CAS Christmas July 2026 - Holiday Hugs

Hi everyone!

The theme for this month's CAS Christmas Challenge is "Snowman." ⛄️

With the extreme hot weather we're having here in LA, playing with snowmen is the perfect way to cool off! 😉

Here’s what I created:

To give a little twist to falling snow, I stenciled a background of tiny hearts. For the sentiment, I die-cut it and colored it to match the ink of the hearts. Then, I stamped these cute little snow-boy and girl, heat-embossed them with clear embossing powder, and colored them with Prismacolor pencils. To keep the card CAS, I added a soft, subtle frame impression using a frame die and an embossing pad.

Make sure to pop over to the challenge site to see all the other wonderful snowman cards!

Thanks so much for visiting me today!

Stamp: Frosty Littles (Hello Bluebird)
Ink: Distress Ink (Salty Ocean - Ranger), Versafine (Onyx Black - Tsukineko)
Paper: Basic White (Stampin' Up!)
Others: Dies (Frosty Littles - Hello Bluebird, Holiday Hugs - Birch Press Design, North Pole Mail Candy Came Frame - Papertrey Inc), Stencil (Heart Lines - Alexandra Renke), Embossing Powder (Clear - Hero Arts), Prismacolor Pencils, Connect Glue (Gina K)

CAS Christmas June 2026 - Peace & Joy

Hi everyone!

I'm so happy that the CAS Christmas Challenge is back! 😊

Here's my bird card:

I realized that I have very few Christmas bird stamps or dies, so I decided to make good use of a small dove die I've had for a while. 

I die-cut a dove five times from masking paper, and arranged the masks as if they were flying across the sky. I then softly ink-blended the sky over the masked doves with a blending brush. The frame and the sentiment were gold-foiled.

Looking forward to seeing your Christmas birds in the gallary!

Thanks for visiting me today!

Ink: Distress Oxide Ink (Tumbled Glass, Salvaged Patina - Ranger)
Paper: Basic White (Stampin' Up!)
Others: Dove Die (Momenta Art-C), Masking Magic (Gina K), Glimmer Hot Foil Plate (Scalloped Rectangle - Spellbinders, Perfect Sentiment Holiday - Pinkfresh Studio), Glimmer Foil (Aura - Spellbinders), Connect Glue (Gina K)

Cherish the Moment

Hi everyone,

I was inspired by the beautiful cards created by the Group of Seven Cardmakers, and tried my hand at the Stenciling over Heat Embossing technique.

Here's what I made:

I heat-embossed the background using a Balloon String background stamp with Clear Sparkle embossing powder, and then stenciled over it with a City Scene stencil and three blue distress oxide inks.

A lucky accident happened during the process. The Clear Sparkle embossigng powder has glitter, so when I stenciled over it, most of the glitter on the cityscape image came off. This unintentional effect worked well for the image I had in mind - a rainiy cityscape!

I hope you can see the sparkly rain in the sky in this picture:

I created a frame impression using a rectangular die and an embossing pad, and then I attached a foild sentiment strip to the front panel. 

I usually visit Tokyo in spring and fall, but I didn't make the trip this fall, which left me feeling a bit nostalgic.😢 Maybe that's why I picked up this cityscape stencill for this techniqe. 

Thanks for visiting me today!

Stamp: Balloon Strings (My Favorit Things)
Ink: Distress Oxide Ink (Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch - Ranger), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Paper: Basic White, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!)
Others: Stencil (City Scene - Altenew), Embossing Powder (Clear Sparkle - Wow!), Glimmer Hot Foil Plate (Glitter Wishes - Spellbinders), Glimmer Foil (Prism - Spellbinders), Connect Glue (Gina K), Dies (Nested Frame Rectangle - Hero Arts), Embossing Pads (Spellbinders)