Hi Everyone, I hope you are now to the last of your Christmas shopping or at least with just a little to go, no panic shopping! As I have done in the past. I can't believe how organised I am this year, just the food for a small hamper I am doing for my SiL. She has to cope with her Alzheimer hubby and rarely goes out, so a few treats to cheer her up. I hope. The snow and ice isn't helping, we are lucky, just below freezing temperatures to cope with, so far.
Be prepared for a picture heavy post!
Anyhow, my card today came about with me wanting to stamp a CAS card and not having a clue what to do with it. I stamped the reindeer and sentiment, coloured the reindeer and wondered what to do with the sentiment. I took a brush, dipped into the green ink on my mat, that I had chosen and scribbled the colour on. It still didn't look right, so I stamped some stars and thought I should have embossed them, too late! A silver glitter pen to the rescue, it still didn't look right, so I die cut a square of pearlised card near enough to the sentiment colour and layered it. Attached to a square card, and I was pleased with the overall effect. OH! This CAS designing is hard work!
The photo gives the impression the centre is not straight, the only thing I can think of is my straightening of the card made it all wonky. You get the idea anyway, don't you?
this is the most we have had of frost, although it has lasted a few days. I love the red morning sunlight of the trees in the background.
Hi Faith, I think this is so lovely, its very pretty and love the shade of green.
ReplyDeleteI have just got a picture of my temps outside, this morning is reading -9, I was shocked but the last three days have been getting colder, I think sometimes because we are so close to the sea its colder, but that could just be in my mind, all I do know is its flippin cold haha...Hope your staying warm, its hot water bottle city here.xx
A beautiful card Faith, love the scene and I always love a deer on a card.
ReplyDeleteYour frosty blooms are gorgeous, Kate x
Wow, beautiful card (as usual) and beautiful frosty photos! It's amazing how plant life can survive the frost! Stay warm!
ReplyDeleteYour CAS card is just perfect and love the way you highlighted the sentiment too. Great idea and it worked beautifully!
ReplyDeleteLove the frost on your plants. So pretty, but brrrrrr.......I'm already ready for summer and it hasn't even gotten terribly cold here yet!
Lynn
Poor birds without their bath! :D Amazing photos, Nature is always stunning! Here it's raining and hope there will be no frost, we aren't so much used to it.
ReplyDeleteFabulous card, love the scribbled green behind the tree and the clean design!
Despite your troubles designed the CAS card, you nailed it Faith. It's lovely. xxx
ReplyDeleteI love the stylized tree! Nice card!
ReplyDeleteWow! Your plants are so pretty, even frost cannot cover their beauty! I am sending warm thoughts your way!
Hugz,
Chana
I love your CAS card Faith! I think you are to hard on yourself. That is a cool sentiment stamp, love how you put the green over it to make it look more like a tree. The deer is perfect with it! The stars are a nice addition to the card. Cold here too, had freezing rain and sleet today, so trees were all icy, but luckily the roads were just wet in my area. Other areas there were accidents galore! Not good! Will be in the teens and single digits at night next week. Hope it moves out quickly! lol That rose is just gorgeous with the frost on it! Not sure I would have ventured out to get that photo, but glad you did as like I said, it is gorgeous! Of course we couldn't grow a rose right now outside if we tried! Doesn't the frost make pretty designs on plants?! Love all your photos, I can feel the cold...or am I feeling my cold?! lol Seriously, you can see how cold it is there, but it is so beautiful looking. I just have to get a few gift cards and my groceries for the Christmas meal, although if the weathermen are correct, it might be a snowy Christmas so might be eating all alone! Stay warm my friend!!! Hugs, Brenda
ReplyDeleteWhat a darling card Faith and the weather - BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR - MERRY CHRISTMAS and Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Faith. I love how you've used your sentiment with the green tree. You've paired the greens perfectly aswell.
ReplyDeleteThe frost has finished off my plants sadly. We've had -6, I really don't like the cold. Roll on spring.
Love what you did with the tree! This card came out great! Love all your frosty photos too. We're not as cold as you are getting it, but we are fluttering regularly around zero!
ReplyDeleteA lovely card with the sweet deer and pretty tree, Faith! And, all the photos with the frost are so pretty! You captured the frost perfectly. No snow here yet, but the weatherman says to be aware of a possible snow next Thursday. Take care and Merry Christmas!
ReplyDeleteWonderful CAS card, Faithie. I hear you about how hard they are!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous plant life photos too. They are telling us we will be in the 20's-30'sF Christmas week, we will believe it when we feel it. Been in the 40's at night and that's bad enough hahaha. Seriously, I worry about my friends across the pond. Just read where German bakeries are going out of business due to rising really high utility and wheat costs. Prayers this winter is survivable for you! xoxo
Lovely CAS design, Faith. Yes, sometimes creating CAS cards can be hard, but so worth it. Love all the photos, especially the rose. We have been having frosty mornings, too.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card, I love how you've done the tree. Lovely photographs too - frost is so attractive, if rather chilly. Thanks for all your lovely comments on my blog - much appreciated, Jo x
ReplyDeleteOh wow, I love your CAS card. I always think that, by and large, the more white space, the more elegant the card looks. The faux stitching is a great addition.
ReplyDeleteGreat frosty morning photos, was that minus seven? We have had temperatures that low as well. Brrrrr.
Keep warm.
Dionne x
Beautiful card, loving the tree with the wording. Wow your photos are gorgeous even though it's frosty cold!!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card and my favourite sentiment too. Fab pics, the poor rose all frozen.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the story of how you got this card completed and I am very pleased that you got there in the end. It is a great CAS card. If you ever see things not looking straight on my cards, it is probably because it isn't straight. It has always been something I really struggle with and it drives me nuts, because I hate it xx
ReplyDeleteA lovely creation Faith. What a beautiful photo of that lovely rose, we had five inches of snow here. The rain washed it away after three days.
ReplyDeleteHugs
Cathy
xxxx
This is really pretty. I always struggle with CAS because I tend to pile on a lot of stuff (as you know). Thanks for sharing your wonderful inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThe frost covered plants are so pretty! Love the look of the rose! May have been a process, but your card came out great--love it!
ReplyDeleteYour frosty pics are gorgeous, the whole scene looks so pretty. CarolG
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