February Christmas cards: Vintage style

After my vibrant, colorful northern lights cards in January, I decided to do something completely different for February. So I used one stamp set and a couple of ink pads to make these vintage-style Christmas cards:

I made eight of these cards (and one prototype that had a few differences), and I think they turned out pretty good. I always try to have different styles in my Christmas cards, and I like the slightly masculine feel of these cards.

I used the Home for Christmas stamp set (Stampers Anonymous - Tim Holtz) and stamped the car and tree image on a piece of cream card stock using Soft Suede ink. Using a blender brush, I applied Crumb Cake ink to the panel around the outside of the stamped image. Then I blended a bit of Soft Suede ink just around the edges of the panel for a little more depth. I matted the panel with a piece of Early Espresso card stock and set it aside.

For the card base, I used Crumb Cake card stock and stamped pine branches and a pine cone with Soft Suede ink in the upper left corner. I stamped more branches and pinecones around the card base with Crumb Cake ink to add subtle interest to the background. I also blended a bit of Crumb Cake ink around the edges of the card base.

I wanted a little something else in the background, so I added some Liquid White Snowflake Paper Splatter (Picket Fence Studios) to look like falling snow. I adhered the stamped panel to the middle of the card base and then stamped the perfect sentiment -- "Dashing through the snow" -- in the lower right corner. For the last touch I added two metallic enamel dots on the focal panel.

I didn't take a picture of the inside of the cards, but I added a layer of cream card stock stamped with a sentiment in Soft Suede and a couple of pine branches and a pinecone in Crumb Cake.

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