Is it too early for the Christmas tree? ...........

Happy Friday ........

I'm joking about the Christmas tree ...... or maybe I'm not.  Can you believe there's only 10 more Fridays until Christmas.   Better start making those lists!

We're half way through October so it's time to remind you about this month's CAS Mix Up Challenge.

It's a Mixed Media month and our host is the lovely Bonnie, who's got a fabulous theme for us ....... 

Bonnie would like us to use something from the garden ....... leaves, flowers, ferns etc., to create beautiful botanical prints on our cards.  I don't know about yours but our garden is full of Autumn leaves that have fallen from the trees so there's lots to choose from.

This little fern makes the perfect tree for a CAS Christmas card ........

I carefully inked the fern using Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink straight from the ink pad, then used the fern like a stamp onto the centre of a piece of white cardstock.

I did cover the fern with a piece of copier paper and applied a little pressure with my hand, just to make sure I got a good print.

Not bad ....... I love the detail that I mamaged to get.

I then made a little pot for the tree to sit in ..... just a tiny piece of kraft card cut to shape and shaded on the edges with Distress ink

My sentiment was stamped underneath and heat embossed in gold,

I added some baubles onto the tree using dots of glitter glue, 

and finished with a little die cut, and heat embossed star on the top

There's still time to play along with the challenge, follow the theme (Botanical Prints), include some stamping on there and, remember to use one other Mixed Media element ....... you can find a list for those on CAS Mix Up Blog.  

You'll also find on there links to some great videos using this technique, more inspiration from the Design Team (they've been very busy) and we also have a fabulous Guest Designer ...... Izzy (Izzy (Scrap) is joining us this month, so pop by and say Hello! and then join in the fun!

Thanks for stopping by ...... enjoy the rest of your day and have a great weekend.

Now where did I put those Christmas decorations .......... Ho! Ho! Ho! (just kidding!)

Cheerio until next time .......

Products used:

Stamps: Wonderful Christmas (Inkylicious)

Inks: Distres Inks - Rustic Wilderness, Gathered Twigs; Versamark 

Other:  Fern from the garden; snippet of kraft card; WOW! Embossing Powders - Detail Gold - for the senitment, Gold Sparkle for the star; Stickles Glitter Glue - Cranberry, Gold,