April CAS Christmas Card Challenge

Hi there, blog friends! It’s time for the April challenge at CAS Christmas. Our Hostess is Trina and she has chosen ‘Rainbow’ for our prompt. Our Guest Designer is the amazing Izzy!

I started by watercoloring my new TH Woodlands Trees blending red into orange, yellow into green, and blue into violet with a spritz of sheer shimmer spray. Next, I used embossing paste on a falling snow stencil, added snowdrifts, and a sentiment, and this card was complete!

We hope you’ll stop by the Challenge Blog and check out all the beautiful Christmas cards by our DT and Guest Designer...The challenge ends on the 24th, so you have plenty of time to play along with us...It’s a great way to add some beautiful cards to your Christmas card stash! I hope to see you there ~ 

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:

Stamps: Ellen Hutson - Christmas Scribbles (sentiment)

Dies: Tim Holtz - Woodlands Trees; MFT - Stitched Snow Drifts

Stencils: Sugar Pea Designs - Falling Snow

Misc: Altenew - White Embossing Paste, Watercolor Brush Markers; Sheer Shimmer Spritz

Let it Snow

Hi there, blog friends! Today starts a new challenge at Addicted to CAS  ~ Ceal is our Hostess, and she is challenging everyone to create a card using the Code Word ‘Snow’. Our Guest Designer is Melanie.

This cutie pie is from a fairly new MFT stamp set called 'Pile on the Hugs'. I colored her with Copic markers and splattered white Gouache for a snowy effect. Behind her is falling snow, made with embossing paste and a stencil. To create the ground, I die cut an oval shadow die and used it as a stencil. Here is a close-up of the snow:

                          

I am also entering this card to the CAS Mix Up Challenge for the prompt: 'Splatters'. My apologies...I am unable to download the badge at this time.

We would love to see how the code word ‘Snow’ inspires you! If you would like to see inspiration from the Design Team and play along with us, come on over and check out the ATCAS Blog ~

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - Pile on the Hugs, Snowglobe Greetings

Dies: MFT - Shadow (ground)

Stencils: Sugar Pea Designs - Falling Snow

Misc: Copic markers; Altenew - White embossing paste; Winsor & Newton - Gouache; Versafine Onyx Black ink; Ranger Clear Embossing Powder; Tim Holtz - Tumbled Glass Distress Ink

July Twofer Challenge!

Hi there blog friends! It's time for Darnell's July Twofer Challenge and I'm loving the theme ~ Beverage! Even though my NBUS pile is overflowing, it was the perfect excuse to buy this MFT stamp and die set that I've been eyeing for a while :)

OK, so the rules are that we create 2 different cards for 2 different occasions, using the same stamps and/or dies. The stamp and die set that I chose is MFT's Soda Pop & Bottles. Here is my first card:

I started this card by applying embossing paste to a concentric circle stencil and used the sketch from the most recent Fusion Challenge for my design. It may be hard to see on screen, so the coke bottle and top banner are chocolate brown.
My sister is a diet coke addict, so this is going off to her attached to a Yankee Candle, just to say hello :)

For my 2nd card, I decided to go with a birthday theme...we can't ever have too many of them, right?

For this card, I inked the bottles with MFT inks in summery colors, stamped the icons and added a vertical border with diagonal striped paper and silver luxe cardstock. A few clear sequins and this card was completed :)
Here are both cards together (for Darnell's gallery):

I always enjoy playing along with Darnell's challenge and we have until the 24th if you're interested in creating a few cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT - Soda Pop/Bottles
Dies: MFT - Soda Pop/Bottles, Slanted Sentiment Banner, Cheers
Inks: MFT - Ripe Raspberry, Lemon Drop, Periwinkle, Versafine Onyx Black; Versamark
Misc: Pretty Pink Posh - Sparkly Clear Sequins; Hero Arts - White Detail EP; Ranger Embossing Paste; MFT - Black & White Basics Paper Pack; PTI - Silver Luxe Cardstock; Martha Stewart - 3/4" Circle Punch

Freshly Made Sketches - Challenge #291

Hi there crafty friends,

I have a really quick post to share a card I created for Freshly Made Sketches (Sketch by Jen B.)

I took creative liberty for the top panel and used Lawn Fawn's Speech Bubble ~

I started by stamping the sentiment on the speech bubble and set it aside. I embossed the panel with the Waves Stencil, then inked the Porthole with Peacock Feathers and added transparent embossing paste to add texture. This stamp set is from MFT's latest release, and the images are adorable :)

Here is a close-up of the embossed panel:

Lastly, I used a silver gelly roll pen for the hat, sash and sword and glossy accents to the eye patch; I was also lucky enough to find some old brads from my scrapbooking days to add to the porthole. And, that was it ~

Wishing you a wonderful crafty week ahead...Thanks so much for stopping by,

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I Believe in You

Hi there ~ I'm back to share two cards that I created for a few challenges...

First up...I created this card for this week's CASology Challenge for the Cue Card ‘Flow’

In retrospect, I may have confused 'flow' with 'flutter', but CASology is one of my favorite challenges, and my heart was in the right place :)

I started by sponging a grassy hill, then used my Cameo to die cut the Silhouette image (Fairy). The butterflies are from Memory Box and the sentiment is Clearly Besotted. I decided not to add clouds so I could have true white space on this card.

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My 2nd card is for the CAS on Sunday Challenge - Use Glitter or Sequins on a card ~

I started this card by using texture paste on my stencil to create the background, and before it dried, I added clear glitter so it sparkled. I also used my clear WOS pen on the party hat and balloon and a strip of glitter c/s below the sentiment banner. Lastly, I used a silver gel pen for the balloon string and added a few sequins...This is one sparkly card!

That's it for me today ~ Thanks so much for stopping by,

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