Thursday, January 3, 2019

Wrapped Star

Hello dear friends.

Today is the launch of another
CAS Christmas Challenge.


The very talented Christine is our host this month.

I've used a piece of salted watercolor as the sky for
my die cut silver star.

Be sure to check out the awesome entries from our Design Team
and Guest Designer, Kaja (Kajcyika crafts).

I hope you'll join us at CAS Christmas.

It's so nice to have those Christmas cards done and ready to go
when December rolls around.

And it rolls around quicker every year!

Also adding to


Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!


Card Recipe
Stamps:  Christmas Blessings (Verve)
Ink:   Encore Silver
Paper:   Neenah, Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press), Silver Foil (SU)
Other:  Wrapped Star (PS), Silver EP (SU), Double Stitched Circle Die (LI), Salt, Gansai Tambi Watercolors 


25 comments:

Colleen said...

Love your background and stunning star die! Beautiful!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

This is stunning Bonnie, what a wonderful start to next years cards LOL.
I was lucky to find about 50 from past years that were perfect for 2018 Christmas. As they have all gone, I had better get started early too.
Faith
x

Loll said...

Love your salted background with the gorgeous silver star die-cut over top. Beautiful design, my friend! xx

Mac Mable said...

The salt technique is so unique and so very beautiful. Love the large scale of that ever so pretty sparkly star. Wonderful card and a fabulous design x

Nstiz said...

This one is so elegant, Bonnie! I'm a big fan of your dusty blue color which really represents winter. I LOVE that star die, one I haven't seen before. Beautifully done!

Christine Alexander said...

Beautiful salted background and love that star, so elegant :)

Papercraft Boutique said...

The purplish dark blue salted background is so beautiful, Bonnie! You got great salt results. I love how you used the star die-cut. It's pretty big but you let the salted background see through. It's a wonderful design!
Hideko xx

kiwimeskreations said...

Oh Bonnie what a beauty - love the silver against the dark mottled blue background, and that sentiment has such a classic look!
Blessings
Maxine

JosieD said...

What a striking card! Love the blue and silver combo and the salted wc sky, that unique die cut star and putting it in a circle, and the Verve sentiment stamp which adds class and balance. (I noticed you used it on several cards for 2018 and it really catches my eye every time). In short, all your design elements come together so beautifully for an interesting and artsy card.

jimlynn said...

VERY pretty background for that lovely star die. Love your card Bonnie!
Lynn

Bobby said...

My daughter, the artist, told me about using salt a long time ago but I filed it away and never retrieved it. You've brought it back to me with your wonderful salty background, Bonnie, and I will be trying it ASAP. The silver star looks fabulous with it.

Trina P. said...

The salted background provides a lovely “starry” background. The silver star pops beautifully against it. Cool circle cutout design too. xx

Sandy said...

Perfect combination!!
Sandy xx

Linda said...

Bonnie, your salted background is so pretty for your silver star. Happy New Year, friend.

TK said...

Bonnie, this is so beautiful! Great backdrop sky, and that shimmery star is perfect!

Doris said...

You sure do have a way with watercolor, Bonnie! Love the blue on this card.

Julia Aston said...

What a great star die cut Bonnie with all the diagonal lines on it crossing over that beautiful salty blue winter sky! Julia xx

Marcia Hill said...

This is beautiful Bonnie! And I think it really does work better with darker colors when using the salt technique...I can see the magic in your background so much clearer than the light pink I used with my background! And the silver star is just lovely against that salted background...gorgeous card my friend!! :0)

Robin said...

Great design Bonnie! Love your salt technique! Thanks for participating in Poppystamps "Starry Night" Challenge!

Nance said...

Beautiful silver star die and love the "salted" sky background, Bonnie! xx

Pat said...

This blue salty background is full of interest Bonnie, and the silver die cut star is a really beauty, and the sentiment in that gothic script finishes it beautifully. x

Jo said...

Such a pretty BG for that silver star. Loving your design, I know I'm repeating myself LOL.
The silver sentiment is so appropriate for this beauty xx

pam said...

Perfect background for this lovely star Bonnie.
Thank you for joining us over on Poppystamps challenge blog.
Pam x

BożenA said...

Such a beautiful salted background, Bonnie. I love how color accumulated around crystals creating such amazing patterns. Star is brilliant on him.
BożenA xx

Jeanne J. said...

This is so classy and elegant Bonnie!