52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Feb Technique

It's time for a Technique themed challenge for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. Lucinda, our host, has asked us to make a Mixed Media card. This is one of my favourite techniques, especially for Christmas cards!

Make a smooshed background with Distress Oxide inks.

Stamp the trees and snowflakes.

Stamp and white emboss background stamp.

Adhere die-cut trees and torn snow panel.

Colour die cut deer and stamp sentiment.

Ink edges of panel with gold ink. 

Adhere wooden snowflake and deer. 

Mount on white card base.

Stamps: Memory Box Christmas Tree; Stampendous Christmas Background; Avery Elle Snowflakes, W&W sentiment

Dies: Alexandra Renke and Dp Crafts

You can see more wonderful cards from our Guest and the rest of the Design Team at our blog. 

I hope you'll be inspired to join us this week!  

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CAS Colours & Sketches #408

 It's the last challenge of the month and Julie, our host, has provided us with another fantastic sketch.

On watercolour paper I stamped the feathers using Altenew Inks,  blended and shading on the page. I used Altenew Metallic paint to ad the gold highlights. 

I stamped the sentiment and highlighted the rectangle panel with Delicata Gold Ink. 

Stamps: Prima (feathers), Clearly Besotted (sentiment)

Die: Penny Black

Isn't this a great sketch!!!

I hope you'll pop on over to our blog to see the wonderful creations from our Design Team and be inspired to join us in the challenge.

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge Feb 21 (reminder)

 Hi there.  It's mid-month at Penny black Saturday challenge and you still have time to join in.

The theme this month, as always is Anything Goes or the optional twist, 'Paper-Piecing'.

I had fun making this card! I used patterned paper, which was a bit fiddly, but worth it I think.

The background card is a gorgeous textured grey. 

Stamps: Penny Black 'Nose to Nose' 

Sentiment from Mama Elephant

Paper: Lawnfawn

You can see more cards from our Design Team at our blog.

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor:

Prize - $20 voucher!

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52 Christmas Card Throwdown

  Hi there! I'm back with another card for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This week Lucinda, our host, has given us a fun theme ... 'Tags on Cards'!

I stencilled the tree background on to watercolour card and then die-cut the tag, adding the die-cut snow slope. Next I stamped, coloured and fussy-cut the critters. I stamped the sentiment in red and layered another red tag behind to add a bit more colour. To finish, I added twine a mounted on a card with an embossed panel. 

You can see more wonderful cards from our Guest and the rest of the Design Team at our blog. 

I hope you'll be inspired to join us this week!  

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CAS Colours & Sketches #407

 It's time for another colour challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.  Julie is our host and she's given us a really gorgeous colour palette to play with! 

I made a few watercolour backgrounds, with Zig Markers and Distress Inks in each of the colours and then die-cut the flowers, foliage and rectangle.  The twine was died with the blue ink.  To finish I added a touch of bling:)

I  have left the card without a sentiment, because I like to add the appropriate sentiment when I use the card.

Dies: Tim Holtz Large Stems; Penny Black Rectangle

Bling: Uniquely Creative

I hope you'll pop on over to our blog to see the wonderful creations from our Design Team and be inspired to join us in the challenge.

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New Floral Stamps and Twofer Balloons

 Hi there! I'm taking a break from Design Team work, to create for some of my favourite challenges.

I used a new stamp set I recently won from The Flower Challenge.

I stamped the flowers and leaves with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copic Markers. Then I stamped some more leaves in the background with Altenew inks. To finish, I sponged the edges with Altenew ink and DO ink, stamped the sentiment and added some splatter. I backed it with a textured grey card.

Stamps: Altenew Perfectly Perfect, Leaf Cluster. 

I'm sharing at the following challenges:-

My next cards were inspired by this month's Twofer Card Challenge...

I thought this was the perfect opportunity to use this neglected set I had to have last year.

The first card was stamped with Delicata Gold Ink and involved some masking. It is for a Golden Wedding Anniversay.  For the second card I stamped and white embossed on some sponged card and fussy cut. Then I backed with patterned pappy.

Stamps: The Ton Confetti Balloons; W&W Big & Bold Happy, Newtons 

Nook sentiment

Dies: MFT Stitched Alphabet.

I'm sharing at the following:-

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CAS Mix Up Feb Reminder

 Yes it's already mid-February, so I have a card to remind you about this month's CAS Mix Up challenge. It's a Stencil Challenge this month and Nancy , our host, wants us to HEAT EMBOSS our stencilled creations. 

I used Embossing Paste with the stencil and then sprinkled with silver embossing powder. I let it dry before I heat embossed. I then decided to spray the background with cherry red  shimmer mist, because I thought it went well with the Oriental pattern.  The Dragonfly die-cut was covered with Versamark and silver embossed. To finish I stamped and embossed the sentiment.

Stencil: Kaisercraft

Stamp: Altenew

Die: Alexandra Renke

You can find more inspiration over on the CAS Mix Up Blog and we hope you'll be inspired to join the challenge.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown (Feb Colour)

 Hi there! I'm back with another card for 52 Christmas Card Throwdown. This week Lucinda, our host, has given us some gorgeous colours to create with! 

I stamped some trees and snowflakes in the background, sponged the sky and blended with a wet brush to make it soft.  Next I stamped the sentiment.  I then die-cut the frame and deer, colouring the lamp post and mounted it with dimensional foam. 

Stamps: Penny Black Season's Marvel, Kaisercraft snowflakes and sentiment.

Dies: Memory Box Frame, Impression Obsession Deer

I hope you'll visit the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog to see what the rest of the team created with these colours and then be inspired to join in the challenge!

I'm sharing my card at the following challenge:-

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CAS Colours & Sketches #406

 Hi there. It' time for another Sketch Challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.  Julie is our host and she's  has created a fun sketch to inspire us.

I love the subtle difference of the oval being vertical on a Landscape card.  I chose a pretty scalloped die to frame some flower die-cuts and subtle patterned paper as a background.

Dies: Aurelie Scalloped Oval; Alexandra Renke Crocus 

Stamp: Altenew

Paper: Kaisercraft

I hope you'll pop on over to our blog to see the wonderful creations from our Design Team and be inspired to join us in the challenge.

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Penny Black Saturday Challenge (Feb)

Hello there!  It's the first Saturday of the month, so it's time for a new challenge  at Penny Black Saturday Challenge.

The theme is 'ANYTHING GOES' or  if you want more of a challenge ... 'PAPER PIECING'.

I decided to use some of my pretty Kaisercraft paper. It's not really 'Paper Piecing', because I only used one paper for the butterfly, but I decided it looked better this way. 

Stamps:- Penny Black Trio of Butterflies, PB Sprinkle & Smiles

 You can see more from our talented Design Team at our blog.

The prize for this challenge is provided by our generous sponsor:

Prize - $20 voucher!

I'm also sharing my card at the following challenges:-

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52 Christmas Card Throwdown

 I'm very excited to announce that I'm joining the Deign Team at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown! I had so much fun playing along with their challenges last year and found the team to be incredibly friendly and very talented!

Our host this month is Lucinda and she's created  a fabulous sketch to inspire us.

I used some pretty designer paper and twine to create my card and closely follow the sketch.

Paper: DWCV

Die: Simon Says Stamp Gnome  (sssd112037)

Stamp: Papertrey Ink

I hope you'll visit the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown blog to see how the rest of the team interpreted the sketch and then be inspired to join in the challenge!

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HLS Christmas Challenge (Feb21)

 Hi there! It's time to begin another Happy Little Stampers Christmas Card Challenge. 

I pulled out an old stamp set to make this card and included berries in 3 different colours. 

I used various inks and Zig Markers to stamp the foliage and sentiment. I then die-cut the leaves and berries and fussy cut the banner sentiment.

The background paper has an organic speckled look. I think it's called Enviroment (Birch).

Stamps: Papertrey Ink Spruce & Sprigs; Avery Elle Noel

I hope you'll pop over to the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge blog to see more creations from the DT and be inspired to join in the challenge. It's never to early to start on Christmas Cards:)

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CAS Colour & Sketches #405

 It's a new month, so we welcome Julie as our host at CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge. She has chosen some gorgeous and vibrant colours for our first colour challenge.

I used an old Altenew set make some pretty red roses and stamped and die-cut some foliage.

Stamps: Altenew Painted Flowers; Stampin Up Forever Fern;  Clearly Besotted (sentiment)

Dies: Stampin Up Forever Fern; Kaisercraft coverplate

You can see more from our talented Design Team at the CAS Colours & Sketches blog and I hope you'll be inspired to join in the fun. You have until Monday 08 February 6:00 p.m. Eastern U.S. time.

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CAS Mix Up (Feb 2021)

 Hello there. It's time for a new CAS Mix Up Challenge!

This month is a Stencil themed challenge. Nancy is our host and the prompt is 'Stencil Heat Embossing'. There are some links to video tutorials on the CAS MIX UP blog. Please be sure and keep your card designs Clean and Simple.

I used beautiful layered stencils from Altenew, beginning with Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass and then embossing the second layer with Distress Glaze Embossing Powder. I used Delicata Gold for the sentiment.

Hopefully you can see the gloss in the next photo.

We have the talented Arlene (Sundaystamper) joining us as Guest Designer this month. You can see Arlene's card and more from our fabulous DT at the CAS Mix Up blog.

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CAS Colours & Sketches #404

 Hi there! It's time for the second challenge of the year for CAS Colours & Sketches. This week is a sketch challenge.  Jeanne is our host and has created another lovely CAS sketch for us.

I included some stamping, stencilling and die-cuts in my card...

I smooshed some Distress Oxides and Cosmic Shimmer Powder to make a background. I then added some subtle stencilling and splatter for interest. When dry, I die-cut the panel and added some sweet fish die-cuts with seqin bubbles. To finish I added the sentiment. 

Dies: Fish (Alexandra Renke); Stiched Border (Uniquely Creative)

Stencil: Zig Zag (Prima)

Sentiment unknown

I hope you'll pop on over to our blog to see the wonderful creations from our Design Team and be inspired to join us in the challenge.

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