Now that school is over for the quarter, I can breathe a little and finish my cards! Here's hoping I get them out BEFORE Christmas! :)
I've had these made for a little bit and was hoping to add a tiny bit of glitter to the trees, just for some sparkle, but couldn't find my Two-Way Glue Pen! (You should see my office right now! eeeek!)
Anyway...here's what I did to make this card. To refresh your memory, Wandering Words from the Holiday Mini Catalog was the stamp set, Night of Navy, Brocade Blue, and Glorious Green were the colors, and I had to use the Versamark Resist technique.
First, I stamped Santa and the Reindeer and the trees from Lovely as a Tree with Night of Navy Ink on to the Glossy White Card stock. (I took the liberty of adding that stamp set because the card just needed it!)
Once it was dry, I punched a 1 3/4" Circle in a Post-it Note to use as a mask for my Versamark moon. Since I don't have a circle stamp, I placed the post it note on top of my stamped Santa and then just pressed the Versamark pad on to the card stock. The result was a round "moon."
Then I sponged the sky with Night of Navy and Brocade Blue. The Versamark doesn't dry completely and I rubbed it off with a tissue once the sponging was done. I love this technique because it's really easy and the result is really pretty!
Last, I layered the Glossy card stock on Night of Navy, then Glorious Green and Brocade Blue. I tried all sorts of ways to include the Glorious Green with the stamping, but didn't find anything I liked. I do like the little bit of extra color it gives to the card stock as a mat for the main image.
So that's it! Much simpler than last year - but just as pretty!
Now the fun part - giving away the stamp set I used! I put everyone's name into a hat, including extras for those who chose the winning stamp set, colors, and technique...drumroll please....
The winner is Patricia Hoffman - Congratulations! I don't have an email address for you Patricia, so please contact me so I can arrange shipment to you!


















