Perfectly CAS December challenge #34

 hello crafty stampers!

It's that time again for our new challenge at Perfectly CAS and this month the fitting theme is: Christmas. As always, please only use up to 1/3 of the card front for the design.

I've decided I love making Christmas cards - the possibilities for how to design them are endless! I do like the feeling of warm and cosy even though christmas here is often 30o and sunny! lol

My background here uses a script stamp and the same colour ink was used for 2 of the trees. The third tree was stamped and clear heat embossed for shine, fussy cut and popped up on foam squares. The houses were die cut and the little windows coloured with a fineliner texta to make it look like the lights are on! 

The sentiment was stamped and clear heat embossed then die cut and popped up on foam squares. The little heart was die cut from inked card, clear heat embossed and stacked 3 times. 

We can't wait to see your christmas card creation in our gallery. Thanks so much for stopping by today, have a lovely christmas and new year and we'll see you back in 2023!

stamps: woodware mini trees, kaisercraft script

dies: hero arts infinity squares, paper rose birdhouses, sizzix arctic bear

inks: weathered wood, pine needles, mustard seed distress oxides

happy birthday

 hello lovely stampers!

Today I'm joining in at CAS colours and sketches for their colour challenge #492 this week. They have chosen lovely colours which really go well together.

The background uses Sizzix Mini Foundry 3D embossing folder. This was embossed on a white card panel then swiped with pumice stone distress oxide ink, then rubbed with Tim Holtz Sterling foundry wax. This gives a lovely subtle shine while the neutral colour still shows through. 

The panel was mounted behind a die cut Hero Arts Infinity square with foam tape for dimension. The Gummiapan twigs and birdies were die cut and inked then adhered in and around the square aperture. The sentiment from paper rose tiny forest was stamped and clear heat embossed for more shine.

Such a pretty colour combination. Thanks so much for stopping by!

*Edit: Thanks so much for choosing my card this week!

merry christmas

 hello crafters!

I'm joining in with the justusgirls challenge #653 this week where the theme is CAS. My favourite type of card, how could I not?

I began by die cutting the Gummiapan merry christmas circle. Then I cut out an inner circle using Hero Arts Infinity Circle dies. More larger and smaller circles were die cut with the circle edges stacked up 4 high then topped with acetate then topped with the merry Christmas circle. 

I used Kaisercraft mountains embossing folder with a swipe of weathered wood distress oxide ink then cut out the smaller circle to form the interior background scene.

The little tree from the Sizzix arctic bear die set was cut several times from inked card as well as the little house, and also some arrows from paper rose arrows die set. I love how the tree and house seem to float!

Another one to add to my christmas stash. Thanks so much for stopping by!

**Thanks to the lovely team at JUGS for choosing my card as the weekly winner. I'm thrilled!

merry Christmas

 hello lovely stampers!

Today I started on Christmas cards which is certainly not something I usually do ahead of time, but I'm trying to be a bit organised this year! I'm playing along with the card concept who have an inspiration pic that certainly doesn't say Christmas at first glance, but I've always liked the pairing of a Christmas theme with non traditional colours.

 For my cas card, I was inspired by the colours. I began by stamping and clear heat embossing the sentiment. Using hero arts infinity squares, I die cut 3 squares. 1 was stamped with red dots, one was die cut to make a frame and the last was embossed using the Filigree texture plate. The trees were die cut using Sizzix Arctic Bear then ink blended using distress oxide inks.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

for you

 hello stampers!

I am playing along with the talented team at CAS colours and sketches this week where they have a colour challenge #470.

I wanted to use a new embossing folder from Sizzix along with some Tim Holtz distress foundry wax in Sterling silver. Totally new to me and I found it pretty amazing! I began by embossing a small card piece with Sizzix 3D texture fades embossing folder Mini Foundry. Then I added some foundry wax in Sterling to make it look industrial. The foundry wax is highlighted by heat embossing. It really brings out the texture and adds a lot of shine!

I used MFT In Focus Florals and MFT Fab Foliage die sets to die cut some leaf sprays from some card roughly inked up with 2 colours from Altenew Cerulean Skies ink cubes. The flowers also got a little coating of foundry wax for the silver look. I used MFT Bitty Banner Alpha die set for the sentiment.

I'm also linking this card with Darnell's NBUS blog as the embossing folder and foundry wax are new. So happy to see you're back in the swing of things, Darnell!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

      

a note for you

 hello lovely stampers!

I've always wanted to go to Japan to see sakura - the cherry blossom trees in full bloom. From March to early May the cherry trees bloom from one end of the country to the other with a fleeting glimpse of swathes of beautiful blossoms on a backdrop of awe inspiring scenery. I will get there...one day!

The team at perfectlyCAS have as their theme this month: Flowers so I couldn't resist going with this image.

I die cut the mountain using Sizzix thinlits 664445 die set from an ink blended scrap of card. The cherry blossoms are stamped and die cut using Altenew Under the Cherry Blossom Tree sets with Altenew inks. I wanted "Mt Fuji" to form the backdrop with the flowers as the focus, so the blossoms are popped up on foam tape for dimension. The sentiment is from the same stamp set, stamped directly on the card front with the same ink colour.

Thanks for stopping by!