CHRISTMAS MISTLETOE & BERRIES BACKGROUND: (Includes Commercial Use)Completed by Pamela Horton The whispering Platypus

A beautiful hand drawn and water colour Christmas Mistletoe A4 sheet. This is such a useful printed sheet to keep, as it is able to be cut to any size, printed many times, and suitable to be used as a card front, as I have done here, or a backing sheet for a topper, or an insert sheet.

I will use this many, many, times, over the next Christmas Seasons to come.

Thank You Clare. I love your original work. I printed the sheet onto good quality ivory card 6 times and cut each one at 26cm x19.5cm and folded them in half. 3, I turned horizontally and 3 to stand vertically, and for each one I varied the number of trees and the way they were placed, likewise the size and position of the sentiment. 6 cards so easily made in one session. and so easy.

I was so pleased, I printed off the sheet supplied as a backing sheet for the verse inside.

This is how I prepared the materials for this card. I made a template for the tree, and chose a Christmas bauble design stamp. I used various coloured card sheets, from pale green and red to darker shades. I traced around the trees making 10 of each different card shade. Working fairly quickly, so I made sure everything was laid out ready. I stamped and completed one at a time. So I stamped the tree, used the gold embossing powder and then the heat gun and set them down to completely dry and set. I edged around the main card with a dark green permanent ink pen, I then coloured with the same pen the small peel off star for each tree, and used a glue pen to attach each one. I used 4 of the trees for this card and a peel off "Merry Christmas". I was able to make 6 cards at once, and still had trees over for another day's use

For this card, I mounted the first tree with double sided tape and the others over lapping slightly on top with Double sided padded tape,

I am thrilled with the quick easy and a most productive and useful result for a few hours of enjoyment.

Thank You Clare And a big Hug

Pamela Horton