More for the Christmas stash

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In trying to keep with my commitment to make Christmas cards early I thought I would enter  Muse: Christmas Visions 12
Here is Marika's gorgeous inspiration card -

Since I don't have any cute Christmas stamps I took my inspiration from the gifts & colours. 

I tried to recreate the pinks & lilacs in a watercolour piece which I die-cut with Simon Says Stamp Brilliant gifts die. I also die-cut from silver foil cardstock as well and used that as the outline of the gifts to inlay the watercolour pieces. I decided to keep the card very CAS but literally had to sit on my hands as the temptation to add some handrawn spots, glitter or some sort of bling was overwhelming,lol! Instinct was telling me I was probably going to mess it up and I wasn't prepared to glue down all those little pieces again so I took the "less is more" approach.  I finished with a PTI sentiment.

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Supplies - 
Stamps - PTI Signature Christmas
Die- SSS Brilliant Gifts
Ink - Archival Jet Black
Peerless Watercolours, Ranger Watercolour paper

Birthday garland

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Just stopping by with a quick card for CASology # 156 - Line

I used the small dot line from Winnie & Walter's Scenery Stripes and curved it on my acrylic block to stamp the garlands in Hero Arts Neon ink. I cut the "happy" word in gold foil and twice more in plain white to stack for dimension. A few Pretty Pink Posh sequins and it's done. For once what I envisioned came together pretty quick. If only that happened every time!
I am also entering this in Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Sparkle & Shine

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Supplies - 
Stamps - Winnie & Walter Scenery Stripes, The Big The Bold & The Happy
Ink - Hero Arts Neon Pink, Blue, Green & Orange, Archival Jet Black
Dies - Winnie & Walter In a Word: Happy cutaway
Pretty Pink Posh Sequins - Aquamarine, Fresh Mint, Pink Peonies, Lemon Drop, Tangerine

Merry Everything

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Started the year off committed to trying to make Christmas cards each month but failed miserably in keeping it going. So I thought I'd best get back into it again since there is only about 5 months to go!

I don't do a lot of cute stamping and I'm not big on colouring with pens either but I really love this set from MFT so when I had the opportunity to get it on special I took the plunge.
I stamped Santa & gifts first with Memento Tuxedo Black. I masked both & then stamped tree. I coloured all images with Copics & added Stickles Glitter glue to tree for ornaments & star. I then added some white flock to the trim on Santa's hat. A few sequins for sparkle & it's done!
I am entering this into One Layer Christmas Card Challenge # 13 - optional twist - gift.

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Supplies - 
Stamps - MFT Jingle All the Way
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics, Stickles Glitter Glue, sequins

Celebrate

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The latest CASology Week # 155 challenge is cupcakes so today I used an Avery Elle stamp & die set I've had for ages but never used. In the past I've had opportunities to do cupcakes but every time I pulled this set out I would sit & look at it, procrastinate for hours and end up doing nothing. I know, afraid of a cupcake! Who would have thought, lol!
Anyway, this is what I finally came up with -

On the main white card panel I stamped Hero Arts Raindrop background in MFT Berrylicious ink. The cupcake wrapper was stamped in MFT Blu Raspberry & I used Memento Rich Cocoa for cake top, icing & candle. The icing & candle were coloured with Copics and then die-cut. Then I coated the icing & candle flame with Multi Matte Medium and dipped into Clear Rock Candy dry glitter. The close up shows just how pretty it looks.

A sentiment from Hero Arts was stamped on die-cut frame panel using MISTI, Guaranteed of no stuff ups that way! Once everything was adhered I was tempted to add some sequins but decided to keep as CAS as possible.

CASology Week # 155 

Also entering Stamping Celebration Inspiration # 108

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Supplies - 
Stamps - Avery Elle cupcakes, Hero Arts Raindrop Background & Many Birthday Messages
Dies - Double-Stitched circle dies (can't remember brand), Avery Elle Cupcakes
Ink - MFT Berrylicious, Blu Raspberry, Memento Rich Cocoa, Archival Jet Black
Copics - RV00, RV10, BG10, Y17
Clear Rock Candy dry glitter

It's a Special Day

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A card for the Runway Inspired Challenge # 87

I absolutely loved the elegant top in the inspiration photo. Had so many different ideas floating around in my head it got confusing in the end so settled on the following -

I softly applied Shaded Lilac Distress ink on a white panel & using Tim Holtz Bubble stencil applied silver embossing paste over the top. The flowers were stamped on vellum with Versamark & embossed with Wow  Silver Pearl embossing powder. The back of the flowers were coloured with Copics & then fussy cut. Some leaves were die-cut from vellum & glued into place with the flowers using Multi Matte Medium and keeping the glue to under embossed lines so it wouldn't show. Left glue off areas of the flower edges to lift them slightly for a little more dimension. My biggest struggle was the sentiment as I wasn't really happy with the placement but couldn't find an alternative I was happy with either lol! Trying to be a perfectionist is a pain sometimes!

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Supplies - 
Stamps - Winnie & Walter The Big The Bold & Extras, Altenew Persian Motifs (sentiment)
Dies - Spellbinders Sprigs, Winnie & Walter Big, Bold & Extras Cutaways
Ink - Shaded Lilac Distress Ink, Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black
Tim Holtz Bubble Stencil, Studio 490 Silver Embossing Paste, Wow Silver Pearl embossing powder, SSS Moonshine Sequins, Copic B63

You're So Special

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Have been unwell for over a week now and trying to get back into creating. Was disappointed to miss a few challenge deadlines but oh well, there'll always be more :). Who would have thought it would be so hard to find motivation again! There has been a few dismal failures in the bin that's for sure.
I decided to run with something similar to my previous card but in another colour combination as I really love these flowers from Simon Says Stamp. However the finished card is definitely not the direction I was heading when I started out lol! So I decided that any card was better than no card!

I stamped the background with 2 of the flowers from SSS Friendly Flowers in Hero Arts Shadow Inks & used some leaves from WPlus9 Pretty Peonies set. I die cut a panel from the centre of the stamped background with MFT Zig Zag Stitched Rectangle Stax. Then I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and heat embossed with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder. The centre panel was then mounted onto silver card stock and mounted back into the frame of the panel with foam tape. Some detail was added to the middle of some of the flowers just on the centre panel using Star Dust Stickles. A little hard to see in the photo but the close up gives you a better idea.

I am entering this into Virginia's View Challenge # 16 - 100% Stamped

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Supplies - 
Stamps - SSS Friendly Flowers, Hero Arts CL380 truly Appreciated
Inks - Hero Arts Shadow inks - Cornflower, Mint Julep, Tide Pool & Lime Green, Versamark
Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder, Star Dust Stickles