CAS Mix-Up November 2026

If you haven't stenciled with powdered inks, this month's challenge at CAS Mix-Up is the perfect time to give it a try.  Loll has a couple of videos on the blog to help you along.

I know I have never done this technique and found it fun and fascinating.  

I don't have a ton of stencils with large openings that would make a good card but I did find this one from Taylored Expressions called Zinnia.  I think of orange when I think of Zinnias so I got out my orange Brusho and had a go.  It is recommended to put your watercolor (or mixed media) panel on an acrylic block to make it easier to remove the stencil.  This was my third try at getting the right amount of powder with the right amount of water but it turned out great.  Ivory cardstock was cut with Lawn Fawn's Scalloped Circle. I had a boo boo where I stamped the Altenew sentiment so I stamped another one and cut it with an oval die to put over the top.  

I even got a reverse stencil panel with the leftovers.  You can see the card I made with it here.

I hope you'll join us at CAS Mix-Up this month.  The design team has some wonderful cards made with powders and stencils to inspire you.  

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The Paper Players #810 and Color Hues #144

While almost everyone else is making Christmas cards, I'm still in golf mode.  Today's card is for The Paper Players theme 'Plaid' and Color Hues colors of red and green as chosen by Bonnie. 

That cute little golf cart is from Taylored Expressions.  I found the great plaid in a pack from Photo Play and trimmed it down so a little white card base would show.  To make the cart stand out, I cut a circle from Spellbinders Fern which was a perfect match to the green in the plaid.  The sentiment was computer generated.  

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Inkspirational #379

I'm getting quite a collection of Autumn cards because I never send any out.  I have another one today for the visual prompt at Inkspirational.

The pumpkins are an oldie from Penny Black, stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Distress Inks.  The panel was cut with the Double Stitched Fancy Frame from Pinkfresh Studio and added to a panel of Spellbinder's Saffron cardstock embossed with Honey Bee's Burlap folder.  The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink.

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Freshly Made Sketches #760

The sketch at Freshly Made Sketches conjured up all sorts of things but I couldn't decide until I found some ornaments already foiled and stenciled in the package.  That lead to this.

The Ornaments are from Pinkfresh Studio.  Of course the silver foiling and silver ink on the ornaments or the silver embossing on the sentiment don't show up well in the photo but it gives a beautiful shine IRL.  When I picked the background paper it looked like it matched the lighter color in the ornaments but alas it doesn't look like it now.  It was embossed with an older 2D folder from Richard Garay that Michele gifted me many years ago.  I added some Honey Bee Winter Greenery cut from Spellbinders Treasured Antique Cardstock in Brushed Metallic.  

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Just Us Girls #847 - CASE a Designer

It's time for the Design Team to inspire your card at Just Us Girls.  

Fifth Thursday means CASE the Designer.  Pick a card made by one of the team and make your own card based on it.  Here's my inspiration.

Large floral - Mondo Chrysanthemum from EBE, colored with Ohuhu markers with Altenew artist markers on the leaves.  Patterned paper background - Honey Bee.  EZPZ 

I hope to see your card in the gallery whoever you choose to CASE.  

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Time Out #325

It's a theme challenge at Time Out.

We are being sponsored by Birch Press and the winner of this challenge will receive a $25 store credit.

We are being joined by Rita Wright as a guest designer. She and the Design Team have plenty of inspiration for you over on the blog.

I saw Jennifer McGuire do a card similar to this using Pinkfresh Studio Beautiful Branch and I wanted to try it.  The flowers are stenciled with red from Altenew and Rustic Wilderness Distress ink. The top corner of the card base is cut to give the branch some open space and a second die cut glued to the back of it for a cleaner look.  It looked rather bare to me so I stamped and colored another one for the bottom.  The sentiment is from Honey Bee's Squeeze the Day.  

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