AAA Colourful - Colourboard #24

Hello Crafty Friends,

It is time for the first colourboard challenge of 2026 over at AAA Colourful, and this month we have a lovely board in pink and white for you to draw inspiration from.

As soon as I saw the colours I knew exactly what I was going to create, a page in my art journal with a ballerina in pink and with lots of sparkle. Here is the end result....

Not a ballerina in sight and no art journaling either, what happened?
I blame the weather!😉With January came winter and snow, lots of snow. Every day I wake up there is more snow, so somehow my balleria turned into snowmen and my art journal page into ATCs.

I started by ink smooshing distress ink onto a sheet of watercolour paper, using three different shades of pink. Then I got my stencils out, found one with snowflakes, and some texture paste. After the paste had dried I cut the sheet of paper into four ATC sized pieces. I die cut all the parts for my snowmen, and coloured them before piecing the snowmen together. I went through my stamps and found winter/snow related sentiments, which I stamped and heat embossed on white cardstock. On one of the cards I have used a Swedish sentiment that reads "Snöflingor är kyssar från himlen/ Snowflakes are kisses from heaven". The sentiments where cut into word strips, at least most of them, and glued to the cards as were the snowmen. I hope you like my ATCs, and that you are inspired to join us in this colourful challenge!

The AAA Colourful challenge blog is filled with beautiful, fun and cute inspiration created by the talented design team and our special guest designer for the month, Patricia. Patricia's creation is beautiful, so head on over and show her, and the DT, some love.

All the information on how to play along with our challenges can also be found on the challenge blog. Best of all, we love all kinds of paper craft projects and in all styles too, so feel free to create whatever takes your fancy. Just remember the colours of the board must be the most prominent on your creation. You have until the 14th of february to create, upload and link your project to the challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

I would like to enter these ATCs to the following challenges:
A Cut Above January challenge - Anything Goes with a die cut
Creative Inspirations January challenge - Anything Goes
The Four Seasons challenge - Winter Seasons January

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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Products used for my ATCs
Die set: "Chilly and Freeze" by Tim Holtz
Stencil: "Snowflake Background" by Lawn Fawn
Stamps: "Snow one like you" and "Making frosty friends" by Lawn Fawn, "Mr Frostie" by Stampers Anonymous/ Tim Holtz and "Vintermix" by hÄnglar & Wings
Inks: Distress Oxide inks "spun sugar", "kitsch flamingo" and "picked raspberry" by TimHoltz/Ranger and VersaFine "nocturne" by Tsukineko

Markers/pens: Copic Sketch Markers and Zig Clean Color real brush pens
Paste: Volume paste by Stamperia

My Creative Chaos 2026

 Welcome to my Creative Chaos 2026!

2026 is the year I hope to get my mojo back, it got lost somewhere along the way during the second half of 2025. I am hoping to be able to spend as much time as possible in my craftroom, maybe even dedicate one day a week to crafting. I want to play with paint, ink, dies, stamps, paper..... and try new techniques and styles when creating cards, ATCs, scrapbook pages, PL spreads, art journal pages...... Well, anything that takes my fancy!

So welcome 2026,
may it be a year of peace, love, happiness, good health and lots of creativity (and sailing)!

Jane
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Happy Holidays

Hello and Happy Holidays,

with this card, which might be my last one for the year, I want to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who have visited my blog and left kind sweet comments to my posts this year. I would also like to wish you all a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS

and a

HAPPY, HEALTHY and CREATIVE NEW YEAR!

Hope to see you back next year!

Jane
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AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #23

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It is time for the last challenge of the year over at AAA Colourful, and we have a gorgeous colourboard for you to be inspired by.

I have to admit that I found this to be a little tricky as I always struggle with colourboards that are monochromatic or almost monochromatic, but I do think the colours lend themselves beautifully to a winter landscape so here is my take on the board.

I hope you are inspired to play along with us in this last challenge of the year, or first of 2026 depending on how you see it 😉 You have until the 14th of January to create, upload and link your paper project to the AAA colourful challenge blog.

Remember you may create any kind of paper craft project and in any style too as long as the colours of the board are the most prominent on your project. More information on how to play along can be found on the challenge blog. The blog is also filled with beautiful and cute projects for you to be inspired by created by the design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Caroline - KISS. I love Caroline's creation, it is so cute!

Here is how I created my card, and a list of the products I used.
I started by die cutting a card panel with a stamp like egde. I masked of the centre of the panel and started building my winter landscape. I ink blended the background and used a stencil to create some hills. Using the same ink I stamped the trees. I also stamped and heat embossed snowflakes falling from the sky, every single one different to the others. A Christmas greeting was stamped and heat embossed before I added it to the card panel. Using foam tape I addhered the panel to a card base.

Products used for this card
Die set: From my stash, bought secondhand without the packaging so I do not know the brand.
Stamp sets: "Let It Snow" by Kaisercraft, "Together for Christmas" by Pink Paislee and "Ready, Set, Snow" by Lawn Fawn
Stencil: handmade by me
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks in "salvaged patina" and "tumbled glass" both by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaMark
Embossing powders: WOW! embossing powder in " Opaque Bright White Super Fine" and "Clear Gloss Super Fine"

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Creative Inspiration - 'Tis the Season

Cut It Up - #345 Oldie but Goodie (all the stamp sets, die set and my homemade stencil)

Krafty Chicks - #798 Christmas

The Creative Crafters - #95 Anything Goes
The Four Seasons - Anything Goes Winter

I hope you are inspired to play along with us. Can't wait to see your creation! See you on the challenge blog.

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - December 2025

 Hi Friends,

It is time for the December Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, and the optianal theme for the month is - 

Christmas

As soon as I saw this adorable angel die I knew I wanted it, and that I was going to create Christmas gift tags with it. I die cut six angels out of patterned paper and white cardstock, three of each. The hearts and edges of the angels were painted in gold, I also splattered some gold on the angels cut from patterned paper. On the white angels I stamped a Christmas greeting, leaving space to write to whom it is for and from. As the angel is not made as a tag die I found a small circle die to make the hole for the ribbon, and turning the angels into tags. 

I would like to enter these angel tags to the following challenges:
A Cut Above - Anything goes with a Die Cut
Creative Inspirations - 'Tis the season!

I hope you like my Angel Christmas Tags! Maybe you are even inspired to create some Christmas tags of your own? For more inspiration hop on over to Instagram, which is filled with beautiful tags, and check out who has gone with the theme and who hasn't.

Happy Hopping!

Jane

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Products used for my tags
Die: "Stor Ängel D180234" by Gummiapan
Paint: "Art metal" in medium gold by Schjerning

Papers: "Neenah Solar White", "Nature Garden collection" 6x6 paper stack by Prima Marketing and "Christmas Nostalgia - Always snow" by Maja Design
Stamp set: "God Jul" by hÄnglar&Wings
Ribbon: white organza ribbon from my stash

Christmas & New Year Tags

 Hello,

How are you today? Getting ready for the holidays? Inspired by the current colourboard challenge at AAA Colourful I created two tags, one for Christmas and one for New Year.

These tags were actually created by taking apart a card I had created for this challenge. It turned out that one of the other designers on the design team and I had had the same thought and our cards were almost identical.... Great minds think alike 😉

I used the cardbase and the embossed background for the tags, and two of the flowers from my card. As I had already reused the sentiment from my card on the new card I created for the challenge, I stamped and heat embossed greeting in gold on the bigger white tag and die cut, stamped and heat embossed a new greeting for the smaller tag. I also added a red tag to the smaller tag for a layered look and a place to write as the tag is embossed. I added ribbons to my tags and they were ready to go on a Christmas gift, and on a gift for New Year.

There is still time to play along in this fun and colourful challenge, so why not join us?! You can create any paper craft project you feel like as long as you use the colours on the board as your predominate colours. So click on over the AAA Colourful challenge blog to find out more and be inspired by the colourful creations filling the blog.

You have until the 14th of December to creat, upload and link your creation. Hope to see yoy there!

I would like to enter my tags to the following Challenges:
A Cut Above -  ATG with a Die Cut
Creative Inspiration - 'Tis the season!

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane

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AAA Birthday Card challenge #80

 Hello,

It's the first of December and time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday Cards. This month's fun theme was chosen by the talented DT member Deekshita, and the theme for the month is -

Box Card

My box card started with a beautiful dubble sided patterned paper from Maja Design, a Swedish company. Since both sides of the paper are beautiful and wintery, it was perfect for a winter themed birthday box card. After cutting my paper and folding it into a box, I cut out some snow covered hills for my critters to stand on. I stamped, coloured and die cut all the little critters, and added them to the scene. I also wanted a snowball flying through the sky so I attached it to a thin piece of clear acetate, close-up below. One of the mice was placed on a folded piece of cardstock as I wanted to place her in between the slopes/deviders to give the scene even more depth. I added a birthday greeting using stamps and stickers. 

So this month we want to see birthday cards shaped like a box. There are several ways to create a box card and plenty of tutorials on YouTube, should you need it. You can also find amazing inspiration on the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog, the design team have been busy creating different kinds of box cards and so has our special guest designer for the month, Sigrid. Love her box card, it is fabulous!

I hope you are inspired to play along in this fun birthday card challenge as we can't wait to see you birthday box card on the blog! You have until December 31st to create, upload and link you card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!


I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
A Cut Above - Anything Goes With A Die Cut

Creative Creases - Anyting Goes with a Fun Fold

Creative Friday - x-beliebig/ Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - wrapped up in winter!

Cut It Up - Fun Fold
The Four Seasons - Anything Goes Winter

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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Products used for this card
Paper: "Christmas Nostalgia - Always snow" by MajaDesign and Neenah Solar white 
Stamp and die sets: "snowball fight", "forest border" and "stitched hillside border" all by Lawn Fawn
Markers: Copic sketch and Ciao
Stickers: remarks "LIFE/VIE/VIDA" by Amy Tangerine/ American Crafts