10/17/2018

CAS Christmas Card October Challenge - merry

Today's card is a reminder of the CAS Christmas October Challenge hosted by Susan. Our guest designer this month is Sue (Sue's Card Craft).



I used a bird die I recently bought and made this card:


The background is an acetate sheet. I dropped 3 colors (blue, green, brown) of Alcohol Ink on the acetate piece and pounce them with an ink applicator. It looks like a forest, doesn't it? I really like how the colors turned out.

The bird and the sentiment were die-cut and glued on the acetate. I edged the front panel/frame with Gold Stickles and glued the front panel to the card base.




Please check out the challenge blog and come and play along with us! The challenge is open until October 24th.
Looking forward to seeing your tree card in the gallery!







 
Paper: Whisper White (Stampin' Up!), Embossable Window Plastic (Judi Kins)
Ink:
Alcohol Ink (Stream, Botanical, Teakwood - Ranger)
Accessories:
Dies (Die-namics A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX - My Favorite Things, Peaceful Wishes - Penny Black, Merry Christmas Brush Script Word & Sentiment - Kat Scrappiness), Stickles (Gold - Ranger)

14 comments:

  1. Love the deep colours of your alcohol and acetate background, Hideko. It really DOES look like a forest! Such a pretty bird die-cut. Really pops along with the sentiment all cut from white. Great framing with your large white frame and the bit of sparkly gold around the edge ... adds a beautiful finishing touch to your card. xx

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  2. Gorgeous alcohol ink background that really makes your elegant die cut bird and sentiment pop, Hideko. Love your stickles border too. TFS my friend. Hugs..Nancy

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  3. What a wonderful rich background, Hideko! It does look like a forest and the white die cut bird is so graceful flying above it! I love the contrast of the white die cuts with the dark background! Hope you have smooth traveling, my friend. I'll be thinking of you.

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  4. Gorgeous dark AI background! It does look like a forest - especially a forest at night time. Love your new bird die! And love the gold Stickles around the edge.

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  5. Wow Hideko, what a stunner. This card packs such a punch with that beautiful AI background against your white sentiment and dove :)

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  6. Very dramatic and striking with this stunning acetate AI background, Hideko! Makes the white diecuts stand out immensely. You may have recently bought AIs, but it seems you are a natural at using them. Awesome job! xx

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  7. Wow, I live your background piece, it does look like a forest! What a beautiful card and your bird die is lovely!

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  8. Beautiful AI background...LOVE how your dove and merry sentiment pop against it! Lovely, lovely card Hideko!! :0)

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  9. Beautiful card Hideko, love the AI background and the sweet bird diecut is perfect on it, Cathy x

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  10. Your background is so beautiful with your white bird and sentiment. Lovely, Hideko.

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  11. Very brave of you to use that colour combination and wow does it work so well....It is stunning x. Love the crisp white of eh die cuts and the pretty glitter from the sickles. Such an elegant and fabulous card x.

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  12. It's beautiful!! i love those dark colours with the stark white and such a pretty edging!

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  13. What a wonderful AI background for your lovely white bird Hideko! It DOES look like a dark forest! xx

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  14. Such a beautiful night forest which really brings focus to that white dove and sentiment. I love the edging added to this masterpiece, really adds to the richness of this beautiful card xx

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