Bear in a Shaker and Small Vertical Elements

52 Christmas Card Throwdown's technique challenge is "Shaker Card" and CAS on Friday's theme challenge is "Animal".  I've got both in this card:

The bear is watercoloured and fussy cut and placed on top of a square of silver cs embossed with a snowflake embossing folder.  I added thick dimensional tape around the edges of the silver cs, sprinkled in some sequins and micro-beads, then added a layer of acetate to the top of it.  I set it behind a white square of cs out of which I die cut a centre square.

The ABC Christmas Challenge wants "U for Use It Up" and / or "V for Vertical".  I included both - using up a scrap of background and a vertical sentiment.  And Christmas Craft Creations wants "Monochromatic".

The background is a tiny leftover bit from a larger background I created by smooshing blue Distress Oxide inks on mixed media cs.  I added a small vertically-oriented die cut and stamped a vertical sentiment.

     

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - unknown bear stamp, PB sentiment
Ink - Versafine Clair Nocturne, SU Real Red
Paper - white cs, silver cs, watercolour paper
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - watercolour paints, snowflake embossing folder, sequins, microbeads, dimensional tape

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Rosie's Roadshow sentiment
Ink - various blue Distress Oxide inks
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - unknown die, fun foam

Christmas Mini Slimlines

A couple of Christmas mini slimline cards, one vertical, one horizontal, both using up little scraps or snippets that were hanging around on my desk!

I had a tiny snippet of a galaxy background that I'd made for other cards and it just fit behind the tiny reindeer  / tree die.  I cut the die out of another leftover snippet of white cs.  I stamped the sentiment in grey so as not to look stronger than the night galaxy sky.

The horizontal one:

There are always little snippets of background leftover after I trim a background down for a card.  Here I used both a snippet of a blue Oxide ink smooshed background and a snippet of embossed dots, and topped them off with the polar bears cut from a snippet of white cs (of which I save far too many!).

Linking up one or other of them with:

Pixie's Crafty Workshop Snippets Challenge

Double D Challenge "Lots of White"  (the upper left image in their inspiration board inspired the colours in my first card)

 

AAA Cards CAS Challenge "Christmas and optional twist Slimline"

 

Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Simon Says Stamp sentiment
Ink - grey ink for sentiment, various Distress inks for galaxy background
Paper - white and mixed media cs
Size - 6.25x3.25"
Accessories - unknown reindeer / tree die, diluted white acrylic paint for splattering galaxy background

Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - Power Poppy sentiment
Ink - various blue Distress Oxide inks, Versafine Clair Twilight
Paper - white and mixed media cs
Size - 6.25x3.25"
Accessories - unknown bear die, Cuttlebug embossing folder

Polar Bear with Gifts

A very quick and very CAS card to enter four challenges.

Stamped, coloured with markers (with a bit of coloured pencil shading on the bear and underneath him), and popped up on fun foam on a red card base.  Love the contrast!

Linking up to:

Penny Black & More "Animals"

Christmas Kickstart "It's a Gift"

52 Christmas Card Throwdown "Bears" 

Rudolph Days "Anything Christmas Goes"

Supplies:

Stamps - Penny Black bear, Rosie's Roadshow sentiment

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - white and red cs

Size - 4.25" square

Accessories - Spellbinders square die cut, markers, coloured pencils, fun foam

Child on a Polar Bear

CAS Watercolour is asking for a card for a child this month.

I decided to make a child's Christmas card.

I stamped my image and watercoloured it with my Gansai Tambi watercolour paints.  For the snowy ground, I mixed the pale blue and the iridescent white paints that come in the set.

I die cut the image with a wonky stitched circle die, popped it up on fun foam, and added it to a red card base for contrast.

There is lots of other inspiration for you from the rest of the Design Team and this month's Guest Designer, Bobby (bits and pieces).  Please remember to keep your card clean and simple, and be sure to follow the theme.  You have until May 24th to enter.

Supplies:

Stamps - Penny Black

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Paper - watercolour paper, red cs

Size - 4.75" square

Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, MFT wonky stitched circle die, fun foam