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CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #207                                                   SCS - CAS413 - Sparkle & Shine                                                           Sparkling Snow

29/1/2017

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This card is for the SCS CAS challenge by Carla who said " Who doesn't love some bling? Whether it's rhinestones, glitter or foil, that little bit of bling just makes our cards shine! For this week's CAS Challenge, create a card using anything sparkly, shiny or even both in your design. Can't wait to see what you come up with!"

I've used heat embossing (a little hard to see in the photo) glitter, rhinestones, sequins and Stickles glitter glue on the snow, plenty of sparkle and shine lol.

​I have also come across another challenge site that I thought I wouldn't mind participating in called "CAS Colours & Sketches". To that end I have used this weeks sketch from that challenge for the card.

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I decided that I would do a simple watercolour wash for the background and because this was to be a one layer or more correctly no layer single card base I was going to need to mask the area that I wanted to keep clean of any paint.
In the past I have used ordinary masking tape with varied results but often as not I would end up with some of the edges bleeding into the clean area. A couple of weeks ago while visiting one of our more expensive art suppliers I spotted some artists masking tape and even though it was three times more expensive I bought a roll and I'm thrilled with it's efficiency. I think it will last me quite a while but even so I will be purchasing more.  

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To make the mask I tore three strips of the masking tape off and overlapped them slightly directly onto the base cutting plate of my Big Shot, placed the die at the top to create the top edge of the mask. I then ran this through the Big Shot using a piece of shim (card to give it a bit more pressure, see middle photo) Once this was done I moved the die down to create the bottom edge of the mask.
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It is quite a simple matter to move the mask from the cutting plate to the card once you have removed the excess tape and all I did was make sure that there was good contact around the edges of the mask once placed on the card.

Next I place the card into my stamp positioner and stamped the snow flakes with Versa Mark - Watermark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.
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I created the watercolour wash by using two water based  markers scribbling the colour onto a gloss tile then picking the colour up with an aqua brush. I went straight over the embossed snow flakes and right up to the edge of the masking tape and as you can see it worked perfectly. 

The card buckled slightly because I hadn't used watercolour paper however I weighted it down overnight before I continued and ever thing was fine.
Using my stamp positoner I stamped the greeting in SU Tempting Turquoise then over stamped with Versa Mark - Watermark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder - shiny.
Using an SU Fine-tip glue pen I put glue onto the snow flakes and then shook glitter onto them.  I placed clear rhinestones in the centre of the flakes and scattered some sequins around.
Last but not least I put some Snowtex onto the bottom of the card for snowy hills and once this was dry I pounced some Stickles - Star Dust glitter glue over the Snowtex.
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To finish the card off I placed a piece of insert paper inside attaching it to the top inside of the card so that it would open out cleanly.
I stamped the bottom of the insert as well as the envelope just for some added interest and that is it.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope this has inspired you to create something.
Cheers
Marg
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Supplies used are below and also included X-Press It Blending Card, Aqua watercolour brush and X-Press It double sided tape along with other items mentioned in the post.
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karen h link
30/1/2017 02:09:36

Pretty card. I love the texture from the snow! Thanks for sharing your work with us at CC&S!

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Emily E link
30/1/2017 11:31:50

I love all that bling! The snowflakes are just so pretty! Thanks for joining us this week at CC&S!

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Fiona Whitten
31/1/2017 20:48:26

Fun idea to add the texture for the snow. Thanks for sharing on this week's CC&S challenge.

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Beverley link
31/1/2017 22:44:09

Love the watercolour background and the sparkle. Wonderful take on the sketch and thanks for joining in at CC&S. Hugs Bev x

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Patricia Hays link
1/2/2017 11:56:50

You've definitely captured the essence of falling and drifting snow here. Thanks for sharing your card with us at CC&S.

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