Hi everyone,
Welcome to the start of the CAS Christmas August Challenge!
Our very talented Designer, Trina (Phamtastic Design), is our host this month, and she chose "Pine" as the theme. We are lucky to have two wonderful Guest Designers, Elizabeth (Paper Sweetness), and Lucie (LucieG Cards). Welcome, Elizabeth and Lucie!
Here's my card:
I made the pinecones and bauble blueish to pay homage to Trina. Her favorite color is blue.
[How I made the card]
1. Made Alcohol Ink backgrounds and die-cut pinecones, a bauble, and a pine bough.
2. Die-cut ornament's caps and hangers from silver foil paper.
3. Glimmer foiled the dotted frame on the front panel.
4. Glued the pinecones, ornaments, and pine bough onto the front panel.
5. Heat-embossed the sentiment.
6. Adhered the entire panel to the card base.
There are more inspirations on the challenge site. I hope you play along with us and add a Christmas card to your stash!
Beautiful Hideko, love your embossed pine cones and bauble and so perfectly framed with your silver hot foiling ♥ p.s. my BD card arrived but saving it till next week xx
ReplyDeleteOh wow, those are beautiful! I was wondering what you used to make them so vibrant and gorgeous! Alcohol ink is the perfect choice for those baubles!
ReplyDeleteYour alcohol ink pinecones, sprig and bauble are so beautiful. The silver adds more shine and elegance to your lovely, CAS design, Hideko. Great work, my friend! xx
ReplyDeleteWhat rich alcohol inked colors, Hideko! It made for some beautiful ornaments to hang from your pine bough! A wonderful tribute to Trina and her love of blue!
ReplyDeleteTFS your detailed description and especially the close up photo of your beautiful and shiny baubles and pine bough, Hideko. I Loved your CAS design and how you die cut your images from a gorgeous alcohol ink background. Your blues, green, silver and white color combo is stunning too. Love and hugs...Nancy
ReplyDeleteYour blue pinecones and bauble are a lovely tribute to Trina! I love the pattern on the bauble and your dotted foil frame is perfect! Beautiful card, Hideko ~ xx
ReplyDeleteHideko... your alcohol ink die cuts look so much like watercolor but the vibrancy is wonderful. Just love your card. Thank you so much for asking me to GD this month!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely BEAUTIFUL card Hideko!! I'm so glad you included the side photo so we could see more of the color variations in the baubles and pine branch, and also the shine of the foil with your dotted frame! Lovely, lovely card my friend!! Hugs. :0)
ReplyDeleteWhat bright vibrant colors you achieved with your AI's Hideko - I'm glad you showed a close up so we could see the beautiful detail on your die cut ornaments! Love the silver on the ornament tops and sentiment! x
ReplyDeleteOh you are so sweet, Hideko! Love the BLUE bauble and pinecones! So fun and unexpected and they pop so beautifully in your fabulous design.
ReplyDeleteHideko, your blue baubles are so beautiful hanging from the pine branches.
ReplyDeleteHello, Hideko! Something has gone terribly wrong over at Blogger - I'm not getting the CAS Christmas posts in my email box anymore - more importantly, they aren't delivering YOUR posts either! I guess I should consider myself lucky that it continued so long!
ReplyDeleteYour pine boughs are the perfect size for your darling little baubles - such gorgeous alcohol ink colors you have there, my friend! LOve the foiled dotted frame! A very merry Christmas card!
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