CAS Christmas November Challenge

Hi everyone.  Today is the start of the LAST CAS Christmas challenge for 2019.  The CAS teams will be taking a break for the month of December.

This month, Trina is our host and she has chosen ...

What says warm and cozy to you??  Is it being bundled up with a warm scarf when it's cold outside?  Maybe a hot chocolate or coffee by the fire?  Whatever makes you think of warm and cozy, that's what we'd like to see for this month's challenge.

The above card was an experiment.  I took a watercolouring image but only watercoloured the hat the nose.  The rest is paper pieced, which took a bit of work since this is a silhouette stamp (not outline).  I think Frosty's lovely rainbow plaid scarf looks super warm and cozy. :)

Close-up ...

We are thrilled to have Bobby (bits and pieces) as our Guest Designer this month.  Please check out the challenge blog to see the amazing "warm and cozy" cards by Bobby and our Designers.  Then come play along.

Hope to see you in the gallery!

Stamps:  Bundled Up (Penny Black); Merry Up (Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed media (Strathmore 140 lb.); Preppy Prints (Sunny Studio); Real Red (SU!)
Ink:  Distress Inks: (Black Soot; Carved Pumpkin, Fired Brick (Tim Holtz); Smoky Slate (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  water brush, fine black marker, hole punch, white gel pen

Challenges:
CAS Christmas November Challenge - Warm and Cozy

CAS Watercolour November Challenge

Hi everyone.  We have a fun challenge for our last challenge of the year.  This month is hosted by Karen (Snippets).  She wants us to watercolour with only one colour.

Using black or white for sentiment only, is allowed.  Otherwise, stick to shades of the same colour.  I do love smooshed and splashed backgrounds.  This was easy to make with three shades of distress inks (broken glass, salty ocean, chipped sapphire).

Once dry, I placed a wildflower stencil over top and sponged more chipped sapphire ink.  Stamped the sentiment in the same colour.

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We are so happy to have Birgit (Rapport fran ett skrivbord) as our Guest Desiger this month.  Please check out the challenge blog to see Birgit's Monochromatic watercoloured CAS card, along with the cards from our talented Designers.  Then come play along.

This will be our last challenge of the year.  The Designers are taking the month of December off to relax and rejuvenate before all the amazing challenges coming up in 2020.

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Jessie discovered it's fun to play with the toilet paper roll. :)

Lots in the bedroom, and bits all down the hall (didn't take pic of those),

and finally, the cardboard roll in the center, all chewed to little bits

and left in the family room. 

 

Last picture is Jessie sitting on the top of the love seat (she does

this all the time), looking innocent. :)

Stamps:  special sentiments (Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White car base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Broken Glass, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Water mister, Wildflower stencil (Tim Holtz), sponges

Challenges:
CAS Watercolour November Challenge - Monochromatic

CAS Mix Up November Challenge

Hi everyone.  Start of our last challenge for the year at CAS Mix Up.  The team will be taking a break for the month of December.

This month is hosted by Susan (Cat Ink.corporated) and has chosen a really fun technique to try.  I had a lot of fun playing with re-inkers and metal card stock!

Arlene (Sunday Stamper) is joining us this month as our Guest Designer.  Welcome Arlene!  Please check out the challenge blog to see ?'s oxidized metal card, along with the other amazing cards done by our Designers.

I followed Jay's video tutorial.  Turns out you can play around with this and keep adding layers of ink and clear embossing powder until you're happy.  I started with a piece of blue mirror card stock (Tonic).  LOVE this paper!  Since it's quite dark to start with, I decided to use Peacock Feathers and Basic Black re-inkers for my design.  It's mostly the black that shows, although where the two colours ran together, the black ink does have a turquoise tinge.  So cool.  I dried it with my heat tool and then clear embossed the whole panel.  Don't dry completely before heat embossing, otherwise the embossing powder won't stick.  If you dry it too much, just spritz with water again and then heat emboss.

The framed fern was die-cut from black mirror card that has the same shine.  It was glued on top of the background and a simple black stamped sentiment finishes the card.

Here's a close-up ...

Hope you'll come play along!

Stamps:  Many Everyday Messages (Hero Arts)
Paper:  Imperial Blue Mirror card stock (Tonic); Black Mirror card stock (Tonic); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Re-inkers:  Peacock Feathers Distress (Tim Holtz); Basic black (Stampin' Up!); Black (Memento)
Accessories & Tools:  Water mister, water brush, clear embossing powder, heat tool, Framed Fern die (Penny Black)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up November Challenge- Oxidized Metals

Merry and Joy - Ornate and Trendy Trimmings

Hi everyone.  Sharing more cards using some of Penny Black's new release, Merry and Joy.  Today I'm using a sweet stamp set that has three different patterned ornaments, called ornate (30-610), along with matching die (ornate cut out 51-575)

I used a piece of alcohol ink'd yupo paper to stamp the ornaments in permanent black ink.  For some reason, the ink stayed wet, so I quickly pour clear embossing powder over top and used the lowest setting on my heat tool to melt.  Yupo doesn't like getting really hot and can melt.  Luckily that didn't happen. :)

I die-cut the ornaments using the matching die and then used a silver metallic pen to add some details on the ornaments, and to add the silver "cording" for the ornaments to hang (a bit hard to see in the photo).  Also added a silver heat embossed sentiment from merry up (30-622).

The bottom ornament was glued directly onto my card front, the other two are popped up on foam for added dimension.  Then the whole panel was popped up onto a card base.

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Next up is the trendy trimmings stamp set (30-628).  I used three of the five images to create some fun, square note cards.  Stamped in black and heat embossed in clear, the images were watercoloured using zigs.  I cut them into 2 1/2" squares and added a faux stitching around the edge using a red marker.  The panels are popped up on foam for extra dimension before adhering to the bright greet card base.  A little bit of shimmer paint was added on to the images, but wasn't able to capture in the photo. :)

I hope you've enjoyed seeing some fun and easy cards using these wonderful images.


Penny Black Products:
ornate 30-610
ornate cut out 51-575
merry up 30-622
trendy trimmings 30-628