Pine Boughs for CAS Mix Up

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I've used a piece of salted background and used this beautiful, Big Bold stamp

that I won during Kathy Racoosin's 30 Day Coloring Challenge in July.

Using my MISTI, I stamped parts of the pine boughs and pine cone with White Pigment ink

placing it off the side.  Then I heat embossed the images.

I used Zigs and my waterbrush to add color to the pine cone and winked the boughs

and cones to add some shimmer.  The camera chooses to ignore the sparkle.

Challenges:

CAS Mix Up - Watercolour Off the Edge

Double D - Pine Trees or Pine Cones 

Merry Little Christmas - Anything Goes

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Pine Branch & Pine Cones (Colorado Craft)

Ink:   Whisper White, Chocolate Chip (SU)

Paper:   Watercolor (Arches Cold Press), Neenah

Other:  Gansai Tambi Watercolors, Salt (Seasalt, Himalayan Pink), White EP, Zig CCRBM (Brown, Mid Brown), WOS, Stately EF (ret. Craft Concepts)

More Fun with Perfect Pearls

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A couple of months ago, I zoomed with some friends and we use Perfect Pearls.

I've finally made some cards with my makes and need to share them

before the season passes.

For this card, I mixed gold Perfect Pearls with Pumpkin Pie ink and water and painted on

this leaf die cut.  While it was still wet, I brushed some copper Perfect Pearls

on top.

I've used some of the leftover gold mix smooshed on the background and

did a little random stamping over that with Tea Die ink.

Here's a picture that shows more of the shine.

I used the same technique for this card but used a little print making 

for the background.

Isn't this a wonderful sentiment stamp?

And a close up of the shine.

Challenges:

Sunday Stamps - Color Challenge

Krafty Chicks - Stamp Act

 

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Handwritten Notes (PTI), French Foliage (ret. SU)

Ink:   Pumpkin Pie, Tea Die (DI), Versamark

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Mixed Media (Strathmore 400 series), Copper Foil (stash)

Other:  Perfect Pearls (Gold, Copper), Woodland Branch Die (MB), Stitched Leaf Die (Lawn Fawn)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Autumn Mosaic (IO

Ink:   Versamark

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Mixed Media (Strathmore), Copper Foil (stash)

Other: Stitched Leaf Dies (Lawn Fawn), Perfect Pearls (Gold, Bronze), Copper EP (Zing)

Poinsettia Joy

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For this card, I used a purchased mask and sponged some Iced Spruce DOX

inside the mask.  I added just a hint of Picked Raspberry too.  Then I

splattered it with some diluted white gouache paint.  I love how I have nice

crisp edges that I can't seem to get with sticky notes.

I've added some frames and a little die cut, sponged and shaped poinsettia from

my stash.

Challenges:

CAS Christmas - Non-traditional Colors

Christmas Kickstart - Festive Florals

 

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  

Ink:  Iced Spruce, Picked Raspberry (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah, Smokey Slate, Dazzling Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Marvelous Masks Rectangles (Colorful Life Designs), Layered Poinsettia Die (Splbndr), Small Frame Die (Ali), Fine Frames (Alt), Joy Die (Eliz.Crafts), White gouache paint, Gold Dazzling Details

Christmas Creatures

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I've die cut this Delightful Deer (retired MFT-sorry) from a snippet of Neenah,

and colored him with Copics.

The background is Birch Tree Window from SSS die cut from Neenah

and colored with watercolor pencils.  I've placed it on a piece

of mixed media colored wet on wet with some Distress inks and a retired Stampin' Up ink.

The snowdrifts are die cut and some shadowing added with watercolor pencils.

Challenges:

Jingle Belles - Creature Feature

Pixies Snippet Playground - Use your snippets (deer, bird, snowdrifts)

 

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Prancers (PB)

Ink:   Emerald Envy (ret. SU), Iced Spruce, Evergreen Bough (DI)

Paper:   Neenah, Emerald Envy (ret. SU)

Other:  Delightful Deer Die (ret. MFT), Birch Tree Window die (SSS), Stitched Snowdrifts Dies (MFT), Copics (E13, E23, E25, R29, R39), Caran d'ache Supracolor Pencil (grey), Chunky White Frantage (Stampendous)

Off the Edge for CAS Mix Up

Hello there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up where
we're doing watercolour this month.

I'm hosting this month and here's what I chose....

This is a great way to use those large images on our CAS cards.

I stamped the largest of the three butterflies from this set

off the edge on Mixed Media paper with Embossing Ink and heat embossed.

I used a wet on wet technique with my Ganasi Tambi watercolors to color the butterfly.

I let it dry and used the same technique with Distress ink smooshed on my palette.

A stamped sentiment and a few splatters finished it off.

Our fantastic Design Team along with our very talented Guest Designer Michele.

have some fabulous inspiration pieces to show you.

I hope you'll check them out and join us at

CAS Mix Up.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Butterfly Trio (PB), Sprinkles and Smiles (PB)

Ink:   Wow Embossing Pad, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Mixed Media (Strathmore), Basic Black, Neenah

Other:  Black EP, Gansai Tambi Watercolors (33 orange, 43 mid yellow, 32 red), Licorice Acrylic Paint and White Gouache for splatter