Saturday, November 03, 2018

CAS Christmas November Challenge

Hi everyone.  Today is the start of the CAS Christmas November challenge.  This month is being hosted by mega talented Christine (It's a Card Day's Night).


This year I have bought a few of the Wild Rose Studio images.  They are so adorable and very fun to watercolour.  This Santa and Reindeer is no exception.  I stamped in waterproof black ink onto Bristol paper and watercoloured with my zigs.

Really happy with how it turned out.  You may have noticed I fussy-cut the image.  That is after messing the top area with some red ink ... and then black.  Thankfully I enjoy fussy-cutting. :)  In the end I think this turned out even better with the background stenciled with Sparkle Texture Paste falling snow.  It's super sparkly!! :)

Tore two snowhills from white card stock, sponged the edges with soft blue ink, and placed at the bottom.  Stamped the sentiment in red, masked it and then added the glitter paste over top using a palette knife.  Once dry, I simply adhered the image to the card front.

Here's a close-up ...
I hope you'll join in the fun.  Check out the challenge blog to see the sweet Santa cards from our Designers and Guest Designer Pam, (Expressions with Heart).  Then come play along.  We'd love to see you in the gallery.

Playing along with 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #427 - Christmas.  My friend Nance is on the DT and when I saw her card, I had to play along!






Stamps:  Santa and Rudolph (Wild Rose Studio); Christmas Sentiments (Gina Marie Designs)
Paper:  Bristol (Strathmore 2 ply); White card stock (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Versafine Black; Zigs; Barn Door Distress Ink (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  water brush, white gel pen, Falling Snow stencil (Simon Says Stamp), palette knife, Aurora Sparkle Texture Paste (Cosmic Shimmer)

Challenges:
CAS Christmas November Challenge - Santa
4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #427 - Christmas


33 comments:

Linda said...

Loll, this is just so adorable. Your glitter paste snowflakes and the perfect background for this fun Santa and Reindeer. Oh, I just realize that I have that stamp too. Have a great week, my friend.

Christine Alexander said...

OMG Loll, these two are so adorable and your glitter paste stenciling really makes for a wonderful snowy background.

Barb Ghig said...

Beautiful coloring with your Zigs and I love your sparkly, snowy background! Super cute card, Loll...love your fussy-cutting, too :)

Mac Mable said...

Such a fun card, great image and wonderfully coloured. Loving the stencilled snow and super sparkly X

Anita in France said...

The sparkly snow tumbling onto Santa and Rudolph is fabulous, Loll ... and your colouring is brilliant ... such a sweet card! Apologies I've not been around much ... three colds on the trot have played havoc with my visits and commenting ... now, at last, I'm back! Hugs, Anita :)

Nstiz said...

Your watercoloring on this adorable image is superb, Loll. I particularly noticed the wonderful highlights. The use of the falling snow stencil, one of my favorites is so perfect on this wonderful card!

Susan said...

Such an adorable Santa and even more adorable reindeer. Great save from your smudged watercolouring - the fussy cut image looks fabulous against the sparkly snowy sky!

Maria said...

Adorable Santa and reindeer! And, beautiful snowy background for your wonderful Christmas card!

Aileen said...

Fabulous card Loll, love this Santa and reindeer so cute and that background is just wonderful.

Bunny said...

Cute card. Love the stamp.Kudos for fussy cutting. I'm terrible at it. [Bunny]

nancy littrell said...

Your Zig watercolored Adorable images turned out beautifully. I love how you fussy cut your image and added the sparkly falling snow back ground and snow banks. A very special fun and festive card, my friend. Hugs..Nancy

Papercraft Boutique said...

The Santa and the reindeer images are adorable, but your Zig coloring makes them look even more ADORABLE, Loll! I would have never thought of using purple in this color palette, but it does work fantastic! Love the pretty sparkly falling snow background and the sponged snow hills. Your fussy-cutting is amazing - look at the fringe of the scarf!! :-)
Hideko xx

Robyn Oliver said...

So cute this Santa and reindeer Loll, with a lovely snowy background - must remember torn paper instead of die cutting snow edges.. I think fussy cutting is an art, and quite handy to eliminate whoopses. Adorable card

Tracey@Hotchpotchcreations said...

What a fabulous little card, those die cut images look super upon that embossed snowy background.
Creative wishes Tracey.

Jeanne said...

Absolutely adorable image watercolored beautifully. I kind of like it better fussy cut. I know die cutting is the thing to do, but I don't always enjoy the white border. This looks fabulous. It's so sparkly, too! :)

Pam Sparks said...

Oh, so CUTE Loll! Wild Rose images are adorable. Love your beautiful coloring and card! Thank you so much for having me this month! So excited to be posting with you all! <3

Marcia Hill said...

This is absolutely ADORABLE Loll! I am not used to you doing "cute" but I should have known you'd nail it as you do anything you take on! Such a sweet, sweet image and colored just beautifully with your zigs!! And a wonderful sparkly background too...LOVE it!! :0)

Trina P. said...

Oh so adorable, Loll! Beautiful watercolouring and fussy cutting... great save! Love the stencilled glitter paste snow. The soft blue sponging on the edges completes the snowy scene perfectly! xx

Jo said...

Amazing watercolouring, zigs have such vibrancy, fitting for the happy holiday old man. Torn paper hills, yup I love this approach. Those snowflakes may be sparkly but that colouring is totally awesome. Beautiful! xx

Diane said...

Wonderful coloring and oh how lovely the sparkly texture background is.

Hugs diane

Bonnie said...

What a fun Santa and reindeer, Loll! I love the added dimension of your fussy cutting! A happy accident! The Sparkle Texture Paste is wonderful for snow. Love all that sparkle!

Linda said...

This is just adorable Loll ..... the little Santa is sooo cute! Beautifully coloured too xx

Leslie Miller said...

Wild Rose Studio does have some cute stamps and this is one of them! Thank goodness for fussy cutting. You sure did a good job of it. So adorable!

Leanne said...

Awesome card, CAS is so nice on your card, love those friends and the Santa adorable. Great coloring, thanks for playing our challenge twist at 4 Crafty Chicks.

Leanne DT/4CC

JoAnn said...

Glad your were able to save this adorable Santa image. Love the snowy background too. Wonderful card.

Liz said...

Wonderful CAS card, Loll. The background is perfect for your cute little Santa. xx

Darnell said...

Cute, cute, super cute, Lolly! Have to get out my Santa baby stamps, but I don't have anything as adorable as Rudy helping Santa with that long list! Love it!! Hugs, Dolly

Karen Dunbrook said...

Love it..such a precious card.
xx Karen

Colleen said...

Loll, since I have enabled you in the past, I am thinking it is your turn and I might just need to visit that sight because your card is adorable with that Santa and reindeer! I love this Loll!!

Rosmarie said...

Oh my, they're so cute!! - Adorable little duo and wonderful background!
Thank you for your lovely comment, Loll!
Rosi x

Pat said...

What a fun and cute image Loll which looks great on the falling snow embossed background, and love the blue shadows on the snow on the ground. Beautifully done. x

BożenA said...

This is one of my favorite Christmas cards. This couple of friends is so cute. You have done an excellent job with coloring this image. Cutting the picture was a great idea. Thanks to this, you could add so much extra dimension to the card. I also love your snowdrifts, they look great.
Hugs,
BozenA

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Darling Santa with reindeer friend, Loll! Just love the sparkly snow and torn snowbanks too!!