CAS Mix Up October reminder .......

Happy weekend .......

I hope you've had a lovely week.  

What's the weather like where you are?  We've definitely seen a change whilst we've been on our travels.  The temepratures have dropped and we've actually had some rain!

Autumn has arrived, which to be honest, I don't mind at all. 

 

We're currently back in the beautiful Lake District, for the last leg of our trip ...... only 2 more days left.

We're in Bowness on Windermere, and it's been lovely.  

a pretty October sunset

We've had a good wander around the town, been up to Windermere too, and had a couple of days catching up with family and friends which is always nice.  Too much good food and wine probably, but hey! ...... we are on holiday!!!  

Anyway, enough of what we've been up to.  The reason for the post is, a quick reminder of this month's CAS Mix Up Challenge ...... have you entered yet?

It's a Mixed Media Challenge using the Blackout Embossing technique ....... if you haven't tried this you need to give it a go.  It's super easy, and so much fun.  It's a different way of using your embossing folders too, which is always good.

I've gone a little festive for this card, well it is only about 70 days before the big day (I'm sure that's what is said on the blackboard in the Christmas Shop earlier! ........ yes, I have been in a few Christmas shops on our recent travels.  I can't resist looking for new baubles!)

For this card I used the Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folder ...... Holiday Greenery, which is a lovely all over winter foliage design.

On the debossed side of the cardstock,  I used blending brushes and various shades of green and red Distress Oxide inks to colour the design.  Remember, you don't have to get this perfect as you'll be covering over any colour on the top part with your black (or any other dark colour) ink

I then applied Black Soot Distress Oxide, direct from the ink pad, over the top.

I love the mat finish to the DOX inks, and the Black Soot gave great coverage.

I added a few dots of Glitter Glue to some of the berries, and finished off with white paint splatters

I cut the embossed piece down using a fancy stitched edge die, cut a piece of red cardstock using the same die, and then layered them together leaving a festive red border.

I then attached this to a white cardbase and stamped my sentinment underneath.

Another idea for using your Blackout Embossed panels, is to turn them into tags, either to use as they are or, add them to the front of a card.

This pretty embossed design is another Simon Says Stamp folder called Darcy Bouquet.

I used it on a previously coloured piece of card, which I found in my stash, and I think it was done with Distress Oxide inks,  swiped directly from the ink pad across a piece of white card .... so easy to do.

I cut the panel into a tag shape and added a knot of white ribbon to the top.  I then attached a die cut sentiment onto the actual tag, and finished with a few white paint splatters here and there .......

Luckily, I remembered that you must include some stamping for the CAS Mix Up Challenge, so I added that underneath (phew!).

I do think that maybe this card is pushing the CAS rules just a little bit but, I didn't want to loose any of the pretty embossed design so I didn't cut it down any.  Maybe next time.

The challenge is open until the 31st October so there's still plenty of time to join in.  

Go on ..... give Blackout Embossing a try!  

By the way, you don't have to use black ink to do this technique.  Check out the cards from the rest of the DT, some of them have used different colours to do the 'Blackout' part, and they look fab!!

Thanks for popping by ......... enjoy your weekend.

We start our journey home tomorrow, so we're having a nice lazy day today.  

We're on the Sunday afternoon boat so we should be back on the island early evening ...... I'm ready for getting home now!

Cheerio until next time .........

Products used:

Card 1

Embossing Folder ........  Holiday Greenery - Simon Says Stamp

Inks .......  Distress Oxide Inks - Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn, Peeled Paint, Festive Berries,

Black Soot:  Versafine Claire - Nocturne (to stamp the sentiment)

Other ...... Crystal Stickles Glitter Glue; Fresco Finish Chalk Paint - Snowflake (PaperArtsy)

Card 2

Embossing Folder .......  Darcy Bouquet - Simon Says Stamp

Inks ...... I think they were Distress Oxides in various shades of purple and blue; Versafine Claire - Nocture for the stamped sentiment.

Stamps ....... Julie Hickey Designs - Sweet Daisy

Other ....... Be Bold Alphabet Dies Upper & Lower Case - Spellbinders; Sentiment Starter dies - The Greetery;  Silver Chrome Pen;  Fresco Finish Chalk Paint - Snowflake (PaperArtsy); White ribbon