CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Christmas Tree

Hi Everyone it's time for CAS Christmas Card Challenge Colleen out host for this month is asking us to make cards with Christmas trees, and our Guest Designer this month is Steph (My Paper Corner)

 

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I've used some pine trees as my Christmas tree, they are out in the forest waiting to be cut down.

The background is blended distress oxide inks, and stamped it with a Visible image background stamp using tone on tone colours.

I stamped the Carabelle Studio tree line in Versamark and used some of the Tim Holtz Embossing  Glaze so the background image would still show through. I must admit I'm loving the new Glaze embossing powders.

I used postage stamp die to frame the image.

 

I hope you have time to play along with some Christmas tree cards 😊

Card Recipe
Stamps: Visible Image, Carabelle Studio
Paper: 110Lb white
Ink: Versamark, Distress Oxide inks
Accessories: Die, Blending brushes,
Techniques: Blending, die cutting, heat embossing

Graphite Transfer Debossing

I was over at Split coast Stampers checking out Lydia's graphite transfer with an embossing folder. To my surprise I had the tools to try the technique including the graphite paper, normally I have to head out and buy something that I don't have. I bought the graphite paper to mark on wood about 3 years ago and used the smallest piece you can imagine.

I placed the graphite paper graphite side down on the card, placed it in my embossing folder and ran it through my Cuttlebug. I then put some Distress Oxide inks on my craft mat  spritzed with water and picked up the colour on the card, the graphite creates a resist to the ink. 

This is such a fun easy technique and I love the touches of graphite throughout the embossed image, it adds an aging effect. 

My Rhino is a stamp from Rubber dance which is coloured using Prismacolor pencils.

 

I'm entering this for
Craft Stampers Take it Make it Challenge (anything goes)
 Day of the Month Challenge (Rhino day)

Card Recipe
Stamps: Rubber dance
Paper: 110lb white, Gray, Mixed Media
Ink: Distress oxide, Versafine Clair
Accessories: Carbelle Studio embossing folder, Prismacolor pencils
Techniques: Fussy cutting, Graphite Transfer Debossing

Pulling out the stencils

CAS Stencil has challenged us to pull out our stencils and do a little blending.

I used a Carablelle stencil and some distress oxide ink and to add a little interest I stamped the sponging with the stencil in place.

Here is a close up of the touch of stamping on the sponged area,

CAS Stencil January challenge sponging

Simon Says Wednesday challenge CAS

The Flower challenge Pink and Gray

I'd love to hear your thoughts 😃

Card Recipe
Stamps: Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Background stamp and Ranger Tim Holtz sentiment
Paper: 110lb white, Mixed media, black, Gray Green
Ink: Ranger Distress oxide, Ranger Archival, Versamark
Accessories: embossing powder, Stencil (Carabelle)
Techniques: Stenciling, background stamping, Tim Holtz Wild Flower Die cut

Stencil mono printing and UFO's

For my card I used this Carabelle stencil and Lindy's Stamp Gang Magicals to create my monoprint background.  You can't see the shimmer but I'm sure you all know it's there IRL.

I cut the background using a stamplorations wonky stitch die and mounted it on white foam.

The  butterfly is a Tim Holtz (Sizzix) die, it's so perfect for using up those really bright bold backgrounds that you almost throw out because you used way too much ink.

the sentiment is from a retired rubbernecker set 😠

Here is the Mixed Media piece that the back of the butterfly was die cut from, it almost made it's way into the garbage, and yes there's a second card to appear soon.

About a year of so ago I used way way too much ink sprayed on Mixed media paper. That amount of colour was perfect for this die cut. The black outline tones down the amount of colour on the sheet.. 

I sprayed the butterfly with Imagine sheer shimmer spray which made it very sparkly.

I'm entering this card for the following challenges

CAS MIX up (stencil mono printing stamping and my Choice die cut)

the Butterfly Challenge (F- Fuchia and French blue)

I hope you like my card and I'd love to hear from you 😀.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Rubbernecker sentiment
Paper: 110lb white, Black, mixed media
Ink: Ranger Archival black
Accessories: Carabelle stencil, Lindy's Stamp Gang Magical Powders, Ink sprays, Tim Holtz butterflies, Stamplorations wonky stitched die, Imagine sheer shimmer spray,  White foam
Techniques:

Die cut birds

I had a tiny snippet of cling wrap background with Bister left in my UFO box (it must be time to make more 😏) so I thought I would use as a background for a bird die I have.

I'm entering this for the following Challenges-
CAS Watercolour April challenge is Bird
Snippets Playground #323 for my snippet of background
AAA cards your favorite technique cling wrap background for me
Just us Girls CAS

Card Recipe
Stamps: Carbelle Studio
Paper: Coated card, black, 110lb white
Ink: Ranger Archival
Accessories: Bister (Blue and Black), cling wrap, spray starch, die cut
Techniques: Cling wrap background, die cut

Split coast Stampers Challenges

It's been a while since I played along with the some of the challenges at Splitcoast Stampers but this week both Friday's Mix-Ability "Torn" and Try a New Technique (acetate inking) both caught my eye.

Here are my cards for the challenges.

The first is Mix-Ablility "Torn"
I stamped this pretty bird from Rubbernecker using tea dye distress ink then  watercoloured the image and re-stamped using a slightly darker distress ink.  The background was stenciled using drywall tape and clarity brushes after masking the image.  I tore the edge of the watercolour paper on 3 sides and then used Tea Dye and a blending foam on the edge.
The sentiment is from Carabelle and the "Fig" stamp is from Stampers Annonymous.

The second is Acetate inking, Karen Dunbrook of Snippets blog put together a great tutorial at Split Coast Stampers to show us how to lay down colour for backgrounds using acetate.

For this card I used Distress oxides and heat dried between each layer.  The stamps are from Carabelle.

Card Recipe
Stamps: Carabelle Sentiment card 1, rubbernecker bird,, Carabelle origami bird and butterfly and flowers.
Paper: Watercolour 140lb, Black, 110lb off white.
Ink: Ranger Distress Oxide, Ranger archival black and gray.
Accessories: Misti, Watercolours
Techniques: Acetate smooshing, Watercolouring

Darnell's Twofer Challenge

I couldn't resist playing along with a new challege from Darnell and the team it's the  Twofer challenge which begins this month.

The challenge is to create two different cards for two different occasions based on feathers, here are my cards one for birthday and one thinking of you card.  I opted to use die cuts

Here's the first card, the background is distressed oxide smooshed on mixed media paper.  I die cut  the feather, stamped the background using a Carabelle stamp and attached the background to navy card stock.  The die cut feather was embossed using Versamark and clear embossing powder then mounted on a die cut black foam.  I off set the die cut to see the blue behind.

my second card is a mixed media card, the edge is embossed in gold embossing powder, glass beads have been smeared over the stamped image and the feather is embossed in aged green Frantage embossing powder.  the Frantage has green, copper and clear embossing powder in it.  The clear causes the other colours to float around. 

For both cards I decided to turn both focal images and keep the sentiments straight

I'd love to hear your thoughts on my cards and don't forget to drop by Darnell's challenge and check out all the amazing inspiration from the Design team and other entries 😊

Card Recipe
Stamps: Carabelle stamp background, Tim Holtz Sentiment (Thinking of you), Unity Sentiment (Birthday)
Paper: Watercolour, Mixed media, Navy blue, 110lb White, 110lb Linen offWwhite
Ink: Ranger Archival Black, Versamark.
Accessories: Gold embossing powder, Simon Says Stamp feather die cut, Black fun foam, Clear embossing powder, Gold embossing powder, Frantage aged green Golden Glass beads, Distress Oxide inks
Techniques: Heat embossing, smooshing, die cutting.