. It really helps you get more mileage out of your dies.

The Dies I used to create these projects:

Gingerbread Cocoa House

Christmas Deer w/ Mailbox

Nested Scallop Rectangle

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Well, I think that about covers it for today. Be sure to stay tuned for my new crafting series, 22 in 2022! I will be posting my first project on Wednesday of this week. Until the next time, have a wonderfully crafty day!