Forest Friends Silhouettes Birthday Card

When I saw Altenew's Forest Friends Silhouette Die Set in their July release, I knew I had to order it! I live in a rural area on 22 acres of land that used to be a farm, and I see deer all over my property nearly every day, especially near the creek that runs through my backyard. I love watching them, especially in the early summer when the fawns are frolicking! I'm so blessed to live where I do!

For this birthday card, I created a few layers using Altenew's Nested Arches die set and warm brown colors. Some of the papers were watercolored, some painted with metallic acrylic paint, and some were ink blended with Altenew's Dessert Dream ink collection. The deer were die cut from watercolor paper I had painted with several colors of acrylic paints. 

The Forest Friends Silhouette die set has dies that create the tall tree on the left side of the card, the tree line just behind the deer, an owl (in the tall tree), a buck, and a fawn. To create the doe, I die some reverse die cutting so the doe would face the opposite direction as the buck and I trimmed off the antlers. 

For the mountain scene in the background, I stenciled Altenew's Majestic Mountain stencil set using Altenew's Dessert Dreams ink collection. I built up the layers using Altenew's 1/16th inch thick Instant Dimension Foam Tape. I stamped and die cut the "happy birthday" sentiment using a stamp and coordinating die from Altenew's Craft-Your-Life: Literary Blooms kit, and I die cut 5 layers of the sentiment die cut so I could stack them for dimension. 

To finish the card, I added 3 of Altenew's Apricot Frost Enamel Dots around the sentiment. 

If you're interested in doing some crafty shopping at Altenew, I'd be so grateful if you used my affiliate link here: Carrie's Altenew Link.  I receive a small commission at no additional cost to you. Altenew has many wonderful stencil and die sets like the ones I used here as well as a weekly sale section with great deals. 

 
 Challenges I'm entering: 

****Pammie's Inky Pinkies**** **********Challenges**********: ATG (2/3; ends 7/27/26) C10

Allsorts challenge blog: ATG with option of At the Seaside (3/5; ends 7/31/26)

Crafty Calendar Challenge: Happy birthday (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

Crazy is our fame - STENCILS are our game! ATG with stencils (I used stencils to create the mountain in the background) (3/3; ends at the end of the month)

simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/: Add some text (3/5; ends 7/27/26)

Word Art Wednesday: ATG (4/5 for the week; 5/10 for the challenge; ends 7/22/26)

A Place To Start: ATG with option of black and white (5/8; ends at the end of the month)

613 Avenue Create: ATG with option of any holiday (6/8; ends at the end of the month)

The Paper Funday Challenges: ATG with option of Summer Splash (4/6; ends 8/2/26)

Digi Choosday Cardmaking & Crafting Challenge: ATG (4/4; ends 7/27/26)

No more challenges. 

I'd like to leave a blessing for all the lovely visitors to my blog: 

The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you;

The Lord turn His face toward you and give you peace.

--Numbers 6: 22-26