Just A Note

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I would like to share a card inspired by autumn, changing colours and falling leaves.

I started by masking of an area across my card base, which I then stenciled with falling leaves, branches and acorns. Afer removing the masking tape I added a small strip of holographic tape at the top and bottom of the stenciled area. Unfortunatelly the masking tape riped the card a little, but I managed to hide it by adding  a die cut "tag/ticket". I felt something was missing so I die cut, coloured and assembled a mushroom to add at the side of "tag/ticket". I stamped a sentiment and called the card done.

Products used for this card
Stencil: "Fall Leaves Background Stencil" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Die sets: "Funky Foliage" Thinlits by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Stamp set: "Weekend Doodles" by Altenew

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges

Crazy is Our Fame - Stencil Fun challenge - ATG optional theme Orange

Inkspirational challenge #379 - Visual Prompt - Fall Photo

NBUS challenge #91 - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (my NBUS - Die set "Funky Foliage")

The Sisterhood of Crafters October challenge - Fall 

I hope you like my card, and that you are having a lovely day enjoying the colours of nature whatever the season where you are!

Jane
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AAA Christmas Card challenges

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Have you seen the exiting news about the new challenge blog that goes live today, October 25th at 09:00 CET (UTC+1)? It's the AAA Christmas Card challenges, a monthly challenge that helps you build up a stash of Christmas cards and tags.

I am really looking forward to participating, and I wish Maaike, who has set up the challenge, as well as the amazing design team the best of luck and all the best!

Jane
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AAA Colourful - colourboard #33

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 15th of October and time for a new colourboard challenge over at AAA Colourful challenges. This month we have a board of  -

Autumnal colours

or at least I think so, for you to be inspired by. The colours of the board (please see below) must be the most prominent on your creation, but you may add neutrals like black, greys, browns, white and skin colours. Remember we love all kinds of paper craft projects - scrapbook spreads, art journaling pages, ATCs, cards, tags........ and in any style and technique too.

Here's my take on the board

When I saw the colourboard I knew straight away that I wanted to use this cute stamp set by hÄnglar&Wings, a company that has sadly decided to close down. Here's how I created my ATC's;

I started by stamping and colouring the cute little girls and boys on my ATCs. For two of them, I did some paper piecing for their clothes. I amasked off two of the images and stamped a basket filled with leaves to go behind them. Falling leaves were added to all the cards. Inspired by the look of bark on the challenge card, I dry embossed and coloured a background frame for my ATCs; this also added some texture to the cards. To finish, I added the word "autumn" to all four cards, but in a different language on each one.  

Products used for these ATCs
Stamp sets: "Lönn" and "Klackalfabet" both by hÄnglar&Wings, "Lots of Letters" by Mama Elephant and "Höst" by You Do
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao
Embossing Folder: 3D texture fades "Lumber" by Tim Holtz/Sizzix
Inks: Distress Oxide ink and Distress ink both in "vintage photo" by Tim Holtz/Ranger
Papers: scraps from my stash of Lawn Fawn 6x6 paper pads

Now it's your turn. How are you inspired by the colours of the board? I do hope you'll play along as I, and the rest of the design team, can't wait to see what you come up with. You have until the 14th of November to create, upload and link your project to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, a blog filled with amazing inspiration by the DT and our special guest designer for the month, Stephanie L. Stephanie's creation is beautiful! 

I would like to enter my ATCs into the following challenges:
Craft Rocket challenge #141 - Autumn and/or Halloween

NBUS challenge #91 - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (my NBUS: "Lönn" stamp set by hÄnglarWings)

Sisterhood of Crafters challenge October - Fall

The Four Seasons challenge October - Fall

Take care and get colourful

Jane
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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - October 2026

 Hello,

It's the 5th of the month and that means time for a new Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop. For the month of October the optional theme is - 

Circle Shaped

Circle shaped, what a fun theme! I have so many ideas and there are so many ways to go, and in the end I decided to get started on my Christmas tags. I have used dies and stamps by a few different companies to put my tags together, and I have had so much fun.

Products used:
Die sets: "Vault Festive Wreath" and "Chilly & Freezy" both by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix, "Julgran i säck" och "Julklappar" both by Gummiapan

Stamp sets: "Say What? Christmas Critters" by Lawn Fawn, "God Jul"by hÄnglar&Wings, "Slimline Poinsettias" by Colorado Craft
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao
Embossing Powder: WOW! Bright White Super Fine

I hop you like my tags, and why not hop on over to IG and chck out what the other participants have created.

Happy Hopping!

Jane
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I would like to enter these tags into the following challenges;

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge #527 - Christmas

NBUS challenge #91 - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (my NBUS - dies: Julgran/Christmas tree, Julklappar/gift, Festive wreath-elements from the wreath on my tags)

AAA Birthday Card challenge #90

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the first of the month and time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday Cards, and for the month of October the theme is - 

Big and Bold

and here's my interpretation

I love sunflowers, and inspired by the photo on the challenge card (see below) I created a big and bold sunflower in bold colours for my birthday card. I started by die cutting the pieces for the flower and leaves, coloured and assembled them into the finished bloom. Next, I die cut the greeting "Grattis" (congrats in Swedish), which is short for "Grattis på födelsedagen" (Happy Birthday), I cut it twice and glued the layers together to give the text a bit more dimention. Once all the parts were ready, I created a background by cutting and ink blending a panel before assembling everything. My big and bold birthday card was done!

Products used for this card

Die sets: "Blossom" by Tim Holtz/Sizzix, "Grattis" by Gummiapan

Inks: Distress Oxide inks by Tim Holtz/Ranger

I hope you are inspired to play along with us in this fun challenge. We are so looking forward to seeing your BIG and BOLD Birthday Cards! You have until the 31st of October to create, upload and link your card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog.

Need some more inspiration? Hop on over to the challenge blog, it is filled with beautiful and fun birthday cards created by the talented Design Team and our special guest designer for the month, Loll. Loll's birthday card is absolutely stunning! Don't forget to click on the names of the designers and Loll to visit their social media and show them some love 💕 when you are there, thank you!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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AAA Colourful - colourboard #32

Hello Crafty friends,

It's the 15th of September and time for a new colourboard challenge at AAA Colourful. This month we have a gorgeous colour combination of - 

Greens and Pinks

for you to be inspired by. The colours of the board must be the most prominent on your creation, but you may add neutrals like black, greys, browns, white and skin colours. Remember we love all kinds of paper craft projects - scrapbook spreads, art journaling pages, ATCs, cards, tags........ and in any style and technique too.

Here's my take on the board

I hope you like the colours as much as I do, and that you are inspired to play along with us in this fun and colourful challenge! You have until the 14th of October to create, upload and link your project to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, a blog filled with inspiration by the amazing design team and our special guest designer for the month, Cassandra. I really like Cassandra's card, it is so fun. Hope to see your creation there too!

Here's how I created my card.
I really like the picture on the colourboard, and the variation in the colours as the sunlight hits the leaves. In an attempt to recreate the effect I started by ink smooshing a card panel of watercolour paper in different shades of green ink. Once the panel was covered and the paper had dried a little I dryed embossed it with a leaf embossing folder. I die cut and coloured all the pieces for the little parrot. I also die cut some leaves, buds and an oval frame and centrepiece. After assembling all the pieces I started playing with the placement of the objects. When I was happy with the orientation of the card and placement of everything, I stamped a sentiment on the white oval before glueing it all together. A frame from the same paper as the oval frame was added to the panel before addhering it to my card base.

Products used for this card
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks and Distress Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger and VersaFine Ink by Tsukineko
Embossning folder: by Altenew
Die sets: Tropical Friends and Flying High by Spellbinders 
Papers: Scraps from my stash

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:

A Cut Above - ATG with a Die Cut

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge 525 - Diecuts and/or Stencils

Girlz & The Art of Letters - Letter I (Inks and ink smooshing)

Just Us Girls challenge 840 Word Week - Bold (bold colours)

NBUS challenge 90 - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (my NBUS: the embossing folder)

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Frame It (framed the embossed panel and the oval with the sentiment)

Triple B - Birds, bloms and/or Butterflies

I hope you like my card, and that you are inspired to get colourful and play along with us. We are so looking farward to see how you are inspired by the colours.

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - September 2026

 Hello,

It is time for a new Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, and for the month of September the optional theme is - 

School Days

As always I have gone with the theme, and I had so much fun creating this school inspired tag. I knew right away that I wanted to create a pencil shaped tag, but I wasn't sure on how to decorate it. So I started by making the pencil by cutting out a rectangle in kraft cardstock for my pencil base. I also cut out a piece of pink cardstock for the rubber/eraser, a yellow rectangle out of patterned paper and a silver strip for the metal part between the rubber/eraser and pencil. To create the pencil shape I cut a point at one end of the kraft rectangle. The pink rubber/eraser and the yellow piece were glued to the pencil shape. Before adding the silver strip, two lines were embossed on it to make it look more authentic. Last but not least I coloured the tip of the pencil. Then it was time to decorate, but how?. I pulled out my hÄnglar&Wings stamps and looking through them I found this cute little guy from a stamp set called "Bokmalar" (bookworms) and I thought he was perfect. I stamped, coloured and fussy cut him out. For the colours I chose the colours of my children's old primary school uniforms (how both they and I missed their uniforms when we moved to Sweden). I gave the little cutie a pair of die cut glasses I found in my stash. I made a blackboard and added it and the boy to the pencil tag. I felt something was missing in the lower corner of the tag, so an apple, the fruit of knowledge, created using a pumpkin die were added. I used foam tape behind the apple to give it some dimention. I wrote on the blackboard with a white gell pen, adding the standard frase "LÅT STÅ!" (meaning: do not clean/erase!) which I know anyone gone to school in Sweden recognise. I hope you like my school days inspired tag!

Products used for my tag
Die sets: Pick of the Patch by Lawn Fawn 
Stamp set: Bokmalar by hÄnglar&Wings

Papers: scraps from my stash
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao

Pen: Gell Roll Bright White by Sakura

Instagram is filled with tags created by the talented members of the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, so why not hop on over end check them out, and see who has gone with the optional theme and who hasn't. 

Happy hopping!

Jane
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