Tuesday, December 12, 2017

CAS Colours & Sketches - Challenge #253

Our CC&S Challenge this week is to choose a sketch from 2017 and create a seasonal card.   I used sketch #214 and brought out the wreath embossing folder I used for my "Joy" card again.  Last year I was lucky enough to win a card challenge sponsored by DRS Designs and picked up this cute pinecone stamp.  I used Copics and colored pencils for coloring (including the pinecone tips with E41) along with some Stickles for a little extra sparkle and then fussy cut the pinecone.  It's the first time I've inked it up and am so pleased with how it turned out!!





















This will be our last challenge for 2017; you have two weeks to enter.   We'll be back on January 9th with a sketch challenge featuring our new DT members.  Hope you will join us in the new year!


Challenges Entered:
Colouring in Scrapland/December /- Christmas
Crafty Cardmakers #202 /-  Christmas
Simon Monday Challenge/ - Christmas
Use Your Stuff #292/ - Christmas is Coming
Penny Black & More/ - December/CAS
Christmas Card Throwdown/ - Pick a previous challenge from 2012 or 2013  (Challenge #9/Sept. 2012 red, brown, white)










21 comments:

  1. WOW! Loving your colouring and glitter treatment of the fir cone, simply stunning! Great festive use of the sketch. Hugs Bev x

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  2. Wow! Gorgeous card, your coloring is fabulous.

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  3. Such beautiful colouring - your pinecone has such amazing dimension!

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  4. Your pinecone looks lovely and must have taken ages to cut out but really worth the time, many thanks for joining us at Penny Black and More challenge.

    B x

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  5. wow - I thought it was a die! Looks so realistic and beautiful on your card. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Penny Black & More.
    Lynn x
    DT

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  6. Lovely card and your pine cone looks amazing all coloured in x

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  7. I love this pinecone and your amazing glitter accents! A stunning design. Hugs, Autumn

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  8. Quelle jolie carte Cathy, sobre et charmante, merci de jouer avec nous chez CCT, biz

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  9. Beautiful job on this lovely card, fabulous pinecone! wow! Thanks for sharing with us at Crafty Cardmakers.
    Happy Crafting
    Glenda DT

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  10. Beautiful! Thanks for joining our challenge at USE YOUR STUFF!

    Majo - DT ♥

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  11. A pretty and elegant card in the understated colours. It really is a beautiful stamp and I'm sure you'll use it often. Thanks for playing along at Christmas Card Throwdown.

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  12. Elegant card. Nicely designed. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Cardmakers this week. Hope to see you back here again soon. Judy DT

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  13. Wow! When I saw the thumbnail of this, I thought you'd glued a real pine cone to your card! I am so amazed at how dimensional you made this look with your coloring skills and clever use of snow! This is so elegant and rustic and I like how you used such iconic holiday elements for this and did it in a fresh new way! Happy holidays to you and yours and thank you for taking the time to share your inspiring project with us for this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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  14. The pine cone is stunning against the simple white background, framed by the lovely embossed wreath. Super job!

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  15. A gorgeous CAS card, love the color combo and fabulous design!
    Thanks so much for sharing at Penny Black and More!

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  16. Awesome card, Cathy! The coloring is beautiful; I love the glittery snow!

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  17. This is just gorgeous! I love the embossed wreath, the snow on the pine cone...I love everything about this! I'm looking forward to being on the CC&S design team with you.

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  18. What a beautiful festive card you made :-)) I like the stamp you use.
    Thanks for playing along at Christmas Card Throwdown, Andreja DT

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  19. I love this type of card - clean, elegant and stylish - simply stunning.

    Thank you for joining our Christmas Card Throwdown challenge.

    Gill DT

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  20. Oh, this card is simply elegant. I love the whole card. It is stunning! And it makes me want to break out my embossing folders more.
    Thank you for joining us at Christmas Card Throwdown!

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  21. Gourgeous card and awesome colouring Cathy!
    Thank you so much for joining us at Colouring in Scrapland Desember Challenge and... Congrats! ;-) http://colouringinscrapland.blogspot.com.es/2018/01/ganadora-y-top-3-del-reto-de-diciembre.html

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Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I appreciate each and every one of them. Cathy