Tim Holtz Woodslice and Wreath Stamped Christmas Cards

Hello friends!  I'm on my merry mission to make several sets of boxed Christmas cards for charity this season.  I realized I had never used the wood slice stamp from my cherished Tim Holtz Great Outdoors stamp set.  I've been having a blast using my stamp platform these days and thought it would be great to build a layered effect with this image.

I wanted my wood slice to resemble fresh cut pine, so I inked the image with Creamy Caramel (an older than dirt Stampin' Up pad) and did three impressions, misting lightly with water between stamping.  Next, I used a dark brown marker along the bark part of the image and did three more impressions, misting lightly with water between stamping.  I fussy cut my wood slices, then sponged with Black Soot lightly along the perimeter.  I dried these and wiped with an anti-static pouch.  Next, I carefully aligned the sentiment from Tim's new Festive Overlay stamp set onto a wood slice on my stamp platform and stamped with Fired Brick and quickly clear embossed. 

For my floral accents, I used the Festive Greens dies, Holiday Greens Mini dies and the Large Juniper Punch.  I used Tim's older Christmas Paper Stash along with kraft paper I stamped the Flurry (& Pine) with Picket Fence Distress Ink.

I'm so happy these stamps layered so beautifully!  They were made for each other!

Next, I decided to try the same effect with the wreath from the Tim Holtz Yuletide stamp set.  This time I used markers to color the wreath.  Here's a quick one-minute video of that process if you're interested.

I dried and fussy cut all of my wreaths, then carefully aligned the sentiment (Festive Overlay stamp set) onto a wreath on my stamp platform and stamped in Versamark and embossed in Princess Gold.  The backgrounds were stamped with the Plaid (& Nordic) stamp set using Picket Fence Distress Ink.  I spritzed the inked stamp with water before making the impression, then cut with the largest of Tim's Stitched Rectangles.  So simple, but oh so fun to make! 

Make sure to check out my giftcard box tutorial HERE.

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