Hello!  October has given us a fifth Thursday, which means it’s Double Challenge time at CAS Colours & Sketches!  This week we have a sketch and a color combination for you to use together in creating a clean and simple styled card.

The sketch was drawn up to create a square card, but I’ve stretched it out into a portrait-oriented rectangle.  I’m not sure why I was compelled to use snowflakes for my card, since the colors aren’t typical snowflake-y colors, but I decided to go with it anyway.  I chose the lightest two of the colors to create a polished stone piece of glossy cardstock and die cut the snowflakes from it.  An embossing folder was used to give the vertical strip some more snowflake-y interest.  I backed it with the third color from the challenge graphic and used that color for my card base.  A kind of generic sentiment makes this a wintry any occasion card.  The rhinestones were literally last minute decisions.  I was all set up to take the photo of the card but felt it was missing something, so I went back to my desk with it and added the sparkle.  I’m glad I did.

The current challenge at Shopping Our Stash is to not use patterned paper, so I’m entering this card there.  Time Out Challenges has the theme of Christmas with a twist of using pink or purple, so I’m hoping this card is Christmassy enough to count for that.  🙂

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to see what the other CAS Colours & Sketches design team members have made.  Then show us what you can create with the colors and the sketch!  You have until 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, November 4 to link your work to the challenge post.

Supplies:
Stamp: Sophie’s Sentiments (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White, Glossy White (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Rich Razzleberry (SU)
Other: Rose Red and Wisteria Wonder reinkers, rhinestones (SU); Stitched Snowflakes dies (Lawn Fawn); Snowflakes embossing folder (Sizzix)