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Hi everyone.  

I made a card similar to this one last year, but never posted it before sending out.  So I've made another because I think this image is just perfect for this card layout.

I started by stamping Cheerful Christmas (Penny Black) in black ink and then heat embossing in clear.  I watercoloured the image using distress inks, then added a little bit of sparkle and gloss to the berries before cutting my panel down.  I stamped the sentiment (Christmas Moments - Penny Black) in the same black ink and heat embossed in clear to match the image.  To finish, I popped the panel up over my black card base.

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I'm sending this card to Rudolph Days September Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes.  The challenges runs from the 25th to end of month - Jan. thru November.

And, I'm sending this to the Merry Little Christmas Challenge #46 - Anything Christmas Goes ...

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Stamps:  Cheerful Christmas (Penny Black); Christmas Moments (Penny Black)

Paper:   Bristol Paper (Strathmore); Black card stock (SU!)
Ink:   Black (Memento); Distress Inks:  Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness, Fired Brick, Aged Mahogany, Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon, Rusty Hinge, Black Soot (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Clear embossing powder, heat tool, paint brushes, Clear Wink of Stella, Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)

Challenges:
Rudolph Days Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Merry Little Christmas Challenge #46 - Anything Christmas Goes

Stenciling with Pan Pastels

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing another card made from my stash of card fronts.

This is one of the backgrounds I made a few years back when crafting with my sweet friends Susan and Christine.  We were together working at Christine's house and she had us using stencils (Aspen Trees stencil by The Crafter's Workshop) with pan pastels.  The shimmer and shine from the pearlescent violet pan pastels is really amazing.  Hopefully you can see it in the photo above.  I simply added two torn snow hills, a silhouette deer (gift from another friend), and a sentiment (Season's Gifts - Penny Black) to finish off this card. 

I'm sending this over to CAS Christmas September Challenge that closes at the end of today.

I hope you are inspired to go through your stash of goodies and see what you can use to make a quick and easy card.  

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Stamps:  Season's Gift (Penny Black)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); black card stock
Ink:   Black (Memento)
Accessories:   Aspen Trees stencil (TCW), pan pastels, sponges

Challenges:

CAS Christmas September Challenge - Sparkle and/or Shine

September CAS Christmas Reminder - Sparkle and/or Shine

Hi everyone.  Time for the reminder of this month's CAS Christmas challenge - Sparkle and/or Shine, hosted by the lovely and talented Hideko!

For today's card I created a very CAS design using a frame of a circle with trees die from AliExpress.  This cuts away the background of the circle, leaving a card front with the circle aperture and trees, which I used for my card front.  I die-cut it again using silver glimmer paper (SU!) and then cut the trees away from the frame so I could attach them on top of my card front.  I off-set the trees slightly so it looks as though there is snow on the tree branches.  I didn't get it perfect for the bottom of the circle, so I covered up my uneven edge with a black sentiment banner (Snowglobe sentiments - retired - My Favorite Things).  The banner is heat embossed with silver embossing powder, so that added just a tiny bit of shine.  The background is from my stash of pieces of smooshed magicals, just perfect to add a bit of colour to my design.

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Please check out the challenge blog to see the beautiful, sparkly, shiny CAS Christmas cards from our wonderfully talented team.

Hope you'll come play along with your CAS Christmas cards!  See you soon!

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Stamps:  Snowglobe Sentiments - retired (My Favorite Things)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.); Silver Glimmer paper (SU!); Black card stock (SU!)
Ink:   Magicals; Versamark
Accessories:   Tree circle die (AliExpress), Silver embossing powder (Ranger); heat tool

Challenges:
CAS Christmas September Challenge - Sparkle and/or Shine

September CAS Mix Up Reminder

Hi everyone.  This month Hilary is hosting the CAS Mix Up Challenge - Gesso.  I've used gesso as a resist again on my DT card.

I first sponged lightly with gesso over the Lovely Leaves stencil (Wendy Vecchi).  It dries really quickly so I could sponge lightly with my brushes over top with Autumn colours (Distress inks:  Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Candied Apple).  Once I finished sponging, I let the inks dry a bit before using a damp paper towel to wipe the colour off the gesso stenciling to reveal a dreamy, etheral looking background.  This is an Eileen Godwin technique (seen in this video).  I love her work and using her techniques on my cards. :)

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I used an older stamp from Stampendous (Enjoy Gift - retired) for my sentiment, stamping in Rusty Hinge distress ink and heat embossing in clear.  The panel was cut to size and popped up on my card front for a bit of dimension.

I hope you'll check out the reminder post on the challenge blog to see the wonderful gesso CAS cards by our Designers.  Then come play along.  There's still over a week before the challenge closes.  Hope to see you in the gallery! :)

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Stamps:  Enjoy Gift - retired (Stampendous)

Paper:   White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed Media paper (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:   Distress Inks:  Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalate, Ripe Persimmon, Candied Apple, Rusty Hinge (Tim Holtz)
Accessories:   Gesso (Golden), sponge, Lovely Leaves stencil (Wendy Vecchi), sponge brushes, clear embossing powder (Ranger), heat tool

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up September Reminder - Gesso