As a last minute queen, it's a strange concept for me to be thinking about Christmas, let alone make Christmas cards in July! Thanks to a home workshop and particular stamp set requests we produced this selection of cards - trees being the theme. As there was also a specific request for Pocket Silhouettes (IB p50) I decided to bring it into the Christmas theme by using a circular piece of paper in the centre of the card, stamping around the circle in Real Red ink (IB p 72), always with the base of the stamp at the circular edge to create the wreath shape, finishing simply with a 3/16" red gingham ribbon (IB p87) at the bottom of the wreath. I made the holes for the ribbon using a small circular punch and hammer as it's too central in the card for hand held punches. 
The next card we made uses the Scandinavian Season stamp set and wheel (IB p17). Being the Earth Elements girl that I am I've used Chocolate chip ink for the wheel which I printed onto the inside of the card, then cut off approx 2 cm of the front of the card so that you can see the printed reveal. Then I cut the ruby red textured paper so it was approx 5mm smaller than the front face of the card and used the paper pricking tool to created a border. The Merry Christmas greeting actually comes from the Season of Joy stamp set (IB p 18) which sits nicely into the oval punch (IB p89) on whisper white card stock and the the oval scallop punch (IB p89) in Chocolate chip card stock. The tree is done using the Emboss Resist technique where you use versa mark (IB p91) and clear embossing powder (IB p86) for the tree and then using a sponge dauber with the Old Olive ink pad to create the differing shades of the image by varying the intensity of ink - the embossed image remains the colour of the underlying card stock, in this case whisper white. The dots of the Merry Christmas greeting line up with the paper pricking border, attaching to the front of the card, overlying but not glued to the wheel border of the inside of the card. Just something a bit different :-)
We then did a super quick card - Jolly wheel border (IB p17) in night of navy ink on the right border of the front of the card first. Then using the Lovely as a Tree stamp set (IB p46) again versa ink the image then use white embossing powder on Night of Navy card stock (IB p73) and a single star brad at the top of the tree from the Hodgepodge hardware set (IB p85). Ta dah - keeping it simple saves time too.
And to finish the workshop we continued with the Lovely as a Tree set and played with the Stampin' write markers (IB p72). The base card stock is Really Rust with Very Vanilla on top. To ink the image I have used Old Olive, Garden Green, and Really Rust for the leaves, and Chocolate Chip for the trunk. When using markers for different sections of the stamp, it may take some time, simply breathe onto the stamp before placing it on the upper half of the card and this will rehydrate the ink and improve the image printed, and when the image is dry glue it into place onto the card. Then I cut a slit just behind the side fold of the card long enough to thread Old Olive 5/8" Grosgrain ribbon (IB p87) through and tie into a knot at the right side of the card. The greetings sentiment comes from the Trendy Trees stamp set (IB p39), Really Rust Ink on very vanilla card stock - fitting into the oval punch with Really Rust scalloped punch to emphasise it. More trendy trees in the next installment, and hopefully will put onto my side bar the new offer for August - excitement! Keep on crafting Gen x
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