CAS pine card

 

It is ages since I took part in a card challenge but love making CAS cards so decided to try this CAS Christmas challenge. This was a very easy card to make so I might make some more.

Materials used:-

• Sheena Douglass Yuletide Greetings set for the pine branch; the pine cone came from a magazine
• sentiment stamp from Lou Collins Seasonal Sentiments
• Distress inks - Pine Needles and Gathered Twigs
• Versafine ink in black 

Thank you for visiting my blog - I appreciate any feedback on my card. Margaret

        

One layer flowers

 The current challenge at Less is More is to make a one layer card on the theme of flowers. Here is the one I created using the small io Majestix stamps.

I masked off the upper section before stamping the flowers and leaves. 

Materials used:-

Stamps - io Majestix stamps 'Emily's Garden' and Uniko Stamps sentiment

Inks - Versacolour Boysenberry, Altenew Fresh Leaf and Versafine Onyx Black

Thanks for visiting my blog - now pop over to Less is More and see what the other participants created.

In a Row

The challenge on Less is More this week is 'In a Row'. I made this Christmas card for my great-niece who keeps free range hens, selling the eggs in the local shops.

I am sorry that I don't know where I got the stamp set from as I've had it in my stock for some time. 

Thank you for visiting my blog - now pop over to Less is More to see how the other participants interpreted this theme.

Peaceful

The current challenge on Time Out is Peaceful.

This theme immediately made me think of yoga so here is the card I made. I stamped the lotus flower and then clear embossed this before painting it with water colours. To make the card more interesting I die cut the panel which I then mounted onto linen card.

Materials used:-

Lotus flower stamp - Casual Fridays 'mon ami' set

Sentiment - Penny Black 'love and yoga' set

Watercolours - Gansai Tambi Pearl Pink

Die - stitched indented rectangles by Elizabeth Craft Designs

Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

Joy to the world

That's my first Christmas card made! I was delighted that the Less is More challenge for this week is to make a one layer card Christmas card as I like to start making my Christmas cards early. I am also going to enter this card into the CAS Christmas challenge where the theme is nativity.

I often use the masking technique to make one layer cards. For this design I made a circle mask from thin card and inked through the mask with distress inks to make the background. The stamps were inked and then clear embossed.

Materials used:-
Nativity stamp - Clarity stamps
Sentiment - Simply Cards and Papercraft Issue 142
Distress inks - Broken China and Shaded Lilac
Black ink - Versafine Onyx Black

Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

Birthday tag card

Here is a card I made recently using a lovely Lawn Fawn die which I am going to enter into the Happy Little Stampers 'Anything Goes with Dies' challenge.

I cut 2 tags out - one from white card and the other from vellum. I used baker's twine to attach them and then put them on a linen card with dimensional foam. This was a very quick and easy card to make!

Materials used:-

Tag die - Lawn Fawn stitched party banners 

Sentiment die - Stampin Up Well Said set

Vellum - Stampin Up Floral Romance set 

Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

Garden tag

Here is a card I made recently for my brother-in-law as he is keen on gardening. I like using die cut tags for cards as this makes a very easy card. I am going to enter this into the Happy Little Stampers Watercolour challenge which has the option of adding die cuts.

I stamped the tag with distress ink and used DI to colour the flower pots. Finally I added some string before attaching the tag with dimensional foam. 

Materials used:-

Die - Lawn Fawn detailed party banners
Stamps - Stampendous background stamp
Flower pots - Sheena Douglass Homegrown Stamp set
Sentiment - Stampin Up Sassy Salutations

Thank you for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Margaret

Xmas scene

I am delighted to get back to my blog as I've been busy doing other things over the past year and haven't had time for much crafting. I've now made a start on my Xmas cards and was delighted to find this CAS Christmas challenge.

I used brushos to create the background for my card - I love the vibrant colours you get with these. I then created a winter scene using the die cuts. I mounted this onto panel onto linen card to create some dimension.

I am also linking this card to the Happy Little Stampers Christmas Challenge where the optional twist is "twinkle".

Thank you visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments. Now pop over the see what the other participants have created for their Xmas cards. Margaret.


Materials used:-
Penny Black "Around Town" die set
Brushos and watercolour card for the background
Sentiment - Tim Holtz "Holiday Words" die
Lawn Fawn stitched hillside borders
Linen card 

Winter scene

Kimberly has created this cute inspiration card for the current Muse Christmas Visions challenge.

I used a few elements of her design in my card including the snow, the trees and the figure substituting a deer for the little girl.  To complete my card  I mounted the panel using foam tape to provide some dimension.

Materials used:-

A stamp set called "Woodland Cottage" from the Papercraft Inspirations magazine Issue 143 (Oct 2015)
Inks - Versafine Onyx black and Distress inks broken china and peeled paint
Watercolours - Kuretake Gansai Tambi

I am also entering this card into the Happy Little Stampers July Christmas challenge.

Thank you for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Why not pop over and look at what the other participants have created for this challenge?

Simply Watercolor

This week I have been having great fun taking part in an online class on water colouring run by Kristina Werner entitled Simply Watercolor.  Each day various techniques are demonstrated which you can then try out.  This class is different from other craft classes I have done in that no stamps are used.  Below are some of my attempts - I will keep practising as I do like the effect created with the watercolours.  I have done a number of these online card classes and really enjoyed them.

Sweet baby

The code word on the current challenge at Addicted to CAS is "baby" and we are being asked to make a clean and simple card.

Here is my very clean and simple baby card.  Unfortunately the background looks pink when in reality it is white - the light wasn't very good when I took the photo.  I stamped the image and coloured it in with distress inks before mounting it onto some pearl card to match the sentiment.

Materials used:-

Die cut sentiment - Tattered Lace

Stamp - from stash

Distress inks - tattered rose and picked raspberry

Card - Centura pear in pink

Thank you for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Margaret

Muse Xmas Trees

Lindsey is the designer on the current Muse Christmas Visions challenge and she has created this lovely card.  I really liked the overall design and the sentiments she used on her card.

I tried to replicate Lindsey's design on my card using a Stampin' Up stamp and punch set for the trees.  I used distress inks for the sky spritzing this with Perfect Pearls to produce a sheen.

Materials used:-

Stamps - Stampin' Up "Festival of Trees" set with matching punch

Dies - Lawn Fawn stitched snowflakes, large stitched rectangle and stitched hillside borders

Inks - Colorbox alpine for the trees

Distress inks - broken china and faded jeans 

Sentiments - "Festive Fun" set from a magazine 

Thank you for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Why don't you join in the Christmas Muse challenge and get some of your Christmas cards made early?

Birthday butterfly

This week's challenge on Less is More is to use an item from your "bits" box to make a card.  Like most crafters I  hate to throw anything away so I have plenty of scraps.  Luckily I had sorted these out last week so could quickly find what I thought would make a good card.  Here is my card - I added the sentiment and the pearls but everything else was from my "bits" box.  This must be one of the quickest cards I have ever made! 

The only difficulty is remembering what you used so here are the materials I think I used:-

Die - Sizzix butterflies framelits (unsure how this was coloured)
Sentiment - Stampin' Up "Sassy Salutations" embossed with pearl silver embossing powder
Background - yupo paper inked with distress inks but I can't remember what I used for the silver shimmer
Frame - Lawn Fawn Large Stitched Rectangles

The background was inspired by one of Loll Thomson's videos on how to create a faux mother of pearl effect.

Thank you for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Now pop over to Less is More and see how the other participants changed their scraps into beautiful cards.

Night sky

Cornelia has produced this lovely card (below) as the inspiration on the Muse Christmas Visions blog for the current challenge.  She explained that she used a bag from a Chicago shop for the skyscape on her card

I was inspired by Santa and his reindeer flying across the moon but decided to set this in a rural setting as I don't have any suitable city dies.  This is the first time I have used the Tim Holtz trees die and I was pleased with how easily it cut the card.  I used a mask for the moon and then coloured the sky with distress inks, spritzing the ink with perfect pearls to produce a starry effect.  Finally I mounted the panel on silver mirri card and cut out the sentiment from the same card.

Materials used:-

Sissix Thinlets Tim Holtz tree die (661604)
Sissix Thinlets Tim Holtz holiday words script
Moon mask - Clarity stamps
Santa stamp - Hobby Art "from our home to yours" set
Distress inks - broken china and faded jeans


Thank you very much for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Margaret

Muse Joy

Pam A has created this beautiful card (above) to inspire us at the current challenge at Muse Christmas Visions.  I loved Pam's design with the dove in the circle and the die cut sentiment and tried to create something similar in my card.  I used Brushos for my background and die cut the dove and the sentiment. Finally I mounted the panel onto some blue card.  The end result was a clean and simple card to add to my stash of Christmas cards.

Materials used:-

Brushos - various shades of blue

Watercolour card

Dove die - Apple Blossom from Craft Stash Ltd (possibly from a magazine)

Lawn Fawn dies - Scripty Joy, Large Stitched Rectangles Stackables and Large Stitched Circles  Stackables

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Margaret

I am going to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Muse Christmas Visions 101

Time Out where the challenge is Holidays

Happy Little Stampers June Christmas Challenge - anything goes with an optional twist of joy

                               

 

Christmas Visions 100

This is the 100th challenge on Muse Christmas Visions and there are lots of goodies to win!  Chriss is the Muse for this challenge and here is the card she has created.



This is my take on her card - I was inspired by the Christmas flowers and the gold embossing.  I did try one card with a wash but I decided I preferred the clean and simple look!  I embossed the flowers and then coloured them with watercolour paint.  I mounted the panel on foam to create some dimension.

Materials used:-

Poinsettia stamp from a magazine
Sentiment - Stamps Away
Watercolour paint - Gansai Tambai
Embossing powder - gold pearl from My Colour Studio
Sequins - muted metallic by Little Things

Well done to Ardyth and her team for setting up this challenge blog - it is a great challenge to take part in with the bonus of getting your Christmas cards done early!

Celebrate

The CAS Mix Up Card Challenge this month is to use a rubber
band technique - this involves putting rubber bands around an acrylic block and then either stamping with Versamark or ink to produce interesting patterns.  It's always fun to try out a new technique.  For this card I used Versamark ink and then inked up the card with distress inks.  I die cut the sentiment and then clear embossed it. Finally I mounted the banner on linen card using foam tape and added some sequins for interest.

Techniques used - rubber band technique, die cutting and embossing.



Materials used:-
Distress inks - picked raspberry and abandoned coral
Word die - Penny Black Creative Dies
Lawn Fawn stitched party banners
Sequins - Doodlebug design cupcake

Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Margaret

Let it snow

Another challenge from Muse Christmas Visions - this week's Muse is Cornelia and here is her inspiration card.  I was inspired by the fun element in her card and also the white background.

 

 

Here is my take on Cornelia's card - I used my Misti to position the stamps and added some Wink of Stella for the snow.  Unfortunately this does not show up very well in my photo. 

 

 

Materials used:-

Stamps - Winter Wonderland free set from a magazine

Sentiment - Uniko Studio Stunning Snowflakes set

Ink - Colorbox pigment cat's eyes and Versafine onyx black

Wink of Stella in silver for the snow effect

 

Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  I would encourage you to take part in the Muse Christmas Visions challenge as it is a great way to get your Christmas cards made painlessly!

 

 

 

 



So sorry

The current challenge on Less is More is to CASE (copy and share everything) the lovely inspiration card by Aileen (below).

I like having an inspiration card and find it gets me thinking about stamps I have which I may be able to use to CASE the card.  I remembered I had a lovely flower stamp from Technique Tuesdays which I felt would work.  I stamped the flower in distress ink and then painted it with various colours of distress ink.  I gave the background a light wash with antique linen distress ink to tone down the white card.  Finally I used a stitched die to cut out the image before mounting it on a watercolour card. 

Materials used:-
Watercolour card
Stamps - Technique Tuesday Agapanthus set
Distress inks - chipped sapphire, faded jeans, stormy sky, bundled sage, forest moss and antique linen
Archival ink - cobalt
Die - Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle stackable

Thanks very much for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Now pop over to the Less is More blog to see how the other participants have been inspired by Aileen's card.  Margaret

Joyful deer

The current inspiration card for Muse Christmas Visions has been designed by Chriss (shown above). I really liked how the pink background set off the gold embossing. I also liked the deer and the sentiment Chriss used.  I tried to use these elements in my card.  I made the panel first before mounting it on foam tape on a linen card.

I am also going to enter this card into the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown challenge which is embossing.

Materials used:-

Stamps - "Woodland Christmas" which was a freebie from Creative Stamping issue 27
Embossing powder - Gold Pearl by My Colour Studio
Distress inks - picked raspberry and abandoned coral
Dies (all from Lawn Fawn) - "Scripty Joy", "Stitched hillside border" and "large stitched rectangle stackables"
Gold card for the sentiment

Thanks for visiting my blog - I really appreciate your comments.  Margaret