CaS Christmas January 2nd card.

 Hello there,

I'm popping in with my second entry for this months challenge at CaS Christmas

 

 The photo is pretty rubbish I know. I tried so many different angles to get it right but it was always either too dark or giving off a glare. The joys of working with Mirror card I suppose.

Any way for this one I used various snowflake dies of differing sizes, the larger in gold mirror card and the smaller ones on top from silver glitter card.

I cut the word die from gold mirror card and added some silver flat back pearls to finish.

Dies...Snow flakes from Crafters Companion and X cut. Word from Amazon

Pearls from Pretty Pink Posh

 

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Cas Christmas January 2022

 Hello there,

A little late I know but a very happy New Year to you all.

I'd like to share a card I made for this months challenge at Cas Christmas

 

I'm determined to get on top of my Christmas cards this year and this challenge blog gives me some great ideas.

I love using foliage on any cards but particularly Christmas cards so I treat myself to some new dies. They've come in very handy already.

I might just have a second card to submit later in the week :)

Dies...Hero Arts star, Sizzix holly and berry, Simply Graphic long berry, Amazon Christmas word.

Flat back gold pearls, Pretty Pink Posh. 

 

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CAS Christmas November

 Hello there,

I'm popping in with my entry for the last challenge of the year at CAS Christmas.

 

 I know it says 2021 on the pic, I think someone can't wait to see the back of this year lol.

I love using non traditional colours on Christmas cards so this challenge was a no brainer for me. Deciding which colours to use was a different story. The only colour I didn't want to use was yellow because no one likes yellow snow do they?

Unfortunately I couldn't get a decent photo due to the miserable weather but I hope you can see enough detail.

This is a close up of the bottom snowflake which I threaded through the main die cut with some silver thread so it moves freely.

It was quite fiddley to do and had to be stuck down with double sided tape at the back and held tighter with a foam pad but I got the result I wanted.The other snowflakes are glued on and it's finished off with scattering of sequins.

So...the last challenge of 2020 which just leaves me to wish you all a very merry Christmas and a very happy and safe New Year.

Dies, Alexandre Renke, Elizabeth Crafts

pearlised card, Crafters Companion

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CaS Christmas Birds

 Hello there,

I'm a bit late with my entry for this months challenge at CaS Christmas 

which is Christmas Birds

 

 My first thought was to use a Robin but I knew I didn't have a decent robin stamp and even if I did I am so rubbish at colouring that it would have been an embarrasment. I was going to leave it for this month and then remembered I have this Christmas Goose stamp from Penny Black

Not a great deal of colouring needed for this beauty.

I ended up being quite pleased with the result and intended it to be a one layer card until I stamped the sentiment skew wiff so I covered it up with a banner.

I thought I was having a dodgy day until I looked at this poor goose. All dressed up and strutting her stuff, I wonder if she knows what's in store for her.

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CaS Christmas Trees

Hello there,

My mojo has been missing in action for a couple of weeks so I've struggled to make anything worth blogging but in the last couple of days it has suddenly reappeared so I'm making the most of it while it lasts.

It's a new challenge at CAS Christmas and this month it's Christmas tree

So, a nice easy one.

I started by smooshing a piece of card with Distress inks in Broken China and Tumbled Glass with a tiny bit of Steel Blue InkaGold before cutting it out with a stitched circle die.
I made a circular frame using the two smaller dies and a piece of embossed silver card.
The tree is from Amazon cut from some pale green glitter card.
I thought this sentiment from Mamma Elephant was perfect for this card.

I enjoyed making this and I actually quite like it, I might make some more in different colourways, December will be on us very soon

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CAS Christmas card challenge

Hello there,

I've missed the last 2 challenges at Cas Christmas Challenge.
I have no excuses except being busy with other things so I was determined to join in with this months.

Here is my entry,

Nice quick and easy one. The coloured card was already smooshed and cut out in my stash box.
I used a small off cut of card for the branch and the turtle doves and I was done.
The sentiment is computer generated. I think I should have made it saying " On the second day" not the first but, hey ho, it's done now.

Card panel smooshed with  Broken China and Tumbled Glass DI with a little bit of Steel Blue Inka Gold.
Deckle edge rectangle from Crafting for You
Branch die from Memory Box
Birds from a set from Amazon

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CAS Christmas May 2020

Hi there,

I can't tell you enough how delighted I am to have been chosen as Guest DT CAS Christmas Challenge for May.
This months challenge is,

I seem to have used Holly and Mistletoe quite a lot lately so I had to really think about this one and do something slightly different whilst keeping to the theme. I hope you like it.

I started by splattering some gold shimmer mist across the upper middle of the card base.

I cut out the skinny frames from a die set from Amazon in Ivory pearlised card.

The branch is part of a much larger branch. I die cut the whole thing in brown card and chose a smaller branch that fit perfectly into the frame.

I finished off with some berry red Pearl Maker.

The sentiment is by Winnie & Walter

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CAS Christmas, April 2020

Hi there

How are you all managing with the limits we're living under due to this terrible virus? For me, the worse part is not being able to cuddle my grand kids. I saw my youngest grand daughter Emilia yesterday. She's 10 months old and learning new things all the time but I could only speak to her through the car window. It was torture seeing her but not being able to touch. I'm sure you are all in the same boat one way or another and I feel for you.

Anyway, onto more pleasant things. It's time for April challenge at CAS Christmas  which is,

Here is my entry

I've gone with " Deck the Halls" and now can't stop singing fa la lala laa

I started by cutting the holly boughs( Nellie Snellen) from some card that I'd smooshed with distress inks and sprayed lightly with gold Glimmer Mist.

The berry die cut is cut from white pearlized card.

I tried lots of colours for the background panel, gray, kraft, red and white embossed but decided to go a little bit quirky and smoosh some more card with Twinkling H2O's in Pink, Grapefruit and Jasmine.

I then chose the bits with the best variation in shade and cut them with a rectangle die from Die-Namics

The sentiment (song) is by Winnie & Walter stamped in Versamark Black

I've added a few pink gems for berries.

A close up of the holly after a spray of  gold Glimmer Mist

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CAS Christmas March

Hi there

First I'd like to welcome my new followers. Thank you for choosing me to follow.

I'm still in 'determined not be last minute on the Christmas card front' this year and I'm so pleased I decided to join in with the CAS Christmas card challenge.
This months challenge is,

And this is my card,

And now I'm wondering when CAS becomes fussy. Sometimes when I do CAS cards I think they look naked and then this one looks a bit too much. I'm sure you'll tell me if it's not right.

I made a panel using a rectangle Spellbinders die and built my flower from the right top corner.

Poinsettia die, holly and berry dies are from Amazon.

Fir tree branches are Joanna Sheen

Long berry branch is by Simply Graphic.

Sentiment is Winnie & Walter

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CAS Christmas February challenge

Hello there,

February already and a super new challenge at Cas Christmas

And this is my entry,

To be honest I don't get much joy from snow. It's cold and slippy but it does look good on cards and pictures.

Snowflakes are by Inkadinkado, stamped in clear ink and embossed in sky blue EP
The JOY die is by Memory Box. I cut 2 in white card and 1 in silver mirri and stacked them to give some depth.
Sequins from stash


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CAS Christmas card

Hi there,

Welcome to my new followers and thank you for following my little blog.

So, I got myself into such a tizzy last Christmas with my cards. I didn't have a lot of time and had very little mojo. I promised myself I would make an early start this year and thought what better way to get going and find inspiration than to find a Christmas card challenge blog.
I know there lots of them about and I'll check some more out later but for now I've decided on
Cas Christmas Card Challenge Blog. Which is right up my street. Why didn't I think about this before?
This months challenge is to use a tag.

I'm also entering this as my second entry into  A Place to Start which is Anything goes with an optional twist of CAS

I started with the tag, cut from a snippet of card with a tag die from Amason and embossed with a Holly EF from The Works.
The fir branch is cut with another die from The Works.
Mistletoe is cut from sage green glitter card using a die from Sweet Dixie
The berry branch cut from red glitter card is by Simply Graphic
Sentiment stamp is Winnie & Walter
Gems and bow from stash.


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