CAS Christmas August Challenge - merry christmas

Hi everyone,

It's time for a reminder for CAS Christmas Challenge! 

Here's my card:

[How I made the card]

1. Die-cut the decorations and the pine bows from watercolor paper.

2. Watercolored the die-cuts.

3. Glued glitter paper to the back of the decorations.

4. Die-cut the window from the front pane and heat-embossed the sentiment (*1).

5. Inked light blue with a blending brush on the card base and glued the pine bows and decorations on the base.

6. Drew strings with a white gel pen.

7. Popped up the front panel on the card base with foam tape.

(*1) Stamped the sentiment with Distress Oxide Ink and heat-embossed it with clear glitter embossing powder to give the sentiment sparkle. 

I hope you'll check out our challenge blog for more inspiration, and share your card with us here. Our challenge link closes on August 24th.

Stamp: Snow Globe Sentiments (My Favorite Things)
Paper: Watercolor Paper (Arches - Cold Press 140 lbs), Basic White, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!), Glitter Paper (Recollections)
Ink: Distress Ink (Rustic Wilderness, Pine, Needles, Crushed Olive, Brushed Corduroy - Ranger), Distress Oxide Ink (Rustic Wilderness, Tumbled Glass - Ranger)
Paint: Gansai Tambi (Silver - Kuretake)
Other: Dies (Take a Bough - Concord & 9th, Christmas Icons - Impression Obsession, Hemstitch Squares - Spellbinders), Masking Paper (Masking Magic - Gina K), Embossing Powder (Clear Sparkle - Wow!), Foam Tape (3M), Connect Glue (Gina K), Gelly Roll (White, 10 mm - Sakura)