AAA Cards Challenge #319: Color Challenge

Hello this fortnight we play with color a nice vibrant and candy like colors.

I first thought I would diecut the flip flops from colored cardstock as per the challenge. but I deemed them too big for our CAS challenge because I wanted three on the card front.

Instead I opted to make a sunset with the colors inside a circle, then, like you see a lot, black flip flops as they're backlighted, but then I found them too dark for a Summer card, I added some yellow on the strips to brighten that up and a black gemstone.

The Sunset was made with 2 circle masks and Distress inks: Squeezed Lemonade, Kitsch

Flamingo, Carved Pumpkin and Picked Raspberry. I kind of like this for a beach sunset with a black palm tree, with the flip flops not so much.

The Happy Birthday is from Whimsy Stamps: Simple Sentiment Strips.

The flipflops are Marianne Design: LR0477.

For my second card I made a beach with Distress ink Scattered Straw and  wanted to make it look like the Flip Flops were stuck in the sand. These were the ones I made for my first idea. I was tempted to add some blue for the Sea, but that's not included in the challenge colors. 

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

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AAA Colourful #30

 Hello , this month we have a pretty colourboard for you, on the game badge I see a sunset or a sun rise, not sure, I went South West USA for my card.

I thought the beige and blue could be a desert scene and I got the ide of this colour combo from a search on the internet.

I don't have the exact same colours so my middle layer is a bit darker than I wanted it to be (Scorched Tiber) the others are Scattered Straw, Mustard seed, Brushed Corduroy , Prize Ribbon and faded Jeans. in the back of the game  badge photo there's a darker layer too.

I inkblended the top layer on the cardbase and with some clever masking I made an almost flat card, but I didn't like it, so i applied ink to 4 seperate panels and then diecut them (Craftin Desert Divas South West Border dies)

Adhered all the layers to the cardbase.

Can't wait to see what you make, you can enter your cards here.

this is the inspo I found, it's a bit more exciting and dramatic.

AAA Cards Challenge #318 Follow Marlies' lead

 Hello, this fortnight we follow Marlies' card. I see some interest on the right with jelly beans and a sentiment below it.

My sentiment placement was  kinda forced with the placement of the flowers.

My interest on the right side I made with a Lisa Horton 3d Embossing folder ( Lily of the valley blooms)

Then I die cut the Marianne design Lily of the Valley (LR0896) and I purposely used a off white cardstock as I thought they wouldn't stand out, could probably have inkblended them a little like I did with the green bits..didn't think  of it until just now ...oh well ...

The sentiement is from Simon Says Stamp (It's your birthday) and I stamped it with Memento inks (Cottage Ivy).

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

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AAA Birthday Cards Challenge #87

 

Hello this month we'd like to see birthday cards for Girls.

For my card I used a My Favorite Things stamp  Fairy Happy, stamped it, let the Scan n Cut do the cutting and colored her with  alcohol markers, both Graphit Brush and Spectrum Noir.

The sentiment is from the same set and I stampe dit on the card base.

for the focal point I inkblended Distress inks through a circle mask and the Tropical Leaves mask from Studio light.

Mounted the fairy with foamtape and adhered her to the card.

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

AAA Cards Challenge #317: Sketch Challenge

 

Hello, this fortnight we have a sketch for you. As  the 4th of July is almost here, I made a sketch with  some sort of Fireworks on a night sky. Now the colors and shapes are up to you, so could be anything.

I chose fireworks but as a New Year's card as we don't do the 4th of July celebrations in the Netherlands.

For my card I use a stencil from Stamperia (Stars) and colored it with Distress inks.

The sentiment is  My Favorite Things Bitty Holiday Wishes, messed it up so I made another , cut it out and placed it over the faulty one ;-)

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

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AAA Colourful Challenge #29

 Hello, this month we have some pretty colours, but it took me a minute to figure out how to use them.

I came across an image of a bird and it seemed to have the perfect colours a Lilac Throated Roller.

for my bird I used a dieset from Nellie Snellen  (crs d022 bird on branch) it comes with a circluar frame, but I ended up cutting that off, it's as wide as my card front. I diecut it from watercolirng paper and applies Distress inks.

It's not the same bird, but I tried to  make it look like the Roller; I'v eused: Shaded Lilac, Seedless Preserves and Picked Raspberry to make th eshade fit better, lille bit of Wilted Violet in there too. Then Speckled Egg, Prize Ribbon and Peacock  feathers, Vintage photo for my neutral.

Mounted ienie tinie tiny bits of foamt behine the bird. while I was coloring the diecut I also splattered the same colours on the cardbase.

No sentiment as I don't know if it is stil Christmas or not.

I look forward to what you come up with, I think a pretty butterfly would also take these colours, you can enter your card here.

AAA cards Challenge #316

 

Hello this fortnight we have the 1+1 challenge again, centre prompt is Summer and I chose Beach for my +1.

For my card I stamped the crabs from Paperie Ink  (Crabby Feelings) , cut them out the colored them with Graphit Brush Markers, boy am I grateful for the fineliner tip ;-). White gel pen for shiny details.

The background I made by masking off a strip and I created the beach with Distress inks Scattered Straw, then  reverded the mask and inkblended the sea with Tumbled Glass at first, but it looked  dirty, so I went over it with Memento inks Bahama Blue. Splattered with water so it looks like sea spray.

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

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AAA Birthday Cards Challenge #86

 Hello this month we'd like Birthday Cards for boys.

For my card I stamped a lot of Paperie Ink sets with the alligators, there's one in every set or so it seems, I've used Let's party, Let's eat and Animal Parade/ Stamped them and let the Scan n Cut cut them out and then colored them with alcohol markers.

The sentiment is from Studio Light (NL Gefeliciteerd)

I made the background with Distress inks: Speckled Egg and Weathered Wood.

Mounted the images with foamtape and adhered them on  top.

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

AAA Cards Challenge #315: Sketch Challenge

Hello, this fortnight we have a sketch for you. As it's May I thought let's make a Christmas card hehe...Ok Ok I wanted to do flowers but I thought let's steer away from the literal sketch (for once), of course it's up to you.

I've used the My Favorite Things Simply Snowflakes with Nellie Snellen Snowflakes (Sil039) and a bunch of Card Deco inks : Light Blue, Sky Blue, Ultramarine and Grey for the dots.

The sentiment is also My Favorite Things: Bitty Holiday Wishes  and I used the Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiment Strips to cut it out, then moutned it with foamtape and adhered it to the card.

For a bit of sparkle I added three mini gemstones to the centre of the snowflakes, like frosted ice crystals.

 

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

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AAA Colourful Challenge #28

 

Hello this months we have a fun colourboard for you. I immediately saw space in it or galaxy if you prefer. I even found the perfect 12x12 cardstock from Craft Sensations in my stash, had to use it.

My rocket is from Crafter's Companion (Space traveler) and I diecut it from matching colours of cardstock

Mounted the rocket with foamtape. Not sure about a sentiment yet and it would need to go on the inside ;-)

I look forward to your  makes, please enter your card here.

AAA Cards Challenge #314: Anything CAS and CAKE goes (12th birthday)

 Hello, this fortnight we celebrate our 12th birthday with...CAKE!

So we'd like to see your cards feature a pastry of sorts, cake, pie, danish if you want..Baked goods galore.

BUT make them Clean adn Simple please.

For my card I printed a digistamp from Lili of the Valley (Cupcake Monkey) , added the sentiment in Photoshop and  colored it with Ohuhu markers.

Matted the print a little as  my printed likes to skwe the paper.

 

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

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AAA birthday Cards Challenge #85

 

Hello, this is our Birthday month, can you believe it ? we are 7! So this month any birthday card goes.

For my card I stamped one of the raccoons from  C.C. Designs set with the same name (Raccoons) and had it cut out by the Scan N Cut, then colored it with Graphit Brush markers.

I masked off an area on the card base and applied Distress inks ( Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio with whatever was left on the blending brushes as I feel the Mermaid lagoon is a little darker than normal, but still pretty. I wanted to try to bleach the background with a damp towel and a stencil from scrapberry. it did work a bit,  but it's very faint, didn't

want to risk a  cloth that was wetter as my DCP paper doesn't really like water all that much.

Stamped the sentiment from the same set and then mounted the raccoon with with foamtape and adhered him to the card.

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

AAA Card Challenge #313: Color Challenge

 Hello, this fortnight we have a color challenge for you, use at least 3 of the colors on the badge, white, black, fur/hair color and silver and gold are allowed as accents.

For my background I inkblended Distress inks: Saltwater Taffy, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Rapberry and One Memento ink Lulu Lavender as I thought that's more on the red side than Shaded Lilac from Distress inks.

The colors don't have to be an exact match but as close as you can get them. I used the same pink inkblending tool, so I think the Flamingo and Raspberry kinda evened out.

I also used the Lulu Lavender for the sentiment which is Sunny Studio's Birthday Mouse, as is the image of the mouse.

I stamped it with My Favorite Things Extreme black ink and colored it with Graphit Brush markers, cut it out with the Scan n Cut, mounted it 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 #27

 Hello this month I kinda took the colourbadge literally, well as literal as I could. I used a kakatoo I think instead of a Macaw bird, didn't have that.

My dies are from Spellbinders (Flying High) and cut it from coloured cardstock. Now in the badge you can see a bit of dark blue and even yellow and some purple dark red, but in the colour bar a red, 2 pinks , blue and green. 

I used 2 shades of pink that looks more salmon like on the photo and I used brown and black as neutrals for the beak and twig p.e. I don't have all the shades of cardstock I would like.

For the background I've used a Studio Light  mask  (Tropical leaves), the sentiment is also

Studio Light (NL Gefeliciteerd).

I look forward to what you come up with, you can enter your card here.

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AAA Card Challenge #312: Follow the Leader Jane

 Hello this fortnight we follow Jane's card and I see a  colorful banner and a bold sentiment. 

For my card I inked up a Your Next Stamp stamp (Striptastic edge) with Card deco inks and Memento inks. (Canary Yellow, Dark Orange, Magenta, Rose Bud)

on top I stamped the sentiments from Woodware (JGS607 Hello) with Versafine ink. Added three rhinestones as it all felt a bit flat.

 

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

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AAA Birthday Cards Challenge #84

 

Hello, this month we would like you to use Washi tape.

I don't have a lot anymore, destashed most of it a couple of years ago. But when I  odered a few cat things I also got the  kitten tape. In my stash I found the cheetah print and the  metallic ones.

I covered a piece of scrap paper with the cheetah print and then diecut the cats out of it. They're from Marianne Design (LR0889)

Adhered strips of the washi tape to the cardbase and stamped the sentiment from Clearly Besotted (Tiny Tape).

Glued the cats on top.

Can't wait to se what you make, you can enter your card here.

Charlie thought he should help me take pictures....

AAA Cards Challenge #311: E is for...

 Elephant! Ewe was another that sprung to mind, after I made the game badge of course ;-)

For my E I've used this cute Elephant from Simon Says Stamp (Birthday Celebration) and the sentiment is also Simon Says Stamp (Punny Animals).

I stamped the image with My Favorite Things Extreme black ink and colored with Spectrum Noir Markers.. The sentiment was stamped with Versafine black ink.

Nuvo Shimmer pen on the balloon.

 

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

Also entering this card to the Inkspirational challenges.

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AAA Colourful #26

 Hello this month we have a new interesting game badge, is it hail, snow, ice crystals? don't  know but I went  more tropical with my scene.

I started inkblending the cardbase, realised I put the sky or sea at the bottom, so cut that part into a strip and turned it around for a sandy beach and Sea/sky, maybe a desert at night as it's quite moody in the blue department, oh well I wish I thought of that earlier, I might have made it into a Christmas card ;-)

Anyway I've used Memento inks: Nautical blue, Teal Zeal, Toffee Crunch, Desert Sand and Card deco's Beige.

The palm tree is a diecut from
Marianne Design: LR0541 and the sentiment  (means Congrats) is from Studio Light (Nl Gefelciteerd) and I thought it might work for a
number of occasions.

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

AAA Card Challenge #310: Anything CAS Goes with the twist of Zoo and or Animals

 Hello, this fortnight we have an Anything CAS goes challenge, with the option to twist it into a Zoo  and or animal theme.

For my card I used the Spellbinders dieset Flying High, cut from a lot of colored card, not as many flowers on the branch as they did on the package, but I also didn't want a bare tree.

Sentiment is Whimsy Stamps Simple Sentiment Strips.

 

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

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