ATC - Visible Image January swap "3 of Something"

 Hello,

Today on the last day of the year I'm sharing the first ATC I created for the Visible Image ATC swap back in January. I didn't get to share the card at the time as my swap partner fell ill before she could create and send me a card. So out of respect for her I never shared my card, but now I've asked Jane T, who is hosting the swaps, if it's ok for me to share my cards on my social media, and she said yes. So here it is My January ATC on the theme  

3 of Something

The three things I picked were; three flowers, three colours and I used three different stamp sets by Visible Image. I also created a card to accompany my ATC. On the ATC I ink blended the background and left the flowers white, so for the card I decided to do the opposite and left the background white and coloured the flowers in the three colours I used for the backgroun on the ATC. Here's a picture of the ATC and card together

Now I'm going to start looking through the themes of previous ATC swaps at the Visible Image FB group as I need an idea for my next ATC, and the theme for the January 2024 swap is "Your Favourite Previous Theme". It's going to be so exciting!

Take care, keep crafting, have fun and have a

Happy New Years Eve!

Jane
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A belated birthday card

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Can you believe there's only a few days left of 2023? It's year has gone by so fast.

Today I'm sharing a card I created at the end of the summer this year, but forgot to share with you. It's a belated birthday card for one of my favourite girls, Maja, our granddaughter who turned 10 i July. Maja was on holiday when it was here birthday so we didn't get to celebrate her until sometime after her birthday, hence the belated card. Maja loves horses so I just had to go with this cute little stamp set by hÄnglar & Wings

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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ATC - Visible Image December swap "The Big Chill"

 Hi Friends,

Today it's time to share my last make for the ATC swap at Visible Image, and my December swap partner Marion in Germany. The theme for the December swap was

The Big Chill

which was a perfect theme for the month as the big chill really hit Europe at the same time as the theme was announced. 

For this ATC I have used the beautiful stamp set "Let It Snow", which to me is absolutely perfect for the theme. I've stamped and heat embossed the big snowflake and the sentiment using white embossing powder. Then I ink blended the background using Distress Oxide. Added some smaller snowflakes which I stamped in different shades of blue and white ink. To give the card an extra touch of "chill" I added a little sparkly shimmer spray.

I also created a card to accompany the ATC, and here's a picture of how it turned out.

I have had so much fun this year taking part in the Visible Image FB group swaps hosted and run by the incredible Jane Tyrrell. I have "met" so many amazing crafters from all over the world, and received almost as many wonderful ATCs - Artist Trading Cards.

I have created and sent out 12 ATCs and received 10 throughout the year. Unfortunatelly my first (January) swap partner fell ill before being able to create a card (I do hope she is all well now), and one of the cards sent to me from a swap partner in Canada got lost in the mail. Some cards have arrived within a few days and some have taken ages to reach their destination, but over all it's been a fantastic experience taking part in the swaps. I will definitly join in the fun next year aswell!

If you'd like to join the swap, today's the last day to sign up for the January 2024 swap over at Visible Image FB group. When signing up you only commit to one month at a time, so you can take part in as many or as few swap as you like without having to cancel anything. The sign up closes at 3pm UK time, TODAY. If you've missed it, there is a new sign up for the February swap opening on the 23rd of January.

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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ATC - Visible Image November swap "Shine Bright"

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing my ATC for the November ATC swap at the Visible Image FB group, and my swap partner Vicki in the UK. The theme for November was

Shine Bright

a theme I found to be a bit tricky, but here's my take

I started by "painting" my background with Lunar Paste using a brayer. This gave me a nice and shiny background. Then I stamped the beautiful chandelier using Transfer gel duo and added DecoFoil in silver on top of the gel. This gave the candelier a shiny and a bit distressed look. To add even more shine, and sparkle, I stamped some circles and heat embossed them in sparkly purple embossing powder. Then I attempted to stamp the word shine to my card, but I went terribly wrong, so either I had to start all over or I had to cover it up. I went with the cover up, not the most beautiful looking but I didn't have the energy to start over as I was in bed with a bad respiratory infection. 

For the accompanying card I decided to add the Lunar paste in a different way. I applied the paste in a circular motion using a domed sponge dobber. I must admit that I really like the effect it gave, it looks so good in real life. This time I stamped, and heat embossed, the chandelier in black. Added a sentiment and some rays in silver.

Products used
Stamp sets: "Hang In There", "Daisy Grunge", "Stay Weird" and "Jazz It Up" all by Visible Image
Paste: Lunar Paste "Crown Me" by Simon Hurley/ Ranger
Foil: deco foil "Silver" by Therm O Web

Embossing powder: "Purple Tinsel" by Ranger

I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by, thank you!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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ATC - Visible Image October swap "Halloween Colours"

 Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you've had a wonderful Christmas, or any other holiday/season you celebrate.
Today I'm sharing my ATC, and accompanying card, for the October ATC swap at Visible Image FB group. The theme for the month of October was

Halloween Colours

Here's my take on the theme

Since I don't have any "Halloween" products by Visible Image, I decided to focus on the colour theme, and the mystical and magical time of the year that Halloween is. I ink blended in my backgrounf in green, orange and purple, and stamped a unicorn, what's more mysterious and magical than a unicorn?!, in black ink and heat embossed it. I also stamped, and heat embossed, a sentiment in black and added some black ink to the edges of my ATC.

Before sending the ATC to my swap partner in the Netherlands I created a card to go with it, using the same products.

Products used
Stamp set: "Believe In Unicorns" by Visible Image
Stencil: "Seeing Stars" by Visible Image
Inks: Distress inks "spiced marmalade", "twisted citron", "wilted violet" and "black sooth" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaFine Clair "Nocturne" by Tsukineko
Embossing powder: "Clear Gloss Super Fine" by WOW!

I had so much fun creating these two cards, and tomorrow I'll be sharing the cards I created for the November swap.

If you would like to have a go at the swap, you only sign up for one month at a time, the sign up for January 2024 is now open at Visible Image FB group.

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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AAA Birthday Game #56 - Add A Tag (take four)

 Hi,

Today I'm sharing my fourth take on the AAA Birthday challenge

Add a Tag

This is such a fun challenge, and I have had so much fun creating the four cards I've shared with you during the weeks of December. I do hope you've been inspired to play along with us as we would love to see your take on the challenge.

The tag can be separate or a part of your card, as long as there is a birthday card we are happy. 

You have until December 31st to create, upload and link your creation to the AAA Birthday challenge blog, which is filled with gorgeous, fun, cute and beautiful inspiration by the DT and our special guest designer for the month, Helen. 

So why not give it a go and get a headstart on those birthday cards for 2024, and maybe you'll be one of our guest designer in the new year?!

Hope to see you/ your birthday card on the challenge blog!

Here's a little information on what I've used for my card:
Today's card is all about dies, dry embossing and Distress inks. All the products I've used, except the twine and stamp for the sentiment, are by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix. 

Products used:
Dies: "Framelits Tag Collection" and "Blossom"
Embossing folder: "Lumber" 3-D folder
Stamps: "A Bug Deal" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress inks in various colours

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Merry Christmas

Jane
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AAA Birthday challenge game #56 - Add a Tag (take three)

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's almost the third of Advent, but there is still plenty of time to play along with the current challenge at AAA Birthday - Add a Tag. The tag don't have to be on/ a part of the card, it can be a separate tag to go with your card, but remember there has to be a birthday card.

This was the first card I made for the challenge, way back during the summer, but then I forgot about it. So when it was time for me to upload my card to the DT blog I sat down and started creating a new card (or  three). It wasn't until I went to upload my card and saw Denise's beautiful card I remembered this card I had made  so long ago. Do pop over to Denise's blog and check out her card, it's fun to see how different but yet alike the cards are. I guess great minds think alike 😉

Almost all products used for this card are by Lawn Fawn, apart from the tag die which is by Tim Holtz/Sizzix die. 

I hope you are inspired to join us in this fun challenge, picked by Tristan. You have until 31st of December to create upload and link your take on the challenge to the AAA Birthday challenge blog.

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Ps. If you want to see my fourth card for this challenge welcome back next Friday.

AAA Cards Challenge 255 - Sketch and "Cold"

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new CAS card challenge at AAA Cards Challenge, and for this last challenge of the year we have a


Sketch in cold colours


for you, please see challenge card further down.


Here's my take

If you look at the challenge card below you'll see that I have turned the sketch upside down, and for my cold colour I've chosen green. The sentiment on my card reads "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" in Swedish.

Products used
Stamps: "Let It Snow" by Kaisercraft and "God Jul" by InkyWings/ hÄnglarWings
Inks: VersaFine Clair "Nocturne" and "Green Oasis" by Tsukineko, Distress Ink "Mowed Lawn" and "Rustic Wilderness" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

The AAA Cards challenge blog is filled with fun, beautiful and inspiring cards by our special guest designer for this challenge, Arlene, and the amazing Design Team, so hurry up and click on over and be inspired. Don't forget to visit the DT members individual blogs and show them some love.

I hope you're inspired to play along with us as we can't wait to see your take on the challenge sketch! You until January 6th to create, upload and link your cards to the AAA Cards challenge blog. Hope to see you there! Don't forget all entries have to be CAS (Clean And Simple), see definition card below. 

This is my last card for the AAA Cards Challenge as a member of the Design Team as I've decided to step down from the team. It's been a difficult decision to make, and I thought long and hard before making it, but my life is very busy and with there being a new challenge every two weeks I have struggled with finding the time to keeping up with the duties of being a DT member. I will miss everyone at AAA Cards, it's been so inspiring being a member of the team and I've learned so much from everyone. Thank you so much! An extra thank you to Maaike for running the challenges! I wish all the DT members, old, present and new, all the best for the future!

I will also miss all of you who play along with the challenges, and I promise you are in for some really fun challenges next year, and the inspiration from the DT is amazing (I've had a sneak peek of most of their work for next year)!

An extra big THANK YOU to eveyone who has taken the time to comment on my AAA Cards blog posts!

I will continue to create and I'm still on the Design Team for AAA Birthday, AAA Cards sister challenge, so you are all very welcome back here to the blog for inspiration, and I wouldn't say "no" to a comment or two 😉

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Birthday challenge game #56 - Add a Tag (take two)

 God morning/ afternoon/ evening, 

Today I'm sharing my second card inspired by the current birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday card challenges - Add a Tag.

For this card I have mainly used die cut elements, a card panel, flowers and a tag. To give the white card panel some interest I dry embossed it before adhering it to the card base. Then I added the tag and started placing the flowers behind and on it, as a colourful little cluster. After I adhered it all to the card I realized that I had forgotten to stamp my sentiment. Guess if I was nervous stamping it?! Luckily it turned out ok. The sentiment reads "Grattis på bemärkelsedagen" which means "Congratulations on your birthday/extra special day" (free translation from Swedish). It's usually used for special birthdays, the big ones like your 50th/ 60th/ 70th and so on. 

Products used
Dies: Framelits die set "Tag Collection" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix and "Be Bold Blooms" by Spellbinders
Embossing Folder: 3-D Texture Fades "Lumber" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Stamps set: "Mer Grattis" by hÄnglar&Wings

I hope you've been inspired to play along with us in this fun challenge. We would love to see your interpretations on the theme. You don't have to place your tag on your card, you can create a separet tag to go with your card, but remember there has to be a birthday card. You have until the 31st of December to create, upload and link you creation to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

Those of you who have read my previous blog post know how inspired I was by the theme of this challenge, and that I ended up creating not one but four cards. I will be sharing one card a week throughout the month of December, like my own little Advent calendar, so I hope you enjoy them and come back to check out the rest.

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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Ps. Don't forget to check out the fabulous creations by the talented Design Team at AAA Birthday cards, and give them some love!

AAA Birthday challenge #56 - Add a Tag

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 1st of December, and time for a new birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday Card challenges. For this months challenge we have a really fun theme for you

Add a Tag

Please see challenge card further down.

You can choose if you want to create a card with a tag on it, or if you want to make a separate tag to match your card. But remember there has to be a birthday card!

The AAA Birthday challenge blog is filled with fun, beautiful and inspiring birthday cards with tags, on the card or separate, by our special guest designer for the month Helen Brammer and the design team. So why not head on over and check them out, I promise you won't be disappointed.

I hope you've been inspired to play along with us for this fun challenge, as we can't wait to see your take on the challenge! You have until December 31st to create, upload and link your birthday cards to the AAA Birthday cards challenge blog.



If you want to know how I created my card and what products I've used please keep on reading.

This months theme was a bit of a challenge for me. How could I add a tag to my card? Then I thought "why not make my card base into a birthday present with ribbon, bow and a tag?". So that's what I did.

I started by creating my "wrapping paper" by ink blending my card base using a stencil and some Distress Oxide ink. Then I cut some strips of paper for the "ribbon" and adhered them to the card, and there it stopped.
I needed a bow for my "birthday present", hmmm....... YouTube here I come. Found a tutorial on how to make paper bows and gave it a go. It's not the best bow and far from perfect, but for a first go I'm happy with it.
Die cut a tag, and the letters H, B and U out of it. The number 2 I die cut separately as the only number die I got is one big die with all the numbers from 0 - 9 on it. I glued the 2 to the tag to make up the sentiment "HB 2 U" (Happy Birthday to You). I placed a piece of iridescent card behind the letters on the tag, to give it some interest and shine, before adding my tag to the "birthday present"/ card. Here's a close up

Products used
Stencil: Divine by Lavinia Stamps
Ink: Distress Oxide ink "Salty Ocean" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Dies: Framelits - Tag collection by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix, Finley's ABCs by Lawn Fawn and Numbers by CraftEmotions


As I said I found the theme a bit difficult at first and had a hard time coming up with any ideas on what to create, but once I got started I had so much fun and ended up creating not one but four different cards. I will share the cards throughout the month of December, one every Friday, here on the blog and on my IG page. I might even make a fifth to post on the last Friday of the year.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Cards Challenge 254 - Black, White and Gold

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new CAS card challenge at AAA Card challenges.
The theme for the fortnight is

Black, White and Gold

please see challenge card further down.


Here's my take on the challenge

With Christmas approaching, and inspired by the challenge card, I decided to make a Christmas card. I die cut a circle of stars on a piece of white cardstock, placed a piece of sparkly gold paper behind the cut out stars, and addhered the whole thing to a black card base. I die cut a Christmas greeting from black cardstock and glued it to my card. Maybe a few more layers than normal for a CAS card, but it is almost Christmas and for Christmas a little bit extra is OK in my book 😉

I could have made it more CAS by stamping and heat embossing the stars in gold on a card front and addhered it to a black card base, or even better only used a white card base and stamped and heat embossed the stars in gold and stamped and heat embossed a black sentiment directly on the card base. But as I said "it's almost Christmas..."

Products used
Dies: "Patterned Frames - Stars SBD057" by Simple and Basic and "God Jul" by PY Hobby
Papers: Cardstock in black and white, Glitter paper all from my stash

The AAA Cards challenge blog is filled with beautiful cards by the talented design team, so head on over to be inspired. We can't wait to see your CAS card creations in black, white and gold. 

You have until December 9th to create, upload and link you card to the challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

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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Autumn leaf and gelli plate

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing a card I made after having a play with my gelli plate.

I'm new to gelli plate printing and have only tried creating a few backgrounds before, but this time I was inspired by the current challenge at AAA Cards

Fall/ Leaves

So I went out into the garden and picked a few leaves to play around with together my my gelli plate. As AAA Cards is all about CAS (clean and simple) cards with lots of white (could be any colour) space I went with a single leaf for my first print, and card.

I made the print directly on a card base, and added an autumn greeting.

There is still time to join in this fun challenge over on AAA Cards challenge blog. You have until November 25th to create, upload and link your autumnal cards to the challenge blog.

Hope you'll join us!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Cards Challenge 253 - Fall/Leaves

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new Clean and Simple (CAS) card challenge at AAA Cards Challenges,
and the theme for the fortnight is

Fall/ Leaves

please see challenge card further down.


Here's my take

My card is a one layer card with lots of 'white' (empty, can be any colour) space on it, just the way we like it at AAA Cards. I've only used two stamps, ink and some markers for this card, so very quick and easy. The sentiment reads 'It's a comfort/consolation that autumn is so beautiful' (free translation)

Products used
Stamp sets: 'Wild Meadow' by Mama Elephant and 'Halloween' by hÄnglar & Wings
Ink: Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and VersaFine Clare 'Nocturne' both by Tsukineko

Markers: Copic

For this challenge we have the honour of having the former DT Melissa as our guest designer, and her card is gorgeous! The challenge blog is filled with beautiful autumnal inspiration, not only by Melissa but also by the DT, so if I were you I would hurry on over to AAA Cards challenge blog to check out all the work.

After checking out the challenge blog I'm sure you're filled with inspiration and can't wait to get stuck in creating your own autumnal card, and we can't wait to see it! You have until November 25th to create, upload and link your card to AAA Cards challenge blog, and remember we want to see clean and simple (CAS) cards.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by, and reading all the way to the end! 

I really appreciate it!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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ATC - Visible Image September swap "Rusty"

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing my ATC, and card, for the September ATC swap at Visible Image Facebook group. It finally arrived safely at my swap partner's home in the UK.

The theme for September was

Rusty

and here's what I came up with

This was a really tricky theme, in my opinion. I tried a few different ideas, but nothing worked. In the end I decided to go with a rusty little robot. I stamped and masked of the robot. Then ink blended the background, before removing the stencil I applied some crackle paste and Distress embossing glaze to the brick background. After removing the mask I coloured the robot with markers and added some crackle paste to the screen/ face.

I also created a card to send together with my ATC to my swap parter, this is not mandatory for the swap.

ATC and card together

Products used:
Stamp sets: "Beautiful Soul", "Robot Data" and "Looking Forward with Hope" by Visible Image
Stencil: "Distressed Brick" by Visible Image
Inks: Distress Ink "Rusty Hinge", "Antique Linen", "Black Soot" and "Vintage Photo" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Crackle Paste: "Translucent" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Embossing Glaze: "Fired Brick" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Markers: Copic

If you would like to join the swap, please visit Visible Image Facebook group. You only sign up for one month/swap at a time, so you can join as many, or few, as you like. 

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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AAA Birthday Game #55 - Large Sentiment

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's November 1st (can you believe it?), and time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday. This month we invite you to create a birthday card with a

Large Sentiment

Please se challenge card further down.


Here's my take on the challenge

I started by creating a background for my large sentiment. Using Distress Oxides in a rainbow of colours I ink blended my background, and then to make it a bit more fun and cheerful I decided to try to create a bokeh effect, something I never tried before. I used some white ink and a circle stencil, and randomly inked white circles all over the colourful background. It's by no means perfect, but I do like how it turned out. To give the sentiment some dimension I die cut it twice and adhered together. I added a small banner, on which I had stamped and heat embossed the word birthday, to turn the sentiment into a birthday greeting. I gave the background a thin white border before adhering it to a card base.

Products used
Inks: Distress Oxide inks; Salvaged Patina, Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin and Picked Raspberry by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, Brilliance Moonlight White by Tsukineko
Stencil: "White Orbs" by Lavinia Stamps
Die: "Giant Sending Big Hugs" by Lawn Fawn
Stamp: "Baked with Love" by Lawn Fawn

Now it's your turn. We are really looking forward to seeing your birthday card creations with large sentiments on them. You have until November 30th to create, upload and link your card to the AAA Birthday challenge blog.

The challenge blog is filled with fun, creative and beautiful inspiration by my talented DT colleauges and our special guest designer for the month, Deborah, so don't forget to check out their cards, and visit their blogs.

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 252 - Colour Scheme

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new CAS card challenge at AAA Cards, and this fortnight we have a 

Colour Scheme

for you, please see challenge card further down.

Here's my take

I was inspired not only by the colours on the challenge card, but also the rectangles and the roundness of the hot air balloon (at least I think it's a hot air balloon on the card). 

Products used for my card
Stencil: "Breakout" by Visible Image
Inks: Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Die: "Hip Hip Hooray D180126" by Gummiapan
Embellishments: Enamel Dots "Transparent" by Nellie's Choice

In need of more inspiration? Head on over to the challenge blog where you'll find more inspiration by the amazing design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Hannelie. You can also find all the information you need on how to play along and AAA Cards definiton of CAS (Clean And Simple) on the blog.

I hope you'll join us for this challenge. You have until Noveber 11th to create, upload and link your CAS card to AAA Cards challenge blog. Can't wait to see what you come up with!

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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ATC - Visible Image August Swap "Summer Vibes"

 Hello,

It's been a long time since I posted anything here, or on my Instagram.
I've been fighting a rather nasty respiratory infection. I'm still not a 100%, but I'm slowly getting there. So as you can imagine I haven't had the energy to create, or upload anything.

But today I would like to share an ATC I created for the August swap at Visible Image's Facebook group. It's a monthly swap, and the good thing is that you only sign up for one month at the time. The only limitation is that you can only use stamps, dies and stencils by Visible Image, but even if you only own one VI product you can take part as the themes of the challenges are very "open". So for the month of August the theme of the swap was


Summer Vibes

and here's what I came up with

For this ATC I have used the following VI products; "Bee Happy" and "Flower Power" stamp sets and the "Honeycomb Hex" stencil. I also created a card to send to my swap partner, this time in the UK. This is not mandatory!

Here's the card

and here's a picture of the ATC and card together

If you would like to have a go and join the swap, the registration for the November swap is now open on Facebook. Just search for the Visible Image group and you'll find all the information you'll need to join in the fun. Maybe we'll be swap partners!

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 249 - Skies, Galaxies, Planets

 Hello crafty Friends,

It's time for a new challenge at AAA Cards!
This fortnight we have an out of space theme for you -

 Skies, Galaxies, Planets


and here's my take on the challenge

Now it's your turn. You have until the 23rd of September to create, upload and link your space inspired cards to the AAA Cards challenge blog. Please remember we want to see CAS (clean and simple) cards with lots of white/empty space.

We're having a

DT call!

We're looking for a few new Design Team members to start January of 2024.

If you like making CAS cards as we know them, and would like to be on our team, then make a card for this and the next challenge and put DT behind your name.

For more information please visit AAA Cards challenge blog, where you also can find our definition of CAS.

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Cards Challenge 248 - Add a Tag or Ticket

 Good Morning/Evening,

It's time for a new challenge at AAA Cards, and this fortnight we want you to

Add a Tag or Ticket

to your CAS card, see challenge card further down.


Here's my take on the challenge

I started by doing a bit of ink blending through a stencil on a card panel. Then I cut out a tag from the panel, stamped with a word stamp using the same ink as I ink blended with. I placed the tag inside the hole on the panel and stamped some flowers using an embossing ink and sprinkled over some Distress Glaze in the same colour as the ink I used previously. I heat embossing the flowers and addhered the panel to a card. The tag got a string and some 3D foam on the back before being attached to the card.


Products used
Stencil: Mini stencil set 52 by Tim Holtz/ Stampers Anonymous
Ink: Distress Ink "Spiced Marmalade" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaMark "Watermark stamp pad" by Tsukineko
Stamps: "Grattis Bakgrund 20020123" by Gummiapan, "Flower Silhouettes" by MFT
Die: "Framelits Tag Collection 658784" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Embossing powder: Distress Glaze "Spiced Marmalade" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

I hope you've been inspired to play along with us! 
I can recommend a visit to AAA Cards challenge blog for more inspiration from our talented guest designer this fortnight, Hannelie, and the amazing design team. Don't forget to visit their blogs and give them some love!

You have until the 16th of September to create, upload and link your card to the challenge blog. Please remember we want to see CAS (Clean and Simple) cards with lots of white (empty) space, AAA Cards definition of CAS can be found on the 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 Birthday Game #53 - Animals

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 1st of September and time for a new Birthday card challenge at AAA Birthday.
The theme for the month is

Animals

a great theme, don't you think?.

Here's my take

As you can see I've gone with a cute little mouse, who's ready for a birthday celebration.
Can't wait to see what animal/animals you'll pick for your birthday card.

You have until the 30th of September to create, upload and link your birthday card creations to the AAA Birthday challenge blog.

In need of more inspiration? Then I can highly recommend a visit to the challenge blog, where you'll find cute and adorable birthday cards created by the amazing design team and our special guest designer for the month, the talented Trina P. Don't forget to visit the individual designer's blogs too, and give them some love while you're there. I know they'll appreciate it!

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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