November reveal at Card Chain Challenge

Hi there, it's the November 2022 Reveal over at Card Chain Challenge!

All the cards exchanged this month used at least one of the following options:

Colour Palette Option

(Exact matching is not required.)

Sketch Option

 

(Orient as desired.)

Theme Options: Scraps / Silhouettes / Friendship

 Product / Technique Options: Stencils / Doodles 

My card went to Pat in Texas 

I chose to use the silhouette theme for my card.  I die cut a panel using an Altenew frame die and did some watercolouring background.  I used an older Hero Arts stamp to make my silhouette  and paired it with a inspirational sentiment.  I finished with splatters.  

I am still waiting for my card to arrive from my partner.... but I've seen it in the reveal and can't wait for it to get me.  

I'm enjoying some R&R at our friends place this weekend.   I addressed all my NZ Christmas cards this morning and did two panels for cards.... one done with Woodless Watercolour Pencils and one with Prismacolour pencils..

thanks for stopping by.

Card Chain Challenge... November Reveal.

 

I enjoy taking part in this swap group.  It's fun to make a card and send it to a fellow crafter - and this month it was to my friend Linda in Minnesota.  We are team mates on Die Cut Divas.  

At CCC this month we had a number of options for making our cards a choice of colours, a sketch, a theme or a technique/product.  I chose the sketch and the theme of Polar animal.  

For my card I turned the sketch on it's side....

I die cut the white curvy piece and ran it through the Cuttlebug with old favourite Swiss dot folder.   I then did the same with the oval piece.  I found some striped papers to add behind the panel.   My Polar Bear in his Christmas sweater was a freebie stamp set that I was gifted.  One of my friends was given it but already had it.  I stamped, coloured and fussy cut it out.  Added a sentiment stamped from different stamp sets and trimmed out and added to the card. 

I also received a sweet card from Pia in Norway

Thanks for stopping by today.   Today in NZ we moved to a new Covid 19 Protection Plan... Red, Orange or Green - Auckland is in Red... little restrictions - lots of places open now if you are fully vaccinated - you have to use a vaccine pass, scan in, use masks in public places, social distancing and there are limits to numbers in places.  As we go down the colours the few restrictions there are.  The area I live in has reached 90% double vaccination.  My team at work had an outdoor meeting/coffee together on Wednesday - social distancing of course.  Our office opens next week for the first time in 4 months.  We are able to slowly go back into the office and spend split our time with working from home and in the office for the next few weeks.  I'm taking a 4 week break over the Christmas break.  Or at least 3 weeks. I had planned the leave earlier in the year, with the idea we were going to visit our daughter in Perth, Australia - but it's was not to be for the second year in a row.   

But on a positive note, we are having the Princess stay overnight on Saturday while her Mummy and Daddy go out.   

Christmas at CCC Reveal and a Vintage Santa

I have heard from my recipient to say my card had arrived for the November CCC.  I chose to send a Christmas card to my CCC partner as it was one of my very best online friends.... none other than the lovely Greta Hess....aka GG Creations

Here is the card I made for her using the theme of Baubles.

My background paper was some wrapping paper that came from charity I help as a thank you for the donations this year.  I trimmed a little bit to the make the background, layered onto some bronze/gold card.  I die cut the Altenew Mid Century Frame die from the same bronze/gold card as well as the sentiment from Britannia Dies.  My baubles are a little stamp from Couture Creations that I stamped on a white circle.  I used a variety alcohol markers to colour them and added some glitter gel.

And I have a card to share that I added to the "Show us your Santas" at Jo's Christmas Kickstart Challenge

 This stamp is a white silicone stamp from La Blanche that I got many years ago.  I used Catherine Pooler ink - Eucalyptus ink and Altenew Obsidian ink to stamp the image.  I added some pencils on the holly to enhance it.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set.  I tore around the image and added some of the green ink to distress.  

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope your Christmas cards are coming along.  I'm off to start addressing mine. 

November CCC....

My recipient has received her card in this months challenge.

Our themes this month included using these colours

or this sketch

 or the following themes Landscapes / Christmas / Friendship or Products:  Felt / Fabric

Here is my card.

I chose the colours... my matting is the pinky one.    I used Coffee Break Altenew inks and Peony Bouquet stamps.   My sentiment is from Catherine Pooler Designs "Hello World"  Added some 3D liquid dots in the pinky colour. 

I'm loving my Altenew layering flower stamps.  And this colour scheme is something a bit different.

Thanks for stopping by