AAA Christmas Card Challenge #1: Traditional Christmas

Hello, there's a new challenge over at the AAA Universe: Christmas cards, once a month a new themed challenge to help you build up your stash.

This first one is: Traditional Christmas.

You can enter any style of cards, I'll be doing CAS I think mostly as that's me, but you do you and you don't have to stick to cards, how about: Scrapbook layouts?, tags? wrapping paper, treat boxes, treat bags, book marks? what ever takes you fancy as long as it fits the theme and made of paper/cardstock, I mean quilts is a different kind of challenge, no?

for my card I splattered a cardbase with Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust and stamped the sentiment form My Favorite Things (Bitty Holiday Wishes).

the baubles/ornaments are from Carlijn Design (kerstballen) and I used the hotfoil plate, the stencil and the dieset, all with the same name.

For my colors I went Distress inks: Rustic Wilderness, Lumberjack Plaid and Blueprint Sketch.

Mounted the baubles on top of each other with foamtape and adhered them to the card.

I hope you will join us in our new venture and link up your card you can do so here.

AAA Card Challenge #326: Sketch Challenge

 
Hello, this fortnight we have a sketc for you. As always you can rotate and or flip the sketch as long as we can see it in your card.

I did flip the sketch to have the interestin the lower right corner, it fitted the images better. My sentiments are quite big, so I didn't want to position then in the middle of the left handside, it would eat up too much white space in my opinion.

The images are from Vaessen Creative  (3625-0011) and I stamped them  to color them wit Ohuhu Markers, then cut them out.

For the splatter I've used Lawn Fawn stencil ( Paint splatter background stencil) and Distress inks in Halloween like colors: Carved Pumpkin, Mowed Lawn and Wilted Violet. THen splattered with similar colored metallic water color paint.

I also stamped the images on the cardbase. so I didn't have to cut out all the little bits around 2 of the images, but I did't want the splatter to show through , nor did I want the alcohol markers to show on the inside, so I cut and moutned them with foamtape and placed them on top.

 

I look forward to your takes on the card, you can enter them here.

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AAA Colourful Challenge #33

Hello this month our colourboard is a lot of browns , for Autumn I'm sure, but I went "chicken" with the Concord ann 9th dieset Chicken Chatter.

I made brown colourd cardstock with Distress inks:  Gathered Twigs, Vintage Photo, Rusty Hinge, Tea Dye and Antique Linen, just swiped the inkpad along white card.

Then assembled the chickens, mounted one with foamtape, so I could stagger them.

The sentiment is from Crealies (posNL203) and I diecut it from the same colour as the cardpanel and also Rusty hings (I think, one of those strips of coloured card I made) mounted that with foamtape too and adhered everything to the cardbase.

I look forward to your cards, you can enter them here.

AAA Card Challenge #325: Color Challenge

Hello, this fortnight we have a color challenge for you.

I tried my best to match the colors with Distress inks and This was the best for me, I think Forest Moss might be a nicer green but I felt that's too dark, but hey it doesn't have to be a perfect match.

I've also switched from my first card with Victorian Velvet to Tattered rose with Deesless Preserves,  Bundled Sage and Rustic Wilderness.

On my first card I had a lot of  ink seeping un the stencil

A stencil I made with the Scan N cut.

After applying the inks I stamped the sentiment from My Favorite Things (Bitty Birthday Wishes) and the flowers from Nellie Snellen with Versafine ink.

Splattered with gold metaalic ink to lighten it all a little.

I couldn't let the colors go, so I looked at my Versamagic inkpads, I think the dusty colors on the game badge  would be more suited in Oxides or pigments. I don't have any oxides but I think the Versamagic colors came rather work.

I've used Perfect Plumeria, Eggplant, Niagara Mist, Hint of Pesto with a few other greens on top, somehow my Pesto looked more like an olive color, might be it's age.

Then I wanted to recreate the same images, but somehow grabbed a Merry Christmas sentiment from Leane Creatief anf then I had to switch the silhouette stamps too. So still Nellie Snellen, but now  sIL007 and MAFS009 (Stars)

 

I look forward to your takes on the card, you can enter them here.

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AAA Card Challenge #90: big and bold

Hello, this month we'd like you to use the prompts: big and bold.

 

I made 2 cards and  the 2nd is my favourtie, so I'll start with it: 

I've used the Concord and 9th dieset Cuckoo Clock. I've diecut it from various colors of cardstock, including white I colored with Distress inks ( Peacock Feathers and Cracked Pistachio)

The background I made with  Worn Lipstick I swiped on white cardstock and then  added the feathers with Picked Raspberry, both Distress inks. The stencil is from Create a SMile  (Federflug) and then I splattered with gold paint.

The Gefeliciteerd is from Studio Light (Gefeliciteerd NL) and I stamped it with Versafine ink.

Assembled the clock and adhered it on top of the background. For my CAS lovig heart this is really bold, so many colors too.

For my 1st card I used a stencil from Action, I think it's a Freesia flower.

it's bigger than my cardfront so I chose the bit I liked. Applied Distress inks: Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry.

I thought that was bold for sure.

I also splattered the card with black ad gold metallic paint.

I look forward to your makes, you can enter them here.

AAA Card Challenge #324: follow Helen's lead

 Hello this fortnight we play a follow my lead again, it was my turn but I gave it to new dt member Helen.

Her card is below. I dodn't do square cards a  lot, but I made this circle and an image or item in the centre.

I was convinced her plane was flying out of the circle, but I guess that was my card from a few years agi which I also included.

In any cas emy element is a pumpkin as it's almost Halloween. I couldn't find my hallow een stamset, so I added that in photoshop.

the pumpkin is from Echo Park (Happy Jack o Lanterns) and I

diecut it from colored card, added some shading with Distress inks in different oranges until I found th eone that showed up the best, so it looks a bit more 3d. I think I treid carved pumpkin, then crackling campfire and then Fired Brick. the green stem was easier with just a bit of Mowed Lawn.

For the backgrond I inkblendend WIlted VIolet and Villanous poison through a mask, then splattered with silver and orange metallic paint.

Mounted the pumpkin with foamtape and adhered it to the card.

 

I look forward to your takes on the card, you can enter them here

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AAA Colourful Challenge #32

Hello, this month we have a fun colour  challenge, I saw cacti with their bright flowers. 

I've used the Find it Trading set BBD10039 and cut it from coloured cardstock. I made the lime green one with Distress  inks Twisted Citron.

The sentiment is from Studio Light (NL Gefeliciteerd), I used a  bit of Twisted citron on the card base to achor the pots, not sur eyou can see it as I covered 99% of that ...that was useful haha.

I look forward to your cards, you can enter them here.