Holiday treats for CAS Christmas

Hey all - I'm back with a couple cards for this month's CAS Christmas challenge to use holiday treats.

Fun theme and it gave me a chance to use a Pink and Main stamp set I bought last year. I couldn't resist it then but, as usual, hadn't made time to give it a play until now. Also as usual, I started by die cutting a bunch of the items in the set, then stamping and coloring them. With a pile of stamped and die cut images, I played around until I had some designs I liked. Here's card one:

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Stamp set, plus matching dies - Pink and Main Christmas Mugs

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black and Pine Needles Distress Ink

Other - Copic Markers, Christmas Red Stickles, Glossy Accents, 

Joy Ultra thin foam, 3M Washi tape

I used three of the four mugs in the P&M set for the first card. For the next card I used some of the peppermints and candy canes, arranging them along the bottom below a couple of score lines. The sentiment is from an old Hero Arts clear set, white embossed.

Supplies: Paper - DCWV Ms Sparkle shimmer red A2 card, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White

Stamp set, plus matching dies - Pink and Main Christmas Mugs

Sentiment - Hero Arts Holiday Wishes (retired)

Ink - Distress Embossing Ink; Fired Brick and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide,

Other - Glossy Accents, Ranger Seafoam White ep, Joy Ultra thin foam, Stickles

Finally, an anniversary card that started out as a Christmas treat card! I was playing around with an ancient QuicKutz die featuring a string of gingerbread men and women. I thought they were linked together but they turned out to be individuals. I was trying to link them along an entire card but got off in my desired placement. I ended up with just a couple on there. Piled up nearby was a stack of sentiments from Taylored Expressions - absolutely LOVE this stamp and matching die (which will be handy for other sentiments). The anniversary one was the perfect size over my couple - boom, an anniversary card! I still have a stack of gingerbread people so may try a Christmas card yet - LOL.

Supplies: Paper - DCWV Ms Sparkle shimmer red A2 card, Lawn Fawn Knit Picky,

Poptone Kraft, Paper Studio green

Stamp plus matching die - Taylored Expressions Simple Strips Background

Die - Lawn Fawn Stitched Scalloped Borders

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

Other - Ultra thin foam

That's it for today. It turned out to be a gorgeous, sunny day with a high of 74F - I'm glad I managed to get out in it!! Thanks for stopping and thanks to the CAS Christmas team for a fun challenge!