Do you make your holiday cards? Try looking at your stamps and thinking of a way to make them festive and fun. I made holiday cards with my Scribbly Birds stamps by doing colorful backgrounds and dressing the birds up with tinsel, stars, and fun hats.
To start these cards, I created a fun mixed-media background on a piece of watercolor paper. I did lots of stenciling with my Dina Wakley Media paints. My line currently only has one green, Lime. I knew I'd want more greens, so I mixed a custom color by combining small amounts of Lapis with the Lime paint. The result is a pretty hunter green. I also spilled some Polished Jade Dylusions on the background, and added some metallic circles with Ranger's new foil sheets.
Once I had the background done, I simply cut it up and used it on each card in a different way. One card has lots of the background, one card has a few scalloped strips of it.To make the cards festive and sparkly, I added Idea-logy mirrored stars and Diamond Stickles. To make the hats, I painted a tag with my Ruby paint, added some white stenciling with White Linen Dylusions and my Plastic Canvas stencil. When it was dry, I cut the hats. I love to give them an extra swirly point, it gives them a touch of whimsy. Don't forget to outline any elements you want to stand out with the Fudeball pen.
What stamps do you have that you can reinvent with a holiday makeover? I can't wait to see!
Dina Wakley is a Signature Artist for Ranger Ink. Her Dina Wakley Media line includes artist quality opaque paints, gesso and gel mediums, tools, stamps, and stencils. You can learn more about Dina on her website 
