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:
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

AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #22

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Can you believe we are already halfway through November? Time is really flying! Being the 15th of the month means it is time for a new colour themed challenge over at AAA Colourful, and do we have a beautiful and classic colour palette for you to be inspired by! The colours of the November colourboard are - 

Red, White and Gold

The first thing that came to mind was, Christmas, the colours are perfect for Christmas cards, tags.... well anything Christmas related. They are also perfect for a million other occasions, and I am sure your imagination is far more vivide than mine.

You are free to create for any occasion you want, and whatever kind of paper craft project you feel like, and in any style too. The only thing you have to remember is to have fun and that the colours of the board have to be the most prominent. You may add neutrals like; black, greys, browns, skin tones. So join in the fun and show us how you are inspired by the colourboard. You have until December 14th to create, upload and link your colourful creation to the AAA Colourful challenge blog.

Here is a little about my card, how I created it and what products I have used.
I started by die cutting my poinsettia, in white and in shiny gold. I popped out all the petals from both poinsettias. The white ones I coloured using my Copic makers, and then put them back in their place of the white poinsettia. The gold petals I put aside for another time. I added the gold outline and leaves on top of the "white" poinsettia and glued them together creating a beautiful flower in red and gold.
Then it was time for the actual card. I started by stamping and heat embossing the background using a lovely background stamp filled with Christmas related words. I cut it to size, added a red border to it and addhered it to a card base I had already prepared.
I then added my poinsettia to the card, and at this time I decided to add a vellum border to my flower before addhering it to the card. To finish of my card I stamped and heat embossed a Christmas greeting on a piece of black cardstock, cut it out and added it to my card.


Products used for this card
Die sets: "Poinsettia Bloom" by Yana Smakula/ Spellbinders and "everyday sentiment banners" by Lawn Fawn
Stamps: "Bakgrundstext Jul" and "God Jul" both by hÄnglar & Wings
Inks: VersaMark watermark by Tsukineko
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao No. "R24", "R27" , "R29" and "R59"
Papers: Nennah solar white cardstock, Mirror Card in "Gold Pearl" by Tonic Studios, and Red and Black cardstock from my stash
Embossing powder: WOW! Opaque Bright White Super Fine


I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
A Cut Above November challenge - Anything Goes With A Die Cut
Craft Rocket Challenge #131 - Christmas/ Winter
Krafty Chicks Challenge #794 - Christmas 


Hope you are inspired to join us in this fun and colourful challenge! For more information and inspiration by the fabulous design team please click on over to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, I promise you won't be disappointed.

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - November 2025

 Hello,

It is time for another Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, and this months we have the optional theme of - 

Vintage Vibes

A theme I found a little bit tricky, but I decided to give it a go. So here are my tags with a vibe of vintage (I think).

When I hear vintage I think of browns and black, so I started by ink blending two tags I had die cut using brown Distress Oxide inks. I was only going to make one tag, but I enjoyed the ink blending so much I ended up making two of them. I splattered some water on the tags to make the ink oxides and give the background some life. I also ink blended through a stencil using the same inks.

On my first tag I added some stamping, and as I for some reason kept thinking of Mary Poppins I decided to add my very own Mary Poppins to my tag. I die cut my Mary and her umbrella for some kraft-stock blackout paper. I then sanded the image to make the kraft paper show through the black, aging/ distressing it a little. I addhered my Mary with her umbrella to the tag and added the sentiment "Live the life you have imagined" and a piece of string

My second tag was a very quick and easy tag as I had already ink blended it. The only thing I added to the tag was a few rub-ons, a flower, a small bee and a greeting. After adding a string my tag was done. Quick and easy, but beautiful I think.

I hope you like my tags, and that you head on over to Instagram and hop along with us. I wonder if everyone has gone with the optional theme, and if not, what have they come up with?

Take care and happy hopping!

Jane
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Product used for my tags:
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Stamps: Create Happiness by Vicky Papaioannou/ Stamperia
Dies: Thinlits "The Park" and Framelits "Tag Collection" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Rub-ons: "Botanical" by Simple Stories and Create happiness "Labels" by Vicky Papaioannou/ Stamperia
Papers: Kraft-stock blackout by Tim Holtz and white cardstock
Stencil: "Geometric Tiles" by Dutch Doobadoo

AAA Birthday Card challenge # 79

 Hello,

How are you? Ready for a new birthday card challenge? Challenge #79 at AAA Birthday Card is up and running, and do we have a fun theme for you this month -

Music

I love music and it is one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to creating, so it might not come as a surprise that this month's theme was chosen by me. I often get inspired by the lyrics of a song, but sometimes it's the title of a song that inspires me - like for this challenge.  For this card I was inspired by an old Billy Joel song. Can you guess the song?

Yes, that's right, Piano Man. My husband and two of our boys play the piano, so I have a few "piano men" in my life. My youngest son and his friends often gather at our house and play music together. My son is a drummer (and he plays the piano, guitar and base guitar), his girlfriend plays the piano, a few of his friends play the guitar and one plays the base guitar. They all take turn singing. Piano Man is one of their favourites to play and sing, and it has become one of my favourites too.

Do you get inspired by music? If not you are still welcome to play along with this challenge as you don't have to be inspired by a song, as long as you follow the theme "Music" in general and create a Birthday Card you are very welcome to join us.

The AAA Birthday Card challenge blog is filled with Music themed birthday cards by the design team and our special guest desinger for this challenge, Sigrid. So if you are in need of some more inspiration, click on over and get inspired, and don't forget to spread some love while you are there!

Hope you're inspired to play along with us in this fun challenge! You have until November 30th to create, upload and link your Music themed Birthday Card to the AAA Birthday challenge blog. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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