There’s
still plenty of time to whip up some last-minute holiday cards! In the time it
takes for a tray of cookies to bake (around 20 minutes) you can make several of
the tree-filled version I’ve designed for today’s tutorial, and probably one or
two of the wreath-style. Multi-tasking is baked into the DNA of most creative
people, don’t you think? Just don’t get cookie crumbs onto the cards – butter
leaves smudges…
Both
projects require one main ink (bottle green or black), and secondary inks for
the wreath (green and orange). Both incorporate a bit of sponged-on ink (two
colors for the wreath, one for the trees). And both include glittery peel-offs
for a bit of sparkle (transparent glitter dots and green glitter flowers for
the trees, green and orange glitter flowers for the wreath).
I
reached for a mix of RubberMoon Stampstracts stamps for the trees and went with
Nathalie Kalbach’s Mixed Media ‘Embroidery’ set for the wreath. I picked a
quirky color combination – orange and green - for the wreath, but using red
instead of orange would bring things back to a more traditional look.
The
tree trunks are hand drawn with a green pen to match the stamping, as are the
horizon lines.
While
you’re at it, stamp some envelopes!
No
step-by-step instructions today. The cards are A2 size and I think the photos
say it all.
SUPPLIES:
- Stampstracts by Kae Pea (RubberMoon)
- MixedMedia – Embroidery by Nathalie Kalbach (RubberMoon)
- Inks in bottle or library green, black, and orange
- Fine nib pen or marker in green
- Craft sponge
- Glitter dots and glitter flowers peel-offs (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
- Panel cards in white
- Cardstock in off-white, orange and green
- Polka dot cardstock – orange dots on dark red (BoBunny)
- A2 envelopes
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