a simple holiday card

The challenge over at the Hero Arts Blog this past week was all about "Simple Holiday Stamping."

This is what I came up with for the challenge and it's so easy to make!

I clear-embossed the Flourish Pine background from Hero Arts then colored/distressed it with four distress inks. After trimming them to 1 1/4" squares then adhering them to the card base, I added the thin strip of patterned paper.

To finish it off after I stamped the sentiment, I added a little bit of doodling with a white gel pen. Easy peasy!

Thanks for stopping by!

ingredients used:

cardstocks: Papertrey Ink (card base), Neenah Classic Solar White

patterned paper: BasicGrey

stamps: Hero Arts

inks: VersaMark, Tim Holtz Distress Ink

white gel pen: Uni-ball Signo

embossing powder: Stampendous