Hello again! It’s Kari V. here sharing my family photo Christmas card this year. But instead of a real photo, I created my family using the stamps from the November 2019 Hedgehog Hollow Kit.
This is so much fun to build up your own family, there’s quite a few characters in this stamp set that you may be able to have a family reunion!
For my card, I built my family in a tree shape in the Misti. I was able to fit all the stamps on at the same time to stamp, and I double stamped it to get a nice dark impression. I used amalgam ink because I knew I was going to use alcohol markers to color the images. Then I began inking some greens and blues onto the borders.
I did not mask off the family members at all. I just used make up brushes to carefully go around the images and slowly build up the color in a variety of greens and blues.
Then I colored up the images in greens and reds. These images are small enough that the coloring goes pretty fast, and you don’t need more than just a couple colors to blend. Do you like that our dog is on the very top of our tree?
I have a quick video to show you just how easy it is to build up the family portrait and color up the images, then I added a few finishing touches. Watch it below or on YouTube:
I hope you enjoyed our family portrait card! My sister (who is a professional photographer) tells me that it is no longer cool to match colors for a family portrait….it should be more natural feeling. But my family and I still match for pictures (when we plan them)! Lol.
Would your family portrait be more natural? I can’t wait to see. If you create your own portrait for a Christmas card, be sure to tag us on Instagram or Facebook.
See you soon with more inspiration,
Kari V.
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Dear Kari
it is super duper cute. blessings to you and your family
Great card Kari !! Jenny x
Love this card. Super cute.
Best Family Christmas Cards idea such a good and great idea, I really appreciate your post because this type of post too good for child and kids as well but you may be think what the different between kids and child, But no difference between, and i think you holiday idea before covid-19.