Sunday, December 2, 2012

Christmas present for my Mom

I was doing some browsing at Hobby Lobby when I came across a Martha Stewart family tree set of stamps.Packaged so cute in a wooden box. You can customize it any way you want to, there is a tree stump stamp, various branches, 2 leaf shapes, & ones to fill in the family names. I thought it would be super cute to get an 8*10 frame & do the family tree on some pretty vintagy-looking paper. 
               
This looks simple right?? 



Decided on this paper, really didn't like the roses but planning on trimming paper & cutting it out. 



My daughter helping me fill in the empty spots where the ink didn't get pressed down all the way. 


Ok. Thumbs down on my penmanship skills. And the fact that I had to call my sister to get everyone else's anniversary dates, & even some birthdays. Total Aunt Jana failure moment right there. ( My sister is expecting baby #3 in 2 weeks, notice blank circle on left, no that was not an accident)
 See how my tree spread onto the part of the paper I was going to trim away? Sadly, I think this was a practice one that will have to be discarded. I will go shopping for more card stock in a print that is not so busy & doesn't take away from the tree. Thought I would share attempt #1 at a cute, handmade gift idea! 
Merry Christmas! 

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