AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #21

 Hello,

It's time for a new colourboard challenge over at AAA Colourful, and this month we have a colourboard in - 

Red, Green, blue, black and white

for you to be inspired by. Rembember you may create any kind of paper craft project you want to; ATCs, cards, journaling pages, scrapbooking spreads...... and in any style too. The colours of the board must be the most prominent, but you may use neutral like; black, greys, white, browns and skin tones.

Now for my paper craft project for this challenge. The colours of the board inspired me to create a card inspired by the traditional Swedish design of "Kurbits" and "Dalahästar". "Kurbits" is a decorative artform from Dalarna, Sweden, characterized by big imaginative flowers and leaves, often found on furniture, textiles, wooden objects like the "Dalahäst". Here's my take on this months colourboard, and interpretation of "kurbits".

I hope you are inspired to play along with us in this fun and colourful challenge. You have until the 14th of November to create, upload and link you colourful paper project to the AAA Colourful challenge blog. For more information and inspiration by the fabulous design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Karen Mead (her inspiration card is beautiful!), please visit the challenge blog. Hope you'll join us!

Take care, keep crafting and get Colourful!

Jane

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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - October 2025

 Hello,

It's the fifth of the month, which means it time for a new Instagram Hop with Gorgeous Gift Tags. The optional theme for the month of October is - 

Halloween

My little tag was created using paper scraps and leftovers I had lying on my desk. Yes, I know I am a messy crafter, and it is often chaos in my craftroom when I create (hence the name of this blog and my name on IG).
I had a small piece of card I had ink blended left after another project. I was going to throw it away, but remembered that I have a set of slim tag dies somewhere in my stash. I also had a cute little ghost and bat that I had stamped, die cut and coloured lying on my desk so after die cutting the tag I addhered the ghost and bat to the tag, added some ribbon and stamped a sentiment. A quick and easy little tag using scraps and leftovers. I hope you like it!

Instagram is filled with gorgeous, spooky, fabulous gift tags created by the members of the Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, so hop on over and check out who has gone with the optional theme of Halloween and who hasn't. I know you will find something you'll like, and you might even get inspired to create some tags of your own. 

See you on Instagram! Happy Hopping!

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

Creative Inspirations challenge - Autumn/ Something Spooky

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG Fall with optional moodboard
The Paper Fun day challenges - #81 ATG with optional twist: Cute or Creepy

Jane
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AAA Birthday Card challenge #78

Hello,

It's the first of October and time for a new birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday Cards. This month's theme was chosen by our talented DT-member Denise, and it is a good one, and so versatile - 

Ombre

I chose to ink blend the whole front of my card using different shades of pink to get the ombre effect. I wanted to get some more interest to my card so I ink blended through a stencil. I had planed to stamp and heat emboss a background before ink blending, but decided to go with a stencil instead. The words "birthday" and "wishes" were die cut out of white cardstock, and the background for the words in vellum. I addhered the words to my card, added a few clear enamel dots. 

Ink colours used for this card: Distress Oxides "festive berries", "worn lipstick" and "spun suger" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

There are so many ways you can incorporate ombre on your card. If you are looking for inspiration please head on over to the AAA Birthday Cards challenge blog, it is filled with gorgeous creations by the amazing design team and our special guest designer for the month, Karen Walker. Karen's birthday card is fabulous, and so is her take on the theme!

I hope you will join us in this fun challenge as I can't wait to see your ombre birthday card! You have until the 31st of October to create, upload and link your birthday card to the AAA Birthday Cards challenge blog.

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Hippeligrattishurra!

Hello,

How are you? I hope you have had a lovely summer/winter! It's been a long time since I posted anything here, but as you might have read in my previous post I have been away sailing the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Now I'm back and ready to start crafting again. Today's card is for a little cutie who has just turned three. Her biggest wish for her birthday was a teddy and of cause we got her one, and here is the card I created to go with it

The design of my card was inspired by the sketch of AAA Cards' current challenge, their 300th game. Hip Hip Hooray! Congratulations AAA Cards, and thank you for all the inspiration over the years!

Products used:
Die set: "Stor Nalle" by Gummiapan
Inks: Distress Oxide by Tim Holtz/ Ranger and VersaFine Clair by Tsukineko
Stamp set: "Mer Grattis" by hÄnglar & Wings

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
x

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - August 2025

 Hello,

It's time for the August Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, and this month there is a fun optional theme for you to be inspired by - 

Travel/ Vacation

I am not part of the hop this month as I have already gone traveling, but it is such a fun theme that I just had to create a tag before leaving on holiday/ vacation. I can highly recommend a visit to IG to check out all the fabulous travel/vacation tags in the hop. Just search for "Gorgeous Gift Tags" or even better click here 👉 "purplejetjt" and you will end up at Jane T's, who is the founder and the first stop of the hop.

I knew exactly what kind of gift tag I wanted to create. Unfortunatelly I didn't have the dies for it so I had to inprovise, I think it turned out pretty well. I had so much fun I ended up creating not one but two bon voyage/ luggage tags. I hope you like them!

Here is how I created my tags, and what products I have used. First up the "globe/plane" tag

This little travel themed tag was created using dies by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix and Lawn Fawn. I started by die cutting two tags, one white and one out of kraft cardstock. I ink blended a sky on the white tag using the "mini cloud edge" stencil by MFTstamps. On the kraft tag I die cut a small rectangle to get a "window", like on a luggage tag. I then die cut all the pieces for the globe, the little airplane and arrow, and addhered them together. The glob was glued to the white tag and the kraft tag with its window over that. I used foam tape along the edges as the bottom tag is a bit thicker where the glob is. I curved the sentiment stamp on my stamping block and stamped it on the tag. A ribbon was added as a finishing touch.

Products used for this tag
Dies: "Vault World Travel - Thinlits dies" and "Tag Collection - Framelits Dies" both by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix,  "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Stencil: "Mini Cloud Edges" by MFTstamps
Stamp set: "Plane and Simple" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaFine Clair Nocturne by Tsukineko
Ribbon: from my stash


Next up, we've reached our destionation with the "beach/ destination" tag.

As for the first tag I started by die cutting two tags, one white and one in kraft cardstock, and die cut a "window" in the kraft one. I ink blended the background and splattered it with a little water. After drying it I stamped and coloured a palm tree on the background to create a beachy scene. I addhered the two tags together, and stamped a greeting on it. As a finishing touch I added a pair of flip flops I had die cut and coloured. Only have to add a ribbon before attaching it to my gift.

Products used for this "beachy" tag
Dies: "Pierced Tag", "Flip Flops" both by Gummiapan, "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Stencil: "Mini Cloud Edges" by MFTstamps
Stamp set: "Dolphins cocktail" by Laurens Van Gurp/ StudioLignt, "Plane and Simple" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaFine Clair Nocturne by Tsukineko
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao

Don't forget to head on over to IG and hop along with the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, and please help me spread some love to the amazing creators. I am out of reach for the internet at the moment (I'm on a sailboat somewhere on the Atlantic) so I really need the help to show them all some love 🩷 First stop here 👉 purplejetjt

 I would like to enter my tags to the following challenges:
613 Avenue Create - ATG optional twist 'Summer Fun'
A Place to Start - ATG optional twist 'Summer Things'

Creative Crafting Uncles - #67 - Layer it up
Papercraft challenges - #120 Tropical Paradise

Take care, keep crafting and enjoy the hop!

Jane

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AAA Birthday Card challenge #76

 Hello,

How are you? Ready for a new Birthday card challenge? I hope so as today is the start of the August Birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday card challenges. This month we have a fun and active theme for you to be inspired by, a theme chosen by our talented DT member Swapna, and the theme is - 

Sport

Here is my take on the theme, a card for a young footballer.

Do you have a favourite sport, or a sports fan amongst your friends and family (or a friend of a friend), who has a birthday coming up? I bet you do. So why not join us in this fun and action filled Birthday card challenge?! You have until the 31st of August to create, upload and link your Sporty Birthday card to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog.

If you are in need of some more inspiration head on over to the challenge blog, which is filled with active sporty Birthday cards by the talented design team and our special guest designer for the month, Cathy R. Hope to see your card added to the gallery!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
x

Ps. Now I'm going to weigh anchor and continue with my favourite sport, sailing! Fair winds everyone!

AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #18

 Hello,

It is time for colourboard challenge No 18 at AAA Colourful, and this month we have a beautiful mix of colours for you to be inspired by

Isn't it beautiful? I love the mix of pink, green, yellow, orange and white, such a lovely combination. Here is my take on the colourboard, hope you like it!

(sorry about the shadows on the tag, the fern kept blowing in the wind)

I hope you are inspired to play along with us in this fun and colourful challenge. You can create any kind of paper craft project, and in any style too; art journal pages, cards, tags, ATCs, scrapbook spreads ........ Only restriction is that the colours of the colourboard must be the most prominent colours on your creation. You may add neutrals like browns, black, white, greys and skin tones. 

You have until the 14th of August to create, upload and link your colourful creation to the AAA colourful challenge blog, a blog filled with amazing and colourful inspiration by the design team and our special guest designer for the month, Wendy (her card is absolutely fabulous!). Hope to see your creation there too!

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
x

Products used for this tag
Dies: "Framelits dies Tag Collection" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix, "Frog Prince" by Spellbinders
Stamps: "toadally awesome" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaFine Clair "Nocturne" by Tsukineko
Ribbons: from my stash.