Woodblock Wednesday - August 24

 Just sneaking last minute for Amy's Woodblock Wednesday Challenge at her blog 

I was away in the weekend so just before bed last night I got this CAS card done - Inspired by Justine Hovey. 

I masked off a strip in my card panel and then used some Distress Oxides in Mowed Lawn, Cracked Pistachio and Evergreen Bough.   I then used the Hero Arts Woodblock stamp- Big Pine Bough stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink.  The sentiment is from Crafter's Choice.  A few Altenew green enamel dots and it's done!

A simple but pretty card.  Justine's YouTube video had lots of tips and tricks for stamping and making quick cards.  

Peace and Joy - Woodblock Wednesday

 It's time for Amy Tsuruta's Woodblock Wednesday challenge   I still have a big container full of woodblock stamps so it's great to have an excuse to remember to use them.  

Today I'm sharing a CAS Christmas card using two stamps from Hero Arts. 

I started by stamping the background stamp (Wavy Leaf Pattern) with some Lost Shadow Distress Oxide for a very subtle background.  A little Evergreen Bough Oxide ink was blended around the edge. I then stamped the sentiment (Peace & Joy) with Onyx Black Versafine ink and clear embossed it for a lovely shine.  I added some red enamel dots from Altenew and matted onto some red card and then onto a green base.     Love this big sentiment.   Note to self:  Use this one more this year!

Christmas Elves.

Recently I was catching up on some You-tube videos and watched one from Natasha Foote where she  used a great layout design for her background.  You can see it here.

I chose to take some Christmas papers -two that worked well together and a page of toppers.

A great card using with patterned paper and no stamping!   This is a layout design that I'm sure I'll use again,  

Baubles in Blue

 I've been playing with my Sweet Poppy Bauble stencil.  I decided to stick with a single colour and chose Blue.  I made two cards.

First card -

I used a magentic sheet to put my paper and then the stencil on,  The stencil is metal so this is a great way to keep it from moving.  This was sthe first one I inked up using Altenew blue inks.  The ligher shades on tne bauble and the darker shades for the rest.  I didn't mask it well and got a smudge of ink in the top corner, so trimmed panel and added a bit of the soft blue in each corner to disguise the oops... I then used the darkest inks to stamp the sentiments.  The Merry Christmas from a freebie set and the sub sentiment from an other freebie set.   I added a few silver gems, layered onto dark blue card and then added to a white card base.

This one is being entered into the Challenge at Simon Says Stamp - Summertime Blues - great for me as Christmas here in NZ in the summer. 

Second card.

This time I masked my panel better so was able to trimmed the card a bit wider and just added it to a dark blue card base.  I used an Altenew sentiment on this one.  I added snow with a Posca pen.  There are some clear gems on the snowflakes. 

This one is being entered into the CAS Christmas - Decorations 

I am defineatly going to be trying some different colours like this. 

CAS Christmas - Winter Flower

Back with my second post for the day!  I was blog surfing and saw a sweet card by Linda W that she did for  CAS Christmas challenge so thought I had better get a start on the Christmas cards for 2020.

Although Christmas is summer here in New Zealand we still seem to have plenty of Poinsettia flowers around.   I think it is a winter flower over the side of the world - so that's my inspiration for this card

It turned out a bit more orange than I had anticipated. but happy with it any hoo.  I used a Hero Arts stamp called "Antique Poinsettia" from 2016.  Still a favourite. I used watercolour markers scribbled onto a block and painted with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen.  The sentiment is a wood mounted stamp from 2005 called "Favorite Things Calligraphy" by a company called Paper Inspirations.  I can't find this one online so presume it's not longer in existence.

I am also entering this into The Flower Challenge - Anything Goes challenge #42

I popped out to the shops earlier to get a special cable so I could connect my tablet to a bigger screen for working from home.  I had a 33" TV upstairs that wasn't being used so I lugged it downstairs and set it up on my dinning table.

I got it set up so the two screens can be used separately - still need to type on the tablet - will maybe look at a cheap keyboard if I need to. 

Eat Drink and Be Merry.... some Christmas cards

I've taken today and tomorrow off work to spend some time with my Dad...this morning I got a card made before we headed out to do some shopping.  I wanted to get him something he wanted for his birthday tomorrow... we found a lovely Merino jumper he liked.  Bonus for me was that it was $20 off.  So two happy people.  Plus I went to get some photos developed for a project I'm working on and got some black and white card stock while I was at the Stationery store. 

So back to my card from this morning...

When I first saw Jo's Christmas Kickstart challenge this time around, this was the card I first thought of making.   So here it is, just in time for the challenge!  I used a Sunny Studio stamp set called Holiday Style for my bells and baubles.  I used Altenew inks and was really happy that the aqua colour came through nicely.   The gold decorations are from a Sugarpea Designs that was part of a Catherine Pooler Stamp of Approval Box a couple of years ago!  I stamped them with Altenew Enchanted Gold ink.  I had picked up the aqua sequins this morning while we were out, so that finished the card perfectly.   

And while there was thunder and lightening this afternoon, I made a second Christmas card.   I saw the other day that CAS Christmas September challenge had a cue of Holiday Treats.

 

Here's what I came up with

I used some Candy canes and sweeties from a Catherine Pooler set for my treats.  I used some kraft card to make a plaid background with a Concord and 9th stamp and some Eucalyptus ink. I die cut an oval out to put my sentiment in.  Hope it is CAS enough for the challenge.  

A Very Bear-y-Christmas.

Over at my blog friend, Jo's  Christmas Kickstart Challenge , her theme is Have a very Bear-y Christmas.

 

I've finally got around to making my first Christmas card to enter into her challenge.  

 

I took a freebie Teddy stamp (designed by Adam Prescott) from 2009 and  stamped and coloured with some Altenew Alcohol markers.  I die cut it with a Simon Says stitched circle and matted with a die cut piece of PP.  I then added it to a panel of PP.  I've added tiny dots of Nuvo Drops to the centre of the stars.

Today I went to Erin's baby shower and took my nappy cake.... and to my surprise, Erin's Mum had made one too.  A little different to mine.  She had added her nappies differently and it had the cutest little bunnies made with face washers.  Just adorable.  So Erin is well set up with nappies for the first little while.  She got some of the cutest little clothes the baby.  My friend, Yvonne, left a little surprise in Erin and Kieran's ensuite.... a potty filled with lemon jelly and little mini frankfurters.... you get the idea!!!!  Erin didn't find it till after we left!  

Thanks for stopping by today. 

Peace Wreath

Several years ago I made a wreath card that I gave to my friend Yvonne...and in the weekend she asked me to make it again for a friend of hers that is very sick.  The card for Yvonne had the word "hope" and for her friend, she wants the word "peace" so a quick view through my Flickr cards, I found the original card and I copied it...

A very CAS card but just what was wanted.

I have entered this into the Craftyhazelnut's Challenge blog... Christmas with optional gems...which I have added to my wreath.  

thanks for stopping by. 

CAS Christmas - Birds

I haven't been doing much this week as I've been working on  a commission for a girl from work.   She wanted a card for her husband for their anniversary, but wanted a number of photos on it... so I suggested an exploding box  - that gave me an ability to use all the photos of their wedding and the family.  I really am pleased with the result but it did take quite some time to get it all done.

Today I did get some time to time to get a quick CAS Christmas card done for the the CAS Christmas card challenge - cue word BIRDS

I used a die cut to make my dove from silver mirror card.  It was a die from a couple of years ago that came with a magazine.  I die cut the frame with a MFT die.  The sentiment was from another freebie set from a few years ago as well.  

And here is a quick collage of the exploding box - not fully finished

I've added more photos and the lid has a photo of them on their wedding day with the words For Ever die cut and other embellishments and sentiments on some of the flaps.

Thanks for stopping by.