Christmas Cards - Quick Idea

I think this qualifies as a quick idea - mainly because you get 4 cards made at once!  And if I say so myself, they look pretty good!

What you need:

• tissue paper in red and green
• heavy white paper or cardstock
• gold paint pen (this isn't the one I have but very similar)
• watercolour paints and paint brush (optional)

What you do:

• Cut out flower shapes from the red tissue
• Cut out leaf shapes from the green tissue (make it faster by cutting 3 or 4 layers at once!)
• Glue shapes to white paper
• Outline all shapes and add detail (vein on leaf, dots on flowers) with gold paint pen
• Fill in the background with a light watercolour wash (optional)

Then cut your work of art into smaller rectangles to glue on blank cards, outline in gold pen and you're done!

 

I used a light green watercolour wash on these, mainly because I felt like painting, but I think I prefer the crispness of the plain white, unpainted background.