These soft, romantic rubber stamped Christmas cards are simple to create, and very versatile. You can create your own “look” and style by varying the colors and stamps used.  Also, you can create them in mere minutes!

Stamped Christmas Card Materials:

• colored card stock
• white card stock
• dye ink pads in 3 colors
• black dye ink pad
• dark green ink pad
• 3 rubber stamps- 2 should be background stamps (in my example, I have a word background stamp and a pine needles background stamp) and 1 should be a stamp that is the focal image for the card (in this case, the candle)

Stamped Christmas Card Directions:

1. Fold a piece of dark card stock in half to create a fold-over greeting card. This can be a rectangle like shown here or it could be square.  You could make it longer and skinnier, or you could hold it horizontally instead of vertically. Use your imagination, and do what is most comfortable for you!
2. Cut a piece of white card stock that will fit on the front of the card, leaving a 1/4 inch border on the edge.
3. Using a soft sponge, pat dye ink colors onto the white card stock until a pleasing background is created. In the example above, I used light blue, soft violet and rose colored dye ink pads. You can use any combination that makes YOU smile!
4. Create an interesting background using your 2 background stamps. I stamped the words stamp at an angle in black dye ink. Then I stamped the pine needles stamp around the edges in dark green ink for contrast.
5. Stamp your focal image (my example shows a candle) in a prominent place on the card using black dye ink.
6. Glue your design onto the dark card stock, leaving the 1/4 inch border around the edge.

Here is another example of a card made using this technique: