I think this one ended up being one of my favorite sample cards from the 2018 Christmas release from Tim Holtz and Stampers Anonymous. It features the Christmas Tree from the Inventor 5 CMS359 set.
I started by stamping two different pine boughs from the Winter Watercolor CMS354 around the edge of a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavystock in Iced Spruce Distress Ink and Pine Needles Distress Ink.
For the tree background, I did the wrinkle-free distress technique on a piece of Alcohol Ink Cardstock with Ice Spruce and Pine Needles Distress Oxide. Then when dry I applied Distress Micro-glaze to boost the color and bring back the shine. Once it was dry I stamped the tree onto it with Black Soot Archival Ink.
The sentiment is really easier than it looks. I cut a piece of Distress Mixed Media Heavy stock out of the Planks die. It needs to be a flat paper, not the woodgrain. Then I stamped the sentiment onto the plank and embossed it with White Embossing Powder.
Once that was done, I took the plank and stained it brown with and brown Distress Stain. Then I ran it through the 3-D Lumber Embossing folder. To get a nice wood grain, I apply Ground Espresso Archival Ink to the raised grain areas of the top piece of the folder, then when I run it through the ink is applied to the depressed areas.
Now it looks like you stamped on an uneven surface, but you didn't so you can actually read the sentiment.
I finished it off with a couple of Pinecone Adornments and a File Clip.
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