CAS Christmas - July 2026 - Snowman

 Today the July CAS Christmas Challenge has been posted over at the CAS Christmas Blog!

Lin is our DT hostess for the challenge this month and she wants to see snowmen on our CAS card designs.

I was happy to get out this cute stamp from Colorado Craft that I've had for a few years and have never used yet?!!   I stamped the image in black and colored some parts with Copics.  I stamped the sentiment from Paper Trey Ink and then I embossed the background with a pierced cover plate.  

I made 4 of this card while I had all the supplies out!

This stamp set comes with two snowman/bunny images so, while I had all the supplies out, I made 4 cards using the second image as well!  

I actually used this 2nd stamp from the set on my reminder DT CAS Christmas card in June 2021! 

See it here!

Eight more Christmas cards for my Christmas 2026 box!

We'd love to see your CAS Christmas card inspired by Snowman!  Please link your creation up over at CAS Christmas so we all can see!

This challenge ends on July 31st.

Also sending my card to:

NBUS

1st time using the snowman stamp on my first card above

Christmas Crafts All Year 'Round

M-N-O    In the MEADOW  carrot NOSE  ends 7/31

Peace on Earth Christmas

Anything Goes -  ends July 2nd

July 2026 Christmas Card Challenge at Splitcoaststampers

What do you enjoy at Christmas time?

Stamps:  Snowman and Bunnies - Colorado Craft, In the Meadow - Papertrey Ink (retired)

Ink:  Nocturne - Versafine Clair

Paper:  White - Papertrey Ink.

Other Supplies:  Pierced Fancy Flakes Cover Plate - Honey Bee Stamps, Copics: E13, YR07, N10, R29.

CAS Christmas - June 2026 - Bird

 I was so excited when Loll e-mailed and said she was thinking of starting up her CAS Christmas Challenge and invited me to be on the Design Team again if I was interested?  Yes, please!

So here we are with the first challenge hosted by Loll herself!

I embossed the water color paper panel and simply stamped the Peace Dove inside the oval.  

While I had the supplies out - I made 5 of these to begin my Christmas 2026 Stash!

We hope you will join us in getting our Christmas Cards done early with our monthly challenge - and how easy is it when the design is Clean and Simple?!!    

You'll find inspiration from the rest of the DT and the link to add your cards, here at CAS Christmas Blog.

This challenge ends June 30th

Also sending my card to:

Peace on Earth Christmas

Anything Goes Christmas

ends June 4th

Stamps:  Rustic Christmas - Waltzingmouse (retired).

Paper:  Water Color Card stock - Spellbinders

Ink: Artic - Versafine Clair

Other Supplies:  Heritage Bundle Embossing Folder - Provo Craft (older)

September CAS Christmas Card Challenge

 Today, the September CAS Christmas Card Challenge has been posted.  Hideko is our talented hostess this month and she would like us to use Sparkle and/or Shine on our CAS creations this month!

 Here's the card I created - a sparkly Christmas tree with 3 shiny gems!

I made the tree using Layered Pine Bigz die from Tim Holtz/Sizzix, cutting one piece of green glitter paper and the other layer from blue glitter paper.  I used Pierced Fancy Flakes Cover Plate from Honey Bee Stamps for the background, giving interest but keeping it CAS.  The sentiment is from Simple Strips: Christmas cut with Simple Strips from Taylored Expressions.  I splattered the tree with a white POSCA pen.  I added 3 clear gems and popped the tree up on foam dots.

So please join us this month and link up your CAS Christmas card full of Sparkle and/or Shine!  You'll find the challenge here, along with lots of inspiration from the design team and our lovely September guest designer, JoAnn!

Stamps: Simple Strips: Christmas - Taylored Expressions
Paper: White - PTI, blue and green glitter paper - Michaels (Recollections)
Ink: Obsidian - Altenew
Accessories: Simple Strips die - Taylored Expressions, Layered Pine Bigz die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Pierced Fancy Flakes Cover Plate - Honey Bee Stamps, foam dots, white POSCA Pen, clear gems - Buttons Galore and More.

Missing You at Christmas

 Just a reminder that there is still time to link up your card to the August CAS Christmas Card Challenge!  

Trina is our hostess and she wants us to use PINE.

I used a fir birch stencil gifted to me by a friend and inked it in Distress Oxide Peeled Paint over a panel of Stormy Sea card.  I quickly removed the stencil and shook white embossing powder over the inked stenciling.  DOX inks are more juicy and so will hold the embossing powder if you don't wait too long to put it on.  

Then I heat embossed.  The ink didn't catch the powder completely but I like the bits of green showing through the image.

I cut the panel down, framed it in green card and layered it to a Stormy Sea card.  I layered the stamped and die cut sentiment over the panel with foam dots.

So let's see your CAS Christmas designs inspired by PINE!  The link is open through 8/27.   

You know you need to get your Christmas cards done! 

You'll find inspiration and the link to add your card over at the CAS Christmas Card blog!

Stamps: Simple Strips: Christmas - Taylored Expresseions.
Paper: Stormy Sea, White - PTI, Easter Grass - Bazzill.
Ink: Ranger Distress Oxide Peeled Paint, Obsidian - Altenew.
Accessories: Fir Birch Stencil - The Crafters Workshop, Simple Strips Die - Taylored Expressions, foam dots, finger sponge.

August CAS Christmas Card Challenge

  Today I'm sharing my card made for the August CAS Christmas Card Challenge.  Trina is our creative hostess this month and she would like to see pine on our cards!

Here is my card made for the challenge.  I used a pine tree.

Last winter a few of us crafty friends, under Loll's direction and guidance, gathered on Zoom for a craft hour and we learned how to use kraft paper, images stamped in brown and sponged white pigment ink over torn edges of paper to create snowy landscapes.

This is a small panel that I created while playing with this technique.  I stamped the image and sentiment with Archival Coffee Ink.   Then I laid a piece of torn paper over the bottom section and sponged off the edge of the paper onto the kraft with white Pigment Ink, moving the torn paper and sponging again to create the drifts.  Then I lightly sponged over the "sky" with the white ink and added splatter and dots on the tree with a white POSCA pen.

I die cut the kraft and white panels with stitched edge dies and layered them off center over the white card base. 

Below is a larger full A2 card panel I made using the three pine trees in this stamp set.  

It's not CAS because it doesn't have a lot of white space - but I wanted to show the beautiful scene this technique can create! 

So please join us and share your creative pine theme clean and simple Christmas cards over at the August CAS Christmas Card Challenge.   You'll find lots of inspiration from the Design team as well as our TWO August Guest Designers!  Elizabeth and Lucie! 

Stamps: 3 Tree Group - Stamp Oasis (was a part of Rubbernecker stamps years ago), Mini Holidays - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous.
Paper: Kraft, white card base - Papertrey Ink
Ink: Archival Coffee - Ranger, White Pigment Ink - Hampton Arts
Accessories: White POSCA Pen, torn edge computer paper for landscape mask, finger sponge.

July CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Reminder

 I'm here today with my reminder card for the July CAS Christmas Card Challenge.  

Barb is our hostess this month and she wants to see Santa on our cards!

I embossed the circles background on my card base using Pin Point Ring from Poppy.  I layered the die cut Santa over the rings with foam dots.  I stamped the sentiment centered below the Santa. 

I added 3 clear gems to the outside edge of the rings. 

Please join us and link up your CAS creations featuring Santa!  You have until 7/24.

You'll find the challenge here.

Also linking my card to:

Merry Little Christmas Challenge

 

Stamps: Holiday Fun Sentiments - Stamping Bella
Paper: White, True Black - PTI, Red Hots - Bazzill, Tan and white textured card - Parklane.
Ink: Obsidian - Altenew
Accessories: Cool Yule Dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Pin Point Ring - Poppy, foam dots, clear gems.

July CAS Christmas Card Challenge

 Today the July CAS Christmas Card Challenge has been posted!  Barb is our creative hostess this month and she would like to see Santa on our clean and simple designs!

Here is my no layer, stamping right on the card base, clean and simple design for the challenge!

I used another retired set from Waltzingmouse for this CAS card called Jolly Old Elf.  All of his pieces are stamped separately, the hat is one stamp, the face/vest another, the hands/pants/leg stamp and the boots stamp.  There are other options for each piece in the set too - and they can each be stamped in different colors.

I love this sentiment with the pause in it.  I added the line with a black 01 Micron pen to give Santa a grounding and to accent the pause in the sentiment between 'been.....' and '.....good' - like there might have been a '....bad' option as well! 

(there is not a '...bad' stamp in the set however! So everyone gets on his good list! Santa wants to stay positive!)

So let's see all of your Santa's on your clean and simple designs linked up over at CAS Christmas Card Challenge where you will find lots of inspiration from the team.

Stamps:  Joly Old Elf - Waltzingmouse (retired)

Ink:  Obsidian, Ruby Red - Altenew

Paper:  White - Papertrey Ink

Accessories:  black 01 Micron Pen - Pigma, ruler

June CAS Christmas Reminder - Wreath

I'm here with my reminder card for the CAS Christmas June Challenge which is Wreath.

My wreath is cut from water color paper and the berries and bow are cut from Red Hots and Pale Rose Bazzill papers.  I used Tim Holtz/Sizzix Wreath and Snowflake Thinlits die.  I popped the wreath up on foam dots over the white card base.

You have until 6/24 to share your Clean and Simple Wreath card over at CAS Christmas!

Paper: Watercolor - Canson Cold Press, Pale Rose, Red Hots - Bazzill
Accessories: Wreath and Snowflake Thinlits die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, foam dots.

June CAS Christmas Card Challenge

 We are so excited that, after 3 month hiatus, Loll has re-started the CAS Christmas Card Challenges!  So we are in over-drive to get all our needed cards made before the panic in December!  

Linda is our creative host for June and she wants us to use a wreath in our CAS design!

And here is the card I created for this festive challenge.

I used older stamp sets from my hefty stash for my clean and simple design this month - a twig wreath from Wreath for All Seasons from PTI and a lovely sentiment from Seasonal Flourishes from Waltzingmouse (both sets retired).  I stamped them both in Archival Coffee Ink then over stamped the berries on the wreath in Ruby Red. 

 I added 3 clear sequins to the wreath and one on the sentiment above the final 's' of Christmas (not sure you can see them in the photo but they do add some sparkle to the card IRL.)

So lets get going on making our Christmas cards before any more time passes!  We can't wait to see all your beautiful CAS wreath designs!

You'll find all the challenge details, some creative inspiration from the team as well as our Guest Designer over at the CAS Christmas Card Challenge blog!  We are also very excited to welcome a new DT member - Lisa (My Paper Tales)  as well as our Guest Designer for June -  Sue!

 

I'm also linking my card to:

Christmas Crafts All Year Round

Use Red and White

Stamps:  Wreath for All Seasons - Papertrey Ink (retired), Seasonal Flourishes - Waltzingmouse (retired)

Ink:  Archival Coffee - Ranger, Ruby Red - Altenew

Paper:  white - Papertrey Ink

Accessories:  clear sequins

Reminder - Feb CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Winter Scene

 Just a reminder that there's still time to participate in the February CAS Christmas Card Challenge - you have until Feb 24th to link up your card!  Check out the challenge here! 

I white embossed the image and sentiment on kraft cardstock and then die cut the panel with a pierced feature frame die from PTI.  I layered the frame piece over the white card base with foam dots and then adhered the inside piece within the frame.  I used a white POSCA Paint pen to create the snowfall, tapping the pen with a ruler over the inside panel before I adhered it on the card.

 

 

Hope to see your CAS Winter Scene card linked up over at the CAS Christmas Card Challenge!

 

 

Stamps: Scribble Woodlands - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, PEACE from Ornate Ornaments - Waltzingmouse (retired).
Ink: Versamark
Paper: Kraft, White - PTI
Accessories: white embossing powder, Pierced Feature Frames Rectangles - PT. white POSCA Pen, heat tool, foam dots.

February CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Winter Scene

 February has arrived and it's not just time for Valentines -  it's also time for the February CAS Christmas Card Challenge!  Christine is our hostess this month and she is asking us to make a Winter Scene on our clean and simple cards!

 

 I recently purchased this lovely die from Amazon.  I die cut it out of white card and layered it over a piece of DP which I had cut with a pierced feature rectangle frame die from PTI.  The winter church scene is up on foam dots.  The sentiment is a Small Talk Sticker/Occasions from Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.  I brushed Clear Glitter Wink of Stella over the die cut which gives it a lovely shimmer IRL but does not show up in the photo.

There's no time like the present to start your Christmas Cards!  

 

We hope to see your CAS  winter scenes linked up at CAS Christmas!

You'll find lots of inspiration from the rest of the Design Team as well as our talented February Guest Designer Izzy (IzzyScrap) at the CAS Christmas Card Challenge blog!

 

 

 

Paper: white card - PTI, DP North Wind - Craft and You.
Accessories: framed church scene die - Amazon, Pierced Feature Frames Rectangles - PTI. Clear Glitter Wink of Stella, foam dots, Small Talk Stickers/Occasions - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology

January CAS Christmas Card Challenge Reminder!

 Hi all - I'm here to remind you all that you still have time to join in on the January CAS Christmas Card challenge!  The link is open until 1/24/22.  I am the host this month and I want to see everyone use Silver and Gold on their CAS Christmas card!

It's SO hard to photograph metallic paper!   For my reminder card I used the same Alleluia die I used on my first card but this time I did use the Shadow die behind the word.  The top and bottom alleluia's are gold word and silver shadow and the middle alleluia is silver word and gold shadow.   I embossed the white background with Weathered Embossing folder from Taylored Expressions, just to give it some clean texture!

So please link up your silver and gold CAS Christmas cards over at the CAS Christmas Card Challenge blog!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Paper: White - PTI, Kraft Stock Metallic paper pad - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.
Accessories: Alleluia Word and Shadow Die - Simon Says Stamp, glue pen.

January CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Silver and Gold

 The CAS Christmas Card Challenge is back after a little break over December.  And I am hosting the January Challenge which is to use Silver and Gold!

My card today is truly CAS - just two die cuts on a 4 1/4" square card!  

I bought both of these dies last year but didn't use them until today!  I die cut The Angel Corner by Tutti Designs out of silver and the Alleluia die from Simon Says Stamp out of gold - the Alleluia die comes with a shadow die to put behind the cut word but I didn't use it today.  

I made 4 of these while I was at it as it was so simple!

So please join us and get a jump on your Christmas Cards right off the bat!  You'll find the challenge here.  You'll also find lots of inspiration from the rest of the DT as well as our wonderful Guest Designer this month - Lisa (My Paper Tales)

I'm also linking my sparkly silver and gold card to:
The Paper Players
It even looks rather like the bottom right photo!

NBUS Challenge

bought my dies last year but never used until today

 

 

Paper: White - PTI, Metallic Silver and Gold - Kraft Paper Pad Metallics - Tim Holtz/Idea-ology.
Accessories: Angel Corner Die - Tutti Designs, Alleluia Word and Shadow Die - Simon Says Stamp, Glue pen.

CAS Christmas Card Challenge - Mid Month Reminder - Christmas Critters

 I'm here today to share my mid month reminder card for the November CAS Christmas Challenge - this is our last challenge for 2021 - we take a break during December and will return in January 2022 to start all over again!  

Host Barb's theme is Christmas Critters and here is my card. 

 

I used another critter from the set I used on my first card for November - Into the Woods.   

This time I used the moose and the tall thin pine tree that I stamped once in black and then off stamped to the left and right of the first stamping without reinking.  I added little die cut tree light bulbs from the older Tree-Rex die by Cheery Lynn Designs to his antlers and a white star to the tree as Mr. Moose is celebrating the season in style!  I also added some snow using a white POSCA Fine Tip Pen - taping the end of it with a heavy plastic ruler to get this fine splatter.

The sentiment is from Simple Strips Christmas, cut with Simple Strips Die, both  by Taylored Expressions and it's up on foam dots.

We'd love to see your Christmas Critters!   You have until 11/24 to link up your CAS designs!  You'll find the challenge here.

Stamps:  Into the Woods - Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous, Simple Strips: Christmas - Taylored Expressions

Ink:  Obsidian - Altenew.

Paper:  White, Fine Linen - PTI

Accessories:  Simple Strips Die - Taylored Expressions, tree light bulbs and star from Tree-Rex Die - Cheery Lynn Designs, foam dots, White POSCA Fine Tip Paint Pen.