AAA Birthday #83 – Use die cuts

Hello there, it’s time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday and do we have a great theme for you!

I love this challenge theme as I have lots and lots of dies, so I love an excuse to get them out! I used a new die set from the Stamp Market called ‘Watch bands’. The size of these dies allowed me to use up some of my cardstock scraps.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Birthday have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Tuesday 31st March to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #309 – 1 + 1

Hello there, it’s time for another challenge over at AAA Cards and do we have a great theme for you!

For my card I chose – Spring, Flowers, Colours. I used up some scraps of coloured cardstock for my srtiped panel (spring colours) and then added a die cut flower ontop with a sentiment from the Sizzix “Good Vibes’ stamp set. I super easy card to make yet, I think it looks pretty amazing.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Cards have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Saturday 14th March to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Add Ink #780 – Just Add Stencils/Dies or Both

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great theme for you!

I went with dies for my card. I had a old brick die in my stash that I hadn’t used for ages and thought it would be perfect behind the flowers and die cut leaf from the Strampin Up ‘Memorable Blooms’ stamp set. I coloured the flowers with a Spectrum Noir Tri-Blend in Megenta.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 11th March at 7pm (ADST) Australian Daylight Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #308 – Sketch challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another challenge over at AAA Cards and do we have a great sketch for you!

For my card, I used an old stamp set from Stampin Up called ‘Dress to Impress’. I stamped and coloured the lipsticks in Cherry Cobler and Lovely Lipstick. i added from Shimmer to the lipstick part (not sure it shows well in the photo thought).

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Cards have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Sunday 28th February to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Add Ink #779 – Sketch

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great sketch for you!

I masked off my square and then sponged Tim Holtz Distress inks in Dried Marigold, Carved Pumpkin, Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon. I then stamped the flower, leaves and sentiment from the Stampin Up ‘Cottage Rose’ stamp set.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 25th February at 7pm (ADST) Australian Eastern Daylight Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Birthday #82 – Slimline

Hello there, it’s time for a new challenge over at AAA Birthday and do we have a great theme for you!

I don’t make many slimline cards, but I should as they really lend themselves to differnt types of designs. For my card I decided to do an eclipse die cut sentiment. I first stamped the Stampin Up ‘Flowing Flowers’ with Altenew inks in Mountain Pine, Andromeda and Midnight Violet, the die cut the sentiment and popped the letters up. I added some coloured pearls to finish it off.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Birthday have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Saturday 28th February to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #307 – Colour Challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another challenge over at AAA Cards and do we have a great colour combo for you!

I felt this colour combo lent itself to a mountin/outdoor scene, so I turned to my Stampin Up ‘On the horizon’ stamps and dies. I ued Stampin Up cardstock in Basic Beige, Certainly Celeery, Mossy Meadow and Secret Sea to form my scene. I love how this turned out.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at AAA Cards have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Sunday 14th February to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Two for Two!

Did a little bit of crafing today, playing along with The Male Room Challenge #206 and Addicted to CAS #300.

I love the idea to put a tag on a card, it gives you a chance to be really creative. I used up some scraps of various blue cardstock from Stampin up and layered them onto a tag. I die cut a few stars from the Uniquely Creative ‘Stacked Star’ dies and poped up a sentiment from Uniquely creative, some twine and my card was done.

For my AtC card, I used the Stampin Up ‘Birthday Goodness’ stampset and coloured the donut cake with my Stampin Blends in Crumb Cake and Magenta Madness. I added some crystal glaze to the icing on the donuts. Tasty right?!

Well, that’s it for today. I need to start getting ready for the work week ahead. Thanks for stopping by for a look.

Just Add Ink #778 – Colour & Inspiration Challenge

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great colour theme for you!

Another beach theme card from me this fortnight! I used a variety of Stampin Up card stock scraps that is layered on some transparency paper and then die cut into a circle. I add a die cut palm tree and sentiment from the Stampin Up ‘Paradise Palms’ set.

Come join in the fun; we’d love to see how you were inspired. Check out the projects that the other artists at Just Add Ink have created, take the challenge and link your creation to the challenge post. We’d love to have you join us.  You have until Wednesday, 10th February at 7pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

1 Card for 3 Challenges

I’m hiding in my craft room this long weekend avoiding trying to stay cool and avoiding the heat. I was looking around at some of my favourite challenges and sometimes the stars align, I found 3 challenges to inspire me that worked for 1 card design.

One of my favourite card marking techniques is heat embossing. So I heat embossed the flower from the SSS “Beautiful Flowers’ stamp set with some gold embossing powder. I then loosly coloured it with some purple and green water colour inks and then fussy cut it out. I used the Stamping Up ‘Exposed Brick’ embossing folder to add some texture to my background panel and some twine to ground the floral image and popped the sentiment on top.

I’m pretty happy with how this turned out and hope I’ve inspired you to join in these challenges with your own card.

Thanks for looking and enjoy your weekends.