CAS Christmas take two

Good morning fellow bloggers. I hope I find you well. 

Have you finished all your card making for the Christmas period? If not why not join us at Fantasy Stampers for our CAS Christmas challenge, just the chance to make a quick card before the deadline for posting!

Here is a card that I rustled up from odds and sods from the bits box with a nod to a couple of challenges.

I think that using a challenge or two to focus the brain is a good idea. 

The tag was stamped with Stampendous Christmas Background in DI then inked to give a bit of a vintage feel. The poinsettia was cut using a Lea'bilities die and edged in more DI.

I splashed a bit of water on the tag to give it a further aged look and splattered a bit of DI as well onto the base card. I also added some stars and sequins from the stash. The greeting was stamped then embossed in gold.

I shall enter the following challenges:-

CAS on Sunday - 

Virginia's View -  All things distressed

Thanks for popping around.

Don't forget Fantasy Stampers is just a regular stamping challenge, no digis allowed!

Muse #68

Evening all. 

Not a very good day weather wise, a bit damp and drab. So grey that we resorted to firing up the range cooker this afternoon. Tomorrow looks worse so we may light it again. So much for Spring Bank Holiday!

This week the muse at Muse is Marion Vagg with this delightful card.

I love the clean and simple layout of her card and had lots of ideas on how to go with my take and in the end I went with my Poinsettia die from Le Crea. That meant it was a Christmas card but hey you've got to start sometime.

I added some gold/yellow crystals to the center of the flower and some extra foliage with my Sizzix die from Stampin Up. The chevrons were cut from some matt silver textured card and pieced where the same white ones were cut from the main 5 x 7 card. The greeting is from a Woodware collection, not sure of the name.Must look out for some larger greetings in time for this Christmas.

Well that's it for today, come back tomorrow for some more DT and GD inspiration.

I would also like to join in at :-

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge - Use  a flower/s