Still working away on Christmas Cards

Using CTMH Sparkle and Shine paper and our new stamps and washi tape from the holiday catalog. I will be making 20 cards using only 3 sheets of paper!

Coloring with Prismacolor Pencils

Now I am coloring my cut image with Prismacolor Pencils. I start by gently coloring the parts I want the darkest. It doesn't take much. Next I take a paper blending pencil and some Goo-Gone..yep that's what I said. I dip the corner of the paper in the goo-gone and working in a circular motion I work from inside the colored area out, filling in the white spaces. When I'm done I go back adding more red where I want it to remain darkest and repeat with the goo-gone until I have reached my desired effect. I continue this process until the image is filled. 

Cutting and Coloring intricate Stamp Images

About 11 years ago, when I was pregnant with my 2nd child, my husband and I were in a bad accident. I unfortunately broke several bones in my right hand, thanks to the airbag. In my condition there was nothing the doctors could do for me. Anyway the bones healed or fused themselves together in an odd and sometimes painful way. I've spent the last 10 years finding ways to ease the stress of common things like using scissors. It lead me to a very useful find, cuticle scissors for cutting rounded and intricate stamped images! First stamp your desired image. This one has a center I'd like to cut out so I use my cropodile to punch out as much as I can. Now I use my cuticle scissors to clean up the inside and cut the rest of the image. See how I turn the scissors so the curve matches up the design! So easy! Here's the final cut. 

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