Card Art by Helen

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Cut Thick Whisper White cardstock to 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Score at 4-1/4" along the 8-1/2" side.
2. Fill Aqua Painter with water. Squeeze the lid of the closed Night of Navy and Pool Party ink pads to transfer ink onto the lids. Open ink pads and add a couple drops of water to the ink transferred into the lid of each pad.
3. Cut Watercolor Paper to 5-1/4" x 4". Wash plain water over center of Watercolor Paper, keep water at least 1/2" from edges. Start with the Night of Navy ink and wash color up from the bottom edge towards the middle. Pick up a bit of the Pool Party ink and continue washing towards the top of the paper blending the colours together from dark to light. Set watercolor paper aside to dry.
4. Rub Embossing Buddy over 4-1/4" x 5/8" Real Red cardstock. Ink only the "Christmas Cheer" portion of the greeting from the Perfectly Plaid stamp set with Versa Mark ink. Stamp onto Real Red strip. Cover Generously with White Stampin' Emboss Powder. Tap off excess powder. Heat emboss with Heat Tool.
5. Banner cut left edge of Real Red strip. Wrap a 12" piece of Linen Thread around the left edge of strip and tie in a bow.
6. Stamp two pine cones from Perfectly Plaid stamp set onto scrap Crumb Cake cardstock with Early Espresso ink. Cut out with Paper Snips.
7. Fill Stampin' Spritzer with water. Ink realistic tree image from Perfectly Plaid stamp set with Mint Macaron ink. Gently roll edges of inked stamp on Shaded Spruce ink pad.
8. Flip stamp over and spritz 2-3 times with water from the Stampin' Spritzer. Allow water and ink to mix for a few seconds then stamp tree onto scrap Whisper White cardstock. Hold stamp to paper for 5 seconds to allow ink transfer completely. Clean stamp and then repeat steps to stamp two more faux watercolored trees onto scrap Whisper White cardstock. Allow images to dry completely.
9. Punch out all three trees with the Pine Tree punch.
10. Repeat the steps above to stamp three faux watercolor trees onto the Watercolor Paper with the watercolor wash background. Place two trees grouped towards the center left edge and one tree near the lower right edge. Allow ink to dry completely.
11. Adhere one punched tree towards bottom left edge of card with SNAIL. Adhere the remaining two punched trees overlapping near the center with Stampin' Dimensionals.
12. Dip the Aqua Painter into the Night of Navy ink again. Hold the inked Aqua Painter over the Watercolor Paper with the trees. Gently tap the Aqua Painter against your finger to add a few splatters of ink over the trees and background like snow. Allow to dry and then adhere watercolor paper to card front.
13. Cut a strip of green plaid paper from the Wrapped In Plaid Specialty Designer Series Paper to 5" x 1/2". Adhere about 1/4" from bottom edge of Watercolor Paper layer and even with the right edge of the card.
14. Adhere Real Red greeting strip to card with Stampin' Dimensionals. Add pine cones tucked under the top edge of the greeting strip.

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