CAS Christmas March Anniversary Challenge ~ reminder!

Hi friends, we are halfway through the month of March and we have more inspiration at the CAS Christmas CARD Challenge for you to make your Christmas cards!  We are still celebrating our Third Birthday so the challenge is using RED, WHITE and KRAFT colors on your Christmas card.

  this is what I used:

PTI Pierced Feature Frame

The Greetery:  Botani-cuts Pine bough

Nuvo Glitter Accents

Paper Smooches:  A Holy Holiday (sentiment) 

Please check out all the awesome cards from the design team!

I look forward to seeing your card in the gallery!

And you know there are prizes to be won!  So go check it out!

I couldn't resist one more red white and kraft card!

From The Greetery:

Botani-cuts:  Pine bough

Nordic Frames

 

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas March Anniversary Challenge!

Welcome friends to our March Anniversary Challenge at CAS Christmas!

Loll is our hostess and she is looking for RED, WHITE, and KRAFT on our CAS Christmas card to celebrate our THIRD anniversary!

Keeping it clean and simple, I embossed the kraft with a snowflake ef, I then cut out the trees using a Memory Box Pine Border die and outline die.

I love these colors together and think they make awesome cards.

 Won't you join us, I know we just put away Christmas, but really aren't our stamps out all year long?

Trust me when I say you will LOVE making your cards NOW and having them all done in December!

We have a special guest with us also, please welcome her and visit her blog for more inspiration:

Gundi HERE

 

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS CHRISTMAS - OCTOBER ~ BIRD

Welcome to our OCTOBER CAS CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE

hosted by Christine!

Our image for this challenge is a Christmas bird!

Isn't that little bird with a winter hat so cute flying up to put the star on the tree?

This is what I used to make this CAS card:

MFT:  Merry Wishes (tree & bird)

zig water colors

Please join us this month to get your cards ready for December mailing!

check out the Design team and all the fun and interesting ways to use our birds for a Christmas card!  And our special guest this month is Anita.

Check out all the little feathery friends from the rest of the team!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas ~ Nativity

Welcome friends, we are half way through the month and time for another Nativity card to inspire you!  Marcia is our hostess looking for a clean and simple nativity card for the CAS Christmas July Card Challenge

For my card I used a strip of gold washi tape and the image is from Paper Smooches:  A Blessed Christmas.  I colored the Holy Family with copics.

Please join us at CAS Christmas, remember it is a clean and simple card, lots of white space and not a lot of added embellishments or layers of paper!

The design team has more cards for your inspiration as well as our Guest Jane, you can visit her blog HERE

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas ~ A Christmas Song!

You still have time to play along at CAS Christmas card challenge where Bonnie is looking for a card with the theme from a Christmas song!

Now I have this song in my head!  And sadly we don't even have any snow...and none in sight! That is a good thing!
I used Penny Black Snowflake Stitched Frame
the snowman from PTI Fence Line: Winter
The Greetery: Drifting
PTI: In the Meadow

 Come join us over the CAS Christmas April Card Challenge!
The team and our special guest, Birgit have amazing cards for your inspiration.
I have one more to share today too, since I had the stamp set out for the sentiment, I made another card:

Thanks for stopping by friends!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas Card Challenge reminder!

Hi friends, are you used to writing 2020 yet?  It does seem unreal, doesn't it?

Well our "tag"  challenge for CAS Christmas in January is still going on and we have more cards for your inspiration.  This is a wonderful way to get ahead of the game and save a lot of stress come next December, so I hope you will join us!

First I used a snowflake cuttlebug folder for my background, then I used a PTI Berry Wreath Tag die and made my scene using 2 PTI Tinsel and Tag dies.  I colored them with copics, used DOX for the background sky.  This was a fun and easy tag to make and adhere to the card.

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas January Challenge ~ by Christina

WELCOME TO 2020 CAS Christmas January Challenge!

Christina is our hostess and she is looking for a tag on our CAS Christmas card to start out our New Year!  BTW, HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I used a Pretty Pink Posh Die and stamped a NBUS Penny Black Stamp called pine cone perch.

I stamped it of the tag to add a little interest and colored with copics!

Thank you Christina for a wonderful challenge to start our New Year!

And a big welcome to Jane of Onions and Paper for being our guest this month!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas October Challenge ~ A Winter Scene

More inspiration for you from the team at CAS Christmas Challenge, I hope you will be able to play along by creating a winter scene.

I was gifted this die from Trina, one of my team mates here at CAS Christmas when we were at our Craft Retreat back in May, I don't have a name for the die, but it came with 5 dies of different sizes.  I really like it!  I sponged on some DOX in the background and used a Sizzix thinlets die called Tree Line.  I tried cutting it out with a dark forest green originally, but didn't really like the looks of it, probably because I tried to add snow drops and that really was not the right thing to do!  That was put in the circular file (LOL) and I started over, I think the white looks more like a winter scene with snow on the all the branches, that must be what a winter wonderland looks like!

the little deer is from SSS.  I think he is so cute turning his head like that.  I cut him out with kraft paper and then sponged on some distress ink.

The challenge is open until October 24.  We will have one more month of CAS Christmas Challenge, then we will take a break to get ready for the holiday and spending time with family!

See you in the gallery!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas October ~ Winter Scene

Hi friends, only 2 more months of inspiration from CAS Christmas to get those cards done before the chaos begins LOL!  Susan is our hostess asking us to make a Winter Scene, be sure to keep it CAS!

I had a NBUS set from Waffle Flower called Winter Time.  It has so many delightful little images to create this winter scene.

Be sure to check out the CAS Christmas challenge where I know you will be WOWED with all the awesomeness from those talented ladies!

I will look for your card in the gallery!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas August ~ Glitter

 This glittery snowflake card is for the CAS Christmas August Challenge.
You can probably tell I have loved playing with the NUVO glimmer paste (moonstone color).
I followed the directions for this technique from HERE.  I used about three colors of copics to shade my paper before adding the glimmer paste, it has a nice sparkle to it, doesn't it?

It is NOT too late to play along this month.  Please check out the blog and see all the fabulous cards from the DT!  See you in the gallery!
Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas August ~ GLITTER

I couldn't resist more snowflakes with glitter friends!

Loll is our hostess for the August CAS Christmas and she is looking for cards with glitter...and you know you will be wearing it for weeks!

I used some Metallic Silver Sparkle embossing glitter for the snowflake and the strip at the bottom. 

A pretty CAS and easy card to make!

 Gina K Joy of the Season

PTI: Pen & Ink

 

I hope you have been inspired with a glittery card that really sparkles and shines, check out the rest of the team over at the CAS Christmas August Challenge.

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas July Challenge ~ Snowflake

Less than 6 months till Christmas friends!

I hope that you are inspired to make a Christmas card with a snowflake on it...if you want to get out of the heat, than try some snowflakes on your card!  Bonnie is our hostess for this CAS Christmas Challenge.

I die cute a couple of snowflakes and from the base card stock I colored some purple copics knowing that the die would cover all but the shape of the snowflake.  Then over the copic I spread some Nuvo glitter paste (moonstruck).  When it was dry I adhered the die cut paper over the top.  I embossed the sentiment with HA silver ep. I saw this technique HERE.

 

I hope you will go check out all the fabulous snowflakes over at CAS Christmas and be inspired to make a Christmas card!  I look forward to seeing it in the gallery!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas Card June challenge with Linda ~ Gifts

It is official friends, halfway through the year...let's get going on these Christmas cards!

Please join us at CAS Christmas Card Challenge, you still have time to make a card with gifts on it!

 I saw this cute stamp from Newton's Nook and couldn't resist using it here!  And don't you just adore that sentiment?  Of course, I kind of think she was shopping for a favorite friend, what do you think?
Linda is our hostess this month looking for Christmas packages on our cards!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas June ~ Gifts with Linda

Friends, this is the month that is half way through the year...you know what that means, right? Only 6 months until Christmas!!  GASP!!  But we have you covered because you can join us and make cards using gifts on them for the challenge this month that is hosted by Linda!
And we have a wonderful guest with an amazing card, you must go check hers out, you can visit Leslie HERE.

Please go check out the CAS Christmas Card Challenge and see what inspires you.

Avery Elle:  Christmas Packages
Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas ~ May challenge with Trina

The stockings were hung by the chimney with care...friends, this month Trina is our hostess and she wants to see stockings on our CAS Christmas card for the May Challenge!

I pulled out a favorite Verve stamp set called Jolly Jingles.

I taped off part of the card and did some sponging, then added the sentiment and the stockings.

Won't you join us this month of May and get a jump start on your Christmas cards for this year?

Heart Hugs, friends!