Happy Christmas

Hello and Welcome

Another card done for the holidays.

I do send out quite a few cards every year so I need a lot of them.

I picked up a new product to try and I have to say, it's a fun one.

It is the Simon Hurley Stamping Foam. 

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began with one of the stamping foams (there are 4 in a pkg.). I heated it up with my heat tool as per the instructions and pressed it onto the Pine Tree Duo stencil.  I held it there for moment to get a good impression. The foams are amazing. You can press them onto stamps, stencils or anything that has texture to create an impression.
• I inked the foam up with some Rustic Wildness Distress Oxide ink, gave a little spritz of water and pressed it onto the cardstock to create the background.  
• Next, I masked around the inked area then I placed the piece into my Misti and stamped the Pine Trees from Impression Obsession with some Versafine Clair ink over the green trees.
• I dried the ink, then rubbed over it with my anti-static bag. I stamped the Friends background stamp over the whole thing with Versamark ink and white heat embossed it.  It really added great interest to the whole thing.
• I glued the finished panel onto some green cardstock, then onto a heavy white card base.
• I pop dot mounted the pre-printed sentiment across the top. 

Here is the stencil I used:

Pine Tree Duo

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Thanks so very much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

The Paper Shelter- A CHRISTMAS CARD

Creative Fingers- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Pine Trees (IO); Friends (Hero Arts)

Inks- Versamark; Distress Oxide

Paper- green cs; heavy white (Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Pine Tree Duo (ACLD); Simon Hurley foam; heat tool; 

pop dots; Lawn Fawn white eb powder