AAA Colourful - colourboard #32

Hello Crafty friends,

It's the 15th of September and time for a new colourboard challenge at AAA Colourful. This month we have a gorgeous colour combination of - 

Greens and Pinks

for you to be inspired by. The colours of the board 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

I hope you like the colours as much as I do, and that you are inspired to play along with us in this fun and colourful challenge! You have until the 14th of October to create, upload and link your project to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, a blog filled with inspiration by the amazing design team and our special guest designer for the month, Cassandra. I really like Cassandra's card, it is so fun. Hope to see your creation there too!

Here's how I created my card.
I really like the picture on the colourboard, and the variation in the colours as the sunlight hits the leaves. In an attempt to recreate the effect I started by ink smooshing a card panel of watercolour paper in different shades of green ink. Once the panel was covered and the paper had dried a little I dryed embossed it with a leaf embossing folder. I die cut and coloured all the pieces for the little parrot. I also die cut some leaves, buds and an oval frame and centrepiece. After assembling all the pieces I started playing with the placement of the objects. When I was happy with the orientation of the card and placement of everything, I stamped a sentiment on the white oval before glueing it all together. A frame from the same paper as the oval frame was added to the panel before addhering it to my card base.

Products used for this card
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks and Distress Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger and VersaFine Ink by Tsukineko
Embossning folder: by Altenew
Die sets: Tropical Friends and Flying High by Spellbinders 
Papers: Scraps from my stash

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

A Cut Above - ATG with a Die Cut

Addicted to Stamps and More challenge 525 - Diecuts and/or Stencils

Girlz & The Art of Letters - Letter I (Inks and ink smooshing)

Just Us Girls challenge 840 Word Week - Bold (bold colours)

NBUS challenge 90 - Never-Before-Used-Schtuff (my NBUS: the embossing folder)

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Frame It (framed the embossed panel and the oval with the sentiment)

Triple B - Birds, bloms and/or Butterflies

I hope you like my card, and that you are inspired to get colourful and play along with us. We are so looking farward to see how you are inspired by the colours.

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - August 2026

Hello,

Today I have got a cute little gift tag to share with you, a tag I created for the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop. The optional theme for the month of August is -

Baby Shower

and here is my little tag

A cute little teddy showered with love/hearts.

After die cutting a tag, I stamped and embossed it with hearts using white embossing powder. Then I smooshed the tag in pink ink. I die cut the teddy and coloured it using Distress Oxide ink. A cloud with hearts and a small "shelf", for the teddy to sit on, were also die cut. I stamped a small greeting inside the cloud, assembled the pieces for the teddy and addhered all the elements on the tag. Last but not least I added some ribbon to my tag.

Isn't it cute? I must say I think so myself, and I hope you do too!

Like to see some more tags? Head on over to Instagram and hop along with us on the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, and see who has gone with the optional theme and who hasn't.

Happy Hopping!

Jane

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Products used for this tag
Dies: "Stor Nalle", "Hjärtligt Moln", "Mini bård Mod.8" all by Gummiapan and "Tag collection Framlits" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix

Stamp set: by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Embossing powder: WOW! Opaque Bright White 

AAA Colourful - colourboard #29

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 15th of June and time for a new colourboard challenge over at AAA Birthday, and this month we have a gorgeous board of -

Blues, puplepink/red violet and green

for you to be inspired by. Here is my take on the board

I don't have any purplepink/red violet markers so I couldn't get the exact colour that is on the board. Instead I grabbed the closest colour I have which is more of a lilac colour, and that's ok. Playing along with our challenges you don't have to match the colours exactly, but they should be the most prominent on your creation. Neutrals like black, white, greys, browns and skin tones may be added. We like all kinds of paper craft project like scrapbooking pages, art journaling pages, tags, cards, ATCs...... and in any style too.

To create my ATCs I started by die cutting the cards, which I then coloured using Distress Oxides and a brayer. I stenciled some leaves/vines on my cards. The parts for the butterflies were die cut and coloured before I assembled them. All the butterflies are coloured using the same coloured markers, but to give my ATCs more of a variation I mixed up what parts of the butterflies got what colour. Before adding the butterflies to the cards I added a piece of tread behind each of the butterflies. A quote was added to the cards, and to finish the ATCs I added a black border.

Products used for these ATCs
Die set: "Nordic Belle Butterfly" by Poppy Stamps
Stencil: "Wedding Vines" by Echo Park
Inks: Distress Oxide inks "tumbled glass", "salty ocean" and Distress ink "mowed lawn" by Tim Holtz/Ranger
Markers: Copic Sketch "V12" and "V15"

I hope you are inspired to play along with us in this colourful challenge! You have until the 14th of July to create, upload and link your creation to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, a blog filled with stunning inspiration by the design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Arlene (love her dreamy inspiration card). Hope to see you there, and don't forget to spread a little love by visiting Arlene's and the DT members' blogs by clicking their names!

I would like to enter my ATCs to the following challenges that also inspired me;
A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut (second entry)

As You Like It challenge - Favourite Sentiment (and why) - "F. L. Y. first love yourself" (a good reminder for everyone. If you love yourself you will have more love to give to others, and others will love you too).
Critter Crazy challenge - ATG with a featured critter
Die Cut Divas challenge - ATG must use a die cut

If You Give A Crafter A Cookie challenge - in the garden

Tripple B challenge - birds, blooms and/or butterflies optional inspiration board

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane

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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - June 2026

 Hello Crafty Friends,

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

Guys

As usual I have gone with the theme, and this month I made three little tags inspired by the theme, and shirts and ties. I started by die cutting my tags and the ties. 

The first tag I made was the one in the middle on the photo above. I cut the tag out of white cardstock and inked it from the edges towards the center of the tag. The tie was die cut out of some patterned paper. A sentiment was stamped and a piece of string added to finish of the tag. Quick and easy, and so fun to make I just had to make another, and another.

The second tag, the one in brown and orange, was made in the same way as the first one, except for being cut out of craft paper and having the greeting hidden underneath the tie.

For the third tag I decided to mix it up a little and cut the tag out of patterned paper and the tie from a single coloured piece of cardstock, and this time I stamped the sentiment on the tie. 

All the ties and tags are held together by the strings, allowing the ties to move from side to side and messages to be hidden underneath them.

Products used for my tags

Patterned papers: all from 6x6 paper pads by Lawn Fawn
Die sets: "Tag Collection Sizzix framelits" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzex and "Slips" by Gummiapan
Inks: Distress Oxide inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger and VersaFine by Tsukineko
Stamps: Various sets by Lawn Fawn

I hope you like my tags, and that you are inspired to create some of your own.
Instagram is filled with tags by the talented hoppers of the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop, so why not hop on over and get inspired, and check out who has gone with the optional theme and who hasn't.

Happy Hopping!

I would like to enter my tags to the following challenges
A Cut Above challenge - ATG with a die cut 
Creative Moments challenge - Make It Masculine (second entry)
Die Cut Divas challenge - ATG must use a die cut

Inkspirational challenge - For the Guys (second entry)

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Colourful - colourboard #27

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 15th of April and time for a new colour challenge at AAA Colourful. This month we have a vibrant colourboard in - 

Pink, Red, Turqouise, Green and yellow

for you to draw inspiration from. The colours of the board must be the most prominent on your creation, but you may also include neutrals like black, white, greys, browns and skin tones.

My DT-creations for the month, two small tags

For more inspiration, and information, please visit the challenge blog. The design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Deborah Wheeler (her card is beautiful!), have filled the blog with beautiful, fun and colourful creations for you to be inspired by.

You have until the 14th of May to create, upload and link your colourful creation to the AAA Colourful challenge blog. I hope you'll join us!

Want to know how I created my tags, and what products I've used? Then please keep on reading.

I got the cutest little tulip die set in the post the other day, so I just had to use them for this challenge. I started by die cutting and colouring the tulips and the vase. The vase is actually a glas die from a drinks die set, but I think it works very well as a vase. The tulips were arranged as a bouquet and placed in the vase. The vases with their bouquets were addhered to two tags, one which had been dry embossed and "swooshed" with ink. I added a greeting and some ribbon from my stash to the tags and they were done.

Products used for these tags:
Die sets: "Små Tulpaner D210430" by Gummiapan, "Collectables Cocktails and Mocktails" by Marleen/ Marianne Design, "Stor Tag D201142" by Gummiapan and "Tag Collection Sizzix Framelits" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Embossing Folder: "Cracked" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks "Vintage Photo" and "Salty Ocean" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao "BG02, BG05, R27, R29, R81, R85, Y08 and YG03"
Stamp sets: "Clear Stamps - English" by InkyWings/ hÄnglar&Wings

I hope you like my tags, and that you are inspired to play along with us in this fun and colourful challenge!

Take care and get colourful

Jane

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AAA Colourful - colourboard #26

 Hello,

It's time for the 26th colourbord of AAA Colourful colour themed challenges, and the colours for the month are shades of - 

Blue, Beige and White

and here's my take on the colourboard

I am so curious to see how you are inspired by the colours of the board, please see below. Use the colours how you see them and in any way you want. You may add neutral like black, white, greys, browns and skin tones, and you can create any kind of paper craft project you feel like; art journal pages, scrapbooking spreads, ATCs, cards, tags..... and in any style too.

I hope you are inspired to play along with us. You have until the 14th of April to create, upload and link your paper craft creation to the AAA Colourful challenge blog, a blog filled with amazing inspiration by the Design Team and our special guest designer for the month, Trina P (I love Trina's creation, it is absolutely stunning!).

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

Like last month I had an idea of what I was going to create, but the end result is nothing like what I had envisioned. I wasn't going to make a card and I was not going to include bunnies but here they are two cute little bunnies on a card.

I started by die cutting a white bunny, and coloured his nose, the hearts in his ears and the bow tie. Then I thought he needs a friend, so I cut out another little cutie but this time in kraft paper (which is a bit of a beige colour I think). I coloured the nose and hearts with a beige marker, and the bow using the same blue as I did on the other bunny. I found a scrap piece of beige paper in my stash, which has a spring feel to it and goes well with the colours of the bunnies. I added a navy blue border to the patterned paper and wrapped a piece of string around the papers. I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment on a small banner I had die cut from the same navy paper I used for the border. The banner was glued on top of the string. I added the bunnies using foam tape, and then addhered the panel, also using foam tape, to a card base. I felt something was missing, so I gave the girl bunny a pearl neckless.

Products used
Dies: "Everyday Sentiment Banners" by Lawn Fawn, Bunny die set from my stash, do not know the brand (lost the packaging)-
Markers: Copic B24 and E53
Papers: Neenah Solar White, scrap from Simple Stories, and navy and black cardstock scraps from my stash

Embellishments: String, half pearls
Embossing powder: WOW! Opaque Bright White Super Fine

Take care, keep crafting and stay colourful!

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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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - December 2025

 Hi Friends,

It is time for the December Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, and the optianal theme for the month is - 

Christmas

As soon as I saw this adorable angel die I knew I wanted it, and that I was going to create Christmas gift tags with it. I die cut six angels out of patterned paper and white cardstock, three of each. The hearts and edges of the angels were painted in gold, I also splattered some gold on the angels cut from patterned paper. On the white angels I stamped a Christmas greeting, leaving space to write to whom it is for and from. As the angel is not made as a tag die I found a small circle die to make the hole for the ribbon, and turning the angels into tags. 

I would like to enter these angel tags to the following challenges:
A Cut Above - Anything goes with a Die Cut
Creative Inspirations - 'Tis the season!

I hope you like my Angel Christmas Tags! Maybe you are even inspired to create some Christmas tags of your own? For more inspiration hop on over to Instagram, which is filled with beautiful tags, and check out who has gone with the theme and who hasn't.

Happy Hopping!

Jane

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Products used for my tags
Die: "Stor Ängel D180234" by Gummiapan
Paint: "Art metal" in medium gold by Schjerning

Papers: "Neenah Solar White", "Nature Garden collection" 6x6 paper stack by Prima Marketing and "Christmas Nostalgia - Always snow" by Maja Design
Stamp set: "God Jul" by hÄnglar&Wings
Ribbon: white organza ribbon from my stash

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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Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - October 2025

 Hello,

It's the fifth of the month, which means it time for a new Instagram Hop with Gorgeous Gift Tags. The optional theme for the month of October is - 

Halloween

My little tag was created using paper scraps and leftovers I had lying on my desk. Yes, I know I am a messy crafter, and it is often chaos in my craftroom when I create (hence the name of this blog and my name on IG).
I had a small piece of card I had ink blended left after another project. I was going to throw it away, but remembered that I have a set of slim tag dies somewhere in my stash. I also had a cute little ghost and bat that I had stamped, die cut and coloured lying on my desk so after die cutting the tag I addhered the ghost and bat to the tag, added some ribbon and stamped a sentiment. A quick and easy little tag using scraps and leftovers. I hope you like it!

Instagram is filled with gorgeous, spooky, fabulous gift tags created by the members of the Gorgeous Gift Tags Instagram Hop, so hop on over and check out who has gone with the optional theme of Halloween and who hasn't. I know you will find something you'll like, and you might even get inspired to create some tags of your own. 

See you on Instagram! Happy Hopping!

I would like to enter my tag to the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations challenge - Autumn/ Something Spooky

The Four Seasons challenge - ATG Fall with optional moodboard
The Paper Fun day challenges - #81 ATG with optional twist: Cute or Creepy

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!

Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop - May 2025

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Do you like gift tags, and creating them? Then I have some exciting news for you..... today we are launching a new inspiration hop on Instagram - The Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop. A hop filled with gift tags for you to be inspired by. So head on over to Instagram and check it out, and if you are interested in joining the hop there is information on how to do so.

Gift tags are so much fun to create and perfect for almost every occasion, whether it is for a birthday, Christmas or to show you care. They also add a personal touch to a present/gift, which I love. I had so much fun making my gift tag for this first IG hop, I hope you like it!

I love this big, bold and beautiful flower, and even though it spills of the tag I like it. I started by die cutting a tag and the pieces for the flower. Before assembling the flower, and addhering it to the tag I coloured both the tag and the flower pieces using inks. To get the blotchy effect on the flower I splattered it with water. A sentiment and some ribbon was added and my tag was finished.

Products used
Die sets: "Tag Collection - Thinlits Die" and "Blossom - Thinlits Die" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Inks: Distress Oxide Inks by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

I hope you are inspired to create something of your own, whether it is a gift tag or something else, and that you enjoy the Gorgeous Gift Tags IG Hop!

Take care and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #14

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 15th of the month and time for the 14th colourboard challenge at AAA Colourful colour themed challenges, and do we have a fun colourboard in greens and yellow for you to be inspired by!

I have to admit, at first I found this one to be a bit tricky. Going through my stash of dies I found a cute little die set I hadn't used yet, and that I thought could work perfect for the colour combination of the colourboard. This is what I came up with

I started by die cutting all the pieces for the parrot, and some leaves and flowers. Next I ink blended the background using a stencil and distress oxide inks. I also added some ink to some of the die cut pieces. Then it was time to assemble the parrot and start building my little scene. The sentiment was stamped, and a thin border was added to the card panel before addhering it all to a card base.

Products used
Die sets: "Tropical Friends" and "Sealed Blooms" both by Spellbinders
Inks: Distress Oxide ink "Twisted Citron" and "Mustard Seed" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger and VersaFine Clair "Green Oasis" by Tsukineko
Stencil: "Tropical Leaves Background" by Lawn Fawn

Stamp: "A little birdie told me... art:15060303" by Gummiapan

I hope you are inspired to play along with this fun challenge, as we would love to see your colourful creations. Remember we love all sorts of paper craft projects; ATCs, cards, scrapbooking pages, art journaling...... and in any style. You have until the 14th of April to create, upload and link your creation to the AAA Colourful challenge blog.

The AAA Colourful challenge blog is filled with gorgeous inspiration by the fabulous design team and Karen Mead, our special guest designer for this challenge. Karen's card is beautiful, so don't forget to check it out!

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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AAA Colourful colour themed challenges - Colourboard #12

 Hello Crafty Friends,

and welcome to the first challenge of 2025 at AAA Colourful! This month we have a colourboard filled with pinks and reds for you to be inspired by.

Here is my take on the challenge, a card to say Hello to the new year and our new Design Team member Steph aka MortiCraft. Welcome Steph, so glad to have you join the team!

Colours used:
Distress Oxide inks; Spun sugar, kitsch flamingo, picked raspberry and candid apple
Distress Ink; Lumberjack plaid

Now it´s your turn. How are you inspired by the colourboard? Remember we love all kinds of paper craft; scrapbooking layouts, cards, PL, ATCs, art journaling.........
Can't wait to see your colourful creation!

The AAA Colourful challenge blog is filled with cute, adorable and beautiful creations by our special guest designer for this challenge, Jen aka Puffins N Paper (her card is absolutely adorable) and the design team, all for you to be inspired by. It is also where you can find all the information you might need on how to join in the fun.

You have until february 14th to create, upload and link your creation to the AAA Colourful challenge blog! Hope you'll join us!

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane
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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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AAA Colourful - Colourboard #8

 Hello Crafty Friends,

There is a new colourboard challenge up and running at AAA Colourful, colour themed challenges. 

We want you to take inspiration from the colours on the board and create a paper craft project of your choice. It can be a card, tag, art journal page, scrapbooking page, ATCs ... and it can be in any style you like as long as the colours of the challenge board are the most prominent on your creation. You don't have to match the colours exactly, and you may mix in neutrals like black, white, browns, greys and skin tones.

So what have I come up with this month? Like last month I have opted for ATCs, this time with an autumnal feel as I thought the colours lent themselves beautifully to the theme.

I started by cutting some ATC sized cards out of some white cardstock, I cut eight of them. I also cut out the parts for the leaves, which I coloured using inks and sprays. To give the background on the ATCs some interest I placed four of cards in an embossing folder and ran them through my die cutting machine. I trimmed the edges of the embossed cards to make them a little smaller. I inked the edges of the plain cards, and addhered the embossed ones on top of them. Now I had four ATCs with grey borders. The leaves were placed and glued on the cards, and to finish the cards I added some word strips to each of the cards. The sentiment on the forth cards reads "It is a consolation that autumn is so beautiful" (free translation from Swedish).

Now it's your turn! We can't wait to see how you are inspired by the colourboard. You have until the 14th of October to create, upload and link your project to the AAA Colourboard challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

The challenge blog is filled with colourful, fun and beautiful inspiration by the design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, Carol. Carol and I have been using the same die set for our projects but in different ways, so why not head on over and take a look at her beautiful creation. Don't forget to spread some love while you are there! 💕

Take care, keep crafting and get colourful!

Jane

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