CAS Stencil October Challenge

Hi everyone.  Today's card is for the new CAS Stencil challenge for October.  This month I'm hosting and I'm asking you to use patterened paper. :)  We all have tons of patterned paper in our cupboards, so time to pull some out and create a stenciled card with the patterned paper in the background.

The card above uses a very subtle, small green check paper as the background.  I sponged over top through a NBUS poinsettia stencil that I bought recently.  I love how it turned out!  I used the whole 6"x6" sheet of checked paper to stencil.  I only used a portion of it for the card above.

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I used a leftover piece to create a second card ...

Cut a square and added a stitched white frame and sentiment to finish.

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We are thrilled to have Gundi (papierelle) as our Guest Designer this month.  Please check out the challenge blog to see the beautiful cards from our Designers and Guest Designer, Gundi.

I hope you'll play along and use up some of your patterned paper! :)

Stamps:  Christmas Greetings sentiment (Tim Holtz);
Paper:  White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.); Patterned grid paper - ? (?); Gumball Green card stock (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Gumball Green, Real Red (Stampin' Up!); Mustard Seed distress ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Poinsettia stencil (?), sponges, Stitched frame die (Lil' Inkers)

Challenges:
CAS Stencil October Challenge - Patterned Paper

CAS Christmas October Challenge

Hi everyone.  It's the start of the October challenge for CAS Christmas.  Luckily I've been making Christmas cards all year and my stash is almost big enough.

This month's challenge is hosted by Susan (Cardmaker's Garrett) and she chose ...

I had some fun making this card.  I used four different die-cuts along with some smooshing, watercolouring and stamping part of a sentiment.  Also used coloured card base again, which I really like with this scene.

The background blue is smooshed and was sitting in my stash, just waiting for the right card.  I used a large line of tree die, splashing with two shades of green distress inks.  The line was cut in half, so I have another to make a second card.  The snow was a die-cut from Susan that had the word "winter" attached to it.  The shape was just right, so I cut off the letters.  All the parts were glued together and then splattered with diluted white acrylic paint for some falling snow.

I also used a small wreath die that had a tiny deer, cutting it off to add just in front of the trees ... it was just the perfect size.  The last was the die-cut square with MERRY attached.  LOVE it!  I masked a sentiment stamp to just use "Christmas" and heat embossed in white.  All these dies and sentiment were NBUS until today. :)

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We are excited to have Lyn (Lyn's Paper Petunia) as our Guest Designer this month.  Please check out the challenge post to see Lyn's and our Designers fabulous Winter Scene cards.  Then come play along!

Stamps:  Christmas Sentiments (Gina Marie Designs)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); Island Indigo (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Salty Ocean, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs (Tim Holtz); Versamark
Accessories & Tools: Line of Trees die (AliExpress); Deer from wreath die (AliExpress), Merry Frame die (Poppy Stamps); white embossing powder, heat tool, white acrylic.

Challenges:
CAS Christmas October Challenge - Winter Scene

CAS Watercolour October Challenge

Hi everyone.  So happy you are here!  We are celebrating our 3rd birthday at CAS Watercolour this month.  I hope you'll play along.  There are prizes (check out the challenge blog for details).  It's going to be fun!!

This month I'm hosting and I have chosen ...

Please create a CAS watercoloured card including a Maple Leaf or Leaves.  Then join the linky on the challenge blog!

For my card above, I pulled out my very favourite maple leaf stamp that is about 20 years old.  It's called Gently Falling (Stampin' Up!).  I have used it so many times ... but it's been a while. :)  I wanted to have three maple leaves to celebrate our 3rd birthday. :)

This is a 2-part stamp.  I placed the "inside" of the leaf in my misti, inked with distress markers, spritzed with a little water and stamped onto mixed media paper.  I repeated until I was happy with the colours.  I did that three times.  I then lined up the outline stamp over top of the images and stamped in green.  The leaves were fussy-cut before adding to the card front along with a  thin (1/2") border of cork, securing the stems of the leaves underneath.  Finished the card by stamping a Penny Black sentiment using the same green ink I used on the leaves.

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I hope you'll check out the challenge blog to see the amazing watercoloured maple leaf cards from our fabulous Designers, and from our wonderful Guest Designer, Ros (Mikey's Mom).

The challenge is open until October 24th at midnight (Pacific Daylight Savings Time).

Hope to see you in the gallery!

Stamps:  Gently Falling (Stampin' Up!); special sentiments (Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.);  White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Crushed Olive, Wild Honey, Ripe Persimmon (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  water mister, cork

Challenges:
CAS Watercolour October Challenge - Maple Leaf

CAS Mix Up October Challenge

Hi everyone.  It's the start of the October CAS Mix Up Challenge - this month hosted by the amazing, Bonnie (Stamping with Klass)!

I did buy a laminator earlier this year ... and LOTS of foil sheets. :)  I've had some successes, but more failures.  I find it easier to foil through a stencil, or cover a die completely, or even use the foil with sookwang tape.  The tough part for me is getting the correct amount of transfer gel onto a stamp.

I foiled through a two-part stencil.  First added transfer gel through the trunk of the tree.  Let the gel dry until clear, placed a copper foil sheet over top and ran through laminator.  Repeated the process, adding gel to the leaves of the tree and spring gree foil.  Worked perfectly!  Sentiment is gold embossed over top of a strip of the foil

My dear friend Barb, gifted me a "Stencil Pal".  It's a large spatlula-type tool that spreads the gel evenly.  No streaks which you sometimes get with a palette knife.  Thanks Barb!

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We're so happy to have Michele (I Card Everyone) as our Guest Designer this month at CAS Stencil.  Please check out the challenge blog to see Michele's foiled CAS card, along with the amazing cards from our Designers.

Don't worry if you don't have a laminator ... as I mentioned above, you can use sticky tape with foil ... or add it to a alcohol ink background that has lots of colour (it will stick to where the colour has pooled).

Come join in the fun!

Stamps:  Happy Messages (Stampendous)
Paper:  White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Versamark
Accessories & Tools: Layered Tree Stencil (Wendy Vecchi); transfer gel, copper foil; spring green foil (all from Decofoil), stencil pal, laminator, gold embossing powder, heat tool

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up October Challenge - Foiling