Friday, September 3, 2021

September CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Plaid

 Gosh - summer is over!  We had either weeks of rain or weeks of heat waves here in MA - either way I spent a lot of time inside - but I did get a lot of crafting and reading of books done!  

So now it's time for the September CAS Christmas Challenge with Colleen as our creative hostess.  She would like us to use PLAID this month.

And here's my card:
I die cut a pair of mittens from Poppy Stamps out of a piece of buffalo plaid DP.  I lightly stenciled snow flakes with Speckled Egg Distress Ink.  I die cut the Merry Christmas out of white to help keep the CAS look and die cut the panel with Crimped Frames from The Greetery.
The mitten die has the mittens on a long string coming out on each side of the cuffs on the mittens but I cut that part off as I wanted just the mittens looped to each other.
So please join us and show us how you use plaid on your CAS Christmas card design!  You'll find lots of inspiration over at CAS Christmas from the rest of the Design Team as well as our talented Guest Designer Melanie.   

Only 4 months till Christmas!  How many cards have you made so far?  
We're trying to help you get it done!




Paper: White - PTI, DP Christmas/Noel - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.
Ink: Ranger Distress Speckled Egg
Accessories: Mitten String Die - Poppy Stamps, Special Merry Christmas Die - Memory Box, Crimped Frames die - The Greetery, Mini Snowflake Stencil - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, blender brush, foam dots.

18 comments:

I Card Everyone said...

Julia, you are definitely calling to my plaid loving, Mitten State heart here! Adorable!
=]

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Darling mittens in the buffalo plaid, Julia!! Just love the stenciled snowflakes behind too!

Barb Ghig said...

Love this buffalo plaid for your mittens and your snowflakes in the background are the perfect touch, Julia! Super cute card! xx

Linda said...

Julia, your sweet little plaid mittens are just too cute. Love your card with the stenciled snowflakes and that great sentiment die cut.

Loll said...

There's nothing cozier than a pair of plaid mittens! :) LOVE them ... they are so adorable, Julia! And they look fantastic with the stenciled snowflakes in the background. xx

Bonnie said...

These delightful plaid mittens look warm and wooly against those snowflakes! Awesome card, my friend! You are definitely overdue for some good weather!

Christine Alexander said...

adorable little mittens and love that snowflake stencil, the snowflakes are just the right size :)

Dawn T said...

Those little plaid mittens are just adorable Julia. Cute card

Mac Mable said...

What adorable little mittens tied together and I love the subtle and pretty snowflake stencilling Julia x.

Colleen said...

Julia, I LOVE your design. Those plaid mittens are the perfect size and those snowflakes lightly stenciled is the perfect backdrop for them! Fabulous card!

Papercraft Boutique said...

What a lovely pair of buffalo plaid mittens, Julia! The soft snowflake backdrop is perfect, and the white-on-white die-cut sentiment keeps the card CAS and the focus on the mittens. The long string surgery worked well! The shorter loop looks so cute!
Hideko xx

Marcia Hill said...

Such simple elements Julia, but all combined to make a FABULOUS card...CAS perfection!! Hugs, Marcia :0)

Cathy said...

Such cute little mittens! Love the stencilled snowflakes behind them too for a chilly feel, sweet CAS card, Cathy x

Trina P. said...

Love you adorable Buffalo plaid mittens! You’v showcased it beautifully against that wonderful snowy background.

Brenda in IN said...

This is adorable, Julia. Those mittens look so warm and cozy and I love the plaid.

Heather said...

This is soooooo adorable and absolutely perfectly CAS!!! I was checking out the CAS Christmas Card challenge blog the other day and as soon as I saw your card, I KNEW I had to CASE it!!! Here is a link to my card if you want to check it out: http://wirewrapture.blogspot.com/2021/09/plaid-christmas.html
Mine isn't as cute as yours, but I still love the design. Thank you for the inspiration!!

Susan said...

A fabulous CAS design! Love the snowflake stencilling and the way it fades out. And the plaid mittens are adorable. Great idea to have the sentiment die cut in white so that it doesn't detract from the mittens.

Melanie Hungerford said...

Your plaid mittens show so nicely with the soft snowflake background, fantastic CAS card! Thank you for having me join you this month as your guest designer!