Elegant Evergreen with Texture

We all know how bad the economy is and how people need to spend their money wisely. I live in a very poor, mostly rural county in Wisconsin. I want my customers to spend their money with me, but how do I give them the most bang for their buck? Hey, I'm cheap and not afraid to admit it! So I decided that at my Christmas stamp-a-stack I would make two cards with each of five stamp sets rather than using 10 different stamp sets for 10 different cards. Sure, I actually used more than one set per card with greetings, verses, etc. But I wanted to show more than one sample for each set.

This is my second card using the Evergreen stamp set in the Holiday Catalog (only available until Jan 2, so contact me asap to get your products!). The tree is the stamp out of the set. I stamped it in Chocolate Chip, added a little rhinestone bling at the top and mounted it on a piece of Chocolate Chip cardstock the was distressed on all edges. I ran the other Whisper White cardstock piece through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper folder (love that one!). The Basic Gray layer was edge punched using the Scallop Edge Border punch. That rich Cherry Cobbler card base was ran through the Big Shot using the Perfect Polka Dots folder, only the front of the card. "Noel" was stamped in Chocolate Chip ink on a piece of Wild Wasabi cardstock and then punched out with the Curly Label punch. Then I added a rhinestone to that layer to balance out some bling.

With only a few more days til Christmas, I hope you all are relaxing and not stressing too much for the "perfect holidays".

Keep craftin'
Audra