Fall and Christmas Cards by Jami Steiger
Wow! I can't believe it is August already! I am ready for cool days and nights. I love the holidays and look forward to making cards and decorating my home. My first card has a fall theme. For this card, I started by stamping the bicycle from set 5186—Enjoy the Ride—and then created a mask for the bike to stamp the tree behind it. When I stamped the bike, I did not stamp the bow on top of the package so I could change the gift box into a basket and add a pumpkin. For the bow on the front of the bicycle, I used Winsor & Newton gold ink. I stamped a few pumpkins in the foreground to add depth. For final touches, I added a jute knot and popped up the sentiment from the same stamp set. I used paper from the 5973- Fall S2 paper pack. Tombow markers used: 452, 565, 837, 098, 977, N55, 312, N35, 993, 946, 177, 992 ____________________ For my second card, I couldn't resist painting a vintage Christmas tree! I love the Christmas colors of the 1950s. This was an easy ...