Where in the world? (take 4) - bonus card/ Pysslobingo - create your own patterned paper

 Hello again,

As promised (see previous post) here's a little bonus card from today's destination. I guess most of you already know where we are, if not I know you will after seeing this bonus card.

Could it be more obvious were we are?!

Yes, that's right. We're in the UK, in England to more precise. 

This card was inspired by Pyssloteket's summer craft bingo and the current challenge at AAA Birthday. I know it's not a birthday card (that's why I used it as a bonus card instead of my main card), but I have spent many birthdays in England, and for my 30th my husband surprised me with a trip down to London for the weekend (which partly inspired the design of this card).

There is still time to join the challenge - Where in the World, over at AAA Birthday. You have until the end of the month, so why not play along?! More information and inspiration can be found on the challenge blog.

Taking part in the following challenge:

Thank you for taking the time to stop by, I really appreciate it!
Take care and keep crafting!

Jane
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AAA Birthday challenge #39 - Where in the World (take 4)

 Hello and Welcome to my "travel blog" 😉,

Inspired by the current challenge at AAA Birthday,
I am taking you on a little trip to visit some of my favourite places/countries in the world.

Today's destination is to a country that has a very special place in my heart,  it's also a place that I used to call home.

Can you guess where we are?

I won´t tell you just yet as I have a bonus card coming up later today or in the week. When you see my bonus card for this destination there will be no doubt in your mind to where we are.

I hope you've enjoyed my little journey, and that you will join me by creating your own birthday card inspired by one of your favourite places in the world!

Can't wait to see your creations!

For more information, and inspiration, please visit AAA Birthday's challenge blog.

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!
Take care and keep crafting!

Jane
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AAA Cards Challenge Game #220 - Along the Edge + optional twist In the Sea

 Hello and Happy Sunday Crafty Friends,

I hope you are having a lovely weekend,
and that you are ready for a new CAS challenge!

Along the Edge, with the optional twist "In the Sea"
is the theme for challenge Game #220 at AAA Cards.

Here's the que card

and here's my take on the challenge

Products used for this card:

Inks: Distress Oxides " Antique linen" and "Salty Ocean"

Stamp and die sets: "Year Six" and "Christmas Fishes" by Lawn Fawn and "Viktigt" by hÄnglar & Wings 
Embellishment: Half Pearl by Artoz

For more information and inspiration by the Design Team, and our Guest Designer for this challenge, Deepti (her card is adorable!), please visit AAA Cards challenge blog!

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!
Take care, stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane
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Pysslobingo - gör ett alster med inlay die-cutting

 Hello and happy Tuesday to you,

today I'm sharing a card where I've used a inlay die cutting technique.

I started by die cutting my background die twice, once on black cardstock and once on white. I popped out all the little pieces from the die cut black cardstock, and then I popped out every piece one by one from the white die cut cardstock and coloured them using Distress Oxides before glueing them into the black "frame", which I had already adhered to a white card base. Once all the little pieces were coloured and in place I stamped my sentiment "Ja må du leva uti hundrade år!" and adhered some transparent enamel dots on my card.

Products used:
Die Blooming Flowers Background by Paper Rose
Stamp set: Mer Grattis by hÄnglar & Wings
Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz
Enamel dots by Simple and basic
Black and white cardstock

Playing along with

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by, I really appreciate it!

Take care and keep crafting!

Jane

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AAA Birthday challenge #39 - Where in the World (take 3)

 Hello,

Where in the World am I taking you today?
Well, I thought it was about time I show you where I live,
so today we are going to.......

Do you know where we are?

If you haven't guessed it yet, here's a clue...
ABBA, Pippi Longstocking (or as we say Pippi Långstrump),
Avicii, Max Martin, Björn Borg, Ingemar Stenmark,
Stellan and Alexander Skarsgård, Greta Garbo are all natives
of the country we are in.
Have you guessed it yet?

Yes, that's right, we're in Sweden!
The land of the midnight sun and polar bears on the streets.
No just kidding, we don't have any polar bears in Sweden,
but I have met an elk/moose on the street once, but that's another story.

My card was inspired by the current challenge at AAA Birthday, and there is still time to play along. I hope you will join in the fun, and maybe show me where you live?.
Please visit AAA Birthday's challenge blog for more inspiration, and information. 

Next week we will visit a country I used to call home. Hope to see you there!

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!
Take care, stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane
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Pysslobingo - minst två olika embossingpulver på samma alster

Good evening, or should I say Good Night,

It's getting really late here so this is my last card for the day, and my fifth project for the summer craft bingo hosted by Pyssloteket.

Prompt: Use at least two different embossing powders on the same project

I went with four different embossing powders for this rainbow, pinkish red, yellow, light blue and a sparkly dark blue. As the icing on the cake I stamped the cute sentiment "Du är min regnbåge!" (you are my rainbow), stamp set by hÄnglar & Wings. 

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!
Take care and keep crafting!

Good Night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite!

Jane 

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Pysslobingo - ett svartvitt alster med endast en accentfärg

 Hi,

Still playing along with the pysslobingo hosted by Pyssloteket.
For this card I went with the prompt: make a project in black and white, with only one other accent colour.

I've stamped and heat embossed a flowery background stamp on a white panel. Then I painted the red flower using Lunar Paste by Simon Hurley/Ranger, it has a really nice shine to it IRL. Matted the background on a piece of black cardstock before adhering it to the card base. Finished the card of with a word die cut.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!
Take care and keep crafting!

Jane 

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Pysslobingo - Gör ett alster i stilen mixed media

 Hello again,

I'm having so much fun playing along with the summer craft bingo at Pyssloteket, I just hade to make another project today.

The prompt I chose was to create a mixed media project. Not my forté, but I decided to give it a go after having watched the talented Tiffany Solorio on Youtube. If you haven't watched her videos I highly recommend it.

Here's what I made, a mixed media tag

I started of by die cutting a tag and prepping it with some gesso. After that I made my own tissue paper by stamping and stenciling on a piece of white tissue paper. I then ripped of a few pieces and added them to my tag using gel medium. Then I started playing with stamps, distress oxides, colorshine spray, perfect pearl and some more gesso and so on. I finished the tag by stamping and colouring a cute little crafty mouse and placed him on my tag together with some word strips, which I adhered with my tiny attacher.

It doesn't show very well on camera, but there is a bit of structure and some pearly shine here and there on the tag.

Products used:
Dies:
Tag collection Sizzex Framelits by Tim Holtz
Stamps:
Bits and pieces CLBP 11 by CREAlies,
Tic Toc clear and Sheet Music clear stamps by Kaisercraft,
Poetic lyrics #686 by Aall & Create,
Daisy Grunge by Visible Image
Be Creative Mini by Colorado Craft Company
Stencils:
Numeric Layering stencil by Tim Holtz
Backsplash by Simon Hurley
Other:
Perfect pearl by Ranger
Color Shine by Heidi Swapp
Small Talk (word strips) by Tim Holtz idea-ology
Copic markers
Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz
Gesso 
Gel medium
Tiny attacher by Tim Holtz
Craft cardstock

I hope that was all 😅

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!
Take care and keep crafting!

Jane
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Pysslobingo - CAS-alster i ett lager

Hello and Happy Sunday,

This Sunday I'm sharing my second entry to the summer craft bingo at Pyssloteket. The promt I've gone for this time is "make a CAS project, only using one layer of paper"

and here's what I've come up with

This card was very quick and easy to make. I started of by stamping and embossing the beautiful butterfly on a white card base. Then I placed a circle stencil on top of the butterfly and ink blended through the circle. Voilà c'est tout!

Products used for this card;

Stamp set: VI MINIs #1 by Visible Image

Stencil: Acetate Circle Maskes by Lavinia Stamps

Ink: Distress Oxides "Candid Apple", " Dried Marigold" and "Mustard Seed" by Tim Holtz and Memento by Tsukneko
Embossing powder: Clear by WOW
Paper: Neenah solar white

Playing along with

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!

Take care, stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane

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Pysslobingo - skvätt eller spraya

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing a card I made for the craft bingo,
a summer challenge hosted by Pyssloteket.

The square/prompt I chose was 
"to splatter or spray on your project"

Here's my take on the challenge

Products used for this card;
Stamp set: Unfurling Petals #273 by Aall & Create
Stencil: Mini stencil set 52 graphic patterns by Tim Holtz
Ink: Distress Oxide by Tim Holtz, Momento by Tsukineko
Markers: Copic
Gold splatters: Color shine by Heidi Swapp

Playing along with

Thank you for stopping by, I do appreciate you taking the time!
Take care, stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane
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AAA Birthday challenge #39 - Where in the World (take 2)

 Hello and Happy Monday to you,

It's time for my second card for the current challenge at AAA Birthday,
"Where in the World?"

Last Monday I shared my favourite place in the world - the sea,
today I'm going to share a card inspired by a country 

where I used to spend my childhood summers and Christmas holidays.

Can you guess the country?

Here's a few little hints, it's the country of H. C. Andersen the author of The Little Mermaid. In the capital of this country there is a statue of the Little Mermaid looking out over the sea. They make really tasty pastries in this country, so tasty that the pastries are known around the world as "....... pastries".

Have you guessed it yet?







Yes that's right, today we're in Denmark!
(I'm half Danish, so Denmark has always had a special place in my heart)


Don't forget to visit AAA Birthdays challenge blog for more inspiration from the amazing Design Team and our Guest Designer Sarah R. 


Next week/Monday we will visit another country that means a lot to me, hope you'll come along for the ride! And I hope you will join in the fun and play along with us as I can't wait to see your special place in the world!

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by, I really appreciate it!
Take care, stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane

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AAA Cards Challenge Game #219 - Anything CAS + optional twist Christmas(pets) in July

 Hello,

it's time for challenge game #219 at AAA Cards,
and for this challenge Anything CAS Goes.
As usual there is a twist, which is optional - 
Christmas (pets) in July.

Here's the cue card

With two rabbits in the family I decided to go with the twist, 

and have a little christmas bunny on my card

Products used for this card:

Stamp set: Christmas Cheer and Santa's Elves, both by MFT Stamps

Markers: Copic sketch

For more information, and inspiration by the design team, 

please visit AAA Cards Challenge blog! 

I hope you'll join us in this fun challenge, 

maybe with a Christmas (pet) card!

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!
Take care, stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane
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AAA Birthday Game #39 - Where in the world

Hello and Happy first Monday of the month to you,
are you ready for a new Birthday challenge?
I do hope so!

This month AAA Birthday is challenging you to create birthday cards representing the (or a) place you would love to spend your birthday.

Here's the cue card

Here's my (first) take on the challenge

There are so many places in the world where I would love to spend my birthday, and it was hard to choose just one place but in the end I chose one of my absolute favourite places in the world, the sea. I love the sea and I love to sail,  so it would be the perfect place for my birthday celebrations!

As I said I had a hard time picking a place to base my card on. Initially I also found the theme of this month very challenging, but some how I ended up making not one but four cards for the challenge. I will be posting a new card every Monday during the month of July, so if you would like to see some more cards from me based on the challenge theme please revisit this blog later on in the month, or every Monday of July!

Products used for today's card;

Stamp set: Smooth Sailing by Lawn Fawn

Stencils: Mini cloud border by MFT stamps and Doily #27 by Aall & Create

Die set: Outside In Stitched Rectange by Lawn Fawn

Ink: Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz/Ranger

Markers: Copic Sketch

I hope you've been inspired to play along with this month's challenge, as I can't wait to see what you come up with for this theme!

For the month of July we have the talented Sarah R guest designing for us at AAA Birthday, her card is beautiful and you don't want to miss it. Please visit AAA Birthday's challenge blog to view Sarah's card and all the inspiration cards by the design team. More information on the challenge and a DT call can also be found on the blog!

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!

Take care, stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane

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