CAS Christmas, Watercolor and Mix-Up Challenges

For some reason I seem to get my cards for the CAS challenges all ready at the same time and so I post them together.  It saves on writing and the Design Team members can comment once if they are on multiple teams.  A win-win for us all.

First up is my card for the CAS Christmas challenge - Joy.

The Casual Friday stamp is heat embossed with Silver Sparkle on metallic cardstock from Neenah.  It needed something more so I used my Scoreboard to add double score lines for a border.

For CAS Watercolor - Red and Black, I painted a flower from Penny Black using Zigs.

A PTI frame, some black spatters and a sentiment from SSS finishes it off.

The CAS Mix-Up challenge wanted us to make our own stencil from a die cut.  As I was looking through some dies I found a stencil I had made earlier and forgot about.  Why reinvent the wheel?

 

I recently purchased some Distress Spray Stains and thought it was time to try them out on the leaf stencil cut from a SSS die.  I started with Evergreen Bough and then add some Tarnished Brass. I had a little trouble with blobbing but it still turned out okay.  I cut the panel with the Nordic Frame from The Greetery and added a gold heat embossed sentiment from Paper Smooches.  

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CAS Mix-Up, Watercolor and Stencil for November

I'm having hand surgery tomorrow so I have to post all three of my CAS cards today (the fourth is my guest designer post for CAS Christmas that you've already seen).  The only cards you'll see from me for the next couple of months will be scheduled Design Team ones.  Let the show begin.

First Up - the Mix-Up Challenge:

I watched the shorter video and followed her directions.

I started by embossing black paper with the gear folder, then lightly inked with VersaMark and sprinkled copper, silver and gold powder before heating.  I layered it behind a popped up panel cut with a SSS stitched circle.  I had some coppery metallic paper to cut the PTI word die and then silver embossed the 'happy'.  So I have the oxidized metal, stamping of the sentiment, with die cuts as my choice. I think this makes a great masculine card.

Next is CAS Stencil.

I've tried monoprints before without much success but this time I think it worked.

I just HAD to have this Buffalo plaid stencil by Echo Park and think I've used it once.  I inked it up with Iced Spruce DOX, spritzed it (maybe not well enough) and printed it to my cardstock.  I love how the DOX separates into different colors.  I added some Altenew greens and a heat embossed sentiment from HLS.

Last but not least, and my favorite, for CAS Watercolor.

I've used this PB stamp many times but never all in browns.

I colored the stamp with Distress Markers and spritzed them, repeating several times until I got a look I liked.  The background looked a little stark so I inked the edges with Frayed Burlap, splattered some Walnut Stain and added a sentiment from N&T.

So that's it from me.  I love these CAS challenges and am so glad I had time to enter them.  Thanks, girls, for four more wonderful challenges that teach us new tricks and stretch our imaginations. These are the last challenges for the year as the teams take a break in December so hopefully I can enter again in January.

And thank you for dropping by.