Merry Christmas to you and your family! Here’s to celebrating winter birthdays. I created a couple of masculine cards for the occasion. I decided to create winter scenes by stamping on Curious Metallic Cardstock. It adds a beautiful shimmer to the background. Some ink colors change slightly because of the shimmery metallic paper. But, I think it adds a nice element to the cards.
I started by stamping the two-layer birch trees on the left side. Then stamped the three-layer trees on the right. Using the MISTI stamping platform makes it easy to line up the layers. All the stamp sets are from Kitchen Sink Stamps.
I added a woodpecker and a couple deer for interest.
I thought the trees and deer needed grounding. So, I painted around them with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink and a water brush. I had a small piece of matching cardstock to use as a palette. I could mix water with the ink on this scrap piece until I got the shade I wanted. It’s a little detail that really makes a difference.
For these cards, I used Curious Metallic Card Stock in Chocolate and Ice Gold. The Curious Metallic Card Stock is excellent for a card base. It stands up nicely and folds well without cracking.
Here’s the finished card with a sentiment stamped on vellum along with the die-cut word “happy.” Happy is also cut from Curious Metallic in Chocolate. With the scenic layers and adding the grounding around the trees and deer, this one-layer card seems to have more dimension, without the bulk of extra layers. These cards should go through the mail nicely.
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