As an artist, I appreciate any chance I get to be creative. The holidays in December give me that opportunity. I love the holiday colors, old fashion cars and Santa, so I worked them all into this cheerful card.
Holiday Card Tutorial
| Difficulty | Cost | Time | Age | Person | Event |
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Moderate
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$25 to $50
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1-2 Hours
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You Will Need...
- Christmas tree stamp from Stampabilities #OR1059
- Hero Arts stamp H5267 Santa.
- Art Deco Cricut Cartridge
- Tombow Water Color Markers
- Metallic Gelly Roll pens
- Foam dimensionals
- Glue
- Glitter
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Using 2 colors (I used a green and a light blue) of card stock cut and paste a landscape background to a 5 x 6.5 card base.
Stamp tree on watercolor paper using jet black, Stazon Solvent Ink.
Use Tombow Watercolor Markers to color green areas, followed by red on the ribbons and bows. I use a waterbrush to drag color on the ribbons.
Color ornaments in assorted colors.
Use Metalic Gelly Roll pens for the star and some embellishments of ornaments.
Cut out tree leaving a white edge around the tree and gifts.
Step 2
Glue tree to background left.
Using holiday colors of card stock and Art Deco Cricut Cartridge page 31 cut car 2 at 3. Glue car layers together and place foam dimensionals on the back and adhere to card.
Step 3
Print and color Santa on watercolor paper.
Cut out Santa leaving a white edge.
Add red glitter to hat and stockings.
Place foam dimensionals on the back and adhere to the card.
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