Sweet Winter Wishes

Hi everyone.  Sharing another Christmas card today.  This was quick and easy to make as I had a piece of alcohol ink paper in my stash.  I just die-cut this sweet tree die (on loan from my dear friend, Susan) and stamped the sentiment in Delicata silver.  QCAS (quick and clean and simple) as Darnell would say! :)

Adding this card to the CAS Mix Up December gallery.  Come join us!

Here's a close-up.

I love this die so much that I went and bought one for myself.  :)

Edited to add:  Sorry, I missed adding the info about the die.  It's called Evergreen Window and is made by Memory Box.

Stamps:  Snowglobe Sentiments (My Favorite Things)
Paper:  Yupo for Alcohol ink background; White card base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Alcohol inks (Ranger / Pinata); Delicata Silver (Tsukineko)
Accessories & Tools:  Blender solution in a spray bottle, Evergreen Window die (Memory Box)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up December Challenge - Anything Goes

More Green and Blue

Hi everyone.  I do love this colour combo.  Made a quick card using a new-to-me tree die that I just got from AliExpress.  Had a piece of smooshed blue and green watercoloured paper in my stash.  Die-cut the trees and then added a bit of "snow".  I globbed it on too thick and it covered up a lot of the colour, so I picked some of it off before it was dry.  Then took an emery board to sand down the rest.  Was left with just a thin "dusting of snow", which I like much better.  For the background, used a falling snow stencil and more of the Glitter Snow paste that I used on the trees.  The glitter is very subtle, but I do love the dimension that the paste adds to the background.  Tore a snow hill and stamped a sentiment.  Tried to match the colour of the trees with my sentiment and think it worked out pretty well.  Stamped it first with turquoise and then green on top.

Here's a close-up ...

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Retired --- Snowman Sayings (Amy R)
Paper:  White (Neenah 110 lb. card stock); Hot press Watercolour paper (Arches 140 lb.)
Ink:  Watercolour sprays in Turquoise, Green, and Lime Green (Dick Blick): Distress Ink (Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn)
Accessories & Tools:  Tree die (AliExpress), Falling Snow stencil (Simon Says Stamp), Glitter Snow Paste (Aleene's)

CAS Watercolour December Challenge

Hi everyone.  Welcome to the CAS Watercolour December Challenge.  This is the last challenge of a year that has gone by so quickly.  We have an easy one for you this month.  Anything goes as long as it's a CAS card with Watercolouring.  Come play along!

I do love this pretty stamp from Simon Says.  I've got a lot of use from it these past few months.

This card is actually a "save".  I stamped and heat embossed the outline image in white.  I watercoloured with zigs and when I was finished the flower, I tried adding a background of gray watercolouring.  It turned out OK, not great, but the sad part was the gray made everything else seem dull.  I was disappointed and didn't want to throw away my pretty bouquet.  So I fussy cut and added to a card front that has a partial die-cut honeycomb pattern.  I've since bought the matching die for this flower bouquet. :)

I stamped my sentiment and popped up the flower heads for dimension, while gluing the stems flat to the card front.

Here's a close-up.

We are excited to have Hideko (Papercraft Boutique) as our Guest Designer this month.  She won the October Fall Leaves challenge.  Welcome to the team Hideko!!

Please check out the challenge blog to see Hideko's beautiful watercoloured CAS card, along with the amazing cards from our Design Team.  And then come play along.  The challenge is open until Dec. 24th at midnight.

I'm also adding this card to the CAS Mix Up December Challenge (Anything Goes) as I have die-cutting, heat embossing, watercolouring and fussy-cutting.

Edited to add:  A few people have asked about the corner die used for the above card.  It comes as a set of four from AliExpress.  The seller I bought from at AE no longer carries these dies, but they are still available HERE.  I don't have any experience with this seller, but AE does provide good customer service if there is a problem.

Stamps:  Bouquet of Thanks (Simon Says Stamp); Lots of Thanks (Simon Says Stamp)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Mixed media for flowers (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Versamark; Zigs (Kuretake);--- Distress Inks Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron for sentiment (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  White embossing powder, heat tool, water brush, honeycomb die (AliExpress)

Challenges:
CAS Watercolour December Challenge - Anything Goes
CAS Mix Up December Challenge - Anything Goes

CAS Mix Up December Challenge

Hi everyone.  Today is the start of the CAS Mix Up December Challenge.  We've made it an easy one for you this month.  Anything Goes as long as the card is CAS, includes stamping plus two mixed media techniques and/or products (listed on the challenge blog sidebar).

Today I'm sharing a card using a new-to-me tree die.  I just love it!

I die-cut the tree from white card stock, coated with gilding flake glue, and then pressed on lots of Red Blaze gilding flakes.  I burnished the flakes to remove the excess.  LOVE the shimmer from the gilding flakes.  Isn't it pretty??!!

A stitched snowhill was die-cut then stamped with sentiment and heat embossed in gold.  My CAS Mix Up card has stamping, die-cutting, heat embossing, and gilding flakes.

We are excited to have Ina (Little Bits of Craft) as our Guest Designer this month.  Please check out the challenge blog to see Ina's card and the cards from the rest of our Design Team.  Then play along.  We'd love to see you in the gallery!

I'm entering this card into the Less Is More Challenge #356 - Let it Shine. 

Stamps:  Christmas Messages (Hero Arts)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  Alpine Trees die (Memory Box), Red Blaze gilding flakes (Cosmic), gilding glue, scrubby brush for burnishing, Stitched Curves die (AliExpress)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up December Challenge - Anything Goes
Less Is More #356 - Let it Shine