More Santas ...

Hi everyone.  Another couple of cards for the CAS Christmas November Challenge - Santa.

He's everywhere this time of year. :)

Here he is with a little wrapped gift for someone special.  Don't you just love the multi-coloured polka-dot background.  I think it's adorable and perfect with this Santa.

Had so much fun making the above card, I made a second one. :)  This is yet another Santa, and he's jumping for joy! :)

Received these adorable stamped and die-cut images from my dear friend Bonnie.  Just did a quick watercolour with distress inks and zigs.  Then added a bit of blush to his cheeks with red chalk and crystal glaze with diamond dust glitter on top for the brim and pompom.

Still a few days to play along with the challenge before it closes at midnight on Nov. 24th.  Hope to see you in the gallery!

Stamps: Birdie Brown - gift from Bonnie
Paper:  Mixed Media die-cuts; White (Neenah 110 lb. white card stock); Festive and Frosty patterned paper (Penny Black)
Ink:  Real Red (SU!); Distress Inks:  Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn (Tim Holtz); Zig - flesh tone (Kuretake)
Accessories & Tools: water brush, Stitched Rectangular window die (AliExpress), Crystal Glaze (Nuvo); Diamond Dust Glitter

Challenges:
CAS Christmas November Challenge - Santa

Penny Black - Simplicity at its best

Hi everyone.  I'm sharing a little sneak peek of my Penny Black card that is posted on the Simplicity at its best blog.  Click HERE to check out a full-size photo of my card, along with complete instructions on how it was made.

If you have time, would love if you left me a comment on the SAIB blog.  Thank you!

Rainbow Christmas

Hi everyone.  Playing along with STAMPlorations November CAS Challenge - Rainbow.   I do love the look of rainbow coloured skies and thought this would work well with a snowy Christmas scene.

Wet my watercolour paper and used a 1" brush to add strokes of distress ink, overlapping the colours slightly as I moved through the colours of the rainbow.  Once dry, stamp two trees and heat embossed in white.  Tore a piece of white card stock for my snow hill and splattered diluted white acrylic paint over the whole card.  To finish, stamped the sentiment in black for some contrast.

The DT have created some amazing rainbow cards to inspiration.  Check out the challenge and come play along!

Stamps:  Tree Silhouettes, Sentiment - Christmas Candles (both from STAMPlorations)
Paper:  Watercolour (Arches 140 lb. hot press)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Candy Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn, Broken Glass, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz); Black (Memento)
Accessories & Tools:  large paint brush, white embossing powder, heat tool, paint brush for splattering, white acrylic paint

Challenges:
STAMPlorations November CAS Challenge - Rainbow

Thinking of You

Hi everyone.  One more quick card for the CAS Mix Up November Challenge - Embossing Folder, hosted by Bonnie.

Here's another embossing folder technique that I learned this year.  I did share some cards earlier this year with this fun technique that uses Powdered inks sprinkled onto white mixed media paper, placed inside an embossing folder, and run through a machine to dry emboss the image and embed the powders.  Remove from folder and spritz with water.  The colours explode as they always do when water is added, but having them embedded into the card stock allows some to stay in place and gives lots of deep areas of colour.

I used an embossing folder that came with my die-cutting/embossing machine.  It's really beautiful with deep embossing.  I cut the panel down and added a die-cut butterfly that I received from my friend Bonnie, along with a stamped black banner sentiment and die-cut sentiment.

Easy and fun card to make.

Here's a close-up ...

There's still five days left to play at CAS Mix Up before the challenge closes.  Come join us!  Pull out your embossing folders and have some fun designing a CAS card.

Stamps:  Clearly Besotted (A Little Sentimental)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb. 400 Series); White (Neenah 110 lb.); Black (SU!)
Ink:  Magicals:  blue and green
Accessories & Tools:  embossing folder from Gemini, water mister, butterfly die (gift from friend), white embossing powder, You die (Simon Says Stamp)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up November Challenge - Embossing Folder