CAS Christmas July Challenge - Poinsettia

Hello there.  It’s the third of another month, which means the new challenge at CAS Christmas starts today!  This month the theme is Poinsettia.

My poinsettia comes from never before used (NBUS) stamp set The Magic of Christmas by Simon Says Stamp.  I have never used such bright bold pink colours, and although it does not beat my favourite blue colour, I quite like it! 😆

The poinsettia was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on a stitched Xpress It cardstock panel and coloured with Copic markers (RV19,RV09,RV06,RV04,RV02).  Masked it then stamped the pine branch from the same set with Memento London Fog ink.  

The sentiment from Catherine Pooler Here We Come A-Carolling was stamped in black.  A white gel pen was then used to trace around the sentiment where it overlaps with the poinsettia so it shows better.  No surprise, my tracing was not perfect 😂, so the sentiment was re-stamped in black to cover/minimize that.  Clear shimmer on the petals and Memory Box clear jewels for the center finished off the card.

Our guest this month is Sandra (Sandma’s Handmade Cards).  She and the designers have made beautiful cards to help inspire you to join us and you can view them HERE.  The challenge is open till July 24th PST.  Thank you for dropping by.

Challenges:

Merry Little Christmas - #36 July Anything Christmas Goes 

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes 

Watercooler Wednesday - #319 Helen’s Challenge All Things Feminine 

Addicted to CAS - #201 Christmas in July 

CAS Christmas January Challenge - Blue & Silver

Happy new year everyone!  Today is the start of a new year of Christmas card challenges at CAS Christmas.  The theme this month is Blue and Silver.

Metallic paper, especially the foil type, add gorgeous shimmer and sparkler to cards... BUT man oh man, they are a pain to photograph!  I had so much trouble getting a decent pic, so I  apologize ahead of time for my photos.  Trust me, it looks so much better IRL.  Anyway, here is my card.

The globe (new to me and already discontinued!) was die cut from a scrap of silver metallic foil paper.  A circle was die cut from Whisper White cardstock, then Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire distress inks were blended onto it.  Used my paper trimmer to cut the string and die cut the ornament loop from the same scrap of silver foil paper.

An A2 stitched rectangle panel was die cut from silver paper.  Inked the sentiment with Blueprint Sketch distress oxide ink, then heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder.  The branch (unknown) was die cut from a scrap of the silver paper.  Assembled the card and adhered the panel onto a white card base to finish.

We have Kaja from Kajcika Crafts as our guest this month.  If you need more inspirations to join us, check out the fabulous creations on the main blog HERE.  Thank you for stopping by.

Challenges:
Papercraft - #27 Merry Christmas
Snippets Playground - #342 Christmas/New Year's Challenge
Sparkles Christmas - #96 Add Some Sparkle (silver metallic foil paper & clear glitter embossing)
Merry Little Christmas - January Anything Christmas Goes
Love to Craft - January Anything Goes
SSS Wednesday Challenge - Something New (globe die  & sentiment stamp set)
Always Fun Challenge - #91 Something New (globe die & sentiment stamp set)
As You Like It - January Anything Goes