tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37802722962007877862024-03-19T10:00:32.688+01:00Cards by MaaikeCards, Crafts, Cats and CoffeeCardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1973125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-26468922965926748252024-03-19T10:00:00.000+01:002024-03-19T10:00:00.129+01:00Get well bear<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bi45CsqlcEM9uGhmIEv4632COCQPUC_3NieMsbiuPaDH_NuhcrMM4UdxuwAifBRhJGbIYH5UD-KmnB8_H_12FkYV93KgM6rG9LDZPXK6c0D2tI0IBAQyf4Ty3xShXSM_OgmgQ6ozAU7rqZKU6O7doS60-Qn_QEDMPClanI4wtas2gK5-Xj8vYb4o0Viz/s1200/24-68.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7bi45CsqlcEM9uGhmIEv4632COCQPUC_3NieMsbiuPaDH_NuhcrMM4UdxuwAifBRhJGbIYH5UD-KmnB8_H_12FkYV93KgM6rG9LDZPXK6c0D2tI0IBAQyf4Ty3xShXSM_OgmgQ6ozAU7rqZKU6O7doS60-Qn_QEDMPClanI4wtas2gK5-Xj8vYb4o0Viz/w400-h400/24-68.jpg" width="400" /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Hello, today I've turned one of the new digis (Sleepy Bear) into a sick bear and a get well card.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I printed the image and coloured it with alcohol markers. Then stippled the onesie with a white gelpen, so it looks like a pattern.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For the cardbase I made a mask with the Whimsy Stamps Boho circle dies and applied Distress inks: Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps also, a clear set: Get well and I stamped them both with Versafine ink and the acchoo I heat embossed in clear, so it looks wet and yucky.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cut out the image and mounted him with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can find all Whimsy items in their store:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Digi: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/sleepy-bear-digital-stamp" target="_blank">https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/sleepy-bear-digital-stamp</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sentiment:<a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/get-well-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=5c07da218&_ss=r" target="_blank"> https://whimsystamps.com/products/get-well-clear-stamps?_pos=1&_sid=5c07da218&_ss=r</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Boho Circles: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/boho-circles-die-set?_pos=1&_sid=7ef9bd134&_ss=r" target="_blank">https://whimsystamps.com/products/boho-circles-die-set?_pos=1&_sid=7ef9bd134&_ss=r</a></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">#Whimsystamps <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Digistamps
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#CASCard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #Tri-Blend
#SpectrumNoir #GetWellCard <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#SSS20YearsOfDistress</span></p><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-26286185804520670542024-03-17T09:00:00.029+01:002024-03-17T10:23:29.432+01:00AAA Cards Challenge #261: Anything CAS goes with the option of Spring or Spring Colors<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEJ9eXS5Z0M9om71IUscIoVq1GqlrgjZMwFElxi-_499rN9bJTMJMGGE8Q4JjzXPZkFP6c2x1717O9al-jq1zDN-OWZ_Wul92lF4iNzr7hSdpmG9BSKnTnlui-G4Rfp58vbTV4vql2RicCixSRllJKXmh4RX3vAPWpp2e6HZNxzFd0F8GW9a85wyc17cH/s2500/261.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWgP09Z47hS83XzcufNb0xxW00EA78X2-OkfuzkefAa0GF_qZu-nbPSJD0BZXCAYPmYgtFGi47yAg9YFfrQkW8hpqnoygLdYFvFfstiNbBxy31mdM6D4zhw57YtK6oHmfl139r2Gg5YwRNnqdWMezKV_ojcbR-ebvnKRhUsO9LcyDs4vvwVy8Okm5-C0L/s1200/24-20.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihWgP09Z47hS83XzcufNb0xxW00EA78X2-OkfuzkefAa0GF_qZu-nbPSJD0BZXCAYPmYgtFGi47yAg9YFfrQkW8hpqnoygLdYFvFfstiNbBxy31mdM6D4zhw57YtK6oHmfl139r2Gg5YwRNnqdWMezKV_ojcbR-ebvnKRhUsO9LcyDs4vvwVy8Okm5-C0L/w400-h400/24-20.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hello, this fortnight Anything CAS goes and if you can't decide may we suggest the option to make it a Spring (colored) card.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I went Easter with a digi from Gerda Steiner Designs (Kitten in Basket) , printed it on watercolor paper and colored it in with Karen markers, I don't have a lighter grey and I really wanted it to be a white bunny cat, not black like my own and or brown like the basket, so it's shadows are a bit harsher than I'd like, but hey ho...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As my printer likes to do things on a slant, I cut the panel straight and matted it onto a cardbase and then sprayed it with a fixative spray.</span><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCEJ9eXS5Z0M9om71IUscIoVq1GqlrgjZMwFElxi-_499rN9bJTMJMGGE8Q4JjzXPZkFP6c2x1717O9al-jq1zDN-OWZ_Wul92lF4iNzr7hSdpmG9BSKnTnlui-G4Rfp58vbTV4vql2RicCixSRllJKXmh4RX3vAPWpp2e6HZNxzFd0F8GW9a85wyc17cH/w400-h400/261.jpg" width="400" /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To play
along the AAA Cards Challenge, see <a href="https://aaacards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this</a>.</span></p>
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#challengewinner <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> #GSD #GerdaSteinerDesigns</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-47821327514817087852024-03-15T09:00:00.034+01:002024-03-15T09:00:00.146+01:00AAA Colourful Challenge #2<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZMHD4ceEcmjtkkAYzbglyOW-yP9Na14aAOA7G4Iea2i-1E5Xmc4ARVXa3Y11k7iUzC_kDOPU5Bb94F76phNA1R5yOJCrLL9RvOxwCsV_qRa6m958PplilflzheoTYDiLoEcEZApMY5BtIsj1uSkIA3o_7-R1RheXjWB8DlE8q9BAyzRItnVQnnDt36EY/s1200/24-49.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmZMHD4ceEcmjtkkAYzbglyOW-yP9Na14aAOA7G4Iea2i-1E5Xmc4ARVXa3Y11k7iUzC_kDOPU5Bb94F76phNA1R5yOJCrLL9RvOxwCsV_qRa6m958PplilflzheoTYDiLoEcEZApMY5BtIsj1uSkIA3o_7-R1RheXjWB8DlE8q9BAyzRItnVQnnDt36EY/w400-h400/24-49.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hello, this month our challenge badge is all about violets, and I did go quite literal on that.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I diecut the violets from Marianne Design (LR0649) and coloured them with Distress ink (whatever was left on my ink blending brushes)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> The gate (CR1648), the Grass (LR0360), the circle for the background mask ( CR1543) are all Marianne Design too.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">With the circle I made a mask for the cardbase and I applied Distress inks (Villainous Poison and Wilted Violet ;-) ) </span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#SSS20YearsOfDistress </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> Splattered with water and gold paint.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYZIrWtyLHogOBoDCMp_M5-0URCR5sVHhDNQLmPWTX-hyb8jnU9CJ0x9gS3QHkB2_Sxz7lSMKWy-OYT2QbvUZYmgKDa8tgXMUBrQ_pOXblHi84hpVMu6Icb55dbX3v2wONrVe92XkwXNDJZnxmEqAwQVPrQorfmDNWiwrDTvqtSgj5Wu_IUZAT6MneXKL/s320/%232.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYZIrWtyLHogOBoDCMp_M5-0URCR5sVHhDNQLmPWTX-hyb8jnU9CJ0x9gS3QHkB2_Sxz7lSMKWy-OYT2QbvUZYmgKDa8tgXMUBrQ_pOXblHi84hpVMu6Icb55dbX3v2wONrVe92XkwXNDJZnxmEqAwQVPrQorfmDNWiwrDTvqtSgj5Wu_IUZAT6MneXKL/w400-h400/%232.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) and I stamped it in Memento Bamboo Leaves Green.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I then adhered everything to the cardbase with liquid glue or foam tape where needed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">T o play along the AAA Colourful Card, see <a href="https://aaacolourfulchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this</a>. </span></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-45735248628576258012024-03-10T08:54:00.000+01:002024-03-10T08:54:00.784+01:00Is it St. Patrick's Day yet?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eqPXPulpD03gpkzMih0A6t38lpUA5WIQk3EhwSpZGL0zNm-TQln6H7SFy670glRGqyEDcLaIu5Gn1ZwiwxsPwHplwDEciNkbcGRsoVevG6KkiuQ52-OfCnOhQGkiB5L3JaFzugFiVAQgI8uRPbUYUPigpOroblH5gZMElQD92StUhSFaHsjv_Lx2yq4S/s1200/24-70.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1eqPXPulpD03gpkzMih0A6t38lpUA5WIQk3EhwSpZGL0zNm-TQln6H7SFy670glRGqyEDcLaIu5Gn1ZwiwxsPwHplwDEciNkbcGRsoVevG6KkiuQ52-OfCnOhQGkiB5L3JaFzugFiVAQgI8uRPbUYUPigpOroblH5gZMElQD92StUhSFaHsjv_Lx2yq4S/w400-h400/24-70.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Hello, today I'm using the new Whimsy Stamps Dig: Caramel Beer and it gave me St. Patrick's Day Vibes; so my main color is green.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">I printed the digi and colored it with alcohol markers and as I wasn't about to cut around all the bubbles and hearts I tried to disguise it by matching it with the background.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The background is Distress inks I applied through a mask I made , it's a Barba Papa blob like shape.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sentiment I printed at the same time and cut out, mounted both the image and sentiment with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> You can find the digi in the Whimsy Store here: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/caramel-beer-digital-stamp" target="_blank">https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/caramel-beer-digital-stamp</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">#Whimsystamps <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Digistamps
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #Tri-Blend
#SpectrumNoir #St.PatrickâsDay <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#SSS20YearsOfDistress</span></p>
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#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard #CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike #DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #Tri-Blend
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p><br /></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-30587251288280976372024-03-03T08:46:00.001+01:002024-03-03T08:46:51.451+01:00AAA Cards Challenge #260: Sketch<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXp8Lpt8bczS9GSxBjfy8hlKatGqs9TzxgMqAm5cNJN1h5IfWSz0UJMyYr2Kp0vb66de12G1SEutsDJorQ6VhIT3hbzawAXrLG2hX8TatptJl0ybE8D0fNJvM_pAWz74fqHCXe_DEHl2Qogedl95fckxXAuzzcG-fqFZTPaPa6QXqO-NQ6iGijPK1wIb7L/s1200/24-04b.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXp8Lpt8bczS9GSxBjfy8hlKatGqs9TzxgMqAm5cNJN1h5IfWSz0UJMyYr2Kp0vb66de12G1SEutsDJorQ6VhIT3hbzawAXrLG2hX8TatptJl0ybE8D0fNJvM_pAWz74fqHCXe_DEHl2Qogedl95fckxXAuzzcG-fqFZTPaPa6QXqO-NQ6iGijPK1wIb7L/w400-h400/24-04b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />This fortnight we have a sketch and as always you can flip or rotate it if you like as long as we can see it.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now I have to admit it took me a while to find the right stamps and images and , you'd think I might consider this when I make the sketches, but nope I just go in with a blanc mind..hehe</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've used the Marianne Design Panda's and I've stamped them on watercolor card with Versafine.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At first I did it on my cardbase with Copic safe ink, as I wanted to use my Copics, but it would bleed through the cardstock to the inside and all the black on the panda's made stamping difficult.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So I went with watercolor card and Karin Markers</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) and the clouds is a Stencil also Marianne Design and I've used whatever was left on my blu inkblending brushes, looks like Broken China.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fBs0M0S5pLOrCN2_nZ3fsmiTRpxVMGd5rDqWiLo1dcLKOysFMwG5babqPKI8tGoRkNJJ_cXfYhAgRI-Q3RFi4i8uZ-KndFKWiMY-hLVDQus2l8AIYf-kzrX2oyCgceYXABxbCLNZUFyVRiVTBPtN0upY7e98V_J9-ccBGrdqDWCl1cnt_z3u8lTwLf4M/s2500/260.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fBs0M0S5pLOrCN2_nZ3fsmiTRpxVMGd5rDqWiLo1dcLKOysFMwG5babqPKI8tGoRkNJJ_cXfYhAgRI-Q3RFi4i8uZ-KndFKWiMY-hLVDQus2l8AIYf-kzrX2oyCgceYXABxbCLNZUFyVRiVTBPtN0upY7e98V_J9-ccBGrdqDWCl1cnt_z3u8lTwLf4M/w400-h400/260.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">To play
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#challengewinner <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-90713124126165150982024-03-01T08:54:00.000+01:002024-03-01T08:54:02.997+01:00AAA Card Challenges March: Geometric #59<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIeMJoIoZp-NgqonkM1zQXuTJ1BekgCr9bLo-Qdb5svtd49Y87cV-3Uxfd2Uw8sLXO6kB10v_OAcMGyX242_NwNmC8siO6jYKjPILgICvZNmIUWa01hg7ABmG3HV48QBn0263vuWgFyrGDmMy6C3me6pem2P7iVUoXsBebMjuE_FJH622QzTs9D2faFG-j/s1200/24-09.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIeMJoIoZp-NgqonkM1zQXuTJ1BekgCr9bLo-Qdb5svtd49Y87cV-3Uxfd2Uw8sLXO6kB10v_OAcMGyX242_NwNmC8siO6jYKjPILgICvZNmIUWa01hg7ABmG3HV48QBn0263vuWgFyrGDmMy6C3me6pem2P7iVUoXsBebMjuE_FJH622QzTs9D2faFG-j/w400-h400/24-09.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hello, this month we play with Geometric shapes on your birthday cards.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For my card I first went blobs, liked it but then I realized organic shapes aren't geometric..so onwards...My second card looks a lot like the end result, but I can't stand the look of it, so onto the third and final version.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've inkblended rectangles with Distress ink Lost Shadow, then laid circles on top, And As Distress inks are transparent, you can see the shapes underneath, something I loved about my organic blobs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've used Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry, Mustard Seed, Mowed Lawn and Mermaid lagoon.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted Brushed Greetings II and I stamped it with Versafine Clair ink Morning Mist.</span></p><p><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMsXxVQhq5UamsLZT_UloRqDMbPOxIFc_TfQEhlr5JfMQoVDY75Phhp9b37fG9etQe3nFklBPDvIJDrYEgaguhU_v8h2vkm2MbByaeOB1t5XI85xtoM-ky2nVdYOsWbVOahWUOwpjhdzkP4DBRb79uCIf_HBiyIqi0qd-2d6e9RKLFqaAeqKO3QtQgZrfD/w400-h400/%2359%20March.png" width="400" /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Splattered with a bit of black metallic ink, Ok not perfect circles but I needed something organic and a bit of shine. I think the circles look like floating Planets</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">To play
along the AAA Birthday Card Challenge, see </span><a href="https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" target="_blank">this</a><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></o:p></span></p>
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#birthdayCard #Blogchallenge <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#SSS20YearsOfDistress</span></p>
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#challengewinner <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-165532909845053102024-02-27T08:20:00.001+01:002024-02-28T10:40:28.750+01:00"Happy" Birthday?<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ9oueqOcnL8GfJ2o1w-BcOCy1Hn5Ny7NbO7-71hIpYBpH0HgerW4yW1pFNyTPSLdefGu0fqCoi3FdIc-z117_2iQZ5I5SL3Z9_GZXgqg8BM_Wlotb866AqLYqKt_pxvpzEFuJp0zY0JJEpDDk4QUHhkXEgOyb6K6JLHEyvvT81FJvI9Nn9NTEMN6RkxP/s1183/24-69.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1183" data-original-width="1183" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyZ9oueqOcnL8GfJ2o1w-BcOCy1Hn5Ny7NbO7-71hIpYBpH0HgerW4yW1pFNyTPSLdefGu0fqCoi3FdIc-z117_2iQZ5I5SL3Z9_GZXgqg8BM_Wlotb866AqLYqKt_pxvpzEFuJp0zY0JJEpDDk4QUHhkXEgOyb6K6JLHEyvvT81FJvI9Nn9NTEMN6RkxP/w400-h400/24-69.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> Hello, today I've used the new Whimsy Stamps Digi: Caramel's Happy Day..</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I printed it with a sentiment "Smile, it's your day" but my printer prints on a slant and when you cut out things it's OK, but on a cardpanel?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I colored the image with alcohol markers and cut him out. I gave him a 5 o'clock shadow as if he's not shaved, I think it's a him ;-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For the background I"ve masked of a strip on the cardbase and inkblended a Distress ink rainbow with: Candied Apple, Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon and WIlted VIolet. Matched the white bits I didn't cut out on the image with the cardbase, also the balloon, rests exactly on the yellow behind...kind of on purpose ;-).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sentiment I stamped with Versafine Black ink and it's from the Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiment Strips set.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can find the digi in the Whimsy Store here: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/caramels-happy-day-digital-stamp" target="_blank"> https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/caramels-happy-day-digital-stamp</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And the Simple Sentiment Strip clear set here:<a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=58d940587&_ss=r" target="_blank"> https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=58d940587&_ss=r</a></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span face=""Arial","sans-serif"" lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">#Whimsystamps <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Digistamps
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #Tri-Blend
#SpectrumNoir #BirthdayCard <o:p></o:p></span><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;">#SSS20YearsOfDistress</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-25230166048614756992024-02-20T09:48:00.000+01:002024-02-20T09:48:33.119+01:00I paused my game to be here<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyQbY9urIL2QvCC3vVLO_2sVtpzj3yIOmZitrC4wm2HidETCIJUmS8IuJYH-MtK0cEwuQ1UJTaPtWKrbvFJ-pNOjA3KTSZM6ST5i_K4m4iUaYwM3HXfhF9yAOx3xMoFKO9RpbdVodl8G9_WRk69rYWlXM3m0Z82PTJxAUOfT8VWFk_UCeGqbCa8FuLrxI/s1200/24-66.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQyQbY9urIL2QvCC3vVLO_2sVtpzj3yIOmZitrC4wm2HidETCIJUmS8IuJYH-MtK0cEwuQ1UJTaPtWKrbvFJ-pNOjA3KTSZM6ST5i_K4m4iUaYwM3HXfhF9yAOx3xMoFKO9RpbdVodl8G9_WRk69rYWlXM3m0Z82PTJxAUOfT8VWFk_UCeGqbCa8FuLrxI/w400-h400/24-66.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hello, today I wanted to showcase another new digi stamps from Whimsy and Dustin Pike: Gaming Monster.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sentiment inside the screen is already in the digi, but I added the Love is: I paused my game for you"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I printed it on Copic safe paper and colored it, mostly with Graph it brush markers because of the fine details.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Adhered the panel to a cardbase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can find al the latest release here: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital" target="_blank">https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And this digi specifically: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/gaming-monster-digital-stamp" target="_blank">https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/gaming-monster-digital-stamp</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">#Whimsystamps <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Digistamps
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#CASCard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #Tri-Blend-Markers
#SpectrumNoirmarkers #AntiValentine<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-7348980885257153702024-02-18T09:00:00.021+01:002024-02-18T09:00:00.357+01:00AAA Cards Challenge #259: Anything Cas Goes, optional twist is Birthday<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhvb2loc95s-BoTUbppkysvNyULGGeeqAcOg0RlQf1cvkOyzafwGsqyR9cKUqDnPHfj4p1Lfp1rZ-1rynogx8xMtzhHb1OucFfQ4hoZUCVAzoiin_EqgvzGZjvznJ0L_J_zmtd9VOasWPKCm1zfGZaULvECw_cBzbQ7_3cmg94dYIgQmRh1PSu-Bee32L/s1200/24-29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMhvb2loc95s-BoTUbppkysvNyULGGeeqAcOg0RlQf1cvkOyzafwGsqyR9cKUqDnPHfj4p1Lfp1rZ-1rynogx8xMtzhHb1OucFfQ4hoZUCVAzoiin_EqgvzGZjvznJ0L_J_zmtd9VOasWPKCm1zfGZaULvECw_cBzbQ7_3cmg94dYIgQmRh1PSu-Bee32L/w400-h400/24-29.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />Hello, this fortnight we have an Anything CAS (Clean and Simple) goes.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you are undecided you could use the optional twist to steer you in the right direction: Birthday.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I think Anything Goes is very broad and personally I need a little extra to choose.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So I did go to my stash of precolored images and used it for my card: Whimsy Stamps Peeking Panda's. As I colored it a while ago the little strips got bent and so I cut them off. Sentiment is from the same stampset.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Background is inkblended Distress ink: Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet and Villainous Poison.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJuK9jr5pYZCcefM_szeuxz9D8D4_PPOAYnUoJk8bdtVPx-ZxM4kC4Ns23-ddg9FZnD1VOD8whlMfZCRVFY3X7QPyHLU3hy_vrgcLvBSK9_ZvZ9N0DOXDnxI8hS2rnIwOAbdj2dL0qrwK_MOlm92vgDBaMvk8m3dc9vh71FGORCqtAWqv61978Q7w43wK/s2500/259.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidJuK9jr5pYZCcefM_szeuxz9D8D4_PPOAYnUoJk8bdtVPx-ZxM4kC4Ns23-ddg9FZnD1VOD8whlMfZCRVFY3X7QPyHLU3hy_vrgcLvBSK9_ZvZ9N0DOXDnxI8hS2rnIwOAbdj2dL0qrwK_MOlm92vgDBaMvk8m3dc9vh71FGORCqtAWqv61978Q7w43wK/w400-h400/259.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To play
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#challengewinner <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-76108421692467687192024-02-15T09:00:00.005+01:002024-02-15T09:00:00.135+01:00New challenge blog: AAA Colourful Challenges<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IndOG_iDF2DhxGfgM2ZQeU9wp790xdFxbvJfE6ANAKH6JH60iA4zLVRnXWG-q-Rke3b8a3_eimrM-V4BdhdZDBObmV5nycCMYMbSMd6jMV9hDGRQFjM7lzBIvEDGsozBSDh2J0wSFGvI425hPMTQe4zifCmHsLWpjhQS3LwdY-7Czet06iiUlheJBzs1/s1200/24-47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3IndOG_iDF2DhxGfgM2ZQeU9wp790xdFxbvJfE6ANAKH6JH60iA4zLVRnXWG-q-Rke3b8a3_eimrM-V4BdhdZDBObmV5nycCMYMbSMd6jMV9hDGRQFjM7lzBIvEDGsozBSDh2J0wSFGvI425hPMTQe4zifCmHsLWpjhQS3LwdY-7Czet06iiUlheJBzs1/w400-h400/24-47.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Hi and welcome to our first (monthly) challenge.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Inspired by our logo and twin sisters ( AAA cas challesn and AAA Birthday) our first challenge is: rainbow colours.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've chosen to make a polka dot card with Distress inks.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Actually it wasn't my first or second card, but this is what I loved most.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've used a circle diecut to make masks and applied Distress inks in a fun confetti and festive pattern ( I think)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've used Candied Apple, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry with whatever was left on my inkblending brushes</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3A5KLeVZQIRcWIxtdIZ9yuHGOocsKE6K0nLT0ffE2ybTcc5mHnk9l4vj5GJWZhAExYYAw5lPMCKZan-1-3sTxfNmfiIduGakIN34QDu5uxr9dvYIOLwRqSfEwDA30w4jk8B5cyMXVj9gw6tNAi7qr8-MJOx5flqN6EJ52j8BT_2dUfzWj2Nq1YYeX535v/s320/AAA-Colours.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3A5KLeVZQIRcWIxtdIZ9yuHGOocsKE6K0nLT0ffE2ybTcc5mHnk9l4vj5GJWZhAExYYAw5lPMCKZan-1-3sTxfNmfiIduGakIN34QDu5uxr9dvYIOLwRqSfEwDA30w4jk8B5cyMXVj9gw6tNAi7qr8-MJOx5flqN6EJ52j8BT_2dUfzWj2Nq1YYeX535v/w400-h400/AAA-Colours.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>I then Stamped the sentiment with Versafine black ink, it's from Clearly Besotted (Brushed Greetings 2)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And splattered with Mow Glitter spray ink (and that's how I messed up #1 and #2)</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please come and join us, our challenges will start on the 15th of every month and run till the 14th of the next.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You don't have to make cards, the occasion is also up to you as long as we can see the colours. a neutral skin color, black or brown for maybe a critter to go with your cards is fine, so are scrapbook layouts and atc per example.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To play along, see <a href="https://aaacolourfulchallenge.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this</a></span></p><p><br /></p></div>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-64509598848534675562024-02-14T09:15:00.000+01:002024-02-14T09:15:01.344+01:00Happy Valentine's Day<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvjDZSoH_5TP4uK9eja-1ebSx1JiCibyiEZFbAfr_SuPxyGIStnHjiHaLrnYzTym-B7eGisGTHJ0k0mAboKkUAIIDAuB0S7vNpMaiX_ig8NEfchnvduVAVs3AzEda83Imseo2dOVb5eg9DPGckZwH6Qqgi2ypbCZXpQJmSWg3l-sk63-OUGS-RtcYiEg3/s1200/24-67.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivvjDZSoH_5TP4uK9eja-1ebSx1JiCibyiEZFbAfr_SuPxyGIStnHjiHaLrnYzTym-B7eGisGTHJ0k0mAboKkUAIIDAuB0S7vNpMaiX_ig8NEfchnvduVAVs3AzEda83Imseo2dOVb5eg9DPGckZwH6Qqgi2ypbCZXpQJmSWg3l-sk63-OUGS-RtcYiEg3/w400-h400/24-67.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> Happy Valentine's Day if you celebrate it.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I made this card with the Whimsy digi To the Moon from the Dustin Pike line.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I didn't add any sentiment as I feel Happy Valentine's day kind of limits the purpose of this card. Now it could be engagement, moving in together or what else you can think of; first Moon travel? I'd like to see that.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I started with the cardbase, and I went full on night sky with it. I've used Distress inks: Blue Print Sketch, Prize Ribbon, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot. Then splattered with water, white and gold paint.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I printed the digi and colored it with alcohol markers, cut it out and mounted it with foamtape.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can find the digi in the Whimsy Store here: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/to-the-moon-digital-stamp?_pos=4&_sid=8589336f9&_ss=r" target="_blank"> https://whimsystamps.com/products/to-the-moon-digital-stamp?_pos=4&_sid=8589336f9&_ss=r</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">#Whimsystamps <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Digistamps
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #Tri-Blend-Markers
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#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard #CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike #DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #Tri-Blend-Markers
#SpectrumNoirmarkers #AntiValentine<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p><br /></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-85664726307516674362024-02-06T10:56:00.003+01:002024-02-06T10:56:58.553+01:00Coffee Devil<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2agxWBuenSWIzCwbayiec4gGl8qs1urxrb8GcJlWWdhU8yTQiJjQO504V8pmJ-2Ofsz3esv97rMpevSOLmwuk_OBLhYwBkT2a5jSHRsdN78FZNQo15bkUSksed4KAmGW-6cnUGQQIJhSrEtXSJn2mPnxsJWnAmHGNMshiVJAuCJvtcs18gjhzvW3j1ZeO/s1200/24-64.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2agxWBuenSWIzCwbayiec4gGl8qs1urxrb8GcJlWWdhU8yTQiJjQO504V8pmJ-2Ofsz3esv97rMpevSOLmwuk_OBLhYwBkT2a5jSHRsdN78FZNQo15bkUSksed4KAmGW-6cnUGQQIJhSrEtXSJn2mPnxsJWnAmHGNMshiVJAuCJvtcs18gjhzvW3j1ZeO/w400-h400/24-64.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> Hello, there's new digis in the Whimsy store and they're all fabulous!</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I started my morning, not with coffee, but with coloring one: Coffee Devil. The sentiment is based on a meme or t-shirt I saw once. I can't remember the wording cos I haven't had my coffee yet ;-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I don't really do Valentine and if you'r elike me, these digis are perfect for you.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I prepped the image in Photoshop, printed it and colored it with Tri Blend Markers this time and I did go for pink clothes and coffe cup ;-)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Adhered the panel to a cardbase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">You can find the newset digis in the Whimsy Store: </span></p><p><a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital</span></a></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">This specific one:</span><a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/coffee-devil-digital-stamp" style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;" target="_blank"> https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/coffee-devil-digital-stamp</a></p><p><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: NL;">#Whimsystamps <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Digistamps
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>#DustinPike #DustinPikeDraws #Tri-Blend-Markers
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along the AAA Cards Challenge, see <a href="https://aaacards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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#AAACardchallenge #CASChallenge #CASCard #Blogchallenge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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#Handmadecard #Cardmakers #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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#guestdesigner
#challengewinner <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-41202918654136896422024-02-02T10:00:00.033+01:002024-02-02T10:00:00.149+01:00Whimsy Stamps love birds<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GyRJznjuAXpjyfG1oS7JO4EzdK0AFjZGc240v-wpRn_xTVMOHr8bBQJ9jOWXSSjaNv1bGxM6KLRIsJW5vJgztGmGXP7LpTYBComHDZqXI0uUMlsJsOxmzKOYo2vKUb2oNvNpOmB3rcBW5UQTZB-TguLmDEjDyQQcms4pi1z4q_Azv3GP96xiOKKvOvnz/s1200/24-46.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GyRJznjuAXpjyfG1oS7JO4EzdK0AFjZGc240v-wpRn_xTVMOHr8bBQJ9jOWXSSjaNv1bGxM6KLRIsJW5vJgztGmGXP7LpTYBComHDZqXI0uUMlsJsOxmzKOYo2vKUb2oNvNpOmB3rcBW5UQTZB-TguLmDEjDyQQcms4pi1z4q_Azv3GP96xiOKKvOvnz/w400-h400/24-46.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Hello today I'd like to show you the Whimsy Stamps Digi: Love Birds</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've printed it and then cut it out and then colored it, not sure why in that order but hey...it worked.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For the back ground I've tried to make a bokeh like effect with the lightest of Distress inks and mini blending tools, then went over it with a stencil I made with circle dies and applied white pigment ink and then splattered with gold metallic spray, let it dry and then mounted the digi on top, just liquid glue.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've used the sentiment from Yeti for Valentine (a clear set also from Whimsy). I did plan to use the 3rd word "Valentine", but I don't have a need for them, so I thought "happy Day" could be any occasion, maybe a wedding or anniversary or the like.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can find everything in the Whimsy Store:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Digi: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/love-birds-digital-stamp?_pos=11&_sid=de07b7d9e&_ss=r" target="_blank"> https://whimsystamps.com/products/love-birds-digital-stamp?_pos=11&_sid=de07b7d9e&_ss=r</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sentiment:<a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/yeti-for-love-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=e37c5d811&_ss=r" target="_blank"> https://whimsystamps.com/products/yeti-for-love-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=e37c5d811&_ss=r</a></span></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-85000556938081522942024-02-01T08:00:00.023+01:002024-02-01T09:45:14.197+01:00AAA Birthday Card Challenges February : Heart #58<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywBXIRGnRoPuOHi0n8yhVOGf_5A8JZ24wBJJ82jhOv1qXkR581AjR03f7qBY67VmGgoUMpH3kvdvVcumTpsmR-7w3Qv21FOlMZbPd6xbGZLBLw1K-9lGzqpFxIDOPmMMV28gNbGigoXAV-h43ez39VKEIdkG5F3sVguhn0kLaP2tnwmLeQ-DRqdYno1ee/s1200/24-07-februari.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiywBXIRGnRoPuOHi0n8yhVOGf_5A8JZ24wBJJ82jhOv1qXkR581AjR03f7qBY67VmGgoUMpH3kvdvVcumTpsmR-7w3Qv21FOlMZbPd6xbGZLBLw1K-9lGzqpFxIDOPmMMV28gNbGigoXAV-h43ez39VKEIdkG5F3sVguhn0kLaP2tnwmLeQ-DRqdYno1ee/w400-h400/24-07-februari.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Hello, this month we're all about Hearts on Birthday Cards, probably because it's Valentine's but I didn't know how to implement it. </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In the end I came up with a Diecut Heart window (Marianne Design CR1351 and I cut it from a cardpanel.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Traced the opening onto the cardbase and inkblended various tones of green Distress ink, like grass or a meadow or just a contrasting color</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I stamped the sentiment from Whimsy Stamps ( Simple Sentiment Strips) and then mounted the panel with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I had some of these diecuts left over from a color challenge I entered last year and thought I could tuck those into the corner, so I did.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxb9Q4EWpkbGOVbJ41oE9c72Sj9gOEMcy9UDlSBDhre545fSvqJ3EQBBKjdg2PPb6KIiPjCMvUe66UQPST-AAmN14YDhFYzq34DmhPeFMFLaZfiHOBwwZp1uMke3KYomGbR9VAj50RrEEirKYhwFo7LUonOCoimscqozQXhZnm6dJgxVzUpBlv6IufiK-2/s320/%2358%20February.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxb9Q4EWpkbGOVbJ41oE9c72Sj9gOEMcy9UDlSBDhre545fSvqJ3EQBBKjdg2PPb6KIiPjCMvUe66UQPST-AAmN14YDhFYzq34DmhPeFMFLaZfiHOBwwZp1uMke3KYomGbR9VAj50RrEEirKYhwFo7LUonOCoimscqozQXhZnm6dJgxVzUpBlv6IufiK-2/w400-h400/%2358%20February.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To play
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#challengewinner </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-31103649945809836842024-01-21T09:00:00.042+01:002024-01-21T13:47:16.964+01:00AAA Cards Challenge #257: Anything CAS goes with optional twist Love is in the air<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8LbfWWcdaHKfoM9vGoL8z0gQvI-m9BdrB_xX7L8Ba24IAxh94NUcuwtS_tQxT5wRoeKzopQ6-A6nAFvjD0FDWZ8Eb0n0PazchCeGBpdcWS5D02V3T8cdjb7b-Hn3YEsjJjrOEJrufc0UnuGRhcgjuCBb_2VzkAq46NOfnM4F3h2ImT3fyVV17l7bz6x0/s1200/24-02.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8LbfWWcdaHKfoM9vGoL8z0gQvI-m9BdrB_xX7L8Ba24IAxh94NUcuwtS_tQxT5wRoeKzopQ6-A6nAFvjD0FDWZ8Eb0n0PazchCeGBpdcWS5D02V3T8cdjb7b-Hn3YEsjJjrOEJrufc0UnuGRhcgjuCBb_2VzkAq46NOfnM4F3h2ImT3fyVV17l7bz6x0/w400-h400/24-02.jpg" width="400" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This fortnight anything Clean and Simple goes and if that's too broad for you, use the optional twist of Love is in the air as Valentine's day is coming up. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I don't do Valentine's day and so I made a snarky card with the Clearly Besotted: Purrfect Valentine and a sentiment from Impression Obsession that just made me giggle (C17253)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: arial; font-size: medium; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiACkt9kFBRi4ee3ytEZlFW2CodbCWGh_Fhaci2ck8FGXNSDiRIMv6GAf3Lp4uNzp1BYq289n5ZNsQzZ4kP2dIr7grYMeQmEsKrdIhGGHGIvfr5-Vp0g9xrmnwNFiClgPcHNm2PHPE-3bFhVB7L5iGVmA7-cofVRjyDBI_2z-z9ck2WPcBD4laKhhJjg_oT/w400-h400/257.jpg" width="400" /></span>I colored the cat with alcohol markers, cut it out and stuck it on the cardbase with foamtape.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the sentiment was stamped with Versafine ink</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To play along the AAA Card Challenge, see <a href="https://aaacards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">#AAAcards
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#Handmadecard #Cardmakers #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard #CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike #CrissyArmstrong #GraphitMarkers
#SpectrumNoirmarkers<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-60694369476227839822024-01-12T10:00:00.039+01:002024-01-12T10:00:00.134+01:00birthday fly by<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy-F9hEjYrAaLcx4GulgjOeh-mQu2JgBFVUIsUgVFrI1MPz6H9mmvCvZcV1_ghGZ7OuioYGnFGG77ypdavUkkGSdmGcJF2ajv06v7E9NOBqGg8m6j-0BVge5rEFTHo_2rYr-zPFOEfIdWOhjK7fHw9Mz-PGD5xIgZEhA64DwPhUYbnAcb88la8Y6JHQ8L/s1200/24-42.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxy-F9hEjYrAaLcx4GulgjOeh-mQu2JgBFVUIsUgVFrI1MPz6H9mmvCvZcV1_ghGZ7OuioYGnFGG77ypdavUkkGSdmGcJF2ajv06v7E9NOBqGg8m6j-0BVge5rEFTHo_2rYr-zPFOEfIdWOhjK7fHw9Mz-PGD5xIgZEhA64DwPhUYbnAcb88la8Y6JHQ8L/w400-h400/24-42.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> Hello , this week I adapted a digi from Whimsy stamps for a birthday card.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's called Doggie Sky Writer from Crissy Armstrong.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There's also a clear stamp that is similar and you can build your own banner sentiment, I cut it off.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the digi version says be mine, but I don't do Valentine day cards, I like them, but I have no need for them if that makes sense.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I made a cloud banner by cutting some from masking paper and applying Distress ink, whatever blue was left on my inkblending brush.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The sentiment is from a Whimsy Clear set: Simple Sentiment Strips and I stamped it with Versafine ink.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I printed the image, colored it with alcohol markers and mounted the elements with foamtape.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then I added White Gel pen and shimmer pen and adhered the images to the cardbase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You can find the stamps in the Whimsy Shop:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Digi: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/doggie-skywriter-valentine-digital-stamp?_pos=12&_sid=1aac93eab&_ss=r" target="_blank">https://whimsystamps.com/products/doggie-skywriter-valentine-digital-stamp?_pos=12&_sid=1aac93eab&_ss=r</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Doggie Stampset: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/new-doggie-flight-clear-stamps?_pos=10&_sid=1aac93eab&_ss=r" target="_blank">https://whimsystamps.com/products/new-doggie-flight-clear-stamps?_pos=10&_sid=1aac93eab&_ss=r</a></span></p><p><br /></p><p>Simple Sentiment Strips: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=2da1b40b9&_ss=r" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=2da1b40b9&_ss=r</span></a></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-74017440628313879772024-01-07T09:00:00.013+01:002024-01-07T09:42:00.641+01:00AAA card Challenge #256: Sketch<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6E36hpyhpAP5EQbq0FD97pe6yfspRY0wkBObZBxxtHOl13_NufEXaEF2_6cQQ-6mnDC3uMHK93ECviEHwoCi8wM4zXhXUi0UwQ6E5zaEAe-rF018mKQKRPAAwmaSHY5lbl_kQK115I6mof-0buqoBPICZMRcD7qjnljK_EV0Zb76W9SVux_eEZ8gMcKAK/s2500/256.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqjqyj-C2XRQVZ9aHuYrrtUVR9NzQMlK6uZjPPoKfOHgTgVhwSIau91blFr6SzgAtV5tV4XHQVZnr5i0oJmX8FPSNjqyFoC9BLQkVMMd_ZygFxKt6-nE78U8Phuc6Z24DoWODw8MUIzfXGWTP3LO7qoFVGg90pY0qoDN7ueNFbTdK8cUixsLv2IBy0dkO/s1200/24-01.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmqjqyj-C2XRQVZ9aHuYrrtUVR9NzQMlK6uZjPPoKfOHgTgVhwSIau91blFr6SzgAtV5tV4XHQVZnr5i0oJmX8FPSNjqyFoC9BLQkVMMd_ZygFxKt6-nE78U8Phuc6Z24DoWODw8MUIzfXGWTP3LO7qoFVGg90pY0qoDN7ueNFbTdK8cUixsLv2IBy0dkO/w400-h400/24-01.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hello this fortnight we have a sketch for you over at the AAA Cards Challenges.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">as always you can rotate or flip the sketch as long as we can see it.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please remember to be CAS.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">for my card I've used a stencil and Distress inks for my banner. then I thought it went well with the image I had previously colored, it's a digi from Whimsy Stamps.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">the sentiment is also Whimsy Stamps.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To play
along the AAA Cards Challenge, see <a href="https://aaacards.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2500" data-original-width="2500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6E36hpyhpAP5EQbq0FD97pe6yfspRY0wkBObZBxxtHOl13_NufEXaEF2_6cQQ-6mnDC3uMHK93ECviEHwoCi8wM4zXhXUi0UwQ6E5zaEAe-rF018mKQKRPAAwmaSHY5lbl_kQK115I6mof-0buqoBPICZMRcD7qjnljK_EV0Zb76W9SVux_eEZ8gMcKAK/w400-h400/256.jpg" width="400" /></span></p>
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#AAACardchallenge #CASChallenge #CASCard #Blogchallenge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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#challengewinner <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-74695249594402712282024-01-04T10:00:00.024+01:002024-01-04T10:00:00.137+01:00gnome in the forest, build a scene set<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9TyOkqvv_41RFgbGHWB__tWttSAsBQz94Oh8xjiZFiRzbPSI8Wu1b0SgES9SLTBBv8mrEu5d9nk479SYRIw5iKXTdbvJ9GwLCR9ZeN4IpHA9MJcYyfATe9ZoYCdy2NOoK_11JtGMNeBcqfJEyc6r8qIBv-QWbMb-8Zua7HYpYnHJzU9V7dTlHjhMt59A/s1200/24-41.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD9TyOkqvv_41RFgbGHWB__tWttSAsBQz94Oh8xjiZFiRzbPSI8Wu1b0SgES9SLTBBv8mrEu5d9nk479SYRIw5iKXTdbvJ9GwLCR9ZeN4IpHA9MJcYyfATe9ZoYCdy2NOoK_11JtGMNeBcqfJEyc6r8qIBv-QWbMb-8Zua7HYpYnHJzU9V7dTlHjhMt59A/w400-h400/24-41.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /> Hello, Happy 2024.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Today I'd like to showcase the digi set: Gnome make a scene forest by Crissy Armstrong.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I made the background by layering and even mirroring the trees, if you look closely you can see the repeat.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I made them a bit more Spring like in color as it's a new year, so I thought the sentiment Hugs and Kisses went well with all the pink cuteness.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maybe a little early for Easter, but Valentine would also be cute, or Happy Birthday, of course, is always a goot one to add to your stash.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I printed the scene on Copic paper and colored it with Graph it Brush and Spectrum Noir Markers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I cut out the gnome and mounted him with foam tape, then adhered him onto the forest.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I stamped the sentiment from the Simple Sentiment Strips with Versafine Morning Mist.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Matted the panel and adhered it onto a cardbase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Find the Digis and stamps in the Whimsy Store:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/gnome-make-a-scene-forest-digital-stamp-set" target="_blank">https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital/products/gnome-make-a-scene-forest-digital-stamp-set</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sentiment:<a href="https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=7931452c4&_ss=r" target="_blank"> https://whimsystamps.com/products/simple-sentiment-strips-clear-stamps?_pos=2&_sid=7931452c4&_ss=r</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">#Whimsystamps #Digistamps
#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard #CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike #CrissyArmstrong #Buildascene #GraphitMarkers
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></p><p><br /></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-49573774785974212062024-01-01T08:00:00.030+01:002024-01-01T08:00:00.146+01:00AAA Birthday Card Challenge January: Rainbow Colors #57<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra4j-VjQKPkm-pVNN05OIdso8-yI0eD1S9rzN6wbH6p8ygtv1q2pk7lrnqzLbll7XgrNVjcQjZzBVCa5DfQUmv675xTp2ZnSfAELIZPUFc064-phjeqZoQBQrpu1qHQ_1DhYAE4wW1MDgTAZvSsWf1dR5yM3H3GrVlrzeertPfRGCqumg8QY6-qfBirSN/s1200/24-06.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjra4j-VjQKPkm-pVNN05OIdso8-yI0eD1S9rzN6wbH6p8ygtv1q2pk7lrnqzLbll7XgrNVjcQjZzBVCa5DfQUmv675xTp2ZnSfAELIZPUFc064-phjeqZoQBQrpu1qHQ_1DhYAE4wW1MDgTAZvSsWf1dR5yM3H3GrVlrzeertPfRGCqumg8QY6-qfBirSN/w400-h400/24-06.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hello this month we're all about Rainbow or Rainbow colors at the AAA Birthday Cards Challenge.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My card is DIstress inks applied through a Create a Smile Stencil (glassware) and a Whimsy Stamps Sentiment. I've added the illusion of shelved with a pencil, I didn't want them to be too prominent, much like the sentiment I've done it in Morning Mist from Versafine Clair ink.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then I wanted to add a clever image or diecut, but I decided against it and just continued the vases to the bottom (light pink and light yellow)</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">My Distress inks were: Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin,Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet, Picked Raspberry and later Spun Sugar and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Squeezed Lemonade</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkmULWL-gWQOTGwdwNlaBRq2fE0qHy1KR92_Ed_NsacdNqMmI1gY5O1t5Xs8aLVQwZDebAYo9Avp1QUjGkPzV1uGdeI1S6uVCKtddkuJFP1WLbDHr5lj4_fxAs3UUOXw5EAtLPWliJX0Y6IeGd2OIdlWgiUhXbVyI3mc9C9AwPXvpRuoL0T-41w_kqBB3/s320/%2357%20January.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkmULWL-gWQOTGwdwNlaBRq2fE0qHy1KR92_Ed_NsacdNqMmI1gY5O1t5Xs8aLVQwZDebAYo9Avp1QUjGkPzV1uGdeI1S6uVCKtddkuJFP1WLbDHr5lj4_fxAs3UUOXw5EAtLPWliJX0Y6IeGd2OIdlWgiUhXbVyI3mc9C9AwPXvpRuoL0T-41w_kqBB3/s320/%2357%20January.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkmULWL-gWQOTGwdwNlaBRq2fE0qHy1KR92_Ed_NsacdNqMmI1gY5O1t5Xs8aLVQwZDebAYo9Avp1QUjGkPzV1uGdeI1S6uVCKtddkuJFP1WLbDHr5lj4_fxAs3UUOXw5EAtLPWliJX0Y6IeGd2OIdlWgiUhXbVyI3mc9C9AwPXvpRuoL0T-41w_kqBB3/s320/%2357%20January.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFkmULWL-gWQOTGwdwNlaBRq2fE0qHy1KR92_Ed_NsacdNqMmI1gY5O1t5Xs8aLVQwZDebAYo9Avp1QUjGkPzV1uGdeI1S6uVCKtddkuJFP1WLbDHr5lj4_fxAs3UUOXw5EAtLPWliJX0Y6IeGd2OIdlWgiUhXbVyI3mc9C9AwPXvpRuoL0T-41w_kqBB3/w400-h400/%2357%20January.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To play
along the AAA Birthday Card Challenge, see <a href="https://aaabirthday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">this</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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#birthdayCard #Blogchallenge<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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#challengewinner <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-86672839620603036882023-12-25T09:00:00.005+01:002023-12-25T09:00:00.130+01:00Always be positive<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMeffXAKwCzrhxwoiyJqEZgRvAUmQlTYCre_lfx_VKuTgH8siWtkRPLPjs5rsu1JGEzaYvq-44nfKM9hGkrgc4L7OiY-Y4Ick2FqryrS__eB6U3J2Zrs2TqkfOVovi-dK_SNVmfdivr63bt7uJ5ZIw5MqPAQU0RVg4wBrVWBgbpEGD0gCpXI4ZYqIYduv/s1200/23-77.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMeffXAKwCzrhxwoiyJqEZgRvAUmQlTYCre_lfx_VKuTgH8siWtkRPLPjs5rsu1JGEzaYvq-44nfKM9hGkrgc4L7OiY-Y4Ick2FqryrS__eB6U3J2Zrs2TqkfOVovi-dK_SNVmfdivr63bt7uJ5ZIw5MqPAQU0RVg4wBrVWBgbpEGD0gCpXI4ZYqIYduv/w400-h400/23-77.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Merry Christmas!<br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And I would like to showcase a newly released digi from Whimsy Stamps and Dustin Pike: Christmas elf boy..there's also a gril version, gingerbread and reindeer.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For my card, I've printed the digi with a positive sentiment, kinda based on you can't see around the bend...you know it I'm sure.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've colored it with Graphit Brush and Spectrum Noir markers, cut it into a mat and stuck it onto a cardbase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">That's it and you can find the images in the Whimsy Store: <a href="https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital">https://whimsystamps.com/collections/newest-digital</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">#Whimsystamps #Digistamps
#Handmadecard #cardmaker #designteam
#CASCard #CopicColoring #CardsbyMaaike #Distressinks #DustinPike
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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3780272296200787786.post-40869290443106256222023-12-24T15:50:00.001+01:002023-12-24T15:50:07.526+01:00Merry Christmas Northern Lights with Distress inks<iframe width="480" height="270" src="https://youtube.com/embed/JwsHj_UOOcE?si=p9Ss5bkoGjkIHKQl" frameborder="0"></iframe>Cardsbymaaikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18032421645678272673noreply@blogger.com0