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This beautiful DIY Christmas tree card is crammed with love and festive joy! Perfect for gifting to someone special, this pretty shimmery design is created using easy stamping, embossing, die cutting and sponging colour techniques that you'll love crafting in the lead up to Christmas. Follow designer Francoise Read's easy steps, for a Christmas wish come true!

DIY Christmas tree card

Materials

  • Woodware Clear Singles Heart Tree Stamp 4in x 6in
  • Creative Expressions Sue Wilson Slimline Stars Background Craft Die
  • Cosmic Shimmer Colour Cloud in shades of Bright Sunshine and Lush Pink
  • Cosmic Shimmer Pink Ink Multi Surface Paint 50ml
  • Cosmic Shimmer Detail Embossing Powder 20 ml
  • Ranger Archival Ink Pad #0
  • Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Gloss
  • Fine gold marker
  • Gold mirror card
  • Creative Expressions Foundations Mirror Card A4 240gsm Pk20
  • Coconut white card
  • Creative Expressions Foundation Card A4 315gsm Pk20
  • Sponges
  • Heart Tree Stamp
  • Stars die
  • Ink pad in black
  • Gelly roll glaze gloss
  • Clear embossing powder
  • Die cutting machine

How to make

1

Embossing Christmas tree card tutorial

Using the black ink and clear powder, stamp and emboss the tree, star, container and heart on a piece of coconut white card.

2

Colour streaks on card

Sponge streaks of both Colour Clouds down the card panel over the whole background.

3

DIY Christmas tree card

Colour in the hearts using the red Gelly Roll pen. Colour the star, on top of the tree, using the gold marker. Add gold dots between the hearts and on the container.

4

Mount the panel on a slightly larger piece of gold mirror card. Die cut and add some gold mirror card stars.

5

Glue the heart tree panel on a white folded card and stamp a greeting in black ink. Don't forget to add your message inside too!

DIY Christmas finished card

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About the author

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Francoise Read

Creating is a big part of who I am so my stamp designs reflect my personality, interests and things I am passionate about. Although I have been part of the craft industry for over 20 years I still love it now as much as I did when I first started. Over the years I have written books, magazine articles, taught workshops and demonstrated up and down the country to share my passion.