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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