Simple Christmas Card ~ Team Challenge

 Wow! It's already September and time to start thinking about all those Christmas card we need to make! This card is a Throwback design to my early days as a CTMH Consultant in 1996!!! I love this design and it's stayed in my mind all this years. Every so often I recreate it and love it every time. 

With different stamp sets and products at hand it always looks and turns out a little different, but that's the fun of stamping. The idea is to create a snowy hill with fir trees in the distance. Then up front you have one beautiful tree that show off a pretty gold star. The colors have changed a bit over the years as the very first one I made was dressed in teal and bright pink. Today I decided to go with traditional colors. It looks great in any colors!

First you need to tear a piece of scrap paper with a curve for the hill. This will be your mask for stamping the tip of the tree image. After stamping the sentiment in the upper right as a guide for positioning the trees going down the hill, I inked the tip of the tree and stamped on the CS and mask. I varied the height of the trees and worked my way down the hill. I did the same masking for the larger version of the tree since the full image would be too tall for my space. 

Now glue the white stamped layer to your card base. I lined the outside edge of the white layer with post-it notes to protect the red CS while I applied the embossing paste. I carefully smeared the Shimmery embossing paste under the trees to "ground them" and create the look of snow. Keep smearing the paste around to your liking but don't cover the entire area. Kind of think of it like you're just creating the snow drifts.

Once finished with the snow, add a drop of glue to the top of the large tree. Using the Take Your Tip tool with the putty tip, pick up a gold star and place it at the top of the tree. 

That's it! Now just give the paste a little drying time. Don't forget to clean your palette knife! The paste dries faster than you might think.

Not sure if you can see the shimmer of the paste or not. Trust me it's there and looks beautiful!

Ornamental Christmas
Available Sept. 3rd.

Shimmery White Embossing Paste

Gold Shaker Stars

Take Your Pick Tool

A few more goodies from my stash:

• Cardstock: Basic White, Real Red
• Ink: Garden Green, Real Red
• Tools: Palette Knife, Fine Tip Glue

I hope you like this throwback card. I think it's fun and easy and a great design for making a lot of cards at once.

Thank for stopping by!

Michelle Loncar

Independent Stampin' Up® Demonstrator 

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