CAS Challenges November Reminder

Hi everyone.  We are half way through November, which means it's time for the CAS Challenges reminder cards.  Two very fun challenges this month.

First up, CAS Mix Up - Off the Edge (Watercolouring), hosted by Bonnie.  Watercolouring is the technique this month and Bonnie wants to see images Off the Edge.  It's a great way to have a different look with your stamps, stencils or dies.  Make sure that your main image is watercoloured and design is CAS (clean and simple).

Bonnie is our host.

I'm using a favourite stamp of mine, Perfect Peonies (Clearly Besotted).  I love this sweet stamp and die.  I stamped onto mixed media paper and then watercoloured.  I kept changing my mind about the colours I wanted to add so started with a soft peach, then layered on top with fired brick and seedless preserves distress inks, and finally added a layer of wilted violet distress ink.  The paper couldn't take any more layers before it would start pilling, so I had to stop. :)  Bright green for the leaves.

I die-cut the card front with a pretty corner die from AliExpress.  Then added my die-cut peonies so that they went off the edge, trimming away the excess.  Final step was to stamp the sentiment 'Love you" (Cosmos - retired: Technique Tuesday).

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Heading over to NBUS #20 to add the above card.

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Trina is our host.

CAS Christmas Reminder.  What do you think of purple poinsettias??!!  Turns out there is such a thing, although I've never seen one in real life.  I started by created an angled panel from my main panel.  It's a layout that I rarely use, but it just seemed right for this design.  I white heat embossed the simple sentiment at the bottom of the black panel which gives a lot of contrast to all the white space.  The poinsettias - Holiday Bouquet (Avery Elle) were stamped on to mixed media paper and die-cut using a matching die Holiday Bouquet Elle-ments (Avery Elle).  The image was watercoloured with distress inks.  Sparkle was added to the flowers with a clear Wink of Stella pen.  Crystal drops were added to the berries and the whole thing was splattered with white to lighten the image a bit.

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I hope you'll check out the challenge blogs to see the amazing cards from our Designers, Guest Designers, and participants.  If you haven't had time to play along, there's over a week left before both challenges close on 24th at midnight PST.  Come join us!

This is the final challenge for CAS Mix Up and CAS Christmas for 2020.  Thanks to all my followers for supporting me over the past year.  

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

CAS Mix Up Reminder - Love you

Stamps:  Perfect Peonies (Clearly Besotted); Sentiment: retired (Technique Tuesday)

Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb.)

Ink:  Black (Versafine); Distress Inks:  Ripe Persimmon, Fired Brick, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet, Mustard Seed (Tim Holtz)

Accessories & Tools:  Corner die (AliExpress); Perfect Peonies die (Clearly Besotted), waterbrush

CAS Christmas Reminder - Purple Poinsettias
Stamps:  Holiday Bouquet (Avery Elle); Snowglobe Sentiments - retired (MFT)
Paper:  Mixed media (Strathmore 140 lb.); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Black card stock (Stampin' Up!)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Fired Brick, Wilted Violet (Tim Holtz); Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  Holiday Bouquet Ellements (Avery Elle); white embossing powder, heat tool, White Posca acrylic paint pen

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up November Challenge - Off the Edge (Watercolouring)

CAS Christmas November Challenge - Non-traditional Colours
NBUS Challenge #20