CAS Christmas January Challenge - Silver and Gold

Happy new year everyone!  Are you ready to continue making Christmas cards? 😉  Our first challenge of 2022 at CAS Christmas starts now and the theme is Silver and Gold. 

These metallics are beautiful, but to use them together, I definitely struggled.  Then an order arrived with the We Wish You a Merry Christmas die from Trinity Stamps and the star tree topper included in the set was the “golden” ticket and inspiration hit! 😂   Here’s my card.

Metallics are so hard to photograph.  Had not intended to make it so dramatic with the black, but I wanted the gold glitter and silver foil paper to stand out more.  Started by dry embossing the die (minus the tree trunk) onto an A2 sized black panel. 

Next, die cut the tree from silver foil paper and the star out of gold glitter paper from Memory Box Majestic Hues Glitter pad.   Mounted the panel onto a split black/white card base, then adhered the die cuts over the matching dry embossing to finish!  Easy-peasy!

Our guest this month is Lisa (My Paper Tales).  Be sure to check out more inspirations from her and the design team HERE.  Thank you for stopping by.

Challenges:

Holly and Ivy - #106 Anything Christmas Goes 

The Paper Players - #572 Make it Sparkle 

Merry Little Christmas - #42 Anything Christmas Goes 

Peace on Earth - #7 Anything Goes Christmas 

Spellbinders April Small Die of the Month

Hello there.  I’m popping in today to share a thank you card made with the April Spellbinders Small Die of the Month.  This month is called Stitched Thanks and consists of seven dies - one large main die with the stitching holes and six letters to spell “thanks”.  It’s perfectly sized for a slimline card.

I have wanted to give stitching a try for a couple of years now and even bought the supplies back then.  Sadly, they have been collecting dust ever since. 🙈   So when I couldn’t find or remember where I kept them, I was so bummed.  I thought about buying the supplies again, but this die set can be used with or without stitching.  But as luck would have it, I found them last night just as I was about to post!  Here’s my card.

Being this is my first time stitching, I felt stitching the full die (which is gorgeous btw) would be a bit daunting.  So I went in a completely different direction, taking different parts and created stitched embellishment pieces for my card.

4 pieces of the one on the left above were overlapped and the holes aligned to form the large blue flower.  The piece on the right created the purple flower. 

This is a mini slimline card; another first for me.  A piece of Bristol paper was trimmed to 6”x3”.  The top and bottom were dry embossed with the large main die to give it some texture.  The letters were die cut from black cardstock and silver foil paper and offset for a shadow effect.  Assembled the card onto a 6”x3” white card base and added glitter enamel dots from Your Next Stamp Enchanted Garden Sparkly Gumdrops to finish.

The Small Die of the Month is one of many monthly club kits offered by Spellbinders.  To see the other monthly clubs, click HERE.  For certain available past club kits, click HERE.  Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day.

 

A Golden Anniversary

Hello there.  I’ve been MIA lately due to a setback with my hip/back issue and crafting had to take a back seat (pun intended 😉).  Such a huge bummer as this is my favourite card making season! 😔   I do have some cards I’ve started already and hope to finish them up like this golden anniversary card I made for my friend’s parents. 

I didn’t want to make it too frilly and feminine, so I thought the Memory Box Leafy Heart die-cut in my stash was perfect.  I just die cut it two more times from scraps of Bristol paper and stacked them for dimension.  The Impact Numbers from My Favorite Things (MFT) were then die cut from scraps of black cardstock and gold foil paper.  They were offset for a slight shadow.  

The sentiment from SugarPea Designs Everyday Sentiments was heat embossed with gold embossing powder on a Bristol paper strip.  Cocoa shimmer cardstock (looks like light gold IRL) was then dry embossed with a script embossing folder (unknown).  Assembled the card onto a white top folding card base to finish.

Easy, peasy.  Thank you for dropping by.  Happy holidays!

Challenges:

Let’s Squash It - #3 Embossing Folder + Dies/Fussy Cutting 

Die Cut Divas - December Anything Goes 

Allsorts - Week 603/4 Sparkle and Shine 

Pixie’s Snippets Playground - #393 (no full sheets of paper/cardstock needed... used paper/cardstock snippets from my stash)

Happy Howlidays

Hello there.  Dropping in quickly to share a CAS Christmas card made for several challenges.

Used Hero Arts (HA) Nesting Oval Infinity dies to dry emboss the background on a piece of Bristol paper.   Applied some turquoise dye ink to it with a blender brush then splattered with the same colour to give it texture.

Stamped the cute puppy image from HA Fluffy Stockings Stamp & Cut set (discontinued) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-Press It cardstock.  Coloured in with Copic markers then die cut out with the included die.  White heat embossed the sentiment from the same set on black cardstock.  Assembled the card to finish.

Thank you for stopping by.

Challenges:
A Blog Named Hero - Cute
Hero Arts - Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge #14 Critters
CAS Mix Up - Mixed Media Challenge Embossing with Dies (+stamping + diecutting + splatters)
Jenn Shurkus Get Cracking on Christmas - Anything Goes

Christmas Kickstart - #37 Festive Furbabies

CAS Christmas June Challenge - Gifts

Hello there.  It's June and we have a new challenge starting today at CAS Christmas.  The theme this month is Gifts.

Here is my card.

Took the scallop Circle Window die and dry embossed it onto a piece of X-press It cardstock.  Stamped the puppy with Copic friendly black ink in the inverted scallop circle area and coloured with Copics.  From masking paper, hand cut a mask for the puppy and die cut a reverse scallop circle mask with the die.  Adhered the masks in place, then blended Crumb Cake and Soft Suede dye inks to the background with blending brushes.

I channelled my spattering guru friend, Loll, for this next step and added some white acrylic paint splatters to the background to give it some texture.  The sentiment was red heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder.  Mounted the panel with fun foam to a white card base then added clear shimmer to the red ribbon to finish (unable to capture in photo).

Leslie of Running with Scissors is our wonderful guest this month.  For more inspirations, head on over to the challenge blog HERE.  You have until June 24 to play along.  Looking forward to seeing what you create.  Thank you for stopping by.

Challenges:
Merry Little Christmas - #11 June Anything Christmas Goes
Less is More - #396 CAS Embossing (dry embossed with window die and heat embossed sentiment)
Watercooler Wednesday - #223 Anything Goes
SSS Wednesday - Anything Goes
Uniko - #53 Anything Goes optional twist Masculine

CAS Christmas November Reminder - Santa

Hello there!  I'm here with the reminder post for this month's Santa challenge at CAS Christmas.  It's hard to believe, but Christmas is just a little over a month away!  I must say this is the first year I am not rushing to complete my Christmas cards!  YAY!  And here's my card.

Remember how fun it was to  play in the snow and make snow angels?  Well, Santa thinks so too! 😉  This snow angel-making Santa was waiting to be put on an action wobble.  Action wobble cards are the easiest interactive cards to make.  Here's a short video of it in action.

Using Copic friendly black ink and stamping on X-press It cardstock, stamped the hat from the same set first, masked it then stamped Santa.  Removed the mask and coloured in with Copics.  Had to fussy cut the image out because there is no coordinating die with Santa wearing the hat.

Next an Antique Frame panel was die cut from mixed media paper.  "Snow angel" marks were created by dry embossing with Infinity Circle nesting dies.  The sentiment was black heat embossed using Versafine black ink and clear glitter embossing powder.  Mounted Santa with a mini action wobble then added some white glitter Nuvo drops for snow to finish. 

The challenge ends in a week on November 24, so there is still time to get your entries in.  Our wonderful guest, Pam of Expressions with Heart, and my team have created more fabulous reminder cards and you can see them on the CAS Christmas blog HERE.  Hope to see you in the gallery.  Thank you for visiting. 

Challenges:

Sweet Stampers - #26 Christmas

Merry Little Christmas - #4 November Anything Christmas Goes

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes 4 Kids

Addicted to Stamps and More - #318 Holidays

Sparkles Christmas - #95 Embossing Heat or Dry

AAA Cards - #128 On the Move (making snow angel action wobble)

Watercooler Wednesday - #196 Heidi's All About Occasions

Stamping Sensations - November Get Ready for Christmas

Less is More #382 - Tags

Hello there!  I'm back with a new challenge for Less is More (LIM).  Challenge #382 is Tags and it can be standalone or added to a card.  Uniko is back as our generous sponsor this month. Be sure to participate in both challenges this month to qualify to win.

CHRISTMAS TAG

I started by diecutting a tag from X-press It cardstock.  Stamped the bear with Copic friendly black ink and coloured with Copics.  Masked him, then sponged turquoise dye ink for the background.    Spritz with a shimmer spray for some sparkle (was unable to capture it in the photo).  

Next heat embossed the sentiment (retired) using Versafine black ink and clear embossing powder.   To make the tag sturdier, another tag was die cut from a scrap of thick white cardstock and stacked.  Added a black ribbon (retired) to complete the tag.  

Making the tag was the easy part.  I struggled with how to add it to the card.  I ended up dry embossing a Whisper White panel with nesting rectangle dies.  Popped the panel onto a white card base with some black fun foam for dimension to finish.

Now over to you.  You have two weeks to join us.  For more inspiration, head over the LIM blog HERE.  Can't wait to see your fabulous tag creations.  Thank you for stopping by.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges:

Winnie & Walter - WCMD 2018 Dress Up Your Die Cuts Challenge with Gayatri

Winnie &Walter - WCMD 2018 Clean and Simple (CAS) Challenge with Heather

Winne & Walter - WCMD 2018 Ink Blending Challenge with Lea

STAMPlorations - October CAS challenge optional color twist Black
Addicted to Stamps and More - #313 Holiday
Tuesday Throwdown - #413 Anything Goes