August 15, 2020

CAS Christmas August Reminder - 12 Days of Christmas

Hello everyone.  Dropping in with a quick reminder for the 12 Days of Christmas card challenge at CAS Christmas.


I almost didn’t have a reminder card ready, but at the last moment, I remembered a new NBUS turtle stamp set I received from a crafty friend.  So on the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me 🎶...


The turtles (unknown and was a gift from a friend) and hats from Gerda Steiner Christmas Puppies were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on X-press It cardstock and coloured in with Copic markers.  Used the mirror image stamping technique to create the turtle on the left.  The wings (discontinued) were stamped with VersaMark ink on vellum and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  All images were fussy cut out and pieced together to create the two turtle doves. 😉


The Memory Box Cherry Blossom Branches were die cut from a scrap of Bristol paper to use as olive branches.  Kept them white since the turtle doves were green.   Black heat embossed the sentiment (discontinued) with clear glitter embossing powder.  Blended some turquoise dye ink onto a stitched Bristol panel from my stash.  Flicked on some water and blot with a paper towel for some texture.  Adhered the two turtle doves and added some clear shimmer to the wings to finish.

Just had so much fun with this! 😂  Have you played along yet?  More inspirations from my team can be seen HERE.  The challenge ends on August 24 PST, so there is still time to enter.  Thank you for stopping by.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.










Challenges:
Christmas Craft Creations - August Challenge Animals
Merry Little Christmas -  #25 August Challenget Anything Christmas Goes
Watercooler Wednesday - #284 Dawn’s Challenge All About Occasions
Just Add Ink - #518 Just Add T (turtle doves, turquoise dye ink, texture)
Papercraft - #61 Animals
NBUS #17 - new stamp set

26 comments:

Christine Alexander said...

so clever Trina creating two turtle doves. Love it :)

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

What a stitch, Trina - just got a chuckle out of your turtle doves!!

Barb Ghig said...

Absolutely adorable Christmas card, Trina! Your mirror stamping is fabulous and I love how you added wings to the turtles :) As always, your Copic coloring is just beautiful, too! LOVE this card to pieces! Barb xx

Julia Aston said...

Oh my goodness - everyone is getting SO creative with Susan's challenge - LOVE your fun turtle doves Trina - they are so brightly colored and festive with their Santa hats on! xx

Tristan said...

Super adorable Christmas card Trina. Love how you've altered the turtles with the Christmas hats and wings. So clever. Thanks for joining us at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week. Tristan DT.

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

PS - thanks for the referral to those masculine themed challenges; I entered my hammock guy to both!!

Lynne said...

What cute little turtles and you've coloured them perfectly. Thank you for joining in at Christmas Craft Creations. Lynne DT

Chantell Randall said...

Ha, these are super cute little turtles! Can't say I've seen flying turtles before....but I love the idea of your turtle doves. Chantell Just Add Ink.

Helen said...

What a wonderfully fun Christmas card, Trina!! Love these cute little 'Turtle doves'!!! Ha! Ha! Love it! Thanks for joining in at the Watercooler Wednesday Challenge this week. Take care! :)

Marcia Hill said...

OK, this card just couldn't be any CUTER Trina...I absolutely LOVE it! SO much detail and it's still CAS!! I can see why you had so much fun with this one...if it were in the gallery and I was the hostess, it would definitely be my pick for the winner!! :0)

Brenda in IN said...

Oh how clever! What an adorable card. Those wings are just the bomb and the whole idea is wonderful.

Papercraft Boutique said...

Wow, this is super cute, Trina! I love that the clever combination of stamps, the perfect fussy-cutting, the beautiful coloring & sponging make your turtle doves look sooo adorable. Great job of mirror image stamping too!
Hideko xx

Maria said...

Oh, my goodness!! Two turtle doves, how cute and clever!! Wonderful coloring!! Great card...well done!!

Darnell said...

This goes straight to the top of my Most Inventive Cards of 2020, Trina! Flying turtle"doves" is mwah clever!! As always, your design and coloring is superb! I'm so glad you shared this laugh with everyone at NBUS! Keep well! Hugs, Darnell

Bonnie said...

You are so clever, Trina! I LOVE your two turtle doves! I can tell you had fun making this card! I had fun looking at it!

Loll said...

This is so darn cute, Trina!! Love your turtle doves. Your colouring is perfect, as always! xx

My Paper Epiphany said...

Ha ha! I love the humour:) Gorgeous Christmas card!

Linda said...

Trina, your two turtles are so adorable and your coloring is so fantastic.
You asked how I did my tree on the first card:
I just inked up the first, light color of green and then inked the stamp again with the darker. I really like how it turned out. It was supposed to have just the tips in the dark. Can't remember what the technique is called.

Colleen said...

OMG, this is the cutest turtle doves I have ever seen! I love this card and how you colored it! Another magnificent card my friend!

Lady Joyful said...

Oh my gosh, this is adorable! Such a sweet design and beautifully coloured. I really love it. Thank you for joining us at Christmas Craft Creations - Charlotte/Lady Joyful, DT

PS, you might want to check our winner post for last month's challenge when you have a chance ;)

Mac Mable said...

I so love this and how creative and fun....Fabulous Trina x.

Kelly Kent said...

This is the cutest! You had me at turtles, but the styling and colouring really make this card. Thanks for sharing with us at Just Add Ink! Kelly x

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Just finally getting around to commenting on the rest of the team's reminder cards. Had to stop back Trina because your turtle card just makes me happy!! Great design and coloring but so adorable and clever! Thanks again!!

Susan said...

So clever and so much fun!! Love the turtles with their wings and olive branches!! You did a great job with the fussy cutting and piecing together. Thanks so much for making a reminder card as well as the original one for the challenge I'm hosting.

Renate said...

These turtles are so cute.
Thank you for sharing this sweet card at our challenge.

-xiss- Renate.
(DT Papercraft Challenges)

Chrissie said...

I think this is simply tremendous! Your shading is fabulous and the whole composition just stunning!
Thanks for sharing with us at Christmas Craft Creations!
Chrissie