Simply 'Merry Christmas'

Christmas is just around the corner and I was still in need

of more Christmas cards so...

I got out my old Tim Holtz Holiday Knit stencil

to use as a background for my CAS card.

It's the last Challenge of the Year at

Addicted to Stamps and More

and it's our

This is where you use pencils,markers,watercolours,brushes, inks

anything that Makes a Mark. You get the drift!

I used White Texture Paste on my stencil background

  and some Arctic White Lustre Powder (Thanks Kylie)

on white card stock shadowed by red 

on my Merry Christmas Die from

CUTplorations and attached to vellum.

Hope you get time to play with us this week

and I see you in our Gallery.

Thanks for dropping in and a 

Big Thank You for all your kind comments

you made on my posts for Addicted to Stamps and More. 

I'll be back in the New Year with 

more inspiration for your pleasure.

A 'Sweet' Sundae

I have a bit of time up my sleeve as I wait for my granddaughter

to arrive tomorrow to continue her nursing studies. 

She is driving down from Cairns and is half way here.

I have just a few house chores in the morning 

and am excited to have her rest up here for a day.

She will continue on to stay at my sister's 

(a 4 hour drive) for a wee while but will be back

to spend Christmas here.

Now on to a card I made this afternoon for the

CAS Mix Up Challenge. Details Here.

I wanted to try out a new stamp for the

emboss resist technique and this wee stamp

from Carabelle Coup de Glace

was just perfect.

I used a mix of products for my resist - 

Tim's Distress Festive Berries and

Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry.

Also Brusho's in Brilliant Red/Leaf Green,

a touch of Petal Pink Liquid Pearls for the ice cream

and of course you have to have sprinkles (from Martha Stewart)

on top and falling beside the parfait glass.

Did a wet wash with H2O's around the stamp

which by the way is heat embossed in white.

My sentiment is from my stash and unknown.

I cut my sweets from a postage stamp die

popped on to the next size up and again

adhered to the bigger one and on to

basic white card base.

My mix is Emboss Resist, Stamping, Glitter,

Water colouring and Die Cutting.

Thanks for dropping in

It's a Christmas 'Deer'

Hello and Welcome to today's post for

Happy Little Stampers

It's time for our Anything Goes with Dies Challenge

and as it is December - a Christmas card is called for.

I went CAS here choosing Kraft card stock.

I painted a white background with texture paste

then added some big grungy snowflakes

from STAMPlorations Art Marks

 with smaller snowflakes with the rubber end 

of a pencil and a few tiny splats using

Hero Arts White Pigment Ink.

Added some coloured snowflakes from SU

in Memento Teal Zeal.

My deer is from Crafts4U cut from

brown card stock and then

heat embossed clear.

Sentiment is from

  Happy-Little-Stampers-Christmas-Joy-Clear-Stamps

inked in Marvy Timeless Sepia also clear heat embossed.

This was all cut from a stitched die and attached

to Kraft card stock.

Pop over and see how my Team Mates

used their dies and come join us for our last

Die Challenge for the Year.

Kylie is kindly giving the Winner a $20 Coupon to spend at the Shop  HERE.

AND

IF YOU USE STAMPS BY HAPPY LITTLE STAMPERS AND YOU ARE OUR RANDOM WINNER, YOUR PRIZE WILL BE DOUBLED!

Signing off here for Happy Little Stampers
Anything Goes with Dies  by wishing you all a

Merry Christmas and a Safe Happy Healthy New Year

and a Big Thank You for your encouraging comments.