AAA Birthday Card challenge #91

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 1st of November, and time for a new birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday Card challenges. This month we want to see birthday cards on the theme - 

Small & Dainty

and here is my take

A CAS (clean and simple) card with a tiny flower bed and birthday greeting - so quick and easy to create. I started by die cutting and colouring my tiny flower bed, which I then placed onto a panel of cardstock. I stamped a small birthday greeting, and gave the panel a black border before addhering it to a card base.

Products used for this card
Die sets: "Blomsterrabatt" by Gummiapan and "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Paints/watercolours: Distress watercolor Pencil set 2 by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Stamp set: "Clear Stamp - English" by InkyWings/ hÄnglar & Wings

Now it's your turn. You have until the 30th of November to create, upload and link your "Small & Dainty" Birthday card to the AAA Birthday challenge blog. The blog is filled with fun, cute and beautiful inspiration by the design team, so head on over to be inspired. Hope to see your creation in the gallery!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Spooky

 Happy Halloween,

Today I am playing along with this weeks challenge over at Just Us Girls (JUGS) challenges.  This weeks theme is - CASE a DT, and I was inspired by Carol's Halloween card.

Here is Carol's card

Isn't it adorable?! I love everything about this card; the cute little ghost, the embossed background, the colours, the layout..... like I said everything. So it was a no brainer to CASE Carol's card, especially as today is Halloween.

here is my CASE of the card

Like Carol I created a Halloween card with a little ghost. I have used the same colours as Carol, apart from the purple and lilac as I didn't have any purple or lilac paper. Instead of four colours on the embossed background, which I love, I went with just one. Thank you so much for the inspiration, Carol!

I would like to enter my card to the following challenge
Just Us Girls Challenge #847 - CASE a DT Week

Have a Spooktacular Halloween, Everyone!

Jane

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Just A Note

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing 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

Daisy Chain challenge #112 - Autumn and/or Halloween

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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