AAA Birthday cards challenge #91 : Small and dainty

 

This month we do "small and dainty" like the complete opposite to last month's challenge.

Now I had just bought this digi because I thought mice are small and some think cute, then doubt crept in and I had to ask our Admin if it was ok. I think mice are cute, my cats think they're yummy ;-)

It's a digi from Mo Manning digital pencil and it's called Merry Mousemas, but I thought it could be singing Happy Birthday instead of caroling.

I printed and colored the digi and used Spectrum Noir markers and a white gel pen, let the scan n cut cut it out and adhered foamtape to the back, set it aside.

For the card base I thought the Carlijn Design Snowglobe dieset would make the perfect mouse hole, 

I traced the opening onto the cardbase and applied Distress inks: Wilted Violet and Uncharted Mariner and splattered with water.

The sentiment is printed on the panel and I adhered it to the cardbase , then the mouse on top.

The background though I felt was more bold than dainty and I meant to redo the card. Now I spotted this digi or clipart  set on Etsy and I bought it for this purpose.

It has grey shading, but after compisong  the front in Photoshop I printed it on Copic safe paper and coloured in the fur, nose and ears with Ohuhu Markers, nothing major, but a nice hint of colour.  cut is 1cm smaller than the cardbase and adhered it with tape runner.

the digi set has many adorabel mice and are from Mountain Laser Design on Etsy

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

 

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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.

AAA Card Challenge #323: M is for....

 

Moose! and my moose is from Gummiapan, I diecut him 3 times to give him some weight.

I was clever enough to use double sided sticky tape on the back of the cardstock, or those skinny legs would have been impossible to stick down.

for my background I just thought of Moon!  oh man..I didn't like my purple circle at first, walked away, came back and I thought oh that's ok.

I made it with Distress inks: Chipped Sapphire, Villainous Poison, Wilted VIolet and Dusty Concord for the trees through a Whimsy Stamps Stencil (Winter Wonderland). Splattered with water and Lawn Fawn Liquid Star Dust.

Sentiment from My Favorite Things : Bitty Holiday Wishes.

Now excuse me while I go make one with a (yellow) moon.

So 2 cards and completely different look, same circle mask, same tree stencil, same diecut (one layer this time) but Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed and Black Soot Distress inks, same liquid Startdust, same sentiment set, but different phrase.

 

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

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AAA Birthday Cards Challenge #89

Hello, this month we want you to use patterned paper.

I only have cardstock I use for my gift boxes, so I rummaged through my pile and found this pretty polka dot like paper (Craft Sensation Christmas pack), I cut one card panel and the letters from the dotted paper, then from a solid cardtock I cut the shadow layer, I went for a slightly darker tone, I had one matching the pink dots, but I thought it needed the darker to contrast.

It's from My Favorite Things (Birthday Vibes dienamics) and I like how it looks like I cut the letters from the shadow layer  and the cardbase is shining through. I had added double sided tape on the back of the letters so adhering them to the shadow layer is as easy as sticking stickers down,

Mounted the shadow layer with foamtape.

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

AAA Card Challenge #322: 70's and 80's (disco Inferno)

Hello, this fortnight we have a fun one for you (I think so anyway) I grew up in the 70's and 80's and the music back then was the best in my opinion, Disco, glitter rock and the like.

the resurrection of vinyl records, music tapes and such also made their way into the craft world. I  did buy the music cassette from Marianne Design, probably should have gotten the record ha, there's glitter balls from orther brands and well you can use whatever you want, 70's also known for Peace signs, rainbows, tie die, flowerpower, disco for neon colors, cool movies and food or treats, cars...

For my card I printed the silhouttes from the game badge but Whimsy Stamps have  similar ones as dies, I don't have them though.

These are from a royalty free image bank (PNG Wing)

I printed them and cut them out with the Scan n Cut.

For the background I masked off ans area and applied Distress inks rainbow colors : Candied Apple, Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Mermaid Lagoon, Twisted Citron.Mustard Seed.

And then Splattered Lawn Fawn's Liquid Stardust on top, I love how it shines when the light hits it.

Sentiment is from My Favorite Things ( Bitty Birthday Wishes) and I stampe dit with Versafine ink.

 

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

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AAA Cards Challenge #321: 1+1

Hello, this fortnight we play the 1+1 again, I went for Farm+ animals... with my goat clearly.

The goat (Col1570), the fence (CR1648), the grass (LR0524) and the flowers (LR0891) are all Marianne Design, cut from various colors of cardstock and then assembled them.

The sentiment is from My Favorite Things (Bitty Birthday Wishes) and I stamped it with Versafine ink.

 

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

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AAA Colourful Challenge #31

 

Hello it is Summer and all that blue makes me think of water, but different kind of water, not sea, not pool, but a pond with Koi.

For my card I used Distress inks: Broken China, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, Salty Ocean, Salvaged Patina and I applied these colours through circle stencils I made. I think the colours match quite well and look like water and water droplets.

On top I stamped one of the layers of the Hero Arts layering Koi (oldie not sure if it's still available but there might be others)

Verjaardag means Birthday and it's from Studio Light NL Gefeliciteerd.

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

AAA Card Challenge #320: S is for...

I've been putting all the S things I could come up with into this blog, so I could make a decision and not forget the options that sprung to mind, they might be useful to you too, so look at the end of the blog to see them and there might be more you can think of..

I came up with S for Snowdrops with this delightful image from Stamping Bella: Bundle Girl with Snowdrops.

I had a copy already stamped and cut out, I did make the border bigger than usual to make sure the little snowdrop on the had wouldn't bend or break.

I colored the image with Ohuhu markers and mounted it with foamtape.

To  ground the image I masked off a portion of the cardbase and applied Distress inks Twisted Citron, just enough to make the image pop, I alsosplattered it with water cos it's Distress inks and it's mandatory ;-)

The sentiment is My Favorite Things Bitty Birthday Wishes and I stamped it with Versafine ink.

 

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

 Snake, snow, spooky, sipping, skiing, sledding, skunks, Superman, Spiderman, Spying, soaring, ships, shows, shopping.singing, swimming, swinging, surfing, Summer, symmetry, submarine, seagulls, Steampunk, soup, space, spaceshuttle, shuttle. shuttlecock, soccer, shuffle, shooting, star, starfish, Seahorse, Secret spy, Secret agent,Secret Service, Secret (to keep), Secret garden, safari, sahara, snowflakes, snowglobe, snowdrops, summercamp, showers, shovel, shoes, saddle, steed, steer, seguins, steeple, sweetheart,

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AAA Birthday Card Challenge #88

Hello, this month we're all about flowers.

For my card I diecut a bunch or colours from Mintopia cardstock with the Marianne Design LR0891.

I used the Clearly Besotted set Brushed Greetings II and at first I did  use the Happy Birthday, but it was too long for my idea and I figured Best Wishes also works.

I placed the flowers around the sentiment some with foamtape, pretty simple, but that's my CAS style for you.

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

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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