CAS Mix Up February Challenge - just a note

Hi everyone,

My dear friend, Nancy, is hosting a challenge at CAS Mix Up Challenge this month.

She chose Stencil Heat Embossing as the theme.

Here's my card:

[How I made the card]

1. Die-cut a square frame on the front card base.

2. Masked outside of the square frame and stamped the stone wall image with Distress Ink.

3. Die-cut a piece of acetate sheet with leaf dies and made a stencil.

4. Put the leaf stencil over the stone image, added VersaMark to the card front through the stencil, and heat-embossed with Distress Embossing Glaze.

5. Spattered gold Perfect Pearl inside the frame.

6. Made a sentiment strip by sponging white card stock with Distress Oxide Ink, and foiled the sentiment on the strip using gold foil.

7. Cut two sentiment strips, glued them onto the back of the foiled sentiment strip for dimension, and glued the entire piece onto the card front.

I love how the stamped stone image shows through the Distress Embossing Glaze. 

Sorry I was not able to get any shine from the Glaze or the Perfect Pearl in my photos.

Let's go and look at the challenge blog to see the Design Team's and the other participants' cards!

Stamp: Slate & Stone (Stampers Anonymous)
Paper: Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Weathered Wood (Distress Ink - Ranger), Speckled Egg (Distress Oxide Ink - Ranger), VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Other: Dies (Layered Leaves - My Favorite Things, Hemstitch Squares - Spellbinders), Distress Embossing Glaze (Speckled Egg - Tim Holtz), Glimmer Plate (Everyday Sentiments II - Spellbinders), Glimmer Hot Foil (Gold - Spellbinders), Perfect Pearl (Gold - Ranger), Connect Glue (Gina K)

CAS Christmas February Challenge - santa paws

Hi everyone,

I'm here with the reminder post for this month's CAS Christmas Challenge. Susan's challenge is Dogs and/or Cats.

Here's my card:

[How I made the card]

1. Stamped the image with Distress Oxide Ink on a piece of watercolor paper, clear heat-embossed it, and watercolored it.

2. Gold heat-embossed the sentiment.

3. Die-cut the window and attached a piece of acetate sheet from behind.

4. White heat-embossed the reindeer and Santa's sled on the card base.

5. Ink-blended the sky with Distress Oxide ink and spritzed shimmer spray over the sky.

6. Adhered the front panel with foam tape.

The acetate window reflected in the above photo and the sky looked funky. Here's the actual look.

The most difficult part of making this card for me was doing the rough watercoloring.

I tend to overdo it with watercolors and ruin the image so I had to fight the urge to fill in every blank spot or color with many brush strokes instead of a single swish. I colored a few dogs, and I think this was the best of the bunch. 😉

Join this fun challenge! The challenge is open until February 24th.

Stamp: Happy Pawlidays (My Favorite Things), Holiday Home (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Distress Watercolor Cardstock (Ranger), Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Distress Oxide Ink (Ground Espresso, Blueprint Sketch - Ranger), VersaMark (Tsukineko)

Paint: Watercolor paint (Gansai Tambi - Kuretake)

Other: Dies (Stitched Rectangles - Simon Says Stamp), Embossing Powder (Gold, White - Hero Arts), Sheer Shimmer Craft Spray (Sparkle - Tsukineko), Foam Tape (3M)

CAS Christmas February Challenge - happy pawlidays

Hi everyone, 

Welcome to the CAS Christmas February Challenge! This month's challenge is hosted by our animal lover Designer, Susan (Cardmaker's Garret). She chose Dogs and/or Cats as the theme. We have a wonderful Guest Designer, Jane (Onions and Paper).

I used an adorable stamp set from My Favorite Things, and made this card.

[How I made the card]

1. Heat-embossed the sentiment 6 times in white on a piece of mixed media paper.

2. Masked the bottom sentiment and white heat-embossed the puppy.

3. Colored the puppy with color pencils, and added black to its eyes with the glaze pen.

4. Die-cut the double stitched frame and glued the front panel to the card base.

Coloring is not my forte, but I felt color-penciling on tan mixed media paper was more forgiving (you can easily erase your mistakes), and I liked it. 😊

Fun and cute dogs/cats Christmas cards are waiting to see you at the challenge site. Please check it out and join the fun!

Stamp: Happy Pawlidays, Critter Condolences (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Toned Tan Mixed Media Paper (Strathmore), Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko), Pigment Ink (Unicorn White - Hero Arts)

Other: Color Pencils (Prismacolor), Embossing Powder (White - Hero Arts), Dies (Just Stitching Double Rectangles - Lawn Fawn), Gelly Roll Glaze Pen (Black - Sakura), Connect Glue (Gina K)