AAA Birthday Game #52 - Anything Birthday Goes

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 1st of August and time for a new fun challenge at AAA Birthday,
and the theme of the month is

Anything Birthday Goes 


and here's my take

Ohh, this theme was a bit tricky. I had a hundred ideas, but didn't know which one to go with. In the end I thought why not go with something I love, I love peonies and I love clean and simple cards, CAS cards, and all of a sudden it was easy. I stamped and heat embossed this beautiful peony on a card panel. To colour the flower I have used Lunar Paste that I diluted with water to create a shiny watercolour. I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment, and mounted the panel on a piece of black cardstock before adhering it to the card front. The shine on the flower looks really pretty in real life.

Products used
Stamps: "Unfurling Petals #273" by Olga Heldwein/ Aall & Create, "FikaErika" by hÄnglar & Wings
Ink: VersaFine CLAIR " Nocturne" by Tsukineko

Colour: Lunar Paste "bee sting" and "fake plant" by Simon Hurley/ Ranger

Embossing Powder: Clear Gloss Super Fine by WOW!


Now it's your turn. I can't wait to see what you come up with for this fun birthday card challenge. You have until the 31st of August to create, upload and link your card to the AAA Birthdays challenge blog.

For more beautiful, fun and creative inspiration please visit AAA Birthday's challenge blog, where you can find more birthday cards by the amazing design team and our special guest designer for the month, the talented Rosi. Don't forget to visit Rosi's blog and give her some love!

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 245 - Monochrome

 Hello,

It's time for a new CAS card challenge over at AAA Cards,
and the theme for this fortnight is

Monochrome

and here's my take on the challenge

I was inspired by the green on the challenge card, please see below, and the gorgeous swirly leafy stamp by Hero Arts. I started of by stamping the text in the background with a green distress oxide, I then stamped the swirly vines on top using embossing ink and sprinkled it with green embossing glaze before heat embossing it. The sentiment "Grattis/ Congrats" is an old die cut I found in my stash.

Products used
Stamps: Create with Hapiness WTK160 by Vicky Papaioannou/ Stamperia, Leafy Vines by Hero Arts
Inks: Distress Oxide inks "Twisted Citron" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaMark watermark by Tsukineko

Embossing glaze: "Twisted Citron" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger


For more inspiration from the fab design team and our special guest designer for this challenge, the talented Arlene, head on over to AAA Cards challenge blog. All the information on how to play along and our definition of CAS can be found on the blog. I hope you're inspired to join in the fun, as we would love to see your monochrome CAS card. You have until the 5th of August to create, upload and link your card to the AAA Cards challenge 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 Cards Challenge 244 - Dogs/puppies

Hello,

Ready for a new CAS card challenge?
I hope so, as today is the start of a new challenge at AAA Cards, and this fortnight it's all about

 dogs and puppies.


There's my take on the challenge

I've stamped and masked the cute little puppy before ink blending my background. After removing the mask I coloured the puppy and the bunting. Then stamped a birthday greeting to complete my card.

Products used:
Stamp sets: "Party 1" by CraftEmotions, "Mer Grattis" by hÄnglar & Wings
Die set: "Outside In Stitched Rectangle Stackables" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress Oxide by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Markers: Copic 

Here's the challenge card

 

I hope you'll join us for this challenge! 
Please remember the cards have to be CAS (clean and simple, with a lot of empty space).

For more information, and cute inspiration by our special guest designer Tammy, and the Design Team, please visit AAA Cards challenge blog.

Thanks 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 #51 - Butterflies

 Hello,

It's the 1st of July and middle of the summer here in Sweden. July is the big summer vacation month here, and life is a bit slower than usual. It's also a month filled with fun,  and

Butterflies

which is the theme of the July birthday card challenge at AAA Birthday.

Here's the challenge cue card

For my butterfly birthday card I have used the beautiful stamp set "Antisocial Butterfly" by Visible Image. To spell out the sentiment "Birthday wishes & Butterfly kisses" I have mixed and matched words from a few different stamps sets by a variety of companies, please see below. To colour the butterfly and the background I have used Distress Watercolor Pencils by Tim Holtz.

Stamped words by
Butterfly - Visible Image
Kisses - hÄnglar & Wings
Birthday - Lawn Fawn
Wishes - Lawn Fawn
& - Lawn Fawn

For more beautiful inspiration by the talented design team and our special guest designer for the month, Janja, please visit AAA Birthdays challenge blog (don't forget to give them some love). Information on how to play along can also be found on the challenge blog. 

I hope you've been inspired to join in the fun! You have until the 31st of July to create, post and upload your butterfly filled birthday cards to the challenge blog. I can't wait to see your creations!

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

Take care, keep crafting and have a wonderful summer/ winter!

Jane
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Slim ATC

 Hello,

During the month of May hÄnglar&Wings hosted a challenge where you had to create slim ATCs using hÄnglar&Wings products. There was a new theme every day, and even though May was a superbusy month for me (getting everything ready for my youngest son's senior prom and graduation) I managed to squeeze in time to create these little cards.

Then I forgot to post them.... luckily the last day to enter the challenge is today, so I made it!

Here's my full set of 31 cards

and here's some close-ups of all the cards,
as you'll see I've had to think a little outside of the box for some of my cards

for No 12 Transportation - I have used a stamp with a skateboard which some may argue is not a mean of transportation, but I beg to differ. My youngest often uses his skateboard/longboard as transportation. 

No 16 Vacation - my choice of stamp might seem strange to some, but we go sailing on our vacations, and when you are on a boat you have to have a lifebuoy.

No 23 Song title - It's the most wonderful time of the year. Yes, I think summer, and midsummer, is the most wonderful time of the year.

No 24 - Home is where the heart is!

No 31 Goal - When you graduate you've reached a goal, but you are also heading for new goals.

That's all of my 31 slim ATC cards for the hÄnglar & Wings May challenge. If there are any cards that I haven't commented on and that you find is unclear, please don't hesitat to ask in the comments.

Have a wonderful summer/winter!

Jane

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ATC - Visible Image June swap "Rainbow Joy"

Hello Crafty friends,

Today I'm sharing the ATC I created for the Visible Image June swap on the theme

Rainbow Joy 

This month my swap partner, Jane, lives in the UK, and my ATC has arrived safely at her house. As I enjoy making cards I always create a card to go with my ATC, but this is not mandatory just something I enjoy doing.

All stamps and stencils (and dies) used must be by Visible Image, and here I have used the joyful stamp set "Tomorrow doesn't exist" teamed with the gorgeous "Breakout" stencil. I ink blended through the stencil using Distress Oxide inks in a rainbow of colours. For the sentiment on the ATC I have used two stamp sets to spell out my sentiment, "Brighten the World" and "affirmations". The sentiment on the card is from the stamp set "Brighten the World".

This is such a fun and creative way of meeting new crafty friends from all over the world, and so far I have met people from the UK, Germany, Switzerland and Canada. I'm so glad I found Visible Image's group on Facebook and this inspiring swap. My hat goes of to Jane T, who's running and organising the swap every month. Thank you, Jane!

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 243 - Outdoor activity

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new challenge over at AAA Cards, challenge 243 which is all about

Outdoor Activity

Growing up I loved climbing trees, a great outdoor activity and the inspiration for this card.

What outdoor activities do you enjoy? 

Why not create a card and show us you favourite outdoor activity. 

Remember we want to see CAS (clean and simple, with lots of white/ empty space) cards.

For more inspiration by the amazing design team and our guest designer for the challenge, the talented Karen please visit AAA Cards challenge blog. You can also find all the information you need on how to play along and our definition of CAS on the challenge blog.

I hope you'll join us!

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

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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