CAS Christmas - Birds

Hi everyone, it's so exciting to have CAS Christmas back with the monthly Christmas challenge. 

I definitely need incentive and inspiration to add to my Christmas card stash, what about you?

For our first challenge we are looking for som Birds on your cards

Just a remind of how we interpret CAS

This month our Guest designer for this month is Bobby of Bits and Pieces, don't forget to stop by and say hi.

My card is a quick CAS card using the Grumpy birds from Unity. I stamped the image using memento ink and quickly coloured it using alcohol markers. I left the stamp in the positioned as I painted the white parts of the hat with a white ink, let it dry and then re stamped the image. I die cut the image using a decked edge die and layered it onto a card base. The sentiment is from Stamping Bella.

I love using these guys because the have such wonderful grumpy expressions on their faces.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Unity (Grumpy Brids), Sentiment Stamping Bella
Paper: 110lb White
Ink: Memento Black
Accessories: Alcohol pens, Deckled Die cut
Techniques: Alcohol pens

CAS Christmas Mid Month Reminder - Sparkle and Shine

Hi Everyone, it's time for CAS Christmas Mid month reminder, our wonderfully talented host Hideko wants' us to add some sparkle and shine on our cards. 

I've used some deco foil stuck to the card using the heat embossing method with a Magenta bird house on a winter branch stamp. I stamped the card using Versafine Clair Nocturn and heat embossed with clear embossing powder then run through the laminator to foil it.

I stamped the Magenta sentiment in Versafine Clair Nocturn.

I hope you join us and make a few Christmas cards to add to your stash.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magenta
Paper: 110lb white
Ink: Versafine Clair
Accessories: Clear Embossing powder, Laminator, Deco Foil
Techniques: Heat Embossing, Foiling

CAS Christmas -Sparkle and Shine

Hi Everyone, it's time for CAS Christmas September Challenge and Hideko is asking us to add a little sparkle and shine to our card.

Our Guest Designer this month is JoAnn (Crafty Nanna's Blog), please stop by and say Hi to JoAnn on her blog.

For my card I used a Tim Holtz snowflake stencil and some Cosmic Shimmer Luna Paste which has some chunky glitter in it. The sentiment is from The Stampin Place which sadly closed down last year, this is such a great sentiment stamp, I'm glad I got it before they closed.

I'm entering for the following Challenges this month

Addicted to stamps and more Challenge 3437 Christmas

Time Out Challenge - Festive

Card Recipe
Stamps: The Stampin Place (no longer in business)
Paper: 110lb White
Ink: Versafine Clair
Accessories: Stencil. Cosmic Shimmer Luna Paste.
Techniques: Stenciling

CAS Christmas Mid Month Reminder - Pine

Hi Everyone, it's time for CAS Christmas mid month reminder and Trina wants us to make some cards with pine on them. Remember you have till the 24th of the month to play along.

I used the Unity pine cone and branch set along with the sentiment. I stamped the branch directly onto the card base and stamped the pine cone on mixed media paper. I fussy cut the pine cone, coloured in different shades of brown and coloured the edged it using a brown pen. I used my McGill flower shaping tools to give a more 3D effect.

I added a few small sparkly white sequins as water drops.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Unity
Paper: 110lb White, Mixed Media
Ink: Ranger Archival
Accessories: MISTI stamp Platform, Coloured Pencils, McGill flower shaping tools
Techniques: Stamping

CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Pine

Hi Everyone, it's time for CAS Christmas Card Challenge this month Trina wants to see anything Pine.

Welcome

 Elizabeth (Paper Sweetness)

and 

Lucie (Lucie G Cards)

as our guest designers for this month.

Here is my card for the challenge, I used my oval small Gelli plate inked with Distress inks and stamped it on the card. I used my Stamp Positioner for the pine branch (Chocolate Baroque) and inked up the stamp using Tombow water colour markers adding colour and stamping until I was happy with the image. I drew in the light reflection on one side to make it look like a glass bauble, added some small clear sequins and stamped the sentiment.

As I had my Gelli plate out I inked it again and this time used a different pine cone stamp (Magenta). These days when I create a card I try and make two or three using a similar technique but each card is slightly different.

I hope you head over and join in the challenge, just remember to follow the rules to have a chance of winning or being one of the top three picks.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Card 1- Chocolate Baroque-Pine cone and branch, Sentiment- Unity, Card 2 Magenta Pinecone and Sentiment.
Paper: 110lb White
Ink: Distress Inks, Versafine Clair
Accessories: Stamp Positioner, Gelli Plate, Mini sequins, White gel pen, Tombow Markers
Techniques: Gelli Plate Printing, Direct to stamp colouring

CAS Christmas Mid Month Reminder - Santa

Hi Everyone, it's time for CAS Christmas mid month reminder. For my card I used a Stamping Bella Santa and sentiment and a Simon Says Stamp die cut with a glimmer hot foil system.

Santa was coloured with Touch Alcohol pens and die cut with the Stamping Bella matching die and the swirl was made using a Simon Says Stamp die cut and Hot Foil.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Stamping Bella
Paper: 110lb White
Ink: Raniger Archival
Accessories:  Die cut, Touch Alcohol pens, Hot foil, Simon Says Stamp Die cut
Techniques: Alcohol ink colouring, Die cutting, Hot foiling

CAS Christmas Card Challenge- Wreath

Hi Everyone, it's time for CAS Christmas Card Challenge. Our host this month is Linda and she wants us to create our Christmas cards with a wreath, and also please say hi to our Guest Designer this month Sue of Sue's Cards.

Just a reminder to follow the rules if you want to have the chance of being picked as one of the top entries 😃

For my card I drew a circle and then used a couple of Lavinia stamp to make the wreath. I kept the colour palate simple only using dark brown and red. the edge of the card was finished with an off cut of some card that had gilding flakes stuck to Sookwang tape.

I hope you come and join us with the challenge and top up your stash of Christmas cards.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Lavinia, Sentiment- Stampers Anonymous The Poinsettia CMS 426
Paper: 110lb white
Ink: Ranger Archival (potting soil) Versafine Clair (Tulip)
Accessories: Acrylic block, MISTI, Gilding Flakes, Sookwang Tape
Techniques: Stamping, gilding flakes

CAS Christmas Card Challenge Another Winter Scene

Hi Everyone, I'm hosting CAS Christmas Challenge this month and wanted to sneak in another card before it closes on the 24th of February.

I stamped the little cottage on Kraft card and placed a homemade stencil over the image. I blended Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment ink to create the Christmas ornament, 

Here's a close up of the tree ornament, you can see the snow😏

CAS Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Cards all Year Round (optional Cabin)

Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge (anything goes Die optional Snowflake)

Peace on Earth (anything goes)

Card Recipe
Stamps: Chocolate Baroque sentiment, The Old Island Stamp Company (moonlit cabin)
Paper: 110lb White, Black, Kraft
Ink: Archival (Potting Soil) Hero Arts (Unicorn) Pigment
Accessories: Die cut stencil, foam blender, Twine
Techniques: Stenciling, Blending, Stamping