Be Merry!

Hello friends.  Playing along with a couple challenges today with this fun card...

This fun(ny) reindeer is from Stamping Bella's ODDBALL REINDEER set, and I hadn't played with him in quite a while (years??).  He and the other 2 reindeer that come in the set all crack me up...can you tell how excited he is about Christmas?!  I love Christmas, but I still think he is just a hoot!  He was colored with my Copics and fussy cut, then set aside while I worked on the card base.

Don't ya love the mittens on his ears??  And the look on his face?  And I think the sentiment is perfect for this oddball!!

For my background I used Karren's sketch over at the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge and added 2 strips that I embossed with SSS's Snowflake Visions EF, and for the center strip, a piece of DSP from PTI. The frame around this oddball is from PB's Classy Frames set of dies and the sentiment strip is from Gina K's Master Layouts #1.

I am also sharing this card with the current Christmas Kickstart Challenge, who are looking for reindeer, and I thought this oddball guy definitely fit for this challenge!  

Thanks for stopping by today ... I love it when you do!