AAA Birthday Game #44 - Embossing

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the last "first Monday of the month" for the year of 2022, and time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday (there will be changes in 2023, please read further down on the page). For the month of December we like to see birthday cards with embossing, it can be dry embossing or heat embossing, or both, whichever you prefer.

Here's the cue card

Here's my take on the challenge

I started of by masking of my card panel leaving a small rectangle in the middle, which I then ink blended in happy vibrant colours (love how the yellow and pink makes a gorgeous orange). Once I was done with the ink blending I dry embossed my panel using one of my favourite embossing folders. It doesn't show on camera but I have "dusted" the coloured rectangle with some perfect pearl to give the colours a little shine, it looks so pretty IRL and gives a good contrast to the rest of the background. The cute little flower girl is stamped, coloured and fussy cut before attached to the card front with foam squares. The sentiment/greeting is stamped and heat embossed. So as you can see I went with both dry and heat embossing, but you don't have to. 

Products used
Paper: Neenah Solar White
Inks: Distress inks "Mustard Seed", "Picked Raspberry", "Seedless Preserves", "Price Ribbon" by Tim Holtz/Ranger, Memento "Tuxedo Black" and VersaMark "Watermark Stamp Pad" both by Tsukineko
Embossing folder: "Dotty Circles" 3D folder by Altenew
Stamp sets: "Grow #510" by Aall & Create and "How you bean?" by Lawn Fawn
Markers: Copic sketch and ciao
and: Perfect Pearl by Ranger, Embossing powder "Opaque Bright White Super Fine" by WOW and "Gelly Roll Bright White" pen by Sakura.

I hope you've been inspired to join us for this challenge!

For more information, and inspiration by the talented Design Team and our special guest for this challenge, Izzy, please visit AAA Birthday's challenge blog.


As said this is the last challenge at AAA Birthday for 2022, but we will be back with a new fun birthday challenge on the 1st of January 2023.

"Hang on that can't be right the 1st of January is not the first Monday of the month, it's not even a Monday" you might think and that's correct. As of next year AAA Birthday challenges will start on the 1st of each month, no matter what day of the week it is.


If you've manage to read this far, Well Done!
I really appreciate you taking the time, and I can't wait to see you creations!

Take care, keep crafting, have fun and

Merry Christmas!

Jane
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AAA Cards Challenge Game 229 - Small & Few + optional twist Baked Goods

 Hello and Happy First of Advent,

Can you believe it, it's only four weeks until Christmas?!
So lets start this time of Advent, with a new CAS card challenge.
This fortnight AAA Cards wants to see cards on the theme of "Small & Few" with the optional twist of "Baked Goods"

Here's the cue card

As always we want to see clean and simple (CAS) cards with lots of "white space" (can be any colour, but empty space free from decorations, images etc)

Now for my card

I have gone with the twist, but you don't have to.
The sentiment says "Special delivery from the best bakery in town".

Products used:
Stamps: "Baked with Love" by Lawn Fawn, "Året runt Mix" by hÄnglar & Wings
Dies: "Baked with Love" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxide "squeezed lemonade" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, Memento "Tuxedo Black" by Tsukineko

Markers: "R20 - Blush", "R22 - Light Prawn", "BG10 - Cool Shadow", "BG11 - Moon White" by Copic
Embellishment: Enamel Dots "Transparent" by Nellie's Choice

I hope you've been inspired to join the challenge!
For more inspiration, and information, please visit AAA Cards challenge blog, where you'll find yummy CAS cards created by the Design Team and our special Guest for this challenge, Karen.

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 Cards challenge Game 228 - Along the Edge with the optional twist Rainbows

 Hello,

Are you ready for a new CAS card challenge? 
I hope you are, as today is the start of AAA Cards new challenge Game 228 - Along the edge with the optional twist of Rainbows.

Here's the cue card



I love rainbows so I decided to go with the optional twist of the challenge, but as said it's optional. I randomly stamped and heat embossed some small rainbows along the egde of my card. Then I ink blended in "rainbow colours" over my small rainbows, and stamped a sentiment "Du är min regnbåge/ You are my rainbow" to finish my card. A quick and easy clean and simple (CAS) card with lots of "white" space.

I hope you've been inspired to play along with us at AAA Cards.
If you'd like some more inspiration or information on the challenge please visit AAA Cards' challenge blog. Don't forget to check out the beautiful card by Christine, our Guest Designer for this challenge. 

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 #43 - Monochrome

 Hello Crafty friends,

It's the first Monday of the month and time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday. For the month of November we would love to see Monochromatic birthday cards.

Here's the the cue card

I had a hard time choosing a colour to go with for this challenge, but in the end I decided on one of my favourites (I have so many favourite colours), orange. A great colour for an autumn birthday card.

Products used:
Inks: Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz/Ranger

Stamp sets: "Ännu mer Grattis" by hÄnglar & Wings, "Orchard Grass" by Lavinia Stamps, "Flower Silhouettes" by My Favorite Things stamps
Die sets: "Circle Die" by CraftEmotions, "Outside In Stitched Rectangles Stackables", "Large Stitched Rectangles" and "Everyday Sentiment Banners" by Lawn Fawn
Embellishments: Enamel Dots "transparent" by Nellie's Choice

For more information on the challenge, and inspiration by the amazing Design Team, please visit AAA Birthday's challenge blog. Our Guest Designer for the month is the talented Katrina, don't forget to check out her fab card, and visit her blog.

I hope you'll join us this month, as I can't wait to see your monochrome creations!

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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"Feel better soon"

 Hi,

Three entries in one day?!

A third entry to the CC at Pyssloteket,
this time for challenge 1 - Count to three,

 create a project of your choice by using the formula 1+2+3.

I chose 1 Die (stitched rectangle), 2 stamps (Image and sentiment) and 3 embellishment (three small nuvo drops). The card base, ink, pens/markers and tape I used were among items free of use.

Products used
Die: Outside In Stitched Rectangle by Lawn Fawn
Stamps: Text and Image "Bundle girl with berries" by Stampingbella
Embellishment: nuvo Crystal Drops "metallic - autumn red"

Playing along with the CC at Pyssloteket

Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time!
Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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"Jingle all the way"

 Hello again,

Another little entry to the Cyber Crop at Pyssloteket.
Challenge 4 - Tag in layers upon layers upon layers...

There where a few criterias for this challenge;
Create a Tag in three layers, minimum, and use

- paste 
- Heat embossing
- Metal decoration 

I decided to make a tag on a tag on a tag kind of tag.
On my bottom tag I have used modeling paste through a snow stencil and inked the edge with some Distress ink.The middle tag is stamped and heat embossed with snowflakes after I "swinked" the tag with Distress ink. The top tag is made of vellum and stamped and heat embossed  with the same white embossing powder as the middle tag. For my metal decorations I have used a small Christmas tree and a small bell.

Products used
Dies: Tag Collection Framelits by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Stamps: "Let it Snow" clear stamp by Kaisercraft, "Granar" by hÄnglar & Wings
Paste: Modeling Paste
Embossing powder: "Opaque Bright White Super Fine" by WOW
Inks: VersaMark watermark stamp pad by Tsukineko, Distress Ink " Spun Sugar" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Embellishments: metal bell and tree, pink ribbon.

Playing along with the CC at Pyssloteket

CC ends tonight at midnight (Swedish time).


I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by!
Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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"Du är inte riktigt klok...."

 Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!
Yesterday we had a lovely sunny day here in the south of Sweden, but today it's grey and rainy. So what better way to spend the day than in the craftroom?

There's a Cyber Crop going on over at Pysslotekets FB, 

and one of the challenges is a CAS card sketch challenge, which I couldn't resist.

I stamped and coloured the cute little duck on my card base, ink blended through a stencil and stamped a fun sentiment, and my card was done. Love it when cards come together quickly and easily, especially as I am a slow crafter.

Products used
Stamps: "Quack the Duck" #135 by Aall & Create, "Ascoola vänner" by hÄnglar & Wings
Stencil: Stencil No 41 by Gummiapan

Playing along with Pysslotekets CC

The CC ends at midnight (Swedish time) tonight.


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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane 

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