Thursday 3 May 2018

May CAS Christmas Challenge - Snowman



It's time for CAS Christmas challenge, Susan is our host and I can guarantee there will be tons of inspiration from the Design Team and Guest Designer Barb of Barb's Studio Creations.  May's theme is Snowmen and I just found out I have soooo many snowmen, some have never been inked up, I'm so excited. 😉
Drop by and check out the CAS Christmas challenge rules and then come play with us, you'll have fun I promise. The challenge goes to May 26th and the Winner and Outstanding Designs will be announced on the 28th.


Every so often I want to pull out my pencils, pencil sharpener and Kraft card stock- this is the result.

My Snowman is one of the Christmas collection stamps from Sugar Nellie and my sentiment if from the Paper Artsy JOFY Christmas collection .I must admit this is one of my favorite sentiment  stamps for Christmas, it's so versatile.


Here is a close up of that adorable Snowman, I hope you like him as much as I do.


I hope you play along with us this month.


Card Recipe
Stamps: Sugar Nellie, Sentiment-JOFY
Paper: 110lb white, Kraft
Ink: Ranger Archival Black
Accessories: Prisma colour Pencils, white signo gel  pen
Techniques: pencil colouring

17 comments:

Barb Ghig said...

Beautiful coloring with your pencils, Christine! Your shading adds so much dimension and your Kraft card base really makes him pop! A very sweet Christmas card!

Trina P. said...

Sweet snowman card, Christine. Great colours and lovely pencil colouring. Love Kraft cards. xx

Loll said...

LOVE your colouring and shading with your pencils, Christine. You have really added so much dimension to this sweet snowman. And the sentiment is awesome ... no wonder it's one of your favs. xx

Bonnie said...

Love the coloring on kraft card, Christine and this snowman is so much fun in all his finery! The sentiment is a perfect match! Can't wait to see more of your snowmen!

Nstiz said...

I never think to use pencil on Kraft so thanks for the reminder. Fabulous coloring, Christine and you just can't lose with a Jofy sentiment! Never saw a snowman image I didn't like- this one is just too darned cute.

Susan said...

Fabulous colouring on the kraft cs - love the rustic look it gives, and that look really suits your snowman. I agree that that is a wonderful sentiment stamp! Looking forward to seeing more of your many snowman stamps!

Pat said...

I adore your fun and beautifully coloured snowman Christine and great to see you have used some kraft card which is a bit different for a Christmas card, and love the sentiment with its edging detail. x

Julia Aston said...

what a festive outfit on your Frosty! wonderful coloring with your pencils!

Leslie Miller said...

Oh, what fun! Your snowman is so colorful and cute. You're very good with the pencils!

Marcia Hill said...

Absolutely adorable snowman Susan and really like how you've colored him with pencils! You achieved so much color and depth with the pencils on kraft cardstock...just love it!! Can't wait to dig through my snowman stash and play along!! :0)

BożenA said...

This is a very sweet snowman! I like your technique of coloring the image with crayons. It has a rustic character, and in combination with craft paper it looks amazing. I also understand why you like this stamp, it is very sweet :-)
Hugs,
BozenA

Mac Mable said...

Your snowman image is adorable and so beautifully coloured. Love the pencil colouring on the kraft and the sentiment is contemporary and fun. Wonderful and jolly card x

nancy littrell said...

I love how your coloring on kraft paper with pencils turned out Christine. Such a jolly ole St. Nick. TFS my friend. Hugs...

Carol L said...

I like how you colored the snowman on kraft, but that sentiment is so cool! It almost looks hand-drawn and doodled!

Papercraft Boutique said...

This is such a handsome and cute snowman, Christine! The card has a warm and rustic feeling. I love how you colored him! Adding some white/light blue shadows outside of the outline makes the snowman pop in a subtle way. The sentiment font style and the craft cs match the pencil-colored snowman so well. Hideko xx

Nance said...

I love your coloring on kraft, Christine! So pretty! That's a great snowman stamp too. Great shading and I love the way you outlined him too. I need to get out my pencils. They haven't had any love for a long time. Have a great weekend! Nance xx

Karen Dunbrook said...

love the snowy look your snowman has...cute card.
xx Karen