Thursday, December 20, 2012

Dashing


My father's wise winter advise was to never taste the colored snow, but he didn't mention anything about the sparkly white snow! You know, the fresh fallen, sun glistening, beautiful freshly fallen snow that sparkles even in the moonlight? Love that snow.


CAS-ual Fridays has teamed up with the 10 Minute Craft Dash Challenge for a whole two weeks!


Create a clean and simple holiday creation in under ten minutes! (You can gather your supplies before hand). The sponsor this week is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps! Link up to both challenges for double the fun, and double the chance to win a gift certificate to CAS-ual Fridays Stamps!


My card took exactly nine minutes and one second to create (I used my handy dandy stop watch on my phone, which I figured out just for this challenge...). I had a cut and folded cardstock base ready as well as some silver snowflakes die cut from the latest Lil' Inker Designs release. I used CAS-ual Friday's Snowflake Greetings stamp set to randomly stamp some snowflakes across the card, along with the sentiment and topped the card with a big, loopy bow from May Arts Silk Ribbon. I finished the card with a bit of Pearl Mist Spray and Silver Studio Calico Mist. Oh, and I rounded the corners at the very last second!

I hope you get a chance to stop on over at the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog to check out the dashing holiday inspiration from the Girl Fridays and read about the prize and sponsor!

28 comments:

Kelly said...

ooooooh this is BEAUTIFUL! and I must say that I having been belting out the Sound of Music while driving around for several days now. Don't think the boys enjoyed my rendition of "Favorite Things" this morning going through the drop off line... hee hee

Lynn said...

Absolutely gorgeous. I love the bow...the color palette is divine.

Lindsay said...

What a fun card Karen! LOVE that color combo!

Lisa said...

Love your fancy bow Karin, very pretty card!

Wendy said...

Gorgeous card, love the bow and the color combo...so nice.

lenny said...

Absolutely fabulous card!
And that in 10min...wow!!
Great job, Karen!
Love the snow flakes and that big bow...wow!

Andrea M said...

So beautiful!

Tracey McNeely said...

Love the snowflakes Karen, so pretty!

Sharli Schaitberger said...

Wow! I better not let Steve see that you can make a card in under 10 minutes!! This is beautiful and he thinks it takes me over an hour (which is absolutely true - often even longer!!) to make a card!

Hugs!!

lostinpaper said...

This is so so pretty! Your bow is perfect!

Virginia L. said...

Gorgeous work, Karen! Love the elegant colors and bow! Wish you and family a beautiful holiday season!

Brenda said...

I'm oohing and aaaahing here! This is a delightful card. Love the colors!!

Lalo said...

There you go again...another super fab Christmas card using non-traditional Christmas colors!!!

Annette said...

totally gorgeous..love the color combo...

Laurel said...

Beautiful card, love the purple!

Barb said...

Beautiful colors, beautiful snowflakes, beautiful card! Love that yummy ribbon! :)

Rose said...

stunning!!!!!

Melissa Shea said...

Completely gorgeous! I love the lush purple ribbon and the fun snowflakes!

alexandra s.m. said...

a very pretty card indeed!
Thank you Karen ;-)

Alice Wertz said...

what beautiful colors you used for the snowflakes, Karen!!! love love this beauty!

Maria@Crafty Cre8tions said...

Well, it's gorgeous!

That bow would of taken me the whole 10 minutes!! LOL

Jingle said...

This is so pretty!

Trinh said...

Can i just say WOW! The color palette is beautiful and i love that bow.

Els said...

Fun that you actually timed the process :) I love your card. So stunning!

Kelly Griglione said...

Well this is 10 minutes well-spent for you ... I love it!!

Monika/Buzsy said...

Sweet! Love the colors

Karen said...

Love it...

BabyBokChoy said...

I'd risk it and taste your colored snowflakes! They look delicious!