AAA Birthday Card challenges game #57 - Rainbow or Rainbow Colours

 Happy New Year Crafty Friends,

and welcome to the first AAA Birthday Card challenge of 2024!
We are starting the year with a colourful theme chosen by Kati - 

Rainbow or Rainbow Colours


Here's my take

A birthday card filled with balloons in a rainbow of colours was the first thing that came to mind when I found out the theme of this challenge. Balloons in a rainbow of colours, can it get more birthday than that?! This card was so quick and easy to make. I started by going through my Distress Oxides and picking out what colours to use, then i ink blended the balloons through a stencil. Unfortunatelly the pictures doesn't make the colours justice. The photo was taken at the darkest time of the year here in Sweden, the month of December. After ink blending the balloons I splattered the card with some water, stamped a birthday greeting and added some clear enamel dots, and my card was done. Easy peasy....

Products used
Stencil: Balloon stencil created by myself using my Silhouette
Inks: Distress Oxides by Tim Holtz/ ranger
Stamp set: "Happy Sentiments" by Altenew
Embellishment: Enamel Dots " Transparent" by Nellie's Choice

Inspired to play along yet? If not, or if you are in need of more inspiration, head on over to the AAA Birthday cards challenge blog which is filled with gorgeous colourful birthday cards by the Design Team and our special guest designer for the month, Janet AKA Swanlady. Don't forget to visit their blogs, and give them some love!

Now you must be inspired! We can't wait to see how you've been inspired and we would love to see your take on the challenge. You have until the 31st of this month, so the whole of January to create, upload and link your colourful birthday card creations to the AAA Birthday card challenge blog. Hope to see you there!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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ATC - Visible Image January swap "3 of Something"

 Hello,

Today on the last day of the year I'm sharing the first ATC I created for the Visible Image ATC swap back in January. I didn't get to share the card at the time as my swap partner fell ill before she could create and send me a card. So out of respect for her I never shared my card, but now I've asked Jane T, who is hosting the swaps, if it's ok for me to share my cards on my social media, and she said yes. So here it is My January ATC on the theme  

3 of Something

The three things I picked were; three flowers, three colours and I used three different stamp sets by Visible Image. I also created a card to accompany my ATC. On the ATC I ink blended the background and left the flowers white, so for the card I decided to do the opposite and left the background white and coloured the flowers in the three colours I used for the backgroun on the ATC. Here's a picture of the ATC and card together

Now I'm going to start looking through the themes of previous ATC swaps at the Visible Image FB group as I need an idea for my next ATC, and the theme for the January 2024 swap is "Your Favourite Previous Theme". It's going to be so exciting!

Take care, keep crafting, have fun and have a

Happy New Years Eve!

Jane
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A belated birthday card

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Can you believe there's only a few days left of 2023? It's year has gone by so fast.

Today I'm sharing a card I created at the end of the summer this year, but forgot to share with you. It's a belated birthday card for one of my favourite girls, Maja, our granddaughter who turned 10 i July. Maja was on holiday when it was here birthday so we didn't get to celebrate her until sometime after her birthday, hence the belated card. Maja loves horses so I just had to go with this cute little stamp set by hÄnglar & Wings

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 December swap "The Big Chill"

 Hi Friends,

Today it's time to share my last make for the ATC swap at Visible Image, and my December swap partner Marion in Germany. The theme for the December swap was

The Big Chill

which was a perfect theme for the month as the big chill really hit Europe at the same time as the theme was announced. 

For this ATC I have used the beautiful stamp set "Let It Snow", which to me is absolutely perfect for the theme. I've stamped and heat embossed the big snowflake and the sentiment using white embossing powder. Then I ink blended the background using Distress Oxide. Added some smaller snowflakes which I stamped in different shades of blue and white ink. To give the card an extra touch of "chill" I added a little sparkly shimmer spray.

I also created a card to accompany the ATC, and here's a picture of how it turned out.

I have had so much fun this year taking part in the Visible Image FB group swaps hosted and run by the incredible Jane Tyrrell. I have "met" so many amazing crafters from all over the world, and received almost as many wonderful ATCs - Artist Trading Cards.

I have created and sent out 12 ATCs and received 10 throughout the year. Unfortunatelly my first (January) swap partner fell ill before being able to create a card (I do hope she is all well now), and one of the cards sent to me from a swap partner in Canada got lost in the mail. Some cards have arrived within a few days and some have taken ages to reach their destination, but over all it's been a fantastic experience taking part in the swaps. I will definitly join in the fun next year aswell!

If you'd like to join the swap, today's the last day to sign up for the January 2024 swap over at Visible Image FB group. When signing up you only commit to one month at a time, so you can take part in as many or as few swap as you like without having to cancel anything. The sign up closes at 3pm UK time, TODAY. If you've missed it, there is a new sign up for the February swap opening on the 23rd of January.

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane

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ATC - Visible Image November swap "Shine Bright"

 Hello,

Today I'm sharing my ATC for the November ATC swap at the Visible Image FB group, and my swap partner Vicki in the UK. The theme for November was

Shine Bright

a theme I found to be a bit tricky, but here's my take

I started by "painting" my background with Lunar Paste using a brayer. This gave me a nice and shiny background. Then I stamped the beautiful chandelier using Transfer gel duo and added DecoFoil in silver on top of the gel. This gave the candelier a shiny and a bit distressed look. To add even more shine, and sparkle, I stamped some circles and heat embossed them in sparkly purple embossing powder. Then I attempted to stamp the word shine to my card, but I went terribly wrong, so either I had to start all over or I had to cover it up. I went with the cover up, not the most beautiful looking but I didn't have the energy to start over as I was in bed with a bad respiratory infection. 

For the accompanying card I decided to add the Lunar paste in a different way. I applied the paste in a circular motion using a domed sponge dobber. I must admit that I really like the effect it gave, it looks so good in real life. This time I stamped, and heat embossed, the chandelier in black. Added a sentiment and some rays in silver.

Products used
Stamp sets: "Hang In There", "Daisy Grunge", "Stay Weird" and "Jazz It Up" all by Visible Image
Paste: Lunar Paste "Crown Me" by Simon Hurley/ Ranger
Foil: deco foil "Silver" by Therm O Web

Embossing powder: "Purple Tinsel" by Ranger

I really appreciate you taking the time to stop by, thank you!

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Jane
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ATC - Visible Image October swap "Halloween Colours"

 Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you've had a wonderful Christmas, or any other holiday/season you celebrate.
Today I'm sharing my ATC, and accompanying card, for the October ATC swap at Visible Image FB group. The theme for the month of October was

Halloween Colours

Here's my take on the theme

Since I don't have any "Halloween" products by Visible Image, I decided to focus on the colour theme, and the mystical and magical time of the year that Halloween is. I ink blended in my backgrounf in green, orange and purple, and stamped a unicorn, what's more mysterious and magical than a unicorn?!, in black ink and heat embossed it. I also stamped, and heat embossed, a sentiment in black and added some black ink to the edges of my ATC.

Before sending the ATC to my swap partner in the Netherlands I created a card to go with it, using the same products.

Products used
Stamp set: "Believe In Unicorns" by Visible Image
Stencil: "Seeing Stars" by Visible Image
Inks: Distress inks "spiced marmalade", "twisted citron", "wilted violet" and "black sooth" by Tim Holtz/ Ranger, VersaFine Clair "Nocturne" by Tsukineko
Embossing powder: "Clear Gloss Super Fine" by WOW!

I had so much fun creating these two cards, and tomorrow I'll be sharing the cards I created for the November swap.

If you would like to have a go at the swap, you only sign up for one month at a time, the sign up for January 2024 is now open at Visible Image FB group.

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 #56 - Add A Tag (take four)

 Hi,

Today I'm sharing my fourth take on the AAA Birthday challenge

Add a Tag

This is such a fun challenge, and I have had so much fun creating the four cards I've shared with you during the weeks of December. I do hope you've been inspired to play along with us as we would love to see your take on the challenge.

The tag can be separate or a part of your card, as long as there is a birthday card we are happy. 

You have until December 31st to create, upload and link your creation to the AAA Birthday challenge blog, which is filled with gorgeous, fun, cute and beautiful inspiration by the DT and our special guest designer for the month, Helen. 

So why not give it a go and get a headstart on those birthday cards for 2024, and maybe you'll be one of our guest designer in the new year?!

Hope to see you/ your birthday card on the challenge blog!

Here's a little information on what I've used for my card:
Today's card is all about dies, dry embossing and Distress inks. All the products I've used, except the twine and stamp for the sentiment, are by Tim Holtz/ Sizzix. 

Products used:
Dies: "Framelits Tag Collection" and "Blossom"
Embossing folder: "Lumber" 3-D folder
Stamps: "A Bug Deal" by Lawn Fawn
Inks: Distress inks in various colours

Take care, keep crafting and have fun!

Merry Christmas

Jane
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