Good Morning all! Helen here with a little project for you today! Christmas can be the most wonderous time of the year… and also the busiest! So I made a quick and easy Christmas card for you today using a couple stencils, some embossing powder and ink.
![Finished Christmas card using TCW870 Fir Branch and TCW881 Reindeer Joy, copper embossing powder and distress ink.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joy-5-940x1024.png?resize=705%2C768&ssl=1)
The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with some product to create this project. The opinions I share are solely my own.
Step 1: I cut out a piece of scrapbook paper I had to 5 ¾” x 5 ¾”. I then placed TCW870 Fir Branch stencil down with the fir branch coming from the top right hand corner. Using a VersaMark pen, I colored in the pinecones only to get the watermark down. I then sprinkled some Ranger Embossing Powder in Copper over the image and heat set it.
![Using a 6x6 piece of patterned paper, Using Versamark pen, color in the pine cone only to get the watermark down for the embossing powder to go on.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joy-1-851x1024.png?resize=638%2C768&ssl=1)
Step 2: Once the heat embossing was cooled down, I placed the stencil back over the embossed image and used Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Evergreen Bough to colorize the pine needles through the stencil.
![Place the Fir Branch stencil back over the embossed pinecones, and use Distress ink in Evergreen Bough to fill in the needles.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/joy-3-1024x1018.png?resize=768%2C764&ssl=1)
Step 3: I then used TCW881 Reindeer Joy stencil and did the same technique in the bottom right corner: using my Versa mark pen to go over “JOY” and heat embossed using Ranger Embossing powder in Copper.
![Using the copper embossing powder and TCW881 Reindeer Joy stencil color in the JOY with a versamark pen and heat emboss in copper.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joy-4-1024x843.png?resize=768%2C632&ssl=1)
Step 4: To finish off my card, I matted it and adhered it to my card base! Easy Peasy! Have a super holiday where ever you are!
![Finished Christmas card, matted and on card base.](https://i0.wp.com/www.thecraftersworkshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Joy-5-1-940x1024.png?resize=705%2C768&ssl=1)
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The Crafter’s Workshop Design Team Member
I missed this card Helen, Love it and learned a new technique