Red Nose Reindeer Christmas card

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog!

why: this posting is for my personal creative fun to compete in some current Christmas theme challenges at other blog. 

when: created and blogged on Friday November 14, 2025

what: Project #1 = digital card = Red Nose Reindeer Christmas card

how-to & vendor notes for #1 =

1. Google Slide template picked for creating a digital holiday card

a. background color switched from white to a light teal

b. added the sentiment in the title space; shortened the width; changed font style and size

c. added the greenery and snowy image under the sentiment (from Google source)

d. added a cartoon digital clipart free to use reindeer image from The Clipart Library website that I downloaded and inserted; sized to fit the space between the border lines

e. holly clipart (from Google source) added to opposite corners to help viewers eyes to track from top left to bottom right

where #1 will be linked =

1A. Christmas Cards All Year Round; new on Nov 1; theme song is "Run Run Rudolph" ; see provided image prompt; My digital card has a red-nose reindeer to represent Rudolph; he's not running or pulling a sled; I wanted to focus on having a red-nose reindeer

link = https://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2025/11/november-challenge-run-run-rudolph.html 

image = 

1B. CD Sunday+; new on Nov 9; A.G. using CD, USB, or digital sources; My digital card was made using a Google Slide Template and then changing colors, inserting clipart, changing font style, size and location, adding a free for personal use reindeer image, etc. 

link = https://cdsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2025/11/cd-sunday-plus-challenge-171-hosted-by.html

1C. Crafty Gals Corner; new on Nov 12; theme of Tis the Season; hopefully referring to Christmas season as done by the DT members; I've got a red nose reindeer and lots of holly greenery

link = https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2025/11/challenge-272-tis-season.html

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

** NOTE: this is a non-design team commitment project; just for personal creative fun!!

***if I wasn't the owner, I could link this to FQCCCB or FarmQuest Country Christmas Challenges Blog for its theme of anything goes country Christmas; I'm showing a reindeer (outdoors/wildlife) and holly/greenery (outdoors/nature). 

* owner/DT = AA; ConBC; CCC; HQCB, HQFCB, HQCOLCB, HQFSCAT; FQCB, FQGS, FQCCCB, FQHCB and FQGGCB.

* DT member only = PRS

OUAT or Once Upon A Time's January 2023 Challenge is The Snowy Day children's book

 Welcome to Becca's Heart for Creativity blog! On this personal paper-crafting blog post I am focusing on my DT inspiration card project for Once Upon A Time challenge blog. This blog launched in August 2022. The premise of this challenge blog is to create crafting projects inspired by a featured children's book. You can recreate the cover art with your own creative spin, take elements from the cover art, use inspiration from the content, etc. For January 2023, Deanne picked "The Snowy Day" by Ezra Jack Keats as the special book for the competition. 

I've made my TSD cover art re-creation as a wintery get well card. I've added snowflakes. Used "Get Well Soon" as the sentiment title. Instead of the little boy wearing a hooded cape-style jacket, I've used a free clipart image colored in red, yellow, and green. Those colors are to replace the traffic light. (Ah! See what I did there!)

GET WELL SOON

*sorry about my cards lately being slightly tilted in the scanned photos; can't seem to get them positioned leveled

I am really pleased with how this turned out. I have an aunt by marriage who had surgery this past Monday, so I will be sending this to her. 

Some design/vendor note credits:

a. the boy clipart image = The Clipart Library website (free black and white image)

b. all cardstocks are from my stash (white cardstock is recycled/upcycled candy bar tray part of packaging), black marker, blue ink pad used to edge the white cardstock, colored pencils for the boy's suit, brown crayon for the face, and medium size white glitter snowflake stickers

c. the little silver and white snowflakes and the GWS sentiment are dazzles/stickers from Hot Off The Press (Paper Wishes website)

d. the purple cardstock base started as a 6" square but I trimmed it to 5" square

OUAT featured book photo for "The Snowy Day"=

OUAT blog link for January 2023 =

https://onceuponatimechallenges.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-challenge-6-snowy-day.html

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Other challenge blogs to share/link this card/blog post =

A. Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges blog; until January 3rd early; Anything Goes

link= http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2022/12/pennys-challenge-536-final-challenge.html

B. The Crafter's Cafe Challenge blog; Dec. 15, 2022 start date with about 11 days left; Anything Goes

link= https://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2022/12/292-anything-goes.html

C. The Four Seasons Challenge blog; Jan 1st start date; anything Winter season; --my card is wintery, based on the book "The Snowy Day"

link= https://thefourseasonschallenge.blogspot.com/2023/01/january-2023-anything-goes-winter.html

D. 613 Avenue Create challenge blog; Jan 1st start date; anything goes and option of winter --my card is wintery, based on the book "The Snowy Day"

link= https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2023/01/202301-january-2023-anything-goes.html

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Facebook groups to share/link this card/blog post =

1. The Seasonal Cardmaker group

2. Paper Crafting For Everyone group

3. The Crafty Addicts group

4. Paper, Paper, Paper and DT Calls group

5. Mixed Media Creativity group; recycled packaging cardstock for the snowy 'hills', 

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Crafting in the USA heartland,

Becca S

*I'm a DT member of OUAT and these others: THICC, MIUCB, MLCCB, MTTCC, and MTTC.

*I'm co-owner and DT for AACB. 

*I'm owner and DT for TFATU, HQCB, and FQCB.