AAA Colourful - colourboard #28

Hello Crafty Friends,

A new colourboard challenge is up and running over at AAA Colourful, and this month we want to you to create paper craft projects using the colours -

Purples, Blues and White

A colour combination I found to be very tricky. The challenge inspiration image made me think of space, but I didn't want to go that route. I tried a few different ideas, but nothing felt right...... so I almost gave up. I am still waiting for my creative to come back, it seems to have taken a very long and drawn out break. In the end, I managed to create a simple card, and here it is

The starting point for this card was the peacock which I stamped, die cut and coloured. I know they are more blue and green, but I think purple and blue works just as well. After die cutting my card panel I die cut a heart on it. I placed a piece of cardstock I had embossed behind the heart opening to give it a little more interest. The peacock was placed infront of the heart and I stamped a sentiment. To add some more colour to my card I decided to give the panel a border, that I had ink blended to match the purple of the peacock. The finished panel was attached to a card base and I had a card! 

Products used for my card
Stamp set: "peacock before 'n afters" by Lawn Fawn

Die sets: "peacock before 'n afters", "small dotted rectangle stackables", "outside in stitched heart stackables" all by Lawn Fawn
Embossing Folder: "Vintage Tile 3-D" by Altenew
Inks: Distress Oxide Ink "villainous potion" and "wilted violet" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao

How, and what kind of project, are you inspired to create when you look at the colourboard? We would love it if you share your purple, blue and white paper craft project with us on the AAA colourful colour themed challenge blog. You have until the 14th of June to create, upload and link your colourful project to the challenge blog.

All the information you might need on how to play along can be found on the challenge blog, a blog filled with beautiful and fun projects by the amazing design team for you to be inspired by. So why not head on over and check them out?! 

Hope you'll join us!


 I would like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Embossing (wet or dry) and/or Flowers + Sentiment (the inside of the heart is dry embossed)
Dream Valley Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small
Simply Clean & Simple - CAS optional theme Things That Fly
Unicorn Challenge - Something New (the embossing folder I've used is new)

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful

Jane
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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - May 2026

 Hello,

It's the 5th of May and time for the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, and the optional theme for the month ot May is - 

Lacy

As you can see I decided to go with the twist. I started by die cutting two tags out of white cardstock, then I painted the lower half of both of them one in blue and one in pink. On the blue one I added a strip of lace at the top of the painted area. I die cut some flowers and leaves, assembled them and added them to the tag. While I was assebling the blue tag I started wondering what it would look like if I added lace on top of the whole painted area of the tag, and decided to do so on the pink tag. I finished the laced area with a ribbon of small flowers. The top half of the tag felt a bit bare so I run it through my cuttlebug with an embossing folder to give it a lace effect. I die cut and coloured some more flowers and leaves, and added them to the pink tag. Some ribbon where added to both the tags and I called them done.

I hope you like my tags, and that your are inspired to create some of your own. Instagram is filled with lots tags for you to be inspired by by the talended hoppers of the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop. So why not hop on over, and see who has gone with the optional theme and who hasn't. 

a close up of the top of the pink tag

Happy Hopping!

Jane
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Products used
Die sets: Little Blooms Etched Dies by Spellbinders and Liten Blomma by Gummiapan
Paints: Distress Paint "Uncharted Mariner" and "Picked Raspberry" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Inks: Distress Oxide Ink "picked raspberry", "citron twist" and " wild honey" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Embossing Folder: 3-D Texture Fades Embossing Folder "Doily" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Lace and ribbons: from my stash

AAA Birthday Card challenge #85

 Hip Hip Hooray,
Happy 7th birthday to AAA Birthday Card challenges!

To celebrate we have a fun and open theme for you this month - 

Anything Birthday Goes

My DT-card for this challenge

You have until the 31st of May to create upload and link your birthday card creation to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog. A blog filled with inspiration by the talented design team and our special guest designer for the month, Gundi (Papierelle). Gundi's card is so cute!

I hope you are inspired to help us celebrate by filling the challenge blog gallery! We are so curious to see what you come up with for this challenge. See you on the challenge blog!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Products used for my card

Die sets: "Stitched Numbers" by Spellbinders, "Rupert Colorize" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix, "Grassy Border" by Lawn Fawn

Stencil: "Mini Cloud Edge" by MFT