CAS Christmas Mid Month Reminder

Hi Everyone, it's time for CAS Christmas mid month reminder. 

It's time to pull out your snowmen  stamps or dies so we can have snow much fun seeing your cards.

For my card I used a Memory box die which die cuts the outline of the snowman. 

I coloured his hat black; his out outline silver using a Molotow Liquid chrome pen; twig arms  brown and his scarf red before popping them back in. His eyes and nose were also coloured and his buttons are pearl pen for dimension.

The sentiment is from Jane's Doodles and worked perfectly with my snowman 😀

Card Recipe
Stamps: Jane's Doodles (Sentiment)
Paper: 110lb White, Black
Ink: Versafine Clair
Accessories: Posca Paint pen, Memory Box Snowman Die, Wonky stitched frame die - (Stamplorations), Pearl Pen (Anthracite), Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen, Black Staedler Pen, SU Real Red, Wink of Stella.
Techniques: Die cut

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi everyone, I'm over at Magenta playing with some perfect pearls, I hope you head over and check out how I made this card

Here is a close up of that wonderful shimmer on the perfect pearls.

Stamps and stencils used

Create (English) 
 [07.948.I] 

MC94 Mandala Quad 
 [MC94]

TM305 Floral Garland 
 [TM305]

Distressed Background Text 
 [48.003.N]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb Cream, Black
Ink: Versafine Clair Nocturn
Accessories: Magenta Stencil, Perfect Pearls, Clear Embossing Powder, Acrylic paint
Techniques: Stenciling

Treats on Tuesday with at Magenta

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta playing with some Dura-lar film and a geli print, I hope you head over and check out how I made this card

Stamps used

Daffodil Trio in Vase 
 [09.257.P]

Script 
 [07.916.O]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb white, Black, Part of an old Nautical Chart
Ink: Stazon Black
Accessories: Gelli Plate, Acrylic Paint, Dura-lar Film, Sizzix Embossing Folder, Sanding Block
Techniques: Gelli printing, Stamping on Dura-lar

Switching from Feedburner to Follow it.

I see that many of us are now having to decide what to do about Feedburner no longer being supported by Blogger.  I like a few others have opted to use Follow it-

 

The reason I chose" Follow it" was that I could port over my followers and the only thing you might be asked to do is to confirm you still want to follow. 

 

As I'm still in the process of doing this some of you may get 2 emails one from Feedburner the other from Follow it.

So far the help has been great, I've just submitted my amended follower list and I'm hoping to disconnect Feedburner by the weekend.

 

What I did learn was Feedburner allows a lot of spam/bots or whatever they are called Followers. This is what they look like on your email list, they just need to be deleted after you download your list.

 The instructions for down loading your list of followers from Feedburner is in the warning from Feedburner and in Follow it's instructions for using the software.

 You can only upload a max of 100 followers to Follow it yourself, more than that the help will do it for you.

I have just removed all spam emails from my list and sent it off to the Follow it help (Alex). According to Alex- Follow it stops these spam followers, I'll have to wait and see 😏 

I hope you continue to follow me though Follow it when you get the email.

Here's what the continue subscribing looks like.

CAS Christmas challeng for June - Bring out your Snowmen

Hi Everyone, it's time for June's CAS Christmas Card Challenge. Hideko wants us to pull out our Snowman stamps and join in the fun.

 

Welcome Steph of My Paper Corner as Guest Designer for this month and don't forget to say hi to the Design Team.

Here is my card for the challenge, I used an old Sugar Nellie stamp with the Snowman family caroling. Unfortunately they no longer make these stamp 😒

I stamped the image in Versafine Clair and watercoloured the image. Once I was happy with the watercolouring I re-stamped the images with Versafine Clair and this time heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. 

I used Flower soft on the hat and around the base of the Snow Family for a little texture

Card Recipe
Stamps: Sugar Nellie (no longer in business) Sentiment - Penny Black
Paper: Water Colour , Night of Navy (SU) 110lb White
Ink: Versafine Clair - Nocturn
Accessories: Deckled Edged frame die, MISTI, Watercolours, Flower Soft white
Techniques: Watercolouring

Treats on Tuesday Christine at Magenta

Hi Everyone I'm over at Magenta with a Mixed Media card. I hope you head over and checkout how I made this card.

Stamps and Stencils used

Dragonfly Dreams 
 [0776.P]

TM325 Blocked Intersections 
 [TM325]

Flower Mandala - Medium 
 [0778.L]

TM309 Rows of Diamonds 
 [TM309]

Nuance - MNU024 - Olive 
 [MNU024]

 

Nuance - MNU020 - Aquamarine 
 [MNU020] 

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: Mixed Media
Ink: Distress Oxide, Versafine Clair (Nocturn)
Accessories: Stencils
Techniques: Mixed Media, Stenciling, Fussy Cutting

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta with a little underwater scene using a gelli plate print and Magenta stamps.

 

Stamps used

  Smile 
 [07.558.E] 

Fish 
 [38.012.M]

Fish 
 [38.009.F]

  Fish 
 [12.004.F]

Nuance - MNU020 - Aquamarine 
 [MNU020]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb White
Ink: Versafine Clair Morining Mist, Color Box (cloud/Seaglass)
Accessories: 4" round Gelli plate, Brayer, Coloured pencils, Nuance powders (Aquamarine), Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray
Techniques: Gelli plate printing, Coloured Pencils

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta, I hope you head over and find out how I made this card.

Stamps and Stencils used

  Leaf Branch 
 [0683.P]

Bird on Branch - By Marie-Ève Trudeau 
 [37.285.P]

TM331 Lupine Flowers 
 [TM331]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: Deli Paper,  1110lb White Card
Ink: Versafine Clair, Distress Oxide
Accessories: Sookwang tape, Pencils
Techniques: Geli printing, Pencil Colouring, Fussy cutting

CAS Christmas Mid Month Reminder

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know, if you haven't heard from me recently it's because my mum passed away from Dementia on Tuesday. It's been a tough week but I know she is now at peace 💓

It's time for CAS Christmas Mid Month reminder.

I'm hosting CAS Christmas this month and my challenge is to pull out some of your stamps which have berries with the foliage.

I'm using a stamp I just picked up from Pink Ink Designs, aren't these little mice adorable. I  used  the mistletoe sprig to go with the kissing mice 😍

I coloured my image using pencils and framed it using a piece of acetate that I cut using one of my rectangle dies. I lightly blended some colour around the edge. When I was done I added some pearl white pearl pen to the berries.

The Sentiment is from Stampers Anonymous

Card Recipe
Stamps: Pink Ink Designs, Stampers Anonymous Sentiment
Paper: 110lb White, Mixed Media, Black
Ink: Memento Back
Accessories: Pencils (Lyra/Caran D'ache/ Prismacolour) Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Rectangle Stencil
Techniques: Pencil colouring

Treats on Tuesday at Magenta

Hi Everyone, I'm over at Magenta with a little retro stenciling and a silhouette stamp.

Stamps and Stencils used

Wildflowers 
 [14.633.P]

Script 
 [07.916.O]

 MC95 Flowers - Extra Large 
 [MC95]

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb White, Black
Ink: Distress Oxide, Delicata Gold, Versafine Clair Nocturn
Accessories: Stencil
Techniques: Silhouette stamping, Stenciling