CAS Mix Up October Challenge & New CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hi everyone.  It's the start of the CAS Mix Up October Challenge.  This month we are looking for "ghosting" on your cards.  And no, not the type of ghosts that show up for Halloween later this month :) ...  but a ghost of an image.

Ghosting is fun and easy to do.  Check out my video tutorial on Ghosting.

The stencil I used above is VERY open, so I wanted to create a ghost of the outline of the leaves. I sponged my card front randomly with turquoise and green inks. Then I sprayed the back of the stencil with water first, layed it on the card front, pressed down and removed.  Let the water sit for about 10 seconds to work it's way into the sponged colours, and then blotted with a paper towel.  Voila!!  This combines Stencil Monoprint with Ghosting. :)

This month we are excited to have Mac Mable (The Sweetest of Peas) are our Guest Designer.  Mac won the CAS Mix Up August Challenge - Sprays with this GORGEOUS CARD.  Welcome Mac!

Please check out our challenge blog to see Mac's Ghosting card, along with the rest of the Design Team cards.

I hope you'll give Ghosting a try and come join us at the CAS Mix Up challenge with your CAS (Clean and Simple) mixed media cards.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

As always, the challenge is open until the 24th of the month.

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CAS Watercolour's first challenge is live!

As I mentioned on my blog a couple of days ago, Bonnie and I are excited to begin a new adventure with a new challenge --- CAS Watercolour Card Challenge.

The first challenge starts today.  Future challenges will begin on the 2nd of every month. The challenge is to create a CAS (Clean and Simple) Watercoloured card following the theme each month.

Here's October's challenge ...

And here's my card ...

Come join our new challenge.  Create a Clean and Simple Watercoloured Autumn card and enter it in the linky on the challenge blog.  The challenge runs until Oct. 24th.

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MORE EXCITING NEWS!

We are having a Design Team Call for both CAS Mix Up and CAS Watercolour Card Challenge.

The Design Team Calls run from October 1st - 15th for both challenges.  Check out the details on both challenge blogs.

CAS Mix Up Card with Ghosting:
Stamps:  A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted)
Paper:  White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Leaf stencil (Carabelle Studio), sponges, water mister, Fresh Foliage die (Memory Box), stylus and mat, sequins

CAS Watercolour Card - Autumn:
Stamps:  Script; Heartfelt (both from Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)
Ink:  Delicata Gold (Tsukineko); Black (Memento)
Accessories & Tools:  Watercolour sprays made from liquid concentrate in Orange and Magenta (Dick Blick), Acetate sheet for smooshing background, Maple Leaf die (Poppy Stamps)


Challenges:
CAS Mix Up October Challenge - Ghosting
CAS Watercolour October Challenge - Autumn