Vintage Jolly

I always feel a bit rusty after being away from my studio for a week, but at the same time it always feels so good to get my fingers inky again.  I decided to start with the challenge at the Hero Arts blog to make a simple holiday card.  Those holidays will be here before we know it, so it's time to kick up the holiday card production in my corner of the world.

When I visited the used book store a few weeks ago, I find all sorts of treasures on the clearance shelf, including this vintage children's Christmas book whose binding had fallen apart.  I stamped the Hero Arts Holiday Flourish background in Painted Shutter ink on one of the holiday story pages.  

I used a strip of velvet ribbon I picked up on sale at Hobby Lobby a few weeks ago.  I didn't attach the tail to add a bit of dimension to the simple design.  The Large Christmas Circle sentiment was stamped in a margin of one of the pages (love wide margins).  Quick, easy, and elegant … gotta love it.

Also, make sure you check out the Caardvarks Halloween Creations … and link up to some of your own.