AAA Birthday Card challenge #84

 Hi,

It is the first of April, and time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday Card challenges. This month we have a fun and versatile theme for you, a theme chosen by our talented DT Helen. It is a theme that might help you use up some products you already have in your stash. The theme is - 

Use Washi Tape

That's right, we want you to create Birthday Cards using washi tape in some way, shape or form. Here is my take on the theme -

There are so many ways you can use washi tape on a card, and I can't wait to see how you incorperate it on your Birthday card creation!
In need of more inspiration? Fear not, the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog is filled with fun and beautiful ways to use up that washi tape on a card, so click on over and admire the work by the design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Silke (her card is beautiful!). Don't forget to click on their names to visit their blogs, and please show them some love!

After seeing all that inspiration I am sure you are raring to have a go at creating your own washi Birthday card. You have until the 30th of April to create, upload and link your creation to the AAA birthday Card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

If you want to know how I created my card and what products I have used, please continue reading.

Here's how I created my card

After a long and hard think, and going through my stash of washi tape, I decided to create a background using the tape. I started by cutting a panel out of cardstock, I draw a diagonal line on the panel to have as a guideline when I started to stick my washi tape down. After sticking down the tape in the pattern I wanted, which was a little fiddly at first but much easier than I had thought, I gave the washi taped panel a dark blue border before addhering it to a card base. I wanted a shape to add my greeting onto, but had no idea on which shape so I tried out a few different ones before deciding on a circle. I die cut a white circle, and a scolleped circle in dark blue, and glued them together before stamping a circular greeting. The letters in the greeting where coloured using the same colours that's on the washi tape. The "greeting circle" was added to the card using foam squares.

  

Products used

Washi tape: "Say Cheese Tomorrow At The Park" by Simple Stories

Dies: circle die set and scalloped circle die set, old sets from my stash (do not know the brand)

Stamp set: "reveal wheel circle sentiments" by Lawn Fawn

Markers: Copic sketch and ciao

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Colourful - colourboard #26

 Hello,

It's time for the 26th colourbord of AAA Colourful colour themed challenges, and the colours for the month are shades of - 

Blue, Beige and White

and here's my take on the colourboard

I am so curious to see how you are inspired by the colours of the board, please see below. Use the colours how you see them and in any way you want. You may add neutral like black, white, greys, browns and skin tones, and you can create any kind of paper craft project you feel like; art journal pages, scrapbooking spreads, ATCs, cards, tags..... and in any style too.

I hope you are inspired to play along with us. You have until the 14th of April to create, upload and link your paper craft creation to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, a blog filled with amazing inspiration by the Design Team and our special guest designer for the month, Trina P (I love Trina's creation, it is absolutely stunning!).

If you want to know how I created my card and what products I have used please keep reading.

Like last month I had an idea of what I was going to create, but the end result is nothing like what I had envisioned. I wasn't going to make a card and I was not going to include bunnies but here they are two cute little bunnies on a card.

I started by die cutting a white bunny, and coloured his nose, the hearts in his ears and the bow tie. Then I thought he needs a friend, so I cut out another little cutie but this time in kraft paper (which is a bit of a beige colour I think). I coloured the nose and hearts with a beige marker, and the bow using the same blue as I did on the other bunny. I found a scrap piece of beige paper in my stash, which has a spring feel to it and goes well with the colours of the bunnies. I added a navy blue border to the patterned paper and wrapped a piece of string around the papers. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on a small banner I had die cut from the same navy paper I used for the border. The banner was glued on top of the string. I added the bunnies using foam tape, and then addhered the panel, also using foam tape, to a card base. I felt something was missing, so I gave the girl bunny a pearl neckless.

Products used
Dies: "Everyday Sentiment Banners" by Lawn Fawn, Bunny die set from my stash, do not know the brand (lost the packaging)-
Markers: Copic B24 and E53
Papers: Neenah Solar White, scrap from Simple Stories, and navy and black cardstock scraps from my stash

Embellishments: String, half pearls
Embossing powder: WOW! Opaque Bright White Super Fine

Take care, keep crafting and stay colourful!

Jane

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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - March 2026

Hello,

It's time for the March Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, and the optional theme for the month is - 

Easter 

I have created a very simple and easy tag using a stamp and some dies. I started by randomly stamping feathers in a variaty of colours on a sheet of white cardstock. Then I got my tag dies out and cut out a few tags in different sizes. I added a die cut sentiment in black, and black border to make the colours of the feathers pop. Some coloured ribbons where added and my tag was done. The greeting on the tag says "Glad Påsk" which is Swedish for "Happy Easter".

 

I hope you like my tag, and maybe even get inspired to create some tags of your own.
The Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop is full of fun, beautiful and inspiring tags created by the participants of the hop, so why not head on over to Instagram and hop along with us.

Happy Hopping

Jane
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Products used:
Die sets: Tag Collection Sizzix Framelits by Tim Holtz/Sizzix and Glad Påsk D170721 by Gummiapan
Stamp: Feather 15030603 by Gummiapan
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

AAA Birthday Card challenge #83

 Hello,

How are you today? Ready for a new Birthday card challenge? I hope so! A new challenge is up and running at AAA Birthday Card challenges, and we would love it if you joined in the fun! The theme for the month of March was chosen by our talented DT member Vicki, and the theme is - 

Use Die Cuts

For my card I have used die cuts both to build the pattern on my card and for the birthday greeting. I started by die cutting the shapes to build the pattern for my card. I had some paper in different colours left since playing with my alcohol inks so I used that to die cut from. After cutting out all the pieces I mixed the colours up and pieced the shapes together and addhered them to a card panel. To make the panel pop from the card base I wanted to give it a border, but I had used up all my alcohol inked papers. I looked through my scraps and found a piece of paper, on which I had played with Distress sprays and stains, that matched the colours of my pattern pieces so I used thet for the border. The framed panel was addhered to a card base, and the die cut greeting added, and I called it done.

Products used for this card
Die sets: "Color Block Mini Petals" by Spellbinders and "HB2U D180204" by Gummiapan
Inks: Alcohol Inks by Pentart and Ranger
Paper: Neenah solar white, yupo paper, watercolour paper and Gold Pearl Mirror card.
Sprays: Distress Oxide Spray, Distress Spray Stains and Distress Mica Stains by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

I hope you are inspired to join us in this fun challenge! You have until the 31st of March to create, upload and link you Birthday card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog.

All the information on how to play along can be found on the challenge blog, where you will also find lots of cute, fun and beautiful inspiration by the Design Team and our special Guest Designer for the month, Caroline (KISS). Caroline's card is adorable, so don't forget to click on her name to go check it out and give her some love!

Hope to see your die cut birthday card on the challenge blog!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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ATCs for Ukraine 2026

 Hello crafty Friends,

Today I am sharing four ATCs I created to show my support for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.

On the 24th of February, 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine. The attack was a clear violation of the Charter of the United Nations, and is therefore illegal. In addition, the Russian war has resulted in serious war crimes, tens of thousands of deaths, and a terrible humanitarian situation for the civilian population.

Lets stand together and show Ukraine, and the world, that we are still standing by them, and that we don't condone invasions and war by foreign states in any country.

Take care, be brave and don't give up!
💙💛

Jane
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AAA Colourful - Colourboard #25

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It is the 15th of February and AAA Colourful colour themed challenges second birthday, Hip Hip Hooray! Can you believe it's been two years since our first challenge? Two years filled with colourful challenges, and today our 25th challenge goes live! So without further ado, here is our 25th colourboard for you to be inspired by

I have to confess, this has been a colourboard I've struggled with. I was staring myself blind looking at the board, to the point that I couldn't see the individual colours. In the end I sat down and broke it up into one colour at a time, and here are the colours I see on this vibrant board -

Purples, Pink, Blues, Green and Yellow

Here's what I came up with

I found the patterned paper in my stash and as it has the colours of the board I thought I'd use it for this challenge. I decided to make a card and chose a very simple design to show of the pattern and the colours. I die cut the paper and the word "hugs", and gave them both a frame in the same purple colour as one of the flowers of the pattern. I glued the word "hugs" to my panel and addhered the framed panel to a card base and my card was made.
To be honest I would not have had anything to show you had I not gone down the road of simplicity. Sometimes when I struggle I just have to scale it down to the bare minimum to be able to create anything. But... maybe I should at least have added a few enamel dots, and maybe I sholud have chosen a different colour for the card base ...

Now I am very curious to see how you are inspired by the colourboard, and what you will be creating..... maybe an art journal page or a scrapbooking spread or some ATCs...... well what ever you feel like and decide on I can't wait to see your creation, nor can my DT colleauges.

You have until the 14th of March to create, upload and link your paper craft project to the AAA Colourful challenge blog. The blog is filled with cute inspiration by the design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Arlene (her card is so cute!). Don't forget to click on their names to visit their blogs, and show them some love. On the blog you can also find all the information you need on how to play along with our fun and colourful challenges. Hope you will join us!

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane 

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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - February 2026

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, and for the month of February we have the optional theme of - 

Hearts

As you can see I went with the theme, and created not one but three tags with hearts. They are all very different, but I like them all. 

For the first tag I had a play with alcohol inks on yupo paper. Once the ink had dried I die cut a tag from the paper, I also die cut the two interlocking hearts and adhered a second plain white tag behind the inked tag. I added one of my favourite quotes and some red ribbon to the tag and called it done.
 

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For the second tag I die cut a tag from some white cardstock, and a heart from a piece of alcohol inked paper. As there are two holes on the heart I added some thread and tied a bow. I partualy die cut a second tag, this time in a black and white strip, to add to the top of the tag to give it some more interest. I placed the heart at the top of the tag and stamped a Valentine's greeting.

My last tag was created using the same heart die as for my second tag, and a tag die that is the same as the one for the second tag but in a much smaller size. This time I simplified it even more. I ink blended the tag using distress inks, I also coloured the string for the tag using the same distress ink. The heart cut from the same paper as on the second tag, got a bow of paper ribbon, before being adhered to the tag. I sentiment was stamped and I called it a day.

I hope you like my tags, and that you are inspired to hop along with us at Gorgeous Gift Tags over at Instagram. Maybe even create some tags of your own, as you can see it doesn't have to be difficult or complicated.

Thank you so much for stopping by, and Happy Hopping over at IG!

Jane

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