Visible Image March ATC swap

 Hello,

My ATC, and accompanying card, for the March ATC swap at Visible Image have arrived safely at my swap partner's in the UK. The theme for the March swap was - 

Flora and Fauna

and here is how I interpreted the theme

I started by stamping and heat embossing the tulip and the bee on the ATC, then masked them off before ink blending and stamping the background. After removing the masks I coloured the images using my Copic markers. I stamped the sentiment and embossed it on a separate piece of paper, cut it out and adhered it to the ATC. The wings of the bee got a little sparkle to them.

Here is the accompanying card I sent to my swap partner, followed by a picture of the ATC and card together

Products used
Stamp sets: "Sketched Tulips" and "Bee Happy" both by Visible Image
Ink: Distress Oxide
Markers: Copic

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

Jane

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Slim ATCs - hÄnglar & Wings

 Happy Easter!

In between egg hunting, good food and enjoying time with family, I've created three slim ATCs inspired by the current challenge hosted by hÄnglar&Wings on the theme

Easter/ Spring

For more information please see the challenge card further down. Now for my three ATCs

There has been a lot of masking and stamping taking place when creating these cards, and I have had so much fun. This format/size is really fun to work with, even more fun then the "normal" ATC size. I have used the adorable stamp sets "Påskhare" and "Hönsgården" by hÄnglar&Wing for these three cards. I hope you like them!

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

Happy Easter

Jane

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Grattis

 Hello,

Sharing a card I created last weekend for one of my grandsons, Kit, who turned six on the 17th. His cousin, Folke, turned six on the 15th, but unfortunately I forgot to take a photo of the card I made for him before sending it in the mail.

Can you guess what Kit got for his birthday?

Yes, that's right, a new bike!

For this card I have used mostly products by Lawn Fawn. The greeting on the card says "Grattis" which means Happy Birthday/ Congrats (free translation) in Swedish.

Thank you for stopping by, I truly appreciate it!

Jane

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AAA Colourful - #2

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for the second Colourful challenge over at AAA Colourful, and this month our colourboard is filled with a lovely palette of -

Blues and Purples

and a tiny hint of yellow. You don't have to match the colours exactly, and you may include neutrals like black, white, greys, browns and skin tones, but the colours on the inspiration/colour board should be the most prominent on your creation/s.

Isn't the colourboard beautiful? I love the blues and purples, and the lovely feeling of spring with all the pansies. At first I was going to create a card filled with little flowers, but then I changed my mind and decided to create some ATCs. My intention was to still incoperate the small flowers, but something happened on the way and this is how my ATCs turned out

Not a flower in sight, and not very spring like either ..... but spring is a good time to start afresh.

As I said this is not how I intended my ATCs to turn out, and at first I felt embarressed to show them to anyone, but then my DT colleauges kindly reminded me that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder", and asked me if I had fun creating these cards. And I did! I had so much fun creating these cards, and I was reminded that the most important thing when crafting is to have fun and enjoy the creative process!

So now it's your turn to have fun! You have until the 14th of April to create, upload and link your paper creations inspired by the colourboard to the AAA Colourful blog. The blog is filled with beautiful creations by the amazing design team, and our two very talented guest designer for this challenge, Deekshita and Parminder, so hurry on over for more inspiration, and information on how to play along. Don't forget to visit their blogs/ social media and show them some love!

We welcome all kinds of paper craft, so if you are into scrapbooking, art journaling, ATCs, cards, Pocket Page scrapbooking ........ we would love to see your creations! Hope to see you on the AAA Colourful challenge blog!

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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Ps. Here's a close up of my ATCs, and a list of products used

Products used
Inks and pens: Distress Oxide "salty ocean" and "wilted violet", Distress Ink "black soot" all by Tim Holtz/Ranger, VersFine Clair "Nocturne" and VersaMark "watermark" both by Tsukineko, POSCA pen "white".
Stamps sets: "Happiness Matters", "No Regrets", "Imperfection is Beauty", "Hang In There" and "One Kind Word" all by Visible Image, "Bits & Pieces stamps CLBP 11" by CREAlies, Create with Happiness "WTK160" and "WTK163" by Vicky Papaioannou/ Stamperia
Stencil: "No 42" by Gummiapan
Embossing powder: "Opaque Bright White super fine" by WOW!
Embellishments: Enamel Dots "Transparent" by Nellie's Choice

There is still time.....

Hello Friends, 

Have you played along with challenge No 1 at AAA Colourful yet? If not, or if you'd like to create something more, there is still time.

Inspired by the rainbow of colours on the first colourboard, see futher down, I created this card

Hope you are inspired to play along with us! You have until the 14th of March to create, upload and link your project to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, which is jam packed with colourful inspiration by the amazing design team. Remember all paper craft is welcome, scrapbook pages, art journaling pages, ATCs, tags, cards........

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane

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CiLi in Papers Jubileumstävling Nr 3 - Daylight

 Hi,

Time for another entry to the 15th Anniversary challenge at CiLi in Papers. This time the challenge, No3, is sponsored by Daylight Lamps, and the challenge was to - create someting on the theme of 15.

Taking a year out before going to Uni to go travelling requires a "Bon Voyage" card. 15 destinations on the travel plan. For the last "destination" I (selfishly) picked "home" as I want them to come back home and not settle somewhere else in the world.

I die cut 30 signs, two sets of "poles", the grass and the stone out of some cardstock, craft for the signs and pole and white for the grass and stone. Then I started ink blending my pieces for the signs, a darker piece to give the signs some depth and a lighter one for the top part of the signs. To get a woody effect on the signs I lightly dragged an ink pad over the signs. I stamped the destinations on the signs and assembled them. The die set "only" comes with six signs and a shorter pole, so I had to elongate the pole by placing one pole above the other. Before addhering the pole and the signs to my card front I added some blue to the background with a little Distress Oxide. I put the pole and signs together, and added some grass and a stone, coloured with Distress Inks, around the base of the pole. I gave the card panel a border and addhered it to my card base. Added a greeting and the card was done.
I really like how this card turned out. I very seldome create slimline cards, but with the pole being so tall I had no other option but to make a tall card. And as I said I really like how it turned out!

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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CiLi in Papers Jubileumstävling Nr 5 - Tonic Studios

 Hello again,

I'm still having fun playing along with the 15th Anniversary challenges at CiLi in Papers. Today I've done something I haven't done in a very long time, I've created a scrapbook layout for challenge No 5, with the criterias to follow a sketch and use at least one product by Tonic Studios. 

Here's the sketch

My layout is about my eldest son turning 15 and finally being old enough to ride/drive a moped. 15 is the legal age to drive a moped here in Sweden, and his birthday isn't until October so he had been waiting a looooong time.

I started by creating my own "patterned paper" using nuvo Shimmer Powder through a stencil. After the paper had dryed I used my Mini Guillotine Trimmer to cut all my paper. I stamped some tire tracks, and some blue "splatters", on the diagonal on my background. I placed my "patterned paper", another piece of patterned paper and some mirror card behind my photo. The titel "Äntligen Moppe" (finally moped, free translation) and my sons name was added, and some nuvo Crystal Drops along the tire tracks, and by the titel. I made a cut at the top of the layout and added a piece of my "patterned paper" behind it, before framing the layout with Mirror Card.

Products used by Tonic Studios
Mini Guillotine Trimmer
Mirror Card "Holo Waves"
nuvo Crystal Drops "Ebony Black"
nuvo Shimmer Powder "Violet Brocade" (to create my own "patterned paper")

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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CiLi in Papers Jubileumstävling Nr 6 - Sizzix

 Hi,

Playing along with the 15th Anniversary challenges at CiLi in Papers. The criteria for challenge No 6 was - to create a card using 15 dies by Sizzix.

For this challenge I wanted to create a top folded tagcard. At first I didn't know if I should use 15 die sets, 15 pieces I had cut out (diecuts) or actually 15 dies. I decided to go with the 15 dies. In all i used dies from six different die sets by Sizzix and Tim Holtz. I also used an embossing folder by Sizzix/ Tim Holtz.

I started by die cutting all my pieces I needed for the card. I had to do a lot of counting to get it right. I was quit lucky that some of the dies I chose gave me more than one die cut. Like the die for the flowers, one die - two flowers including the centre of the flowers. So that was really good. After I was done with all the die cutting, I ran the tag through my Cuttlebug with an embossing folder to give the tag some interest. Using my Distress Oxides I coloured the tag and the grass. Then it was time to assemble all the little pieces and turn them into a card. It was so much fun putting this card together.

Products used (all by Sizzix and/ or Tim Holtz
Dies sets;
"Bunny Games"
"Papercut Chicks, colorize"
"The Park"
"Celebrate, colorize"
"Bold Text #1"
"Framelits, Tag Collection"
Embossing Folder:
"Dotted"
Inks:
Distress Oxide Inks

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 Birthday Card challenges Game #59 - Geometric

 Hi Hello Good Morning/ Afternoon/ Evening,

Hope everyone is doing well!

Can you believe it's already the 1st of March? The first month of Spring (I hope)! March can be a month of winter aswell as a month of spring here in the south of Sweden. I'm crossing my fingers and hope for spring! One thing is certain, and that is that it is time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday. This month's theme was chosen by our design team member Vicki, and the theme is

Geometric

so for the month of March we would like to see birthday cards with geometric shapes, see challenge card further down. Here is my take 

For this card I have gone with a geometric butterfly as my focal point. I started by die cutting the butterfly out of some black cardstock, and adhered it to a white panel. At first I was going to leave it as is, but then I decided to fill in the openings on the butterfly. I found a piece of scrap paper from the last time I played with my alcohol inks, and die cut a second butterfly from it. I picked out the small pieces from inside the butterfly and placed them into the openings on the black butterfly on my card panel. I thought about filling all the spaces but I really liked how it looks with some left empty. I stamped a birthday greeting, gave the panel a black border and glued it all to a card base.

Products used
Die: "Origami Butterfly D180516" by Gummiapan
Stamp set: "FikaErika" by hÄnglar&Wings
Papers: from my stash
Alcohol inks by Ranger and by pentart

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

Need more inspiration, and/ or information on how to play along? Head on over to the challenge blog. It is filled with beautiful birthday cards by the design team and our special guest designer for the month, Karen Rogers. Don't forget to visit their blogs/ social media and show them some love!

Hope to see your birthday card/s on the AAA Birthday challenge blog!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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