Sunday, November 01, 2026

November CAS Christmas Challenge

Hi everyone.  This month's CAS Christmas challenge is hosted by Susan, and she has picked ... 
I went through my stash of backgrounds and settled on two pieces that I used for the same design.  Both cards are made completely of snippets, except for the card bases. :)

This is helping me build my stash of Christmas cards.

The above background was done as a dirty pour with acrylic paints on canvas paper.  I've had this in my stash since 2018.  Crazy, right??!!

I made these backgrounds with friends (and zoomed with more friends) during a retreat many years ago.  We did a lot of dirty pours (mixes of diluted acrylic paints with a little silicone oil), which creates beautiful designs.  They make the most beautiful skies. :)

Close-up ...

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While I had my die out, I used another leftover background piece (brushos) to make the card below.
Sending these cards to the following challenges:
Snippets Playground Challenge #544 - I used snippets for all the pieces of each card, except the bases :)

I hope you'll join in our fun CAS Christmas Challenge - Reindeer.  The Designers and our wonderful Guest Designer Marcia, have designed lovely cards.  Come check out the blog post.  I hope you are inspired to join us.

Thanks for stopping by!

Card #1:
Stamps:  Christmas sentiments (Penny Black)
Paper:  White 110 lb. card stock (Neenah); Mixed Media Paper (Strathmore)
Ink:  Black pigment ink (Altenew Obsidian)
Accessories:   Inspired die (Penny Black), silicone oil, canvas paper

Card #2:
Stamps:  Snowglobe Sayings (MFT - closed)
Paper:  White 110 lb. card stock (Neenah); Mixed Media Paper (Strathmore)
Ink:  Brushos powdered inks; Black pigment ink (Altenew Obsidian)
Accessories:   Inspired die (Penny Black)

Challenges:

1 comment:

Julia Aston said...

Beautiful inky backgrounds for both of your cards, Loll - love the colors and beautiful white die cut reindeer! Great layered snowy grounding as well! Julia xx