CAS Christmas Card August Challenge - merry christmas

It's the 3rd of the month and time for our CAS Christmas Card Challenge.
This month I'm thrilled to host the challenge for the first time and we have some great news: 
First, a wonderful Guest Designer, Barb (Barb's Studio Creations), is back! She was our very first Guest Designer in May, and we're so happy to have her join us again.
Second, we have two new talented Designers joining us on our team starting this month! Colleen Foelker (One Smile Lifts a Spirit) and Linda Snodgrass (Lin's Craft Corner). We're so excited to have them!


So, I chose Tree as a theme for this month. Trees are one of the necessities in Christmas cards, aren't they?

 
Here's what I made:

First, I die-cut the dotted white front panel. Then I punched out 2 trees from silver foil paper, heat-embossed tinsel on them, and placed them so that they look like the letter M.
Next, I die-cut the sentiment, Merry, from silver foil paper, cut off the first letter (M), and pasted it next to the trees. Finally, I heat-embossed the sentiment, CHRISTMAS, in silver.

Please check out our challenge site to find the wonderful inspirational cards our Designers and Barb have created. I hope to see your tree card in the gallery!

Stamp: Festival of Trees, Wishing You (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Real Red, Whisper White, Silver Foil Paper (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Tree Punch, Expressions Thinlits Dies (Stampin' Up!), Dotted Rectangles Framelits (Sizzix), Embossing Powder (White, Silver - Hero Arts), Home for Christmas Enamel Dots (Stampin' Up!), Foam Tape (3M), Stick It Adhesive Sheet

Magic Flowers with Embedded Brushos

I made another card using Alexandra Renke dies. I thought the silhouette dies were perfect for the embedded Brushos background I made last month. I used the second pull for this card and used the first pull for today's card.

I cut a rectangular panel out of the embedded Brushos background piece, and layered it over a black panel of almost the same size. The magic flowers were die cut and pasted on the panel. The sentiment was stamped in black. I wanted to stamp a vertical sentiment, so I used a Japanese stamp. It says "Arigato", meaning "Thank you".

Thanks for stopping by!


Stamp: Arigato (Kodomo no Kao)
Paper: Watercolor Paper (Arches Hot Press - 140 lb), Whisper White, Basic Black (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Brusho (Turquoise, Sea Green, Purple), Versafine (Onyx Black - Tsukineko), Craft Stampin' Pad (Whisper White - Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Dies (Magic Flower - Alexandra Renke), Embossing Folder (Seaside - Stampin' Up!), Nuvo Aqua Shimmer Pen (Glitter Gloss)

CAS Christmas Card July Challenge - merry christmas

Today I'm posting a reminder card for the CAS Christmas July Challenge. 
Loll is hosting the challenge and the theme is Poinsettia. The challenge is open until July 24th so you have one more week to play along.

Here's my card:

I made a red poinsettia card earlier this month, so I changed gears this time.
I heat-embossed the poinsettia and leaves in white and die-cut them. I watercolored them with Zig markers, and added some silver glitter glue in the center of the flower.
I also heat-embossed a few images in white on the card base to add some interest to the background.
The colored poinsettia and the heat-embossed sentiment strip were popped up with foam tape. 

I hope you'll check out the challenge blog to see the reminder cards made by our wonderful Guest Designer, Marina, and our talented Designers. Please come and play along!

Stamp: Winter Flowers (Simon Says Stamp), Embellished Events (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Mixed Media Paper (140 lb. - Strathmore), Basic Black (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers (Cobalt Blue, Violet, Green, Deep Green, Yellow - Kuretake), VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Dies (Winter Flowers - Simon Says Stamp), Embossing Powder (White, Silver - Hero Arts), Stickles Glitter Glue (Silver Ice - Ranger), Thin 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives)