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Monday's CAS challenge on Splitcoast Stampers was to use a curve on your card. I absolutely love the curve you get if you use the negative shape from the Sizzix 'Swirly' Decorative Strip die so that's what I used for my snowy hill.
The card measures 4 3/4" square and was made with Kraft CS. My fabulous SU! demo Joanne showed us how to make a tree using the SU! Scallop Circle punch at our November Make and Take evening. You punch the scallop circle, make a pencil mark in the centre and then cut out 2 scallops, followed by 3 and 4 scallops which then leaves you with 5 scallops. Here's a pic of a scallop circle after the 2 and 3 scallops have been cut out so you can see what I mean!
My tree trunk was made with a piece of Creamy Caramel CS that had been stamped with a woodgrain stamp - I happened to find it in my scrap folder, yay! I then sponged Old Olive ink on all the tree parts and glued them together. I then covered the top of the tree with a small punched star. If you weren't going to cover the top of the tree, you may want to round the top a bit to avoid it looking too pointy.
To finish off, I stamped the sentiment in SU! Whisper White craft ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. A sweet and simple card. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Sentiment by Hero Arts
CS: SU! Kraft, Whisper White, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel & Real Red
Ink: SU! Whisper White Craft ink, Old Olive, Creamy Caramel
Tools: Sizzix 'Swirly' Decorative Strip die, SU! Scallop Circle punch, Woodware star punch
Embellishments & accessories: Stamp 'n Stuff White embossing powder
It's very chilly here and snow is forecast, a perfect day to stay in and craft!
I've made this card for my friend Tanya and her twins Eddie & Gemma. Ever since I got this adorable snowman stamp from my friend Jan I've wanted to make a pop up card with him. I hope the kids get a kick out of the pop up element!
The card measures just a smidge under 5" square and was made with SU! Real Red CS. I've decorated the front of the card fairly simply with a sentiment panel and punched snowflakes. I've added silver shimmer dots to the snowflake centres.
For the inside, I've added die cut swirls, more punched snowflakes with shimmer dot centres, another sentiment and the pop up snowman. I paper pieced the snowmans hat and coat and used a pencil to add rosy cheeks. I used Polar White Flower Soft to add fluff to the hat and coat. I used the Sizzix 'Swirly' decorative strip die for the snowy swirl and used the negative shape for the snowy hill at the bottom. I hope this jolly snowman brings a smile to all their faces, it certainly was a happy card to make! 
Supplies:
Stamps: 'Snowman fall from heaven unassembled' by Stampendous, snowman from Hero Arts Share the Joy cling set, inside sentiment from Penny Black
CS: SU! Real Red, Old Olive & Whisper White, Elzybells smooth white CS
Patterned paper: SU! Merry Moments Designer Series Paper pack
Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black, SU! Real Red & Old Olive
Tools: Rectangle & Long Rectangle Nestabilities dies, Sizzix Bigz Pop Ups die, Sizzix 'Swirly' Decorative Strip die, various snowflake punches, Koh-I-Noor pink coloured pencil
Embellishments & accessories: Polar White Flower Soft, PaperMania self adhesive silver Shimmer Dots
I made this card for Dawn's Raspberry Suite Colour Challenge #20. I'm so in the Christmas colour groove that I needed a colour challenge to help me out of it! Click here to visit Dawn's Colour Challenge #20 blog post - the page will open in a new window.
My card measures 6" square and is made with SU! Kraft CS. I stamped the leaf stem from PTI's Beautiful Blooms set with VersaMark ink randomly on Chocolate Chip CS and heat embossed with clear powder. I added a scalloped die cut in Really Rust CS to the bottom. I die cut two leaf stems in Very Vanilla CS and sponged on rust ink. My flower is a lush, velvety Bazzill Bling Bloom. For the flower centre, I've covered a jumbo brad with a 3/4" circle of Really Rust CS stamped with a flower from the PTI Beautiful Blooms set. I went rootling in my stash and was chuffed to find a self adhesive clear dome sticker that was the perfect size to cover my brad! I've added a pale aqua crystal to the centre.
To finish off the card, I've added the sentiment, ribbon and rounded the bottom corners. An unusual colour combo for me but I really enjoyed making this card - and it's nice to get back to non Christmas cards! I'll use this card to send happy mail to a friend in the New Year.
Supplies:
Stamps: PTI (PaperTrey Ink) Beautiful Blooms set, sentiment by Rubber Stampede
CS: SU! Kraft, Very Vanilla, Really Rust & Chocolate Chip
Ink: VersaMark, VersaMagic Jumbo Java chalk ink, SU! Chocolate Chip
Tools: Sizzix 'Ribbons' Decorative Strip die, SU! Sizzix Sizzlits Little Leaves die, 3/4" circle punch, corner rounder punch
Embellishments & accessories: Clear embossing powder, SU! Very Vanilla grosgrain ribbon, Bazzill Bling Bloom, DoveCraft Jumbo Brad, self adhesive clear dome sticker, crystal
A CAS card made with the SU! Tree Trimmings set. This is an A6 sized card made from Very Vanilla CS. I stamped the baubles first and then added the strings using the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig so they got positioned properly. I then added the strip of patterned paper.
For the ribbon, I first glued down the long strip and then I tied a bow and adhered that to the ribbon strip with a glue dot. I added my sentiment and card done. I'm reaching the end of my Christmas cards now - only a few more to make!
Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Tree Trimmings and Seasonal Wishes sets
CS: SU! Very Vanilla
Patterned paper: SU! Merry Moments Designer Series Paper pack
Ink: SU! Old Olive, Garden Green, Real Red & Chocolate Chip
Tools: Stamp-A-Ma-Jig stamp positioner
Embellishments & accessories: Red grosgrain ribbon, glue dot
I don't often make vintage style cards but I do like to go out of my comfort zone every now and again LOL! I love this glittered holly paper but it uses quite deep, rich colours so vintage seems to suit it. Plus I got to play with my new Nesties and stamps!
I've always loved the shape of the Labels Four Nestability dies but I didn't get round to buying them. Then I discovered Waltzingmouse stamps who carry a range of Nestie friendly stamps and their 'Say it with Style' set pushed me over the edge into buying the Labels Four dies. The Say it with Style set has a frame that matches a Label Four die, loads of sentiments in that gorgeous, classy font and several image and accent stamps too. It's a fabulous set - and I also got their Very Vintage Labels Four stamp set too which has lots of frames and accents that go with the Labels Four dies. Oh dear, another stamp company I've fallen in love with! Click here if you would like to visit Waltzingmouse stamps - the page will open in a new window.
This card is a standard A6 size made with SU! Bravo Burgundy CS. I matted the holly paper onto Garden Green CS and used the SU! Ticket Corner punch on all the corners. Before adhering this to the card front, I wrapped some Old Olive grosgrain ribbon around the panel. I stamped the frame, die cut the Label Four shape and then added the sentiment. I've sponged some Burgundy ink on the sentiment piece. Then I cut a larger Labels Four shape in Garden Green CS to mat my sentiment on. The Garden Green and Vanilla pieces are both popped up. To finish off, I added pearls at the corners. 
Supplies:
Stamps: Waltzingmouse Say it with Style set
CS: SU! Bravo Burgundy, Garden Green & Very Vanilla
Patterned paper: K & Co Christmas Cheer Holly Glittered Paper
Ink: VersaMagic Tea Leaves & Jumbo Java chalk inks, SU Bravo Burgundy
Tools: Labels Four Nestabilities dies, SU! Ticket Corner punch
Embellishments & accessories: SU! Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, half pearls, 3d foam pads
Ruth
Another gap card but this time I've used the Circles Decorative Strip die. To make this card I cut an A4 sheet of SU! Real Red CS in half length ways and then scored and folded that piece in half. It fits in a C6 size envelope.
For the gap, I cut 2 1/2" off the bottom of the card, glued the top of the Circles die shape, lined up the 2 1/2" piece I'd earlier cut off and glued the bottom of the Circles shape to that and then cut the excess CS off at the bottom of the card. I then glued a second Circles die cut shape to the back to add some strength. This time I decided to add some patterned paper behind the gap element. As I tried a strip of the green snowflakes paper I couldn't believe how the three snowflakes just happened to fit behind the larger circles - it's fab when something happens like that!
I stamped the ornaments in Old Olive, Garden Green and Chocolate Chip inks and then cut them out. I hand drew the strings with a Marvy marker pen - I saw a card Kristina Werner made on her blog where she did that and it looked really nice. I'm not very confident at free hand drawing anything but I followed Kristina's foolproof method of drawing in pencil first, going over it with the pen and then erasing the pencil lines after! The ornaments are all popped up. I added crystals to the ornaments and to the three snowflake centres visible through the gap. I then added the sentiment and rounded the bottom corners. 
Supplies:
Stamps: SU! Tree Trimmings set, sentiment by Hero Arts
CS: SU! Real Red, Whisper White & Old Olive
Patterned paper: SU! Merry Moments Designer Series Paper pack
Ink: SU! Old Olive, Garden Green & Chocolate Chip
Tools: Sizzix 'Circles' Decorative Strip die, Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper
Embellishments & accessories: Clear and red crystals, 3d foam pads
I'm making a glittered acetate card today and I'm having to wait for the glue to dry before I can move on so I popped onto the Splitcoast Stampers website to see what today's CAS challenge is. It's a colour challenge to use red and brown - plus you can add white or cream.
I made a red and brown snowman window card a while ago so I thought it would be fun to make a similar card but to change things around a little bit. Click here to see the original card - the page will open in a new window. I've still used Kraft and Real Red CS, the same snowman stamp and circles die but I've changed the card orientation to landscape instead of portrait. I've used white CS on this card rather than vanilla so that I could use the gingham ribbon, stamped snowflakes in the circles, added a sentiment and some brads and omitted the window.
I enjoyed using my original card as inspiration to come up with a different design - I may very well do that again in the future! 
Supplies:
Stamps: Inkadinkado Holiday Sentiments clear stamp set, Wishes of Joy sentiment from Hero Arts Winter Wishes set, SU! Snow Flurries set
CS: SU! Kraft & Real Red CS, white CS
Ink: VersaMagic Jumbo Java chalk ink
Tools: Sizzix Decorative Strip 'Circles' die, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig
Embellishments & accessories: Red & white gingham ribbon, red brads
Ruth
