CAS Christmas Challenge ~ JULY

Hi Friends!

Welcome to this months CAS Christmas Card Challenge hosted by Marcia.

This month the theme is "Nativity"

Sorry for the glare!

This image is from a demo stamp from Hero Arts I have had for years.

I embossed the image with HA silver EP and stamped the sentiment in GOLD from the PTI Nativity Silhouettes stamp set.

I added a bit of oxide ink just above baby Jesus' head to glorify Him!

Clean and Simple!

Our Special Guest this month is Jane from Purplejet Loves crafts,
Please visit Jane and give her some love with the wonderful Nativity inspiration she has for you.

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas ~ Bells

Hi friends!  We are half way though the month and we have more inspiration for you from CAS Christmas to encourage you to get those Christmas cards done!

Linda chose bells as our theme this month...so pull out some bells and have a go with this challenge!

I have a couple of bell dies from Gina Marie.

I cut them out of silver mirror paper, they are very shiny,

as is the bow on top!

I used Taylored Expressions SQUARE masking stencil and evergreen bough DOX for the background.

Go HERE to see the cards from the rest of the team and our Special Guest LeAnn at Wee Inklings

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas June Challenge ~ Bells

Welcome to another month of Christmas card making inspired by the team from CAS Christmas.  Our team member Linda is asking for bells on our Christmas card this month.

I colored the image with copics.
I also stamped it as a background on the soft stone card base with versamark ink, just for a little added interest.

The Greetery:  Nordic frames
Art Impressions:  Sparkle & Cheer.
The Greetery:   Christmas Eve (sentiment)

And just because...I did one more, just colored the bells to be more "silver"

I hope you will join us this month, we only have 5 more month to get our Christmas cards made!
Please check out the wonderful bells from the design team and also our Special Guest: Lee Ann from Wee Inklings

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas May ~ Winter Berries

Winter Berries is the theme for our May CAS Christmas Challenge friends!

Loll is our hostess and you know she has something wonderful to show you as do all the design team members, so please go check out their cards!

I used an older set from PTI called Beautiful Berries Winter!

I stamped and masked the berry branch and brushed on some mint green ink (after masking the top and bottom of a portion of the card.)  You can't see the shimmer, but I added some clear Spectrum Sparkle to the frosty blue berries!  It really is quite shiny!

I hope to see you in the gallery joining us this month with your Winter Berry card!

And while you are there, look at all the team's cards and our special guest, Lynne, you can find her blog HERE!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas April ~ A SONG ~

Bonnie is our hostess this month for the CAS Christmas Card Challenge and she would like us to use a Christmas song on our card.

Now I suppose this little tune will be with me all day!!

PTI Pierced Feature Frame 

PTI Ombre Christmas Sentiments

Lil' Inkers Bells

The Greetery Fit to be Tied

I actually made this card first, then after asking my BFF if she thought this would be "CAS" enough, she suggested maybe only ONE bell instead of three!  And I agree, but I do love the three bells twined with a thin ribbon and the same Fit to be Tied bow for the top!

I hope you will join us this month, go check out all the fabulous Christmas card songs by the team and our special guest Birgit, you can find her here: https://bigganed.blogspot.com/!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas February ~ JOY

We have more JOY cards to inspire you with our CAS Christmas Chal
lenge this month!

You will have until November 24 to post your card!

 I embossed with a snowflake embossing folder, added a half moon stitched frame that was gifted to me from Trina at our May retreat (thank you) and a sentiment from an SSS & Gina K Stamptember collaboration (2018).

Penny Black die:  Tiny Town

SSS & Gina K Stamptember 2018 Feel the Joy

Cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder

DOX

While I had some of my "JOY" stamps out, I made a few others, I hope you are inspired to play along with us.  And please do check out the amazing cards from the design team and our special guest Jane of Onions and Paper!.

Heart Hugs, friends!

Jingle Bells

This week JINGLE BELLS is celebrating the Three Kings (and their Three Gifts) by creating cards that feature THREE of any element.

 How about some fun, Sweet Holiday Penguins to bring some cheer?

I added 3 trees from PTI Enchanted Forest too!

There are a few hours left before the link closes, so you can still make a card for this Christmas card challenge!

Heart Hugs, friends!

Christmas Kickstart # 28 RED

I am playing along with Christmas Kickstart Challenge # 28 for February where the challenge theme is the color RED in honor of all things love and romance!

 I kept most of the color simple with mostly white and a light dusting of mint green on the needles of the pine branch.  I added the beloved Christmas Cardinal for my pop of red!

the Greetery:  Nordic Frames
the Greetery:  Botani cuts:  Pine Bough
the Greetery:  Sentiment Suite Christmas
PTI Winter Woods 

Thanks for stopping by!
Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas February ~ JOY

Welcome friends to another CAS Christmas February challenge.  Linda is our hostess and she is looking for JOY on her card this month!

I had this piece already made with clouds and embossed with the circle sitting in a box on my desk, but I don't know what it is called as I don't own it!  The JOY die is from Catherine Pooler Designs Winterhaven collection but the banner and rest of the sentiment is from Sunny Studios Little Angels set.  I colored her up with copics.

Go check out the rest of the design team as they have an amazing collection of JOY cards for your inspiration! And welcome our guest Claire from String Bows

Sunny Studios:  Little Angels

MFT:  cloud stencil

CPD: Winterhaven "Joy" die

Heart Hugs, friends!

One more for the January Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge ~ Embossed Impressions

I had to try one more card for the Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge using the Embossed Impressions Technique.

This is a new die for me from Memory Box:  Snowflake Lens. I embossed with image with Hero Arts Silver Embossing Powder.

Once again I embossed it on Mixed Media Paper and colored it with DI and a tiny brush (*wink!)

The sentiment is a die from Penny Black Called Crystal Frames.

Heart Hugs, friends!

Christmas Card Throwdown ~ Embossed Impressions

I have another Christmas card for the Christmas Card Throwdown.  Thank you for the link to Jennifer McGuire's technique!

This is a wreath die from the Catherine Pooler Designs Winterhaven Collection.

I embossed it on Mixed Media Paper and then watercolored with distress inks.  For the white berries I used Nuvo drops...they are from the mistletoe!

I tried some splatters like Jennifer did and I don't really like how mine turned out.

She used a paint brush dipped in water and made her splatters.  Then she put embossing powder over the whole thing.  Wherever she didn't want splatters, she brushed them away with a dry brush.  And if any splatters were bigger than she wanted she could remove them also.  It was amazing that they powder adhered and embossed with just water!

Heart Hugs, friends!

I have a three-fer! And it is for Christmas!

My BFF gifted me this Penny Black die called Crystal Frames for Christmas, so I just put this little guy right in the middle right along with a tree .  I colored with copics and added some hills and blue sky in the bakcground, kind of faint in the picture, but definitely there!  My sweet little sentiment and banner is from The Greetery Sentiment Suite Christmas.

I think he is jumping for joy!

I am entering this in Rudolph Days where it is always anything goes Christmas!

And in Kickstart where the theme is "penguins".

And one more challenge called Jingle Belles

...and yes I did buy this for myself but not soon enough to use for Christmas cards last year, but this is the first time inking this little guy up! And first time for the tree too, I just got the tree a few days ago!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a look!

Heart Hugs, friends!

Christmas Kickstart and Just Us Girls

 I just can't help myself!  I love Christmas and I love making Christmas cards!

I am entering this card in a couple of challenges, the first is Christmas Kickstart, where it is about penguins.  And the second challenge is Just Us Girls and the challenge is snowflakes!

I blended some DOX for my background, tumbled glass, salty ocean and blueprint sketch. 

Colored the sweet penguin with copics and added some snow drops with Gelly Roll #10 pen (that pen is the best and makes awesome white drops! JUST FYI!)

The Greetery Frosty Flakes Stencil 

The Greetery Drifting Dies

The Greetery Nordic Frames

MFT Sweet Holiday Penguins

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS Christmas ~ November Warm & Cozy

Welcome to our LAST CAS Christmas Challenge of 2019!

It is NOT too late to join us this month for Trina's challenge of making a card with cue words:  

 warm and cozy

When I was at the retreat in Nashville, Indiana, we went into the delightful town that had TWO stamping stores!! I had not found anything in my stash for another warm and cozy card, so I was on the lookout for something that would catch my eye and I found it!  This is a Hero Arts Stamp & cut set called Winter Hearth.  I had to do some fussy cutting with some of the items but that didn't take long and it came together rather quickly.
I hope to see you in the gallery and don't forget to check out the inspiration from our Guest Bobbie and the other design team members! And have a very joyous and Merry Christmas and I will see you back in January!

Heart Hugs, friends!

CAS CHRISTMAS ~ Warm & Cozy

This is our last month of CAS Christmas Challenge until January 3rd friends!

We are taking the month of December off to spend time with family.

Trina is our hostess for this month and her challenge is WARM & COZY!

I thought this cute little Llama was full of warm fleece!

cuttlebug snowflake folder

Flora & Fauna:  Woolly and Warm

Please join us and make a Warm and Cozy Christmas card!

I will see you in the gallery!

 

Heart Hugs, friends!