I first stamped the stamp in black ink on white cardstock.
After that, I colored the stamps in in many stages using some watercolor pencils but mostly the Prismacolor metallic colored pencils I have. I varied the colors of the different areas so that every card wouldn't be exactly the same.
I then cut around the stamp, leaving a thin boarder of white, since there was no way I could trim all the white. I then mounted the trimmed stamp on cards made from half a sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 red, green, or blue cardstock. I wanted those colors because they always remind me of Christmas. The result is fairly simple but I think they're striking. I may either buy a Christmas saying stamp from Stamper's Best or have my husband, who has much better handwriting than I do, write "Merry Christmas" along the bottom of the cards.
