Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 19 hours ago

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Creative Play! Is it part of your day?

Didn’t even need a paint brush for this one!

Used a mix of oxide ink pads smeared onto my card base to mimic a Christmas tree. Wasn’t sure what would happen when I sprayed with alcohol but I have a handy spray bottle of alcohol for my garden tools and gave it a try. Not as magical as I hoped so I added some ink splashes with the acrylic block too!

Stamped with some splash stamps from my Pencil ferns from @ardencreativestudio. Added a star from the Festive Element Stamp Set from @ardencreativestudio

And then I used Arden’s Cherry card stock with the Peace and Joy Sentiment die from @ardencreativestudio mounted onto Dawn red card stock from Arden and called it done!

Simple as that!

#cardmakinginspiration #diychristmas #christmascards

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Peace and Joy Die
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Festive Elements Stamps
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Arden Colored Card stock
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