I started searching through my stamps and found a few Hero Arts Christmas-themed stamps which I decided to play with. The first was a pair of stamps: a holly outline and a holly solid. Using my stamp positioner (because these are wood-mounted stamps and my MISTI won't work with them --- sad face), I stamped the outline in Archival and the solid in Distress Marker ink. I added a sentiment in Archival and layered the image on a scrap of red card (to bring out the color of the berries):
- Stamps” Hero Arts “Watercolor Holly Outline” (H3711) and “Watercolor Holly Solid” (H3706); PSX E079
- Inks: Distress Markers “Candied Apple”, “Barn Door”, “Mowed Lawn”, “Pine Needles”; Archival “Jet Black”;
- Papers: refolded notecards in natural; scrap red and white cs
- Adhesives Viva Las Vegas “Miracle Tape”
- Special tools: Coronado Island Stamping Stamp Positioner