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Showing posts with label cards. Show all posts

Sunday, 27 November 2011

hand-made christmas cards

I thought I'd better make a start on them. Got out my box of 'stamps'.




All of these came free with magasines, except the opera star which I used in a hallway over a colourwash !



So I chose these - although the 'word' stamp and 'tree cut out' are new.

Years ago I made cards every christmas, and even made THE PAPER one year. It was really time consuming but good fun. I thought I had kept samples of all of them (I am a bit of a horder) but only have the following. Stamps on black with silver outline pen. A section from another year and a sample from the year I did topiary trees. I simply cut a sponge in a circle, stamped green, and added outline pen, and copper leaf.




The  'Happy Christmas' is a stick on ! This year it's going to be much simpler.



A bit of practising first !


A square (I used the back of a stamp), on the inside, so that white shows underneath the cut out tree.



I use white paint so that the print is uneven.



I messed up the writing - just being too impatient.





A couple of tries and I think I am happy. I could easily add more colour or get out my outline pen, but I'm just going to leave it simple. Only another 45 or so to go !!!

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