Wednesday, 22 January 2014

ABC Christmas Challenge - B is for...

We have a new ABC Christmas Challenge starting today...Samantha is the host, and the theme is:

'B is for Bare Essentials'
(Use the bare minimum of embellishments)

Our sponsor for this challenge is Care2Stamp:
Prize: a $15 gift code!

I made an ultra bare CAS card...I experimented with stamping in water over Distress Inks to create a snowy background. I blended various shades of blue ink (Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Stormy Sky & Chipped Saphire) on to white card, then spritzed my snowflake stamps ('Snow Swirl' by Stampendous and 'Snowflakes' by Hero Arts) with plain water before stamping. I stamped the 'Snow Swirl' again in black...adding a Penny Black sentiment, then spritzed over it all with 'Baby's Breath' Cosmic Shimmer.


I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:


For more inspiration from my lovely DT buddies, please pop over to the ABC Christmas Challenge.
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12 comments:

  1. Squirrel x22 January 2014 at 08:33

    Beautiful card Helen and a great technique! Hugs xx

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  2. Lorraine A22 January 2014 at 12:26

    gorgeous card Helen :-) I love the background and arty look of this ,, totally amazing ! LOVE it :-)

    luv
    Lols x x x

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  3. Zw@@n22 January 2014 at 14:28

    I love your card, Helen. Great background, I have to try that technique, it is beautiful. Luv, Wilma

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  4. Claire22 January 2014 at 15:42

    Just love this Helen. Hugs, Claire x

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  5. Dorte22 January 2014 at 21:31

    I think your experiment went out really good, Helen, beautiful CAS card,
    hugs Dorte

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  6. Sandy Palmer23 January 2014 at 03:16

    Love the look of the background! Wonderful job on it! Thanks for sharing it with us at Delightful Challenges, "Brrr, anything Winter"! :)

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  7. Denise @ kc24223 January 2014 at 04:12

    What a lovely winter card! Thanks so much for joining us this week at Delightful Challenges.
    Denise

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  8. The Gov.23 January 2014 at 10:50

    Beautiful card! Thanks for joining us on the Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog!

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  9. Kat W23 January 2014 at 13:01

    'Bare' sounds such a harsh way to describe this beautiful card! It's so delicate and pretty :-)
    Hugs, Kat x

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  10. Chris Hanselman23 January 2014 at 15:25

    Super cute. Love the technique. Thanks for joining our BRRR Anything Winter Challenge at Delightful Challenges.

    ~~Chris
    Design Team
    Delightful Challenge

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  11. Hazel24 January 2014 at 15:01

    Thanks for entering your lovely card for CHNC challenge 160 - you could also enter this into my CHNC challenge extra for Januaryr - I'd love to see it there too. x

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  12. Barbara Godden26 January 2014 at 23:30

    Awesome card, great job on a CAS card, love that swirl and your background. Thanks for playing along with us at Shopping Our Stash for the Winter Blues.

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Thanks for taking the time to look and comment on my cards! Helen x

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