Saturday 17 November 2018

CAS Christmas November Mid month Reminder

It's time for CAS Christmas card Challenge mid month reminder which means November is flying by and we just have a few more weeks to make Christmas cards.
Come joinour Guest Designer is Pam from Expressions with Heart and the Design team in making some Santa cards.

You have until November 24th to enter the challenge, just remember to check out the challenge rules before you enter.

For my card I used one of the new Paper Artsy (JOFY) stamp sets. I stamped the Santa using Black Versafine Clair on watercolour card and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I watercoloured him and then fussy cut the image. 
I used a black pen to run around the edge, this hides any slight miss cuts. I also used an embossing tool and run it along the edge of the image to give it a 3D effect. I used a Nuvo sparkle pen to make his outfit a little more festive and a liquid chrome pen for his laces.
As the image is quite large I used a 5X7 card base, therefore making it a little more CAS than if I'd used a 41/4 X 51/2.







Card Recipe
Stamps: JOFY
Paper: 110lb white, Watercolour
Ink: Versafine Clair, Distress Oxide (blue), Ranger Archival black,
Accessories: MISTI, Watercolours, Nuvo glitter pen, Molotow Liquid Chrome pen.
Techniques: Watercolouring, fussy cutting.

17 comments:

Bonnie said...

This Santa is adorable, Christine! And I LOVE the script on the sentiment and background stamping. It looks handwritten! Well, not my handwriting but someone with really nice penmanship! Thanks for a super challenge this month!

aussie aNNie said...

Absolutely gorgeous and adorable stamp and card, love this and the script is fantastic. ..xxx

Loll said...

This is just so cute Christine! It's even more amazing in real life and happy that I got to see it! Adorable Santa with great colouring of him and his presents. LOVE that background stamping ... so very cool! xx

Susan said...

Great use of the text stamping behind the Santa - and love the Santa with his Naughty / Nice list and gifts. Perfect sentiment too.

nancy littrell said...

Such a fun and festive modern Santa so beautifully colored, Christine. The perfect sentiment and text stamped background. Impressed with your fussy cutting, my friend. TFS Hugs..Nancy

Brenda in IN said...

Very cute card with a great background. However, Santa looks undernourished!

Trina P. said...

Aww... adorable! Whimsy Santa image. Love the script background. The gifts and list finished off the scene perfectly. xx

Leslie Miller said...

Okay, this is cute! Loving the whole naughty list theme with the text as a background, and the sentiment is hilarious! I know how cool the image looks in real life when you use the embossing tool on it, too. Fun, Christine!

Mac Mable said...

Fun and fabulous and so very adorable. Love the attention to detail and the wonderful layout. Such an adorable card X

Papercraft Boutique said...

Such an adorable Santa in a sparkly outfit, Christine! Your coloring is so pretty. Love that you chose the sentiment stamp for the background! Thanks for hosting the fun challenge this month!
Hideko xx

Nstiz said...

Oh my gosh I love this! He's just too fun! Great background stamp and love the humor of the sentiment. He's adorable and I'm off to hunt that set now.

Ros Crawford said...

What a fabulous card!! I love the BG script and your painted santa is amazing!!

Linda said...

Thanks, Christine for the fun challenge and your card is so sweet and fun. Have a great week.

BożenA said...

Such a sweet Santa :-) Sticking the figure of Saint Nicholas on the distance foam so beautifully added an extra dimension to the card. Your background is very interesting.
Hugs,
BożenA

Diane said...

Super cute saying and card design.

Hugs Diane

Karen Dunbrook said...

sweet card, fun bkg
xx Karen

Julia Aston said...

Love the writing behind your wonderfully colored and so cute Santa, Christine! xx