AAA Colourful - colourboard #33

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 15th of October and time for a new colourboard challenge over at AAA Colourful challenges. This month we have a board of  -

Autumnal colours

or at least I think so, for you to be inspired by. The colours of the board (please see below) must be the most prominent on your creation, but you may add neutrals like black, greys, browns, white and skin colours. Remember we love all kinds of paper craft projects - scrapbook spreads, art journaling pages, ATCs, cards, tags........ and in any style and technique too.

Here's my take on the board

When I saw the colourboard I knew straight away that I wanted to use this cute stamp set by hÄnglar&Wings, a company that has sadly decided to close down. Here's how I created my ATC's;

I started by stamping and colouring the cute little girls and boys on my ATCs. For two of them, I did some paper piecing for their clothes. I amasked off two of the images and stamped a basket filled with leaves to go behind them. Falling leaves were added to all the cards. Inspired by the look of bark on the challenge card, I dry embossed and coloured a background frame for my ATCs; this also added some texture to the cards. To finish, I added the word "autumn" to all four cards, but in a different language on each one.  

Products used for these ATCs
Stamp sets: "Lönn" and "Klackalfabet" both by hÄnglar&Wings, "Lots of Letters" by Mama Elephant and "Höst" by You Do
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao
Embossing Folder: 3D texture fades "Lumber" by Tim Holtz/Sizzix
Inks: Distress Oxide ink and Distress ink both in "vintage photo" by Tim Holtz/Ranger
Papers: scraps from my stash of Lawn Fawn 6x6 paper pads

Now it's your turn. How are you inspired by the colours of the board? I do hope you'll play along as I, and the rest of the design team, can't wait to see what you come up with. You have until the 14th of November to create, upload and link your project to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, a blog filled with amazing inspiration by the DT and our special guest designer for the month, Stephanie L. Stephanie's creation is beautiful! 

I would like to enter my ATCs into the following challenges:
Craft Rocket challenge #141 - Autumn and/or Halloween

NBUS challenge #91 - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (my NBUS: "Lönn" stamp set by hÄnglarWings)

Sisterhood of Crafters challenge October - Fall

The Four Seasons challenge October - Fall

Take care and get colourful

Jane
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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - October 2026

 Hello,

It's the 5th of the month and that means time for a new Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop. For the month of October the optional theme is - 

Circle Shaped

Circle shaped, what a fun theme! I have so many ideas and there are so many ways to go, and in the end I decided to get started on my Christmas tags. I have used dies and stamps by a few different companies to put my tags together, and I have had so much fun.

Products used:
Die sets: "Vault Festive Wreath" and "Chilly & Freezy" both by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix, "Julgran i säck" och "Julklappar" both by Gummiapan

Stamp sets: "Say What? Christmas Critters" by Lawn Fawn, "God Jul"by hÄnglar&Wings, "Slimline Poinsettias" by Colorado Craft
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao
Embossing Powder: WOW! Bright White Super Fine

I hop you like my tags, and why not hop on over to IG and chck out what the other participants have created.

Happy Hopping!

Jane
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I would like to enter these tags into the following challenges;

Addicted to Stamps & More challenge #527 - Christmas

NBUS challenge #91 - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (my NBUS - dies: Julgran/Christmas tree, Julklappar/gift, Festive wreath-elements from the wreath on my tags)

AAA Birthday Card challenge #90

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the first of the month and time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday Cards, and for the month of October the theme is - 

Big and Bold

and here's my interpretation

I love sunflowers, and inspired by the photo on the challenge card (see below) I created a big and bold sunflower in bold colours for my birthday card. I started by die cutting the pieces for the flower and leaves, coloured and assembled them into the finished bloom. Next, I die cut the greeting "Grattis" (congrats in Swedish), which is short for "Grattis på födelsedagen" (Happy Birthday), I cut it twice and glued the layers together to give the text a bit more dimention. Once all the parts were ready, I created a background by cutting and ink blending a panel before assembling everything. My big and bold birthday card was done!

Products used for this card

Die sets: "Blossom" by Tim Holtz/Sizzix, "Grattis" by Gummiapan

Inks: Distress Oxide inks by Tim Holtz/Ranger

I hope you are inspired to play along with us in this fun challenge. We are so looking forward to seeing your BIG and BOLD Birthday Cards! You have until the 31st of October to create, upload and link your card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog.

Need some more inspiration? Hop on over to the challenge blog, it is filled with beautiful and fun birthday cards created by the talented Design Team and our special guest designer for the month, Loll. Loll's birthday card is absolutely stunning! Don't forget to click on the names of the designers and Loll to visit their social media and show them some love 💕 when you are there, thank you!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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