CAS Challenges

A couple of cards for two of the CAS challenges that close soon.

First up is Less is More - "Beverages".

Here's my card:

The image and sentiment below it are all part of one stamp - I just love the sentiment.  A very easy card to make - stamped it, watercoloured it, trimmed the panel, bordered with black cs, and popped it up on fun foam.

And then the ATCAS Challenge - "Horizon".

I went with another winter / Christmas card as I need to build up my stash for my fundraiser.

Another very quick card - the frame, horse, trees, and clouds are all one die cut. So all I had to do was cut it, layer it over snowy dp, add a sentiment, and pop it up on foam.


Thanks for stopping by!  I promise I'll come back soon with something that's not a Christmas or winter card!

Supplies for card 1:

Stamps - Stamplorations

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Paper - watercolour paper, black and white cs

Size - A2

Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, fun foam

Supplies for card 2:

Stamps - Old Island Stamp Co. sentiment

Ink - ColorBox sky blue

Paper - white cs, Me and My Big Ideas dp

Size - 4.75" square

Accessories - StarLit Studio Horse Country die, clear embossing powder, fun foam

Old-Fashioned Sleigh Ride

For the Jingle Belles challenge "An Old-Fashioned Christmas":

For the background, I used the snowflakes that came out of a homemade stencil as masks.  I followed the first part of this video.  A quick summary of the technique - lay the snowflake masks down on watercolour paper, spritz with water, remove the stencil, and sprinkle with Brushos.  I didn't get perfect results as some of the water went under the stencil so my snowflakes aren't completely distinct.

When dry, I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment and sleigh, then used my Versamarker to draw in the ground, and heat embossed it with white sparkly embossing powder.

Another one done for my Christmas card sale!

Supplies:

Stamps - Penny Black sentiment, TH sleigh and horses

Ink - Versafine Onyx Black, Versamarker pen

Paper - watercolour paper, ivory cs

Size - A2

Accessories - blue and turquoise Brushos, snowflake masks that came out of snowflake stencil, white sparkly and clear embossing powder, fun foam

Stocking Hung at the Fireplace

It's time for a mid-month reminder for the CAS Christmas challenge:

I went with a very old stamp that I've had almost since I first started stamping.

I coloured the stamped image with coloured pencils and then fussy cut it.

I created the idea of a fireplace by using some slightly dried up embossing paste through a brick stencil.  And for the mantelpiece I took a scrap of kraft cs and went over it with ink and woodgrain stencil.  I tore the ends off to give it the same partial look as the bricks.

I added a brad to the mantelpiece as something to "hang" the stocking from and put dimensionals under the stocking.  I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle to match the stitching on the stocking and embellished with two red gemstones, one clear one, and Wink of Stella on the snowflake.

Here's a close-up:

You have until May 24 to link up your cards featuring our theme of "stocking".  For inspiration, check out the reminder cards made by our Design Team and this month's fabulous Guest Designer, Helen (Helen's Craft Haven).

Supplies:

Stamps - Heather's Stamping Haven stocking, Paper Smooches sentiment

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper - white and kraft cs

Size - A2

Accessories - TH wood grain and brick stencils, Dreamweaver embossing paste, coloured pencils, Lil Inker stitched rectangle die

A Child and a Dog

Mid-month already and time to remind you to join in with the May CAS Watercolour Challenge!

I've gone with another Christmas / winter themed card.

I love this image.  I've lived with dogs my whole life and look back so fondly on those childhood dogs who were our constant companions and went out with us whenever we were out playing with our friends.  Life was a lot freer then and my friends, our dogs, and I would be off alone all day in the woods, in the ravine, or, in winter, at a deserted sand quarry where we tobogganed for hours on end - no adults in sight!

I stamped the image and watercoloured it with my Gansai Tambi paints.  I mixed some black with the iridescent white paint for the ground.  And then mixed the palest blue with a lot of the iridescent white to do a very light wash over the top area of the panel.

Then I added more blue to the iridescent white and painted it onto a scrap of watercolour paper.  When dry, I die cut to small snowflakes and the sentiment from it.

I popped the panel up on fun foam on a blue/grey card base.  In real life, it's much closer in colour to the snowflakes than it appears in the photo.

Here's a close-up of the focal panel to try to show you a bit of the shimmer in the background and snowflakes:

Looking forward to seeing your cards that would be suitable to give to a child.  Check out the other cards by the Design Team and our Guest Designer, Bobby (bits & pieces) over at CAS Watercolour.  You have until May 24th to link up.

Supplies:

Stamps - ? child and dog stamp

Ink - Archival Jet Black

Paper - watercolour paper, blue/grey cs

Size - 6.25x4.75"

Accessories - Gansai Tambi watercolour paints, Tattered Lace sentiment die, Cheery Lynn small snowflakes die, fun foam