CC&S December challenge - 500th!

 hello lovely stampers!

I'm thrilled to be joining the talented CAS colours and sketches DT for their fortnightly challenges starting January 2023! So to give you all a taste of what's in store, we're joining in with the team for this last challenge of the year.

But first, a big congratulations to the CC&S team for this, their 500th challenge. A huge milestone and one  that should make them very proud! And they've organised some prize goodies for some lucky challenge participants. Woohoo! 

The December challenge is to "choose any CC&S challenge from 2022 and make it seasonal". For this challenge you have until December 31 to post your card in the gallery so let's get inking!

I chose sketch #465 from April 12.

The background was die cut from an inked panel, then embossed using an embossing folder. This was mounted on a silver rectangle slightly bigger, then adhered to the card front. 

The trees were die cut from silver paper and white card then stacked and adhered to the panel. The sentiment was stamped then mounted on foam squares.

Remember you have all this month to get your card in with a chance to win some prizes!

Thanks so much for stopping by and can't wait to see your creations in the gallery!

• inks: pine needles, black soot distress oxide
• dies: gummiapan, spellbinders 
• embossing folder: kaisercraft mountains

seasons greetings

 hello stampers!

I'm joining in today with the challenge at addicted to cas where the code word is: present

I wanted to do a pile of presents and found some lovely paper that I used to cut out the presents and stack them.  I die cut a square in the card front using Hero Arts Infinity Squares and adhered a backing of white dotted silver paper then stacked the presents in front and over the cutout. The sentiment was also cut from the paper and mounted on some foam squares for dimension.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Perfectly CAS November challenge #33

 hello crafty stampers!

Thanks for joining us in our new Perfectly CAS monthly challenge where the theme is: snowflakes. I just love snowflakes and have always loved them all sparkly at night!

Two snowflakes were die cut from a black panel using a Gummiapan snowflake die set. Then some inked card was adhered to the back of the panel so it showed through the negative space. Another snowflake was die cut from the inked panel, stacked 3 times and adhered on top of the snowflake cutouts. The sentiment was white heat embossed and adhered with tiny foam squares.

We'd love to see your snowflakes creation in our gallery. Thanks so much for stopping by!

• dies: gummiapan snowflake 
• stamps: hero arts color layering snowflake bundle
• inks: versamark, salvaged patina, mowed lawn, abandoned coral, tumbled glass, salty ocean distress oxides

one little baby

 hello lovely stampers!

I'm joining in today with the sketch challenge at CAS colours & sketches #495 drawn by the talented Cécile. 

I wanted to do a baby card for my cousin who is expecting in the new year as I realised I haven't any baby cards! who knew? The giraffe from Gummiapan was die cut from kraft, and layered on a couple of hexagons from Hero Arts Infinity Hexagon die set. One was cut from kraft and embossed with Kaisercraft Mountains embossing folder. The other was die cut from inked card, embossed by hand using the Fiskars Hearts texture plate and popped up on foam squares. The sentiment stamp from Gummiapan was inked directly onto the card panel. Such a cute sentiment!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

happy birthday

 hello crafters!

I'm playing along with the talented team at CAS Colours & sketches this week where the lovely Cécile  has a colour challenge #494.

I wanted to use a new die I received from Gorgecraft and thought the trees would be lovely in these colours. I inked some card and die cut the trees. It was also die cut from a panel of Kraft which had acetate adhered to the back and then mounted on foam tape onto the card base. The acetate allowed the die cut to be adhered in the cutout - some of those trees are spindly! The Gummiapan happy birthday was stamped on an offcut from the inked panel using versamark and white heat embossed, then mounted on foam tape.

Since the die is new to me, I'm also entering this in Darnell's terrific blog NBUS. Sending hugs, Darnell!

Thanks so much for stopping by!