Sunday 3 May 2020

CAS Christmas Card Challenge May is Berry Month

Hi Everyone, it's time for a new CAS Christmas Card Challenge and May is Berry Month. Loll is our host for this month and Lynne is our Guest Designer




My card is made with one of the beautiful Penny Black berry branches. I used Tombo markers direct to stamp spritzed with a little water before stamping. I then used a brush and a little water to blend the colours. Once it was dry I added some detail with a pencil and splattered some gold paint over the image.
I die cut the panel to give the image a little dimension a vertical stamp, now looking at the image I should have used a dark brown ink rather than black.


Here is a close up of the mix of watercolour and pencil, I hope you like it.


I'm entering this for the following Challenges
Merry Little Christmas- Anything Goes
The Penny Black Challenge- Anything goes (optional inspired by a song)





Card Recipe
Stamps: Penny Black, Old Island (sentiment)
Paper: 110lb white, Strathmore Mixed Media
Ink: Ranger Archival
Accessories: Tombo Markers, Lyra Pencils, Stamplorations die
Techniques: Direct to stamp colouring and watercolouring, Pencil shading

27 comments:

Linda said...

Christine, your berries are so pretty. Love how you popped the panel.

Barb Ghig said...

Gorgeous Christmas card, Christine! I love your bold red berries and how you added gold splatter to your design! Your raised panel really makes the berries pop, too! Barb xx

Bonnie said...

Awesome layout, Christine! Die cutting the berries and popping them up really brings them out! Fantastic card, my friend!

Loll said...

I love how you've stamped this large berry branch and then spotlighted the center with popping up a rectangle die-cut. Such a great design, Christine. Your colouring is amazing with watercolouring and pencil work. xx

Papercraft Boutique said...

What a pretty winter berry card, Christine! The red berries are beautifully colored and shaded with markers and pencils. The raised panel adds so much interest and I love the vertical design!
Hideko xx

Trina P. said...

Such a cool design with the vertical sentiment. Beautiful stamping/watercolouring.

Colleen said...

I love it! I love that you stamped it off and then die cut it to add dimension and I also love the sentiment in the vertical position...!!

aussie aNNie said...

Fabulous. Loving this card, the colours and gorgeous stamp..xx

nancy littrell said...

Love your watercolor stamped Winter berries, Christine and your added pencil highlighting. Your vertical stamped sentiment goes so well with your design. I wish more companies offered vertical sentiments. TFS my friend. Love and Hugs..Nancy

Words and Pictures said...

Absolutely love those berries, Christine - you've made them look fabulous. What a lovely wintry card.
Alison x

Brenda in IN said...

The berries look so real with those black spots on them. Love that font on the sentiment and the vertical look. Perfect on this card.

Karen Dunbrook said...

so gorgeous...love the layout.
xx Karen

Marcia Hill said...

Such a beautiful card Christine! I just love PB images and you've colored up this one perfectly!! Lovely, lovely card!! :0)

Nstiz said...

Fantastic coloring! WOW, great shadows on your berries. Pencils are my go-to thing when I need to fix up painting or coloring. Gorgeous job on this stamp, and another one on my wish list!

Leslie Miller said...

This is amazing with your mix of Tombows and pencils, Christine! Beautiful stamp. It's so easy to second guess ourselves. I think the black sentiment looks just fine.

Darnell said...

This is gorgeous, Christine! You took it to the next level by popping up the panel and adding dementia to your design!! Take care and keep on keeping safe! Hugs, Darnell

Julia Aston said...

Your berries are beautiful Christine - lovely coloring techniques used here - what a great design with the stamping over the additional smaller panel! xx

BożenA said...

Stunning image, Christine. I love how crayons complement the watercolor, and this stamp is so beautiful. I also love the delicate golden splashing. I love these little gold crumbs
hugs,
BożenA

Ros Crawford said...

What a stunning card Christine! I love those berries and the colours are so vibrant. Fabulous design and those tiny splatters are perfection!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Oh my - what yummy berries and I love the vertical sentiment with them, Christine!! Thanks for the inspiration with this gorgeous card!!

Susan said...

Love the way you added dimension and interest by popping up the centre part of the image! Great shading on the berries and great use of the vertical sentiment.

Mac Mable said...

What a stunner of a card. The berries look fabulous and so very pretty against the crisp white x.

nwilliams6 said...

Oh my gosh - this is stunning! I love those berries!!! Hugz

My Paper Epiphany said...

Stunning CAS design and beautifully coloured! I love the vertical sentiment. Thanks so much for sharing at PBSC:)

KandA said...

I saw your card on the PBSC blog and just had to pop over for a closer look. I love the design and the wonderful colouring of those PB berries xx

Viv said...

This looks lovely Christine - I like the way you've done the centre part detail and the gorgeous gold spatters!

My Paper Epiphany said...

Congrats on winning prize at PBSC:)