AAA Cards #318 – Follow my Lead

Hello there, it’s time for another challenge over at AAA Cards and do we have a great theme for you we’re following the lead of Marlies!

I chose the follow the side aligned elements on Marlies’ card but switched up my card to be vertical. I die cut 3 hearts from gold, brinze and silver cardstock. I drew aline linking them and added a couple of pearls. The sentiment is from Stampin Up ‘Number of Years’.

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 18th July to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Guest Designer – Creative Creases #114 – ATG Fancy Fold

Well today I get to play along with Creative Creases as a Guest Designer thanks to this card!

It’s a colour challenge this fortnight and we challenge you to use yellow and purple on your card.

I made a cylinder style card for my fancy fold. It’s super easy to make – you just need 2 pieces of card stock 11cm x 14cm scored at 2cm, 7cm and 12cm. You then join the skinny edges together and then decorate each panel with the DSP of your choosing (I used Stampin Up Painterly Pears). I added a sentiment panel to the centre of the fron 6.5cm x 7.5cm secured with a couple of folded scraps aligned to the centre score line.

Come join in the fun and make a fancy fold card. Link your creation up here.

Thanks for stopping by for a look, enjoy the rest of your day.

Just Add Ink #789 – Just Add a Sketch

Hello there, it’s time for another Just Add Ink Challenge and do we have a great sketch for you -am I allowed to say that when it’s my sketch?

I thought the sketch lent itself to strips of DSP, so I cut apart some DSP from Paper Rose ‘Fine Print’ and layered it behind this grumpy cat from Katzelkraft with a sentiment frm Uniquely Creative.

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, 15th July at 7pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Birthday #87 – For Girls

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

I’ve seen this technique all over blogland and knew I had the perfect DSP to give it a go. I used the ‘Splendid Autumn’ DSP from Stampin Up, cut into 1/2 inch pieces. I popped up every second one with dimnsionals over a Highland Heather (SU) cardstock. The sentiment is from ‘Limited Edition’ (SU) stamp set inside a vellum die cut.

How cool does this technique look?

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 Friday 31st July to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #317 – Sketch challenge

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

I was inspired by the fireworks in the skecth and went straight for the Ton ‘Pyrotechinics’ stamp set and my gold and silver heat embossing powder! The sentiment is from Stampin Up ‘Occassionaly Funny’. A simple but elegant card I think.

Close up of the heat embossing

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 Monday 4th July to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Add Ink #788 – Colour & Inspiration

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

I loved the grey/blue colour scheme and decided to do a bit of masking on my card. I used the Stmapin Up ‘Delicate Dahlias’ stamp set inked up in Basic Gray, Smoky Slate, Balmy Blue and Marina Mist. I then stampe the sentiment from “Fabulous Sayings’ in the centre panel and added some super light splatter. The twine I think just finished off what could have been a rather flat card.

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, 1st July at 7pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #316 – 1 + 1 challenge

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

For my 1 + 1, I chose Summer and Sun. For me that meant summer/sun colours so I went to my cardstock scrap stash for all the yellows and oranges that I feel make up a sunshine colour scheme. I layed them onto my cardbase in a radiating outwards pattern, both up and down and then added a sentiment cerated on my laptop with some yeloow and white twine and my card was done.

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 Monday 20th June to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

Just Add Ink #787 – Choose Two or More

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

For my card, I chose Patterned Paper and Animals. I use some Styampin Up DSP from the Boho Vibes pack along with one of the cats from Tim Holtz ‘Crazy Cats’ tamp set. I heat embossed and loosely water coloured the cat and then fussy cut him out. I added a mscellaneous snarky snentiment along the right hand edge.

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, 17th June at 7pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Birthday #86 – For Boys

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

I love making masculine cards, but I probably don’t make them often as I do love to colour flowers and probably send more cards to women than men.

I used a great stamp set from Stampin Up ‘Brewed for You’ where I stamped 5 of the beer mugs with their foamy top and then die cut them out. I used SU inks in So Saffron and Mango Melody for the beer and bubbles. I added a bit of puffy paint to make the beer foam top and then added some die cut letters to form the HAPPY sentiment. I’m pretty happy with how this card came 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 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 30th June to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.

AAA Cards #315 – Sketch challenge

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

I love this sketch, it lends itself to so many creative options. I used a stamp set from Tim Holtz called ‘Inquisitive’. I stamped three of the small heads and fussy cut them out. I stamped te bullseye in Altenew inks – Grapevine, Ruby Red and Crimson.

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 6th June to link up your project.

Thanks for looking and have a great day.