Saturday, May 15, 2021

May CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Reminder


Hello friends ~ Just a reminder that there is still time to link up your card for the May CAS Christmas Card Challenge. Christine is hosting this month and she has chosen ‘Foliage & Berries’ for our prompt.


I wanted to use non-traditional Christmas colors for this card so I chose stone gray cardstock for the holly and stems and hot pink for the berries...I know they look red on screen, but I used Copic Marker - RV17 and it's truly hot pink :) I blended the background with Tumbled Glass DOX fading into white and splattered Gouache for a snowy effect. I also spritzed the holly and berries with Sheer Shimmer Spray for a little sparkle. The sentiment is from an old Hero Arts stamp set just because I love the elegant font. And, that was it ~

My teamies have created some beautiful cards to inspire everyone ~ Come on over to the Challenge Blog to check them out, and play along with us if you like! You have until the 24th to submit your card! I hope to see you there ~


Thanks so much for stopping by,






Supplies:
Stamps: Hero Arts - Merry Christmas Trees (sentiment)
Dies: MFT - Inside & Out Stitched Rectangle STAX; Penny Black - Holly Berry Branch
Stencils:
Misc: Imagine Crafts - Sheer Shimmer Spritz; Tim Holtz - Tumbled Glass DOX; Winsor & Newton - Gouache; Copic Marker - RV17; MFT - Stone Gray cardstock (retired)

15 comments:

lostinpaper said...

One of my all time fave Christmas colour combos Barb, I adore it!

Bobby said...

Beautiful, Barb!

Christine Alexander said...

Wow beautiful Barb, your soft blue background is gorgeous and love the flecks of snow ♥

Susan said...

I love your card - the blue background is gorgeous and the grey cs for the holly is so unique and looks wonderful against the blue.

Anita in France said...

Catching up after a fortnight away from blogland, Barb ... and what a gorgeous card to catch up with! The colour combo is fantastic ... your blending is delicious ... and how elegant and shimmery are the holly and berries! Just beautiful! Hugs, Anita :)

Marcia Hill said...

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL card Barb!! I love the holly in the non traditional colors of pink and gray, and your soft background totally compliments it! Lovely, lovely card!! :0)

I Card Everyone said...

Card making at Christmas would not be complete without this gorgeous color combination, Barb! What a splendid time to use it for your berries and boughs!
Gorgeous, my friend! Prettiest snow ever - and no need to shovel it! xx
=]

Papercraft Boutique said...

What a pretty non-traditional colored holly berry branch, Barb! The combination of stone gray and hot pink is so pretty! You did a fantastic job of making the background snowy sky! Love the fading effect!
Hideko xx

Julia Aston said...

Oh, I just love the look of your white holly with the red berries look against that lovely light blue background with the white splatter! Beautiful Barb! xx

Julia Aston said...

Whoops! just saw the holly is a light gray - still gorgeous!

Loll said...

LOVE this design Barb! The soft blended background is so pretty with the snow falling. Great idea to use non-traditional because the gray holly and hot pink berries are so beautiful. Great work! xx

Cat Craig said...

Lovely and ethereal.

Linda said...

Such a pretty blended background to enhance you lovely holly sprig. Beautiful card, Barb.

Colleen said...

Barb, I love your background color! And the berry sprig is so delicate and has such a fun whimsical shape to it...fabulous card!

Trina P. said...

LOVE THIS! Sorry for screaming in my excitement. 😂 You had me at non-traditional colours!... fabulous gray/pink colours btw. The fade out blue ink blending is beautiful and perfect to highlight the holly and berries.