Winter Greenery

I’ve been wanting to make a Christmas card that was created using minimal supplies and mostly white cardstock – thinking most everyone has an abundance of white in their personal paper stash.  It all came together rather quickly – gotta love it when that happens!  Once finished, I thought that this card might be a conglomeration of several cards I’ve viewed recently … there have been so many I can’t seem to clear my head of all the wonderful ideas I’ve seen.  I  guess I shall call it a loose case of too-many-to-name talented artists.

I did a lot of sponging on this card, covering the majority of the card stock with two complimentary shades of green. Then cut the brightness by dabbing a bit of very light brown ink on top of those greens.

See those little branches on the center panel? Look very closely … did you notice they are from the Lovely As A Tree stamp set?  I inked only the tips of the single tree and stamped randomly around the corner of the cardstock.  How wonderful to find yet another use for this fantastic set!

PROJECT RECIPE:

Stamps:  Peaceful Season, Lovely As A Tree, Christmas Greetings
Paper:  Whisper White, Old Olive
Ink:  Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Crumb Cake
Accessories:  Ornament punch, sponges, linen thread, dimensionals