Hello!

Today, I decided to create a Holiday card without a lot of the bold, bright colors associated with Christmas.

I love the Hero Arts stamp I used in this card. The stamp is a delicate fine-lined drawing of bare winter trees. The simple graphic style of the stamp’s image really does convey a sense of quiet and peace in the dead of winter.

I first stamped the image in gold ink onto white 80 lb. cardstock and trimmed it down a little and mounted it on gold metallic cardstock. I then centered the whole think onto wood-grained paper and mounted everything onto a top-folding A2 card base and added the die-cut brushstroke ‘Peace’ sentiment. Love this brushstroke die.

I’m pleased with the simple, minimalist layout of the card made with a minimum number of supplies The gold Delicata ink is gorgeous. The photo doesn’t do justice to this beautiful gold, shimmery ink.

Hope you like this card!

Supplies used in making this card: Stamps: Hero Arts Winter Trees Pattern; Inks: Tsukineko’s Delicata ink in Golden Glitz; Cardstock: Neenah Solar White 80 lb. and 110 lb. papers, Stardream Metallic in Antique Gold, Essentials by Ellen Woodgrain Embossed 110lb in white; Die: Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies: Brushstroke Peace by Julie Ebersole.