AAA Birthday Card challenge #88

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 1st of August and time for the 88th challenge over at AAA Birthday Card challenges. We have a lovely theme, chosen by our talented DT Denise, for you to be inspired by, and the theme for the month is -

Flowers

Isn't it a lovely theme? Very fitting as we are in the midst of summer, at least here on the northern hemisfer. The design team and our special guest designer for the month, Susan aka Auntysue, have filled the challenge blog with beautiful birthday cards for you to draw inspiration from. So why not head on over to check them out, and spread a little love when you are there💖

We hope you will help us fill up the challenge blog with even more beautiful and flowery birthday cards. You have until the 31st of August to create, upload and link your card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

 
Here's how I created my card.
Inspired by the flowers, and colours, on the challenge card, I grabbed one of my favourite stencils, a card panel and some ink pads in cheerful colours. At first I was going to ink the flowers individually in one colour each and the leaves in green by masking them off, but feeling a bit lazy and in the mood for a rainbow I decided to ink blend my floral panel like a rainbow instead. Once I had ink blended my panel I gave it a black border and added a wavy sentiment strip. The panel was then addhered to a card base and a few little clear enamel dots where added to the finished card. Hope you like it!

Products used
Paper: Neenah Solar White cardstock
Stencil: "Fresh Stencils - Color Study" by Vicki Boutin
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Dies: "Small dotted rectangle stackables" and "Simple wavy banners" both by Lawn Fawn
Embossing powder: WOW! Opaque Bright White Super Fine

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:
Allsorts challenge - colours of summer or ATG
Beautiful Blossom challenge - anything florals goes optional mood board

Girlz & The Art of Letters challenge - letter F (Flowers)

The Sisterhood of Crafters challenge  - Flowers 

Take care and have a wonderful summer/ winter!

Jane
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AAA Birthday Card challenge #87

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the first of the month and time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday. The theme for the month of July, chosen by me, is - 

For Girls

as last month was for boys I thought we should celebrate girls this month, and here is my card for a little cutie who loves unicorns

The AAA Birthday Cards challenge blog is filled with beautiful, cute and yummy inspiration created by the amazing design team and our special guest designer for this month, Brenda. Love Brenda's card, any birthday girl would. So head on over to the AAA Birthday blog to get inspired to join in this fun challenge, and while you are there don't forget to spread some love 💕

You have until the 31st of July to create, upload and link your girly birthday card to the AAA Birtday Cards challenge blog. Hope to see your creation there!

Want to know how I created my card and what products I have used? Please keep reading.

Since I knew I wanted to create a unicorn card, I started by stamping, die cutting and colouring the unicorn for my card. Now for the card itself; instead of decorating the front of the card I decided to make a see through card and decorate the inside. I die cut the front of my card base using a cloud border die, leaving an opening in the front panel of the card. To add an extra layer of clouds to the front I die cut a panel using the same border die and added it to the card base. The unicorn was adhered to the card front, making it hold the top and the lower part of front together. I also stamped a birthday greeting on the front of the card; the top one to cover up a mark I accidentally made on the card 😳

As I didn't want the backside of the coloured unicorn to show through from the inside of the card, I die cut out an extra unicorn from white cardstock and added it from the inside of the card to the back of the unicorn.
Using a cloud stencil, I blended a sky onto the inside of the card, a sky that is also a part of the front of the card as it is see through. I added a die cut greeting "Grattis" (congratulations in Swedish), and wrote a message, which I blocked out in the photo below.

Products used

Stamp sets: "Magical Day" by Neat and Tangled, "Grattiskombinationer#2" and "Ännu mer Grattis" both by hÄnglar & Wings
Die set: "Magical Day" by Neat and Tangled, "Puffy Cloud Borders" by lawn Fawn and "Grattis D240612" by Gummiapan
Stencil: "Mini Cloud Edge" by My Favorite Things
Inks: Distress Oxide "salty ocean" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger and Memento "Tuxedo Black" by Tsukineko
Markers & Pens: Copic sketch and ciao, Aqua Shimmer "glitter gloss" by nuvo and Gelly Roll "white" by Sakura

I hope you like my card, and that you are inspired to play along with us this month!


I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Addicted to Stamps & More! - challenge 520 Diecuts and/or Stencils (I have used both) 

Dream Valley Challenge - 364 Anything Goes

Just Us Girls - challenge 829 Anything Goes Stencil Week (stenciled background/sky)

Seize the Birthday - challenge 329 Anything goes

Stencil Fun Challenge - Use a Stencil Anything Goes (stenciled background/sky)

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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AAA Birthday Card challenge #86

 Hello,

It's the first of the month and you all know what that means.... the start of a new birthday card challenge over at AAA birthday Card challenges. This month's theme was chosen by our talented DT Carol and the theme for June is -

For Boys

here is my take on the theme

With three sons, and three grandsons, I have made a lot of birthday cards for boys. All of "my" boys have loved robots at one point or another in their lifes so I went with a robot.
I started by stamping the robot on a card panel I had die cut. After I had coloured the robot I placed a stencil over it and carefully inked through it. The panel was adhered to a card base. I stamped my greeting (or should I say the robot's greeting) and added a few clear enamel dots. Card done.

Products used for this card

Stamps: Robot Data by Visible Image

Stencil: Strobes by Visible Image
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao
Ink: Distress Oxide Ink by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

Now it's your turn! You have until the 30th of June to create, upload and link your birthday card to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog, a blog filled with fabulous inspiration by the design team and our special guest designer for this month, Leslie, who has created a awesome card on the theme. So head on over and get inspired, and don't forget to spread a little love whilst you are there 💖

Hope you'll join us!

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges;

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge - birthdays

Aud Sentiments challenge - monochrome and/or birthdays + sentiment
Creative Moments challenge - make it masculine
Classic Design challenge - ATG with the optional twist of anniversary/birthday

Inkspirational challenge - For the guys

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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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

AAA Birthday Card challenge #84

 Hi,

It is the first of April, and time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday Card challenges. This month we have a fun and versatile theme for you, a theme chosen by our talented DT Helen. It is a theme that might help you use up some products you already have in your stash. The theme is - 

Use Washi Tape

That's right, we want you to create Birthday Cards using washi tape in some way, shape or form. Here is my take on the theme -

There are so many ways you can use washi tape on a card, and I can't wait to see how you incorperate it on your Birthday card creation!
In need of more inspiration? Fear not, the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog is filled with fun and beautiful ways to use up that washi tape on a card, so click on over and admire the work by the design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Silke (her card is beautiful!). Don't forget to click on their names to visit their blogs, and please show them some love!

After seeing all that inspiration I am sure you are raring to have a go at creating your own washi Birthday card. You have until the 30th of April to create, upload and link your creation to the AAA birthday Card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

If you want to know how I created my card and what products I have used, please continue reading.

Here's how I created my card

After a long and hard think, and going through my stash of washi tape, I decided to create a background using the tape. I started by cutting a panel out of cardstock, I draw a diagonal line on the panel to have as a guideline when I started to stick my washi tape down. After sticking down the tape in the pattern I wanted, which was a little fiddly at first but much easier than I had thought, I gave the washi taped panel a dark blue border before addhering it to a card base. I wanted a shape to add my greeting onto, but had no idea on which shape so I tried out a few different ones before deciding on a circle. I die cut a white circle, and a scolleped circle in dark blue, and glued them together before stamping a circular greeting. The letters in the greeting where coloured using the same colours that's on the washi tape. The "greeting circle" was added to the card using foam squares.

  

Products used

Washi tape: "Say Cheese Tomorrow At The Park" by Simple Stories

Dies: circle die set and scalloped circle die set, old sets from my stash (do not know the brand)

Stamp set: "reveal wheel circle sentiments" by Lawn Fawn

Markers: Copic sketch and ciao

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Birthday Card challenge #83

 Hello,

How are you today? Ready for a new Birthday card challenge? I hope so! A new challenge is up and running at AAA Birthday Card challenges, and we would love it if you joined in the fun! The theme for the month of March was chosen by our talented DT member Vicki, and the theme is - 

Use Die Cuts

For my card I have used die cuts both to build the pattern on my card and for the birthday greeting. I started by die cutting the shapes to build the pattern for my card. I had some paper in different colours left since playing with my alcohol inks so I used that to die cut from. After cutting out all the pieces I mixed the colours up and pieced the shapes together and addhered them to a card panel. To make the panel pop from the card base I wanted to give it a border, but I had used up all my alcohol inked papers. I looked through my scraps and found a piece of paper, on which I had played with Distress sprays and stains, that matched the colours of my pattern pieces so I used thet for the border. The framed panel was addhered to a card base, and the die cut greeting added, and I called it done.

Products used for this card
Die sets: "Color Block Mini Petals" by Spellbinders and "HB2U D180204" by Gummiapan
Inks: Alcohol Inks by Pentart and Ranger
Paper: Neenah solar white, yupo paper, watercolour paper and Gold Pearl Mirror card.
Sprays: Distress Oxide Spray, Distress Spray Stains and Distress Mica Stains by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

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

All the information on how to play along can be found on the challenge blog, where you will also find lots of cute, fun and beautiful inspiration by the Design Team and our special Guest Designer for the month, Caroline (KISS). Caroline's card is adorable, so don't forget to click on her name to go check it out and give her some love!

Hope to see your die cut birthday card on the challenge blog!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Birthday Card challenge #80

 Hello,

It's the first of December and time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday Cards. This month's fun theme was chosen by the talented DT member Deekshita, and the theme for the month is -

Box Card

My box card started with a beautiful dubble sided patterned paper from Maja Design, a Swedish company. Since both sides of the paper are beautiful and wintery, it was perfect for a winter themed birthday box card. After cutting my paper and folding it into a box, I cut out some snow covered hills for my critters to stand on. I stamped, coloured and die cut all the little critters, and added them to the scene. I also wanted a snowball flying through the sky so I attached it to a thin piece of clear acetate, close-up below. One of the mice was placed on a folded piece of cardstock as I wanted to place her in between the slopes/deviders to give the scene even more depth. I added a birthday greeting using stamps and stickers. 

So this month we want to see birthday cards shaped like a box. There are several ways to create a box card and plenty of tutorials on YouTube, should you need it. You can also find amazing inspiration on the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog, the design team have been busy creating different kinds of box cards and so has our special guest designer for the month, Sigrid. Love her box card, it is fabulous!

I hope you are inspired to play along in this fun birthday card challenge as we can't wait to see you birthday box card on the blog! You have until December 31st to create, upload and link you card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!


I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
A Cut Above - Anything Goes With A Die Cut

Creative Creases - Anyting Goes with a Fun Fold

Creative Friday - x-beliebig/ Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - wrapped up in winter!

Cut It Up - Fun Fold
The Four Seasons - Anything Goes Winter

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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Products used for this card
Paper: "Christmas Nostalgia - Always snow" by MajaDesign and Neenah Solar white 
Stamp and die sets: "snowball fight", "forest border" and "stitched hillside border" all by Lawn Fawn
Markers: Copic sketch and Ciao
Stickers: remarks "LIFE/VIE/VIDA" by Amy Tangerine/ American Crafts

AAA Birthday Card challenge # 79

 Hello,

How are you? Ready for a new birthday card challenge? Challenge #79 at AAA Birthday Card is up and running, and do we have a fun theme for you this month -

Music

I love music and it is one of my biggest inspirations when it comes to creating, so it might not come as a surprise that this month's theme was chosen by me. I often get inspired by the lyrics of a song, but sometimes it's the title of a song that inspires me - like for this challenge.  For this card I was inspired by an old Billy Joel song. Can you guess the song?

Yes, that's right, Piano Man. My husband and two of our boys play the piano, so I have a few "piano men" in my life. My youngest son and his friends often gather at our house and play music together. My son is a drummer (and he plays the piano, guitar and base guitar), his girlfriend plays the piano, a few of his friends play the guitar and one plays the base guitar. They all take turn singing. Piano Man is one of their favourites to play and sing, and it has become one of my favourites too.

Do you get inspired by music? If not you are still welcome to play along with this challenge as you don't have to be inspired by a song, as long as you follow the theme "Music" in general and create a Birthday Card you are very welcome to join us.

The AAA Birthday Card challenge blog is filled with Music themed birthday cards by the design team and our special guest desinger for this challenge, Sigrid. So if you are in need of some more inspiration, click on over and get inspired, and don't forget to spread some love while you are there!

Hope you're inspired to play along with us in this fun challenge! You have until November 30th to create, upload and link your Music themed Birthday Card to the AAA Birthday challenge blog. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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AAA Birthday Card challenge #78

Hello,

It's the first of October and time for a new birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday Cards. This month's theme was chosen by our talented DT-member Denise, and it is a good one, and so versatile - 

Ombre

I chose to ink blend the whole front of my card using different shades of pink to get the ombre effect. I wanted to get some more interest to my card so I ink blended through a stencil. I had planed to stamp and heat emboss a background before ink blending, but decided to go with a stencil instead. The words "birthday" and "wishes" were die cut out of white cardstock, and the background for the words in vellum. I addhered the words to my card, added a few clear enamel dots. 

Ink colours used for this card: Distress Oxides "festive berries", "worn lipstick" and "spun suger" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

There are so many ways you can incorporate ombre on your card. If you are looking for inspiration please head on over to the AAA Birthday Cards challenge blog, it is filled with gorgeous creations by the amazing design team and our special guest designer for the month, Karen Walker. Karen's birthday card is fabulous, and so is her take on the theme!

I hope you will join us in this fun challenge as I can't wait to see your ombre birthday card! You have until the 31st of October to create, upload and link your birthday card to the AAA Birthday Cards challenge blog.

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Hippeligrattishurra!

Hello,

How are you? I hope you have had a lovely summer/winter! It's been a long time since I posted anything here, but as you might have read in my previous post I have been away sailing the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. Now I'm back and ready to start crafting again. Today's card is for a little cutie who has just turned three. Her biggest wish for her birthday was a teddy and of cause we got her one, and here is the card I created to go with it

The design of my card was inspired by the sketch of AAA Cards' current challenge, their 300th game. Hip Hip Hooray! Congratulations AAA Cards, and thank you for all the inspiration over the years!

Products used:
Die set: "Stor Nalle" by Gummiapan
Inks: Distress Oxide by Tim Holtz/ Ranger and VersaFine Clair by Tsukineko
Stamp set: "Mer Grattis" by hÄnglar & Wings

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Birthday Card challenge #76

 Hello,

How are you? Ready for a new Birthday card challenge? I hope so as today is the start of the August Birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday card challenges. This month we have a fun and active theme for you to be inspired by, a theme chosen by our talented DT member Swapna, and the theme is - 

Sport

Here is my take on the theme, a card for a young footballer.

Do you have a favourite sport, or a sports fan amongst your friends and family (or a friend of a friend), who has a birthday coming up? I bet you do. So why not join us in this fun and action filled Birthday card challenge?! You have until the 31st of August to create, upload and link your Sporty Birthday card to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog.

If you are in need of some more inspiration head on over to the challenge blog, which is filled with active sporty Birthday cards by the talented design team and our special guest designer for the month, Cathy R. Hope to see your card added to the gallery!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Ps. Now I'm going to weigh anchor and continue with my favourite sport, sailing! Fair winds everyone!

AAA Birthday Card challenge #75

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's a new month and time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday card challenges. This month it is our very own queen of rainbows Kati who has chosen the theme, and the theme for the month is - 

Summer Birthday

a fun theme, perfect for the month of July (at least if you live in the northern hemisphere). Here is my summer birthday card

My card is a summer take on the card I created for the "winter birthday" theme we had back in January this year. Here is a link to my winter birthday card.

I started by die cutting the white background panel for this card. I then stamped and heat embossed the panel using white embossing powder to get a subtle effect. It does show in real life but was difficult to catch on camera. Here is a close up, where you might see it a little bit better

The little girl was stamped and coloured before I fussy cut her out (not my favourite thing to do). I die cut the birthday greeting and placed the girl so that she sits on top of the sentiment. Now I had to decide on the backgound for the panel and the greeting. I tryed a variety of papers, plain and patterned, but in the end I decided to go with the green for a fresh Scandinavian look. The whole thing was addhered to a card base and my card was done. I hope you like it, and that you are inspired to join us in this fun summer challenge!

You have until the 31st of July to create, upload and link your Summer Birthday card to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog. The challenge blog is filled with fun, beautiful and mouth watering birthday cards by the design team and our special guest designer for the month, Pauline. I love Paulines card, it is beautiful and it really screams summer.

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps & More - #495 Diecuts and/or Stencils
Crafty Catz - #697 Anything Goes

Creative Crafters - #89 Anything Goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - #66 Summer
Four Seasons (July) - Summer
Papercraft Challenges - #119 Summer Vibes

 

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Products used for this card
Stamp set: "Kranskulla" by hÄnglar & Wings
Markers: Copic sketch and Ciao
Dies: "Small dotted rectangle stackables" by Lawn Fawn, "Sizzix Thinlits Dies Bold Text #1" by Tim Holtz
Embossing powder: "Bright White Super Fine" by WOW!
Inks: "VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad" and "Memento Tuxedo Black" both by Tsukineko
Papers: from my stash

AAA Birthday Card challenge #74

Hello Friends,

It is the 1st of June, yay, and time for a new fun challenge over at AAA Birthday Card challenges. This months theme was chosen by Kateryna aka pioniya, and the theme for the month of June is - 

No Stamping

and here is my take 

Most of the time I use at least one stamp when creating a birthday card, if not for the image for a greeting on my card. Do you create cards without any stamping? The design team and our special guest designer for the month Wendy (love her card!) have filled the AAA Birthday card challenge blog with fabulous cards without any stamping for us to be inspired by. All the information on how to play along can also be found on the blog, so why not head on over to be inspired to create your very own No Stamping Birthday card?!

You have until June 30th to create, upload and link your Birthday card to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog. Hope you will join us.

Want to know how I created my card?
I started by ink blending a card panel I had die cut out of some white cardstock. I used stencils by Lawn Fawn and Distress oxides. After ink blending I splattered the panel with a little water to get the oxides to react. Then it was time for the little monkey, unfortunately I don't know the name or brand as I bought the die set at a jumble sale. I die cut all of the pieces out of coloured and kraft cardstock and assembled it. He is so cute, don't you think? I added some white gel pen marks here and there on the monkey to make him pop a little. I addhered the monkey and the branch he is hanging from to the panel, and addhered it all to a card base. Now it was time for a birthday greeting. I had intended to use a die cut a sentiment, but I couldn't find a "Happy Birthday" die that fit my card. So I decided on the number seven placed on a circle of vellum as the card was created for a cute little monkey who turned seven this spring.

I would like to enter this card to the following challenges:
Krafty Chicks Challenge #770 - Anything Goes

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Birthday Card challenge #73

 Hip Hip Hooray and Happy 6th Birthday,
to AAA Birthday Card challenges!

The month of May is AAA Birthday Card challenges birthday month, and we would love it if you would help us celebrate by creating fabulous birthday cards on the theme - 

Anything Birthday Goes

Here's my take on the theme

You have until the 31st of May to create, upload and link your birthday card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog. Hope you'll join us!

The challenge blog is filled with fabulous birthday cards by the design team and our special guest designer for the month, Jenn Borjeson. Jenns card is stunning, so don't forget to check it out!

I would like to enter my card to the following challenges:
Alphabet Challenge - A is for Alphabet (B for Bouquet)
Classic Design challenge - Anything Goes with the twist Feminine
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with the twist feminine birthday
Krafty Chicks - Birthday
Little Red Wagon - Use that Stash (had the stamp for ages but never used, papers and markers from my stash)

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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Products used for this card;
Stamp set: "Teeny Tiny Townie with a Bouquet" by Stamping Bella
Markers: Copic Sketch and Ciao

AAA Birthday Card challenge #72

 Hello,

It's the first of April and time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday card challenges. The theme for the month was chosen by our talented design team member, Maaike, and she has picked a magical theme for us to be inspired by this month. The theme for the month of April is -

Mythical

Here is my take on this fun, magical and mythical challenge

I just knew I had to use this stunning unicorn by Visible Image for this challenge. I stamp the unicorn on a card base that I had already die cut. I added a few circles to the design and stamped a birthday greeting on the panel. Using a rainbow of colours I coloured the mane and the horn of the unicorn, and the greeting. I also added some glossy accent to some of the circles on the panel. The panel was addhered to a card base, and my card was done.

I created this card with our granddaughter, Maja, in mind. She loves horses, and unicorns, and goes horse riding every week so I thought she would like this for her birthday, and she did... she loved it!

Now it is your turn to get creative! So bring out your dragons, unicorns, fairies, leprechauns, mermaids, cyclopes and so on, and start creating a magical mythical birthday card. You have until the 30th of April to create, upload and link your mythical birthday card to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog. Hope you will join us!

For more inspiration, and information, please visit the challenge blog which is filled with cute, fun and mythical inspiration by the talented design team and our special guest designer for this month, Silke, her card is adorable!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Products used for this card
Stamps: "Magical Unicorn" by Visible Image and "Ooops!" by hÄnglar & Wings
Dies: "Small Dotted Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao

AAA Birthday Card challenge #71

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 1st of March and time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday! The theme for the month is-

Masculine

Unfortunatelly I don't have a card for you to be inspired by, but the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog is packed with inspiration by the amazing Design Team and our special guest designer for the month, Ella. I love all their birthday cards, and I am sure you will too. So head on over and get inspired!

You have until March 31st to create, upload and link your masculine birthday cards to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog. Hope you'll join in the fun!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Birthday Card challenge #70

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It is the 1st of February and time for a new birthday card challenge at AAA Birthday card challenges. The theme for the month was picked by our talented DT member Vicki, and it is such a fun theme this month -

Ink Smooshing

Here is my take on the challenge

I started by stamping my image on a card panel, then it was time for some ink smooshing. I used a piece of acetate and pressed the ink pads directly onto the acetate, then I sprayed the ink with some water to make it move. The acetate was pressed onto my stamped image to colour the flowers and leaves. I tried to smoosh the inks on to the flowers so they all got a different colour. I stamped a birthday greeting, and gave the panel a black border/frame before addhering it to my card base. 

Products used for this card
Inks: Distress Inks by Tim Holtz/Ranger, VersaFine Clair "Nocturn" by Tsukineko
Stamp set: From my stash, don't know the brand

Now it is your turn! We can't wait to see your ink smooshed birthday cards. You have until the 28th of February to create, upload and link your birthday card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog.

In need of more inspiration, or information? Head on over to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog which is filled with cute, beautiful, colourful and fun inspiration cards by the fabulous DT and our special guest designer for the month, Ashwini Rao (Her card is beautiful!).

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Ps. This month we are welcoming two new design team member, Carol and Janine. Welcome ladies, so happy to have you join the team! Carol starts this month, and she has made such a beautiful card, don't forget to check it out and show her some love. Janine will be joining us in March.

AAA Birthday Card challenge #69

 Happy New Year Crafty Friends,

and welcome to a new year filled with birthday card challenges at AAA Birthday Card challenges! To kick off 2025 we have a fun wintry theme for you to get inspired by, chosen by the lovely Jane T. The theme for the month of January is - 

Winter Birthday

so we want to see birthday cards fit for a winter birthday celebration. Here is my take on the theme

Living on the northern hemisphere, I immediatly thought of snow and ice when I found out this month's theme. The cute little snowman by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix was my inspiration for this card. He was laying there on my desk, left over from making Christmas cards and tags, and I just had to put him to use. I combined him with a few other die sets by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix to create this card, except for the stitched rectangle that's from Lawn Fawn. To get the cold crispy feeling of winter I added sparkling silver paper behind the die cut panel.

Now it's you turn. How are you inspired by the theme? We would love to see your birthday cards fit for a winter birthday. You have until January 31st to create, upload and link your winter birthday card to the AAA Birthday Card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

The challenge blog is filled beautiful, cute and fun wintry birthday greetings from all around the world, so why not head on over and get inspired. Don't forget to check out the card from our first special guest designer of the year and for this challenge, Colien. Her card is so cute!


I would like to enter my card to the following challenges;
Allsorts Challenge - Use your dies
Krafty Chicks Challenge - All Occasions
Simon Says - Use Dies in DieCember

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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