Second Thursday Tutorial: a quicky

My Second Thursday Tutorial almost didn't happen.  The only reason it did was because I was able to take photos of a real quickie!

I don't know why I didn't think of writing this tutorial when I was working on these cards, but sadly, I didn't.  Now I have to show how I made them.  I needed something really quick, since time was my enemy this month.  I had spent way too many hours working on my annual tip-ins, so quick was what I needed for my cards.  Of course, you know I had to make something that represented a tree.

Supplies:
Green washi tape (if you have Christmas tape, use it)
Stars (a gift from my friend Valerie)
Card blank with matching envelope

Gather your green washi tapes.  If you have some that are made specifically for Christmas (I don't), use them.  One gold is for the tree trunk. Use one star for the top of the tree.

Position your card so the opening is on your right and the closed part is on the left.  You want the length to be vertical.

Tear (preferable) or cut washi tapes and affix with the largest length at the bottom of the card.

Work your way up the tree by placing a total of five pieces of washi tape in descending size on the card front.  Be sure to leave room for the tree trunk.

Place one gold star on the top of the tree.  For this I used E-6000.

Vary the position of each tree, or make them all the same.   Write a note on the inside, or use a stamp. 

Here are the seven I made.  It took me about two hours to create these.  I'm a slow crafter though, so you might be able to cut that time a bit.  I also stamped the envelopes, as I did with most of my tip-in envelopes, too.

I don't really have a lot of sentiment stamps, and I certainly didn't want to stamp the words "Merry Christmas" out letter by letter.   I think the "Handmade by" stamp was the best stamp in which I ever invested.

Since this happens to be a Christmas tree, I am also sharing this with Try it on Tuesday, whose theme this fortnight is Christmas is coming. And because Moo-Mania and More's theme is Anything Goes, I'm joining them, too.

I realize this isn't much of a tutorial, but it's better than none.  Once this post goes live, you will find it on my tutorials page.  Thank you for sticking with me through this and these rather trying times.