All About Backgrounds with the Advent Calendar Day 8 ~ December Challenge

Today is Day 8 for the Advent Calendar and the stamp is an adorable reindeer. I’ve turned this cutie into Rudolph with a little masking on his nose. Rudolph is the star of this card while all his reindeer friends play in the background. His shiny red nose is getting ready for Christmas Day!

The A Little Christmas Carol background stamp was used to create this background. It was inked up with the Vintage Photo Distress Ink, but I stamped it off once on a post it note to lighten it a bit. And then I stamped the reindeer in a triangle pattern which draws the eye through the background and gives it balance. I also used an impression plate to give the background some fun texture.

Next I distressed the edges of the background with some of the Vintage Photo distress ink. It shows some of the texture around the edges from the impression plate. I copic colored Rudolph very simply with E21, E23, and E27. Finally, I die cut Rudolph and a red mat using the two smallest circle dies from the Scallops & Circles {nesting dies}. Adhered the circles together and then I popped them up on the card. The sentiment is from the cute Magical Holiday Itty Bitty stamp. To finish off the card, I added a bit of glossy accents to Rudolph’s nose.

You can check out my process video here… Advent Calendar Day 8 | December Challenge | All About Backgrounds | Unity Stamp Co.