July Christmas Challenge for Happy Little Stampers

It is July and it is time for you to work on your Christmas cards for this upcoming holiday season.  Please join us at the Happy Little Stamper's July Christmas Challenge.

The Christmas Challenge is always anything goes but there is an optional twist if you wish to do that.

I chose to not use the option.  I was rummaging through my Christmas supplies and found this stamp set from Tim Holtz "Scribbly Trees".  You know when it came out a couple years ago I had to have it but it has not been used so today was the day one of the twelve trees got inked up.  I should make myself use every tree stamp in the set.  

I first took a piece of Desert Storm cardstock and inked around the outside edges with blue inks.  I tried to have the upper left corner be a little brighter and darker than the rest of the ink blending.  I stamped the tree and base with Distress Oxide inks and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I really like how it turned out.  I stamped the sentiment in the same brown oxide ink and heat embossed it also.  I added a narrow dark brown mat, a gold mat and then a wider dark brown mat before adhering it to a kraft card base.  Gold splatter completed the card.  

I even finished the inside of the card.

Please join us for the July Christmas Challenge at Happy Little Stampers.

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