AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #17

Hello Crafty Friends,

Ready for a new Colourboard Challenge? I know I am, and this month the AAA Colourful colourbord is bursting with fun, vibrant and cheerful colours for you to be inspired by.

Don't you just love it?! I hope you do, and that you are inspired to get those colours out and get creative. You can create whatever paper craft project you like; ATCs, art journaling, scrapbooking spreads, project life pages, cards....... and in any style using any technique you feel like. I hope you are inspired to join us in this fun challenge!

You have untill the 14th of July to create, upload and link your colourful project to the AAA Colourful colour themed challenge blog. The challenge blog is filled with awesome colourful inspiration by the design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Bobby (love her card, it is stunning!), so don't forget to check them out.

Now, you might be wondering how I was inspired and what I was inspired to create this month. Well here it is....

a vibrant and cheerful card. I actually made another card at first, but felt it was to "pale" for how the colourboard made me feel. Looking at the colours on the board makes me happy and cheerful so I wanted to create a bright, vibrant and cheerful card. 

I started by ink blending on a card panel I had die cut a bit smaller than my card base. All the colours I can see on the colourboard where included. I then die cut the parts for the paintbrush and addhered them together. I inked the bristles of the brush to make it look as if it had just been used. I stamped a sentiment, "Let your vivid colours brighten the world", onto the inked panel, added the paintbrush and gave the panel a black border before gluing it to the card base. I hope you like it!

Products used
Inks: Distress Oxides; "mustard seed", "twisted citron", "spiced marmalade", "picked raspberry", "salty ocean" and "wilted violet" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaFine "nocturne" by Tsukineko
Stencil: "paint splatter background" by Lawn Fawn
Dies: "Artful Tulip" by Vicky Papaioannou/ Spellbinders Paper Arts, "Small dotted rectangle stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Stamp set: "Brighten the World" by Visible Image

Now I can't wait to see how you are inspired by the colours of the board, and what you are inspired to create. Hope to see you on the challenge blog!

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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Ps. now I am going to have some cake, as it is my birthday today!

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - June 2025

 Hello,

It's the fifth of the month and time for the second Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, and this time we have an optional theme of -

 FLOWERS

As you can see I decided to go with the theme, and created a tag with cute little flowers.
I started by die cutting my tag out of some kraft cardstock and embossed it using an embossing folder. The flowers and leaves were die cut and assembled. I also cut a banner, on which I stamped and heat embossed a birthday greeting. I added the flowers, leaves and the banner to my tag. As a finishing touch I added some ribbon.

Products used
Die sets: "Tag Collection Framelits" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix, "Liten blomma D220490" by Gummiapan, "Little Blooms Etched Dies" by Spellbinders, "Simple Wavy Banners" by Lawn Fawn
Embossing floder: "3D folder BLE 1009" by Lene Embossing
Stamp set: "Mer Grattis" by hÄnglar & Wings

If you are interested in joining the hop head on over to instagram where you will find the details on how to join. On IG you will also find lots more inspirational tags created by the members of the Gorgeous Gift Tags hop.

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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AAA Birthday Card challenge #74

Hello Friends,

It is the 1st of June, yay, and time for a new fun challenge over at AAA Birthday Card challenges. This months theme was chosen by Kateryna aka pioniya, and the theme for the month of June is - 

No Stamping

and here is my take 

Most of the time I use at least one stamp when creating a birthday card, if not for the image for a greeting on my card. Do you create cards without any stamping? The design team and our special guest designer for the month Wendy (love her card!) have filled the AAA Birthday card challenge blog with fabulous cards without any stamping for us to be inspired by. All the information on how to play along can also be found on the blog, so why not head on over to be inspired to create your very own No Stamping Birthday card?!

You have until June 30th to create, upload and link your Birthday card to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog. Hope you will join us.

Want to know how I created my card?
I started by ink blending a card panel I had die cut out of some white cardstock. I used stencils by Lawn Fawn and Distress oxides. After ink blending I splattered the panel with a little water to get the oxides to react. Then it was time for the little monkey, unfortunately I don't know the name or brand as I bought the die set at a jumble sale. I die cut all of the pieces out of coloured and kraft cardstock and assembled it. He is so cute, don't you think? I added some white gel pen marks here and there on the monkey to make him pop a little. I addhered the monkey and the branch he is hanging from to the panel, and addhered it all to a card base. Now it was time for a birthday greeting. I had intended to use a die cut a sentiment, but I couldn't find a "Happy Birthday" die that fit my card. So I decided on the number seven placed on a circle of vellum as the card was created for a cute little monkey who turned seven this spring.

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Krafty Chicks Challenge #770 - Anything Goes

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #16

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It is time for the 16th colourboard challenge at AAA Colourful, and this month we have a lovely colourboard in purple, gold, white and black for you to be inspired by

This month I was inspired to make a card. I love that the AAA Colourful challenges give you the opportunity to create whatever paper craft project you feel like, whether it is a card, a tag, an ATC, an art journaling page, a scrapbooking spread ..... and in any style too. Such a versatile challenge!

Here is my card, I hope you like it!

How are you inspired by the colourboard, and what paper project are you inspired to create? I hope you will join us in this fun challenge as we would love to see your colourful creations!

In need of more inspiration? Please visit the AAA Colourful challenge blog which is filled with colourful inspiration by the talented design team and this month's special guest designer, Carianne. Carianne's card is so sunny and cheerful, so don't forget to check it out. All the information you need on how to play along can also be found on the challenge blog.

You have until the 14th of June to create, upload and link your colourful creation to the AAA Colourful challenge blog. Hope to see you there!


Want to know how I created my card, and what products I used? Please keep on reading.
To create my card I die cut the cute little angels and the arched heart border. I cut the purple angel out of white cardstock and then inked it in two different shades of purple. The little fallen angel/devil was cut out of black cardstock. I die cut the border twice once from white cardstock and once from a piece of cardstock I had ink blended in purple. I also die cut a stiched panel, on which I addhered the piece of white cardstock with the heart border. To fill in the hearts on the border I used the little purple hearts from the border I cut from the purple cardstock. I added the angels on top of the border, with the purple little angel blowing a golden heart/love towards the fallen angel/devil. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment in gold embossing powder, "Where there is great love there are always miracles", isn't it a beautiful sentiment?! The panel was then addhered to a card base.

Products used
Stamp set: "Hjärtevänner" by hÄnglar&Wings
Dies: "Stiched Heart Arch" by Poppystamps, "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn, The little Angels die set - don't know the name or brand, bought at a car boot sale
Embossing powder: "Gold" by Ranger
Inks: Distress Oxide in "shaded lilac" and "villainous potion" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaMark "watermark stamp" by Tsukineko


I would like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Krafty Chicks Challenge - #768 CAS
Little Red Wagon - D is for Die Cut

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - May 2025

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Do you like gift tags, and creating them? Then I have some exciting news for you..... today we are launching a new inspiration hop on Instagram - The Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop. A hop filled with gift tags for you to be inspired by. So head on over to Instagram and check it out, and if you are interested in joining the hop there is information on how to do so.

Gift tags are so much fun to create and perfect for almost every occasion, whether it is for a birthday, Christmas or to show you care. They also add a personal touch to a present/gift, which I love. I had so much fun making my gift tag for this first IG hop, I hope you like it!

I love this big, bold and beautiful flower, and even though it spills of the tag I like it. I started by die cutting a tag and the pieces for the flower. Before assembling the flower, and addhering it to the tag I coloured both the tag and the flower pieces using inks. To get the blotchy effect on the flower I splattered it with water. A sentiment and some ribbon was added and my tag was finished.

Products used
Die sets: "Tag Collection - Thinlits Die" and "Blossom - Thinlits Die" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

I hope you are inspired to create something of your own, whether it is a gift tag or something else, and that you enjoy the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop!

Take care and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Birthday Card challenge #73

 Hip Hip Hooray and Happy 6th Birthday,
to AAA Birthday Card challenges!

The month of May is AAA Birthday Card challenges birthday month, and we would love it if you would help us celebrate by creating fabulous birthday cards on the theme - 

Anything Birthday Goes

Here's my take on the theme

You have until the 31st of May to create, upload and link your birthday card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog. Hope you'll join us!

The challenge blog is filled with fabulous birthday cards by the design team and our special guest designer for the month, Jenn Borjeson. Jenns card is stunning, so don't forget to check it out!

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge - A is for Alphabet (B for Bouquet)
Classic Design challenge - Anything Goes with the twist Feminine
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with the twist feminine birthday
Krafty Chicks - Birthday
Little Red Wagon - Use that Stash (had the stamp for ages but never used, papers and markers from my stash)

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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Products used for this card;
Stamp set: "Teeny Tiny Townie with a Bouquet" by Stamping Bella
Markers: Copic Sketch and Ciao

AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #15

Hello Crafty Friends,

The AAA colourful colour themed challenges have a new colourboard for you to be inspired by, a beautiful combination of blues, turquoise, lilac/purple and green

I love the colours of this board, but I have to admit I found them very difficult to work with. At first I couldn't come up with a single thing to create, maybe because I have lost my mojo or maybe because the board is almost monochromatic, something I always struggle with. In the end I just sat down at my craft desk and started playing with the colours using different mediums; acrylic paints, inks, sprays, markers, crackle paste, volume paste, stamps, dies ....... after a while my desk was covered in blue, bluegreen and lilac/purple paint and creations. All of a sudden I had multiple options to chose from😅but "which one to share with you as an inspiration?" that was the question. I asked my family and everyone had a different favourite, and opinion, so in the end I decided to pick a creation that is wayout of my comfort zone....... art journaling/ mixed media.

This project was inspired by a quote I found on the internet and made me think - As I already find the (almost) monochromatic board challenging why not try to create one of the most challenging  (to me) projects using the most challenging (to me) techniques?
So here is my attempt at art journaling using mixed media

I started by applying a layer of gesso to my pages, then I painted them with a beautiful turquois acrylic paint. When the paint had dried I added a layer of crackle paste, to see what would happen/ how it would turn out. I added a little white acrylic paint over the crackle paste as it had dried, just to get some variation. I kept on playing and added more mediums to the mix, next up was sprays. I sprayed the pages using different blues and spritzed it with water to make the paint move. To get even more texture I used a stencil and added volume paste through it. I stamped some little sentences and a bunch of leaves in blue, green and purple around the pages. I also stamped the quote and cut out the individual words before adding them to my pages. To make the quote stand out I draw a black border around each word.

I had so much fun creating these pages, and I am so happy I stepped out of my comfort zone. They may not be the most beautiful I have created but  playing with all the different mediums was so inspiring and I might just be getting my mojo back. And isn't having fun the most important thing when it comes to creating?!

I hope you are inspired to join in the challenge, as I can't wait to see what you will create using the colours of the colourboard! You have until May 14th to create, upload and link your project to the AAA Colourful challenge blog. Remember we love all kinds of paper crafting, and in any style.

Fore more inspiration, and information, please visit the AAA Colourful challenge blog, it is filled with beautiful, fun and creative projects by the talented design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Nance Selkeld.

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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