I'm really slacking with this blog lately. I guess that's what happens with Christmas right around the corner! This year, like most years, I made our Christmas cards. I tried using what I had since I have tons of paper and envelopes. The only thing I did buy was the base for the card. I didn't have enough of one color and wanted them to all look the same.
For the tree, I stamped the image using black StazOn ink. I used StazOn because I was going to color in the image with Stampin' Up watercolor pencils and then use a blender pen to give the tree a watercolor look. I colored the entire tree, stump, and star. Then went over with the blender pens. I used markers to color in the ornaments and garland. And of course, the tree needed some sparkle! So I used Dazzling Diamonds for the star and ornaments.
After I finished coloring and blending, I corner punched each tree and then glued them on to red card stock. By the way, I love the Martha Stewart Adhesive Tape Roller! And I love the fact you can buy it at Michael's and use a 40% coupon. Once the cards were assembled, I added more sparkle with these little stick-on gems I found. I'm really happy with how the cards turned out. And I realized I never took a picture of the inside! I printed off a little saying, backed it on card stock, and signed the cards. Here is a picture of the finished product!
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