AAA Birthday challenge game #56 - Add a Tag (take three)

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's almost the third of Advent, but there is still plenty of time to play along with the current challenge at AAA Birthday - Add a Tag. The tag don't have to be on/ a part of the card, it can be a separate tag to go with your card, but remember there has to be a birthday card.

This was the first card I made for the challenge, way back during the summer, but then I forgot about it. So when it was time for me to upload my card to the DT blog I sat down and started creating a new card (or  three). It wasn't until I went to upload my card and saw Denise's beautiful card I remembered this card I had made  so long ago. Do pop over to Denise's blog and check out her card, it's fun to see how different but yet alike the cards are. I guess great minds think alike 😉

Almost all products used for this card are by Lawn Fawn, apart from the tag die which is by Tim Holtz/Sizzix die. 

I hope you are inspired to join us in this fun challenge, picked by Tristan. You have until 31st of December to create upload and link your take on the challenge to the AAA Birthday challenge blog.

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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Ps. If you want to see my fourth card for this challenge welcome back next Friday.

AAA Cards Challenge 255 - Sketch and "Cold"

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new CAS card challenge at AAA Cards Challenge, and for this last challenge of the year we have a


Sketch in cold colours


for you, please see challenge card further down.


Here's my take

If you look at the challenge card below you'll see that I have turned the sketch upside down, and for my cold colour I've chosen green. The sentiment on my card reads "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year" in Swedish.

Products used
Stamps: "Let It Snow" by Kaisercraft and "God Jul" by InkyWings/ hÄnglarWings
Inks: VersaFine Clair "Nocturne" and "Green Oasis" by Tsukineko, Distress Ink "Mowed Lawn" and "Rustic Wilderness" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger

The AAA Cards challenge blog is filled with fun, beautiful and inspiring cards by our special guest designer for this challenge, Arlene, and the amazing Design Team, so hurry up and click on over and be inspired. Don't forget to visit the DT members individual blogs and show them some love.

I hope you're inspired to play along with us as we can't wait to see your take on the challenge sketch! You until January 6th to create, upload and link your cards to the AAA Cards challenge blog. Hope to see you there! Don't forget all entries have to be CAS (Clean And Simple), see definition card below. 

This is my last card for the AAA Cards Challenge as a member of the Design Team as I've decided to step down from the team. It's been a difficult decision to make, and I thought long and hard before making it, but my life is very busy and with there being a new challenge every two weeks I have struggled with finding the time to keeping up with the duties of being a DT member. I will miss everyone at AAA Cards, it's been so inspiring being a member of the team and I've learned so much from everyone. Thank you so much! An extra thank you to Maaike for running the challenges! I wish all the DT members, old, present and new, all the best for the future!

I will also miss all of you who play along with the challenges, and I promise you are in for some really fun challenges next year, and the inspiration from the DT is amazing (I've had a sneak peek of most of their work for next year)!

An extra big THANK YOU to eveyone who has taken the time to comment on my AAA Cards blog posts!

I will continue to create and I'm still on the Design Team for AAA Birthday, AAA Cards sister challenge, so you are all very welcome back here to the blog for inspiration, and I wouldn't say "no" to a comment or two 😉

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Birthday challenge game #56 - Add a Tag (take two)

 God morning/ afternoon/ evening, 

Today I'm sharing my second card inspired by the current birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday card challenges - Add a Tag.

For this card I have mainly used die cut elements, a card panel, flowers and a tag. To give the white card panel some interest I dry embossed it before adhering it to the card base. Then I added the tag and started placing the flowers behind and on it, as a colourful little cluster. After I adhered it all to the card I realized that I had forgotten to stamp my sentiment. Guess if I was nervous stamping it?! Luckily it turned out ok. The sentiment reads "Grattis på bemärkelsedagen" which means "Congratulations on your birthday/extra special day" (free translation from Swedish). It's usually used for special birthdays, the big ones like your 50th/ 60th/ 70th and so on. 

Products used
Dies: Framelits die set "Tag Collection" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix and "Be Bold Blooms" by Spellbinders
Embossing Folder: 3-D Texture Fades "Lumber" by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix
Stamps set: "Mer Grattis" by hÄnglar&Wings

I hope you've been inspired to play along with us in this fun challenge. We would love to see your interpretations on the theme. You don't have to place your tag on your card, you can create a separet tag to go with your card, but remember there has to be a birthday card. You have until the 31st of December to create, upload and link you creation to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

Those of you who have read my previous blog post know how inspired I was by the theme of this challenge, and that I ended up creating not one but four cards. I will be sharing one card a week throughout the month of December, like my own little Advent calendar, so I hope you enjoy them and come back to check out the rest.

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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Ps. Don't forget to check out the fabulous creations by the talented Design Team at AAA Birthday cards, and give them some love!

AAA Birthday challenge #56 - Add a Tag

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's the 1st of December, and time for a new birthday card challenge over at AAA Birthday Card challenges. For this months challenge we have a really fun theme for you

Add a Tag

Please see challenge card further down.

You can choose if you want to create a card with a tag on it, or if you want to make a separate tag to match your card. But remember there has to be a birthday card!

The AAA Birthday challenge blog is filled with fun, beautiful and inspiring birthday cards with tags, on the card or separate, by our special guest designer for the month Helen Brammer and the design team. So why not head on over and check them out, I promise you won't be disappointed.

I hope you've been inspired to play along with us for this fun challenge, as we can't wait to see your take on the challenge! You have until December 31st to create, upload and link your birthday cards to the AAA Birthday cards challenge blog.



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

This months theme was a bit of a challenge for me. How could I add a tag to my card? Then I thought "why not make my card base into a birthday present with ribbon, bow and a tag?". So that's what I did.

I started by creating my "wrapping paper" by ink blending my card base using a stencil and some Distress Oxide ink. Then I cut some strips of paper for the "ribbon" and adhered them to the card, and there it stopped.
I needed a bow for my "birthday present", hmmm....... YouTube here I come. Found a tutorial on how to make paper bows and gave it a go. It's not the best bow and far from perfect, but for a first go I'm happy with it.
Die cut a tag, and the letters H, B and U out of it. The number 2 I die cut separately as the only number die I got is one big die with all the numbers from 0 - 9 on it. I glued the 2 to the tag to make up the sentiment "HB 2 U" (Happy Birthday to You). I placed a piece of iridescent card behind the letters on the tag, to give it some interest and shine, before adding my tag to the "birthday present"/ card. Here's a close up

Products used
Stencil: Divine by Lavinia Stamps
Ink: Distress Oxide ink "Salty Ocean" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger
Dies: Framelits - Tag collection by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix, Finley's ABCs by Lawn Fawn and Numbers by CraftEmotions


As I said I found the theme a bit difficult at first and had a hard time coming up with any ideas on what to create, but once I got started I had so much fun and ended up creating not one but four different cards. I will share the cards throughout the month of December, one every Friday, here on the blog and on my IG page. I might even make a fifth to post on the last Friday of the year.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Cards Challenge 254 - Black, White and Gold

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new CAS card challenge at AAA Card challenges.
The theme for the fortnight is

Black, White and Gold

please see challenge card further down.


Here's my take on the challenge

With Christmas approaching, and inspired by the challenge card, I decided to make a Christmas card. I die cut a circle of stars on a piece of white cardstock, placed a piece of sparkly gold paper behind the cut out stars, and addhered the whole thing to a black card base. I die cut a Christmas greeting from black cardstock and glued it to my card. Maybe a few more layers than normal for a CAS card, but it is almost Christmas and for Christmas a little bit extra is OK in my book 😉

I could have made it more CAS by stamping and heat embossing the stars in gold on a card front and addhered it to a black card base, or even better only used a white card base and stamped and heat embossed the stars in gold and stamped and heat embossed a black sentiment directly on the card base. But as I said "it's almost Christmas..."

Products used
Dies: "Patterned Frames - Stars SBD057" by Simple and Basic and "God Jul" by PY Hobby
Papers: Cardstock in black and white, Glitter paper all from my stash

The AAA Cards challenge blog is filled with beautiful cards by the talented design team, so head on over to be inspired. We can't wait to see your CAS card creations in black, white and gold. 

You have until December 9th to create, upload and link you card to the challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

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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Autumn leaf and gelli plate

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing a card I made after having a play with my gelli plate.

I'm new to gelli plate printing and have only tried creating a few backgrounds before, but this time I was inspired by the current challenge at AAA Cards

Fall/ Leaves

So I went out into the garden and picked a few leaves to play around with together my my gelli plate. As AAA Cards is all about CAS (clean and simple) cards with lots of white (could be any colour) space I went with a single leaf for my first print, and card.

I made the print directly on a card base, and added an autumn greeting.

There is still time to join in this fun challenge over on AAA Cards challenge blog. You have until November 25th to create, upload and link your autumnal cards to the challenge blog.

Hope you'll join us!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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AAA Cards Challenge 253 - Fall/Leaves

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's time for a new Clean and Simple (CAS) card challenge at AAA Cards Challenges,
and the theme for the fortnight is

Fall/ Leaves

please see challenge card further down.


Here's my take

My card is a one layer card with lots of 'white' (empty, can be any colour) space on it, just the way we like it at AAA Cards. I've only used two stamps, ink and some markers for this card, so very quick and easy. The sentiment reads 'It's a comfort/consolation that autumn is so beautiful' (free translation)

Products used
Stamp sets: 'Wild Meadow' by Mama Elephant and 'Halloween' by hÄnglar & Wings
Ink: Memento 'Tuxedo Black' and VersaFine Clare 'Nocturne' both by Tsukineko

Markers: Copic

For this challenge we have the honour of having the former DT Melissa as our guest designer, and her card is gorgeous! The challenge blog is filled with beautiful autumnal inspiration, not only by Melissa but also by the DT, so if I were you I would hurry on over to AAA Cards challenge blog to check out all the work.

After checking out the challenge blog I'm sure you're filled with inspiration and can't wait to get stuck in creating your own autumnal card, and we can't wait to see it! You have until November 25th to create, upload and link your card to AAA Cards challenge blog, and remember we want to see clean and simple (CAS) cards.

Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by, and reading all the way to the end! 

I really appreciate it!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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