Silver Snowflake

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a CAS Watercolour card featuring a snowflake. That's our challenge this month at CAS Watercolour ... check out the challenge to see all the beautiful entries.

I used brushos to create a background and then cropped to just a bit bigger than my snowflake.  I stamped the background in versamark and heat embossed in silver to create the look of more snowflakes falling.

The snowflake is a stitched die cut from silver foil card stock.  I heat embossed the sentiment in silver as well to tie it all together.

I hope you'll come join in the fun at CAS Watercolour.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

Stamps:  Gorgeous Grunge (Stampin' Up!), Frosty Sentiments (Amy R)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb); Watercolour panel (Arches 140 lb. cold press)
Ink:  Brushos:  Ultra Marine, Purple; Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  Silver embossing powder, heat tool, Stitched snowflake die (Lil' Inkers)

Challenges:
CAS Watercolour January Challenge - Snowflake
Snippets Playground - Week

Alcohol Ink Landscape

Today I'm sharing an alcohol ink landscape.  This card was sent to dear friends who are dealing with a tragic loss in their family.  I hope that my card and words of support gave them some comfort.

I have been having some success working with alcohol inks lately.  This time I used Yupo paper and tried to create layers of colours to mimic a sunset.  Not sure I succeeded, but I am happy with how this turned out.

I really was just "winging it" to get the colours.  I made a few different ones, but this was the only one I really liked,  The others are still on my worktable and I may just turn them over and try again on the back. :)

I squirted the purple and blue first, adding blending solution to make the colours move across the paper.  Once they seemed settled (not dry), I added the other two colours.  Right now I don't have any tips on this technique ... it's trial and error for me, but I'm hoping to learn as I make more. :)




Stamps:  Pine Tree (Stampscapes); Bloom of Hope sentiment (SU!)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb); Yupo
Ink:  Alcohol Inks:  Passion Purple, Baja Blue, Calabaza Orange, Lime Green (Pinata); Archival Black Ink (Ranger)
Accessories & Tools:  Blending solution (Tim Holtz)

Christmas cards

Hi everyone.  Today I'm posting some cards I made in December.  It was a tough month with radiation treatments, along with having the flu ... and then a nasty cold. I tried to keep up with visiting blogs, but I know I missed a lot.

I also missed posting my last eight cards that I made for some very dear friends. These are all made from alcohol inks on yupo - click here to see my video.  They are all CAS designs ... I hope you like them.  This will be a picture-heavy post, but no descriptions.  Email me if you have any questions.

Thanks to MaryH for this lovely ornament die!

Edited to Add:  Had a couple of emails about blending solution being dangerous in a mister.  I'll attach a screen grab from Ranger below and you'll see the warning on the bottom left.  When working with any liquid chemicals, it's important to be careful.  Make sure to protect your face if you decide to spray with blending solution or rubbing alcohol.  Some people believe that rubbing alcohol in a mister would be better.  It's still a chemical and you need to be cautious using it as well.  It definitely will save money using rubbing alcohol over blending solution, but the results will be different.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit!

CAS Watercolour January Challenge

Welcome to a new year of challenges at CAS Watercolour.  Starting off with a fun challenge for January ...

We'd love to see you create a CAS (Clean and Simple) Watercoloured card that includes a snowflake or snowflakes!  Easy and fun!

For my card, I started by sprinkling three colours of Brushos crystals over watercolour paper.  I misted with water and then tilted the panel to let the colours flow together.  Love these colours!  I then stamped the Snowdust stamp from Penny black in Versamark and heat embossed in white.  Such a beautiful contrast against the deep colours of the background.  I used a technique that has been done many times by my good friend Nancy ... I pressed my versamark pad along the bottom and heat embossed in white to create a snowhill.  Love this look and thanks for the tip Nancy!

To finish I added a simple die-cut sentiment.  Fun card to make. :)

We are excited to have Hannelie (Desert Diva) as our Guest Designer this month. Make sure to click HERE to check out her amazing card, along with cards from the rest of our talented Design team.  And then come play along.




Stamps:  Snowdust (Penny Black)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Watercolour paper main panel (Arches 140 lb. cold press)
Ink:  Brushos (Ultra Marine, Turquoise, Violet)
Accessories & Tools:  White embossing powder, heat tool, Let It Snow die (CUTplorations)

Challenges:
CAS Watercolour January challenge