February Christmas cards: Vintage postcard

I managed to sneak in a few Christmas cards just before the end of February — whew! I tried to keep the supplies to a minimum, and I only made six cards, but I think they turned out pretty cute.

I paired together a sheet of paper from the Toile Tidings Designer Series Paper pack and images from the Winter Post stamp set (both retired from Stampin’ Up!) for a vintage look. I die cut the postcard shapes out of Very Vanilla card stock using the Mini Postcard die (Honey Bee Stamps). I used a blending brush to apply Crumb Cake ink around the edges of the patterned paper and the edges of the postcard to add to the aged feel.

Here is a close-up so you can see the debossed details in the die-cut postcards. Brushing on the Crumb Cake ink also helped make those details more visible. The “cheer” sentiment is from another old Stampin’ Up! Set, Endless Wishes. To embellish the cards I used some hemp twine and a few sparkly green enamel dots.

Hopefully I will be better prepared for making March Christmas cards. I also really need to replenish my birthday card stash. I’d better get busy!

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