…made with little hands, full hearts, glitter and glue

Sharing a quick CAS card I made featuring the pretty Adornments stamp from Penny Black.

I did two designs on these watercolour paper postcards I had in my stash to give with small gifts at work.  I simply stamped the image with some Archival Ink (for the hanger and top) and two colours of distress ink.  I then used a brush and some water to ‘colour’ the baubles.  The stamps give a lovely hand painted effect that is easy even for a non-artist like me to achieve.

Over at CAS Mix Up they are giving you two free themes plus the set stamping one.  I’ve used embossing (heat) to add in my sentiment and watercolouring.

Christmas is the optional twist over at Happy Little Stampers for their watercolour challenge so I am entering my postcard there.  I’m also linking up in the anything goes challenge at CAS Watercolour as I’ve got the watercolouring and the CAS part covered.  This is actually the CAS-est thing I’ve ever done as it is literally a one-layer card, quite a scary thing for someone like me who usually mats at least twice!

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

WOW! Embossing Powder ~ Metallic Gold Rich Pale

Inks & Paints etc

Tim Holtz Archival Ink ~ Ground Espresso

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany & Wild Honey

Tim Holtz Distress Markers ~ Ground Espresso

Papers

Strathmore ~ Watercolor Postcards

Stamps

Penny Black ~ 40-574 Adornments
Your Next Stamp ~ CYNS487 Very Merry Wise Men

Challenges

CAS Mix Up ~ Stamping plus two items of your choice

CAS Watercolour ~ Anything goes

Happy Little Stampers Watercolour ~ Anything goes with twist of Xmas

Thanks for stopping by!