AAA Cards Challenge 245 - Monochrome

 Hello,

It's time for a new CAS card challenge over at AAA Cards,
and the theme for this fortnight is

Monochrome

and here's my take on the challenge

I was inspired by the green on the challenge card, please see below, and the gorgeous swirly leafy stamp by Hero Arts. I started of by stamping the text in the background with a green distress oxide, I then stamped the swirly vines on top using embossing ink and sprinkled it with green embossing glaze before heat embossing it. The sentiment "Grattis/ Congrats" is an old die cut I found in my stash.

Products used
Stamps: Create with Hapiness WTK160 by Vicky Papaioannou/ Stamperia, Leafy Vines by Hero Arts
Inks: Distress Oxide inks "Twisted Citron" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaMark watermark by Tsukineko

Embossing glaze: "Twisted Citron" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger


For more inspiration from the fab design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, the talented Arlene, head on over to AAA Cards challenge blog. All the information on how to play along and our definition of CAS can be found on the blog. I hope you're inspired to join in the fun, as we would love to see your monochrome CAS card. You have until the 5th of August to create, upload and link your card to the AAA Cards challenge blog. 

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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AAA Cards Challenge 244 - Dogs/puppies

Hello,

Ready for a new CAS card challenge?
I hope so, as today is the start of a new challenge at AAA Cards, and this fortnight it's all about

 dogs and puppies.


There's my take on the challenge

I've stamped and masked the cute little puppy before ink blending my background. After removing the mask I coloured the puppy and the bunting. Then stamped a birthday greeting to complete my card.

Products used:
Stamp sets: "Party 1" by CraftEmotions, "Mer Grattis" by hÄnglar & Wings
Die set: "Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxide by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Markers: Copic 

Here's the challenge card

 

I hope you'll join us for this challenge! 
Please remember the cards have to be CAS (clean and simple, with a lot of empty space).

For more information, and cute inspiration by our special guest designer Tammy, and the Design Team, please visit AAA Cards challenge blog.

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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AAA Birthday Game #51 - Butterflies

 Hello,

It's the 1st of July and middle of the summer here in Sweden. July is the big summer vacation month here, and life is a bit slower than usual. It's also a month filled with fun,  and

Butterflies

which is the theme of the July birthday card challenge at AAA Birthday.

Here's the challenge cue card

For my butterfly birthday card I have used the beautiful stamp set "Antisocial Butterfly" by Visible Image. To spell out the sentiment "Birthday wishes & Butterfly kisses" I have mixed and matched words from a few different stamps sets by a variety of companies, please see below. To colour the butterfly and the background I have used Distress Watercolor Pencils by Tim Holtz.

Stamped words by
Butterfly - Visible Image
Kisses - hÄnglar & Wings
Birthday - Lawn Fawn
Wishes - Lawn Fawn
& - Lawn Fawn

For more beautiful inspiration by the talented design team and our special guest designer for the month, Janja, please visit AAA Birthdays challenge blog (don't forget to give them some love). Information on how to play along can also be found on the challenge blog. 

I hope you've been inspired to join in the fun! You have until the 31st of July to create, post and upload your butterfly filled birthday cards to the challenge blog. I can't wait to see your creations!

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

Take care, keep crafting and have a wonderful summer/ winter!

Jane
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