Four Calling Birds

Hello All,

It's time to remind you that you only have until August 24th to get a card in for the CAS Christmas Card Challenge, where this month's theme is The Twelve Days of Christmas.

For my original card, I used "a partridge in a pear tree".  For this one, I've jumped a few verses ahead and I've got "4 calling birds".

I stamped and heat embossed the image in gold, typed my sentiment on the computer and printed it on lightweight cardstock, popped my image up on it with fun foam, bordered with gold cs, and added it to a matching cream card base.

While I had the stamp out and computer sentiment in front of me, I made a second version.

For this one, I coloured the stamp with Tombow markers while it was in my MISTI, colouring and stamping until I was happy with the results, popped it up on fun foam on the sentiment panel, bordered with green cs, and popped that up on a white card base.

Head over to CAS Christmas for more inspiration from the Design Team and come and join us with your clean and simple card using something inspired by The Twelve Days of Christmas!

Supplies:
Stamps - Old Island Stamping Co. "Four Calling Birds"
Ink - ColorBox Gold (the first card only)
Paper - Gina K Pure Ivory and gold cs (first card), white and green cs (second card)
Size - A2
Accessories - Tombow markers (second card), fun foam

My True Love Sent to Me

It's my turn to host the CAS Christmas Challenge and I've chosen The Twelve Days of Christmas as the August theme.

I used a new stamp that I really like - perfect for the challenge.

I stamped the image, watercolored it, trimmed it and bordered it with a matching green cs, and popped it up on a copper card base.  Truly a CAS card as the image includes the sentiment so it was very quick and easy to make.

Head on over to the CAS Christmas blog and check out the rest of the samples by the Design Team and August's Guest Designer, Meg (Bits and Pieces).  There are also some parameters for the theme, including options for those who don't have a stamp or die that seems totally suitable to The Twelve Days of Christmas.

Hoping to see your entries!

Supplies:
Stamps - ?
Ink - Archival Jet Black
Paper - watercolour paper, green cs, copper shimmer cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - watercolour paints, fun foam

Two Christmas Challenges

Two cards today ready for my Christmas stash!

It's for the Jingle Belles Challenge "12 Days of Christmas" - feature one of the elements from the song.

I used a really old stamp - one of the first I ever bought.  I put it in my MISTI, inked it up with Distress markers, lightly spritzed, and stamped onto watercolour paper, repeating as needed.  I trimmed it down and put it on a stitched die cut panel with the relevant verse from The Twelve Days of Christmas (which I typed on the computer).  It's popped up on fun foam.

Next up:

This one is for two challenges - Christmas Kickstart "Get a Head-er Start" (be inspired by something in their header (I chose the snowman)  and 12 Months of Christmas "Use Kraft Paper" (I used a kraft card base).

I stamped and watercoloured the snowman image and  used a kraft cardbase for it.  I had found a wooden snowflakes that had a broken tip - it fit the space perfectly, blended with the kraft cardbase, and by setting it on the edge of the panel, the broken tip isn't so obvious.

In case you're getting tired of my Christmas cards, I promise I'll do some non-Christmas cards for my next post!

Supplies for card 1:

Stamps - Old Island Stamping Co. "Four Calling Birds"

Paper - watercolour paper, white and red cs

Size - A2

Accessories - various Distress markers, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die, fun foam, sentiment done on the computer

Supplies for card 2:

Stamps - SU Snow Much Fun, Rubber Soul sentiment

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Paper - watercolour paper, kraft cs

Size - A2

Accessories - wooden snowflake, watercolour paints, Lil Inker stichted rectangle die