Hello there!  We have a great little sketch for you this week at CAS Colours & Sketches and I’m looking forward to seeing what our challenge participants make with it.

I decided to combine my sketch with the color challenge currently going at Less is More and I’ve made another card to add to the stockpile that I’ll be sending to Send a Smile 4 Kids in a few weeks.  For the circle element of the sketch, I made a stencil by cutting a circle from an index card.  I attached the stencil to my card front with temporary adhesive and brushed blue ink into it.  After I removed the stencil, I stamped the sentiment.  I die cut several snowflakes from white cardstock.  The largest one is layered for more dimension.  I coated all three snowflakes with a generous dose of Wink of Stella to give them some shimmer.  To bring out the black for the color challenge, I trimmed the edges of card panel a bit and attached the panel to a black card base.  The card still looked a little plain to me after I put the snowflakes in place, so I added rhinestones for more sparkle.

There you have it!  What will you make with this sketch?  If you need extra inspiration, check out what the rest of the CC&S design team and our guest designer have made.  Be sure to share your card with us at the CC&S site by 6:00 p.m. Eastern time Monday, September 17.  We’d love to have you join in the fun and creativity!

Supplies:
Stamp: Bows and Holly (Lawn Fawn)
Cardstock: Basic Black, Whisper White (Stampin’ Up)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Marina Mist (SU)
Other: Stitched Snowflakes dies (LF); stencil brush (Claritystamp); Wink of Stella pen (Zig); rhinestones (SU)