Sometimes you just want a lovely wide Christmas tree filled with sparkly baubles, glittering tinsel, and topped with a gold star. Let me show you how to use the narrow tree images from the new Treeline set to get the look you're after!
1. Choose your inks. I used a mid brown for the trunk, which is optional, and two shades of green to give a little depth to the branches. I'm using water-based inks, but you can go with solvent, chalk or hybrid inks if you prefer.
2. Ink the entire stamp with the light green ink. Dab a line of brown down the centre of the stamp, roughly where the tree trunk would be - it doesn't have to be perfect. Now dab the dark green ink over the tree making sure you cover sections of the brown trunk. Stamp the image in the centre of your card front. (Note: You may like to experiment by stamping on some scrap paper first and then adjusting the amount of colour you're using).
3. Clean your stamp, then re-ink with the two shades of green. Line up the very top of the tree with the first impression you made and pivot the bottom so that it sits to one side. Stamp.
4. Repeat on the other side.
5. Now you're going to partially ink the stamp by dabbing a little green ink here and there. You want a patchy, random pattern. I've stamped on a clean piece of paper below so you can see what I mean.
6. Stamp the patchy images over the tree, particularly between the impressions, to give a fuller, more random look. Repeat as many times as necessary. (Note: If you prefer, you can use all three trees from the set to create a more random look)
7. Decorate your tree with sparkly rhinestones, gems and gold pearls.
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