Showing posts with label AAA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label AAA. Show all posts

Sunday 17 March 2024

AAA Cards Challenge #261: Anything CAS goes with the option of Spring or Spring Colors



Hello, this fortnight Anything CAS goes and if you can't decide may we suggest the option to make it a Spring (colored) card.

I went Easter with a digi from Gerda Steiner Designs (Kitten in Basket) , printed it on watercolor paper and colored it in with Karen markers, I don't have a lighter grey and I really wanted it to be a white bunny cat, not black like my own and or brown like the basket, so it's shadows are a bit harsher than I'd like, but hey ho...

As my printer likes to do things on a slant, I cut the panel straight and matted it onto a cardbase and then sprayed it with a fixative spray.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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Sunday 3 March 2024

AAA Cards Challenge #260: Sketch



This fortnight we have a sketch and as  always you can flip or rotate it if you like as long as we can see it.

Now I have to admit it took me a while to find the right stamps and images and , you'd think I might consider this when I make the sketches, but nope I just go in with a blanc mind..hehe

I've used the Marianne Design  Panda's and I've stamped them on watercolor card with Versafine.

At first I did it on my cardbase with Copic safe ink, as I wanted to  use my Copics, but it would bleed through the cardstock to the inside and all the black on the panda's made stamping difficult.

So I went with watercolor card and Karin Markers

Sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) and the clouds is a Stencil also Marianne Design and I've used whatever was left on my blu inkblending brushes, looks like Broken China.


 



To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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Sunday 18 February 2024

AAA Cards Challenge #259: Anything Cas Goes, optional twist is Birthday

 


Hello, this fortnight we have an Anything CAS (Clean and Simple) goes.

If you are undecided you could use the optional twist to steer you in the right direction: Birthday.

I think Anything Goes is very broad and personally I need a little extra to choose.

So I did go to my stash of precolored images and used it for my card: Whimsy Stamps Peeking Panda's. As I colored it a while ago the little strips got bent and so I cut them off. Sentiment is from the same stampset.

Background is inkblended Distress ink: Shaded Lilac, Wilted Violet and Villainous Poison.


To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  



Sunday 4 February 2024

AAA Cards Challenge #258: Sketch


 This fortnight we have a sketch for you again, as always you can rotate or flip it as long as we can see it.

I did move the sentiment to the bottom as mine was a trad big and eating onto my white space a lot.

FOr my card I masked off and area and inkblended Distress inks as a kind of sunset. with: Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed and Squeezed lemonade, them moved the mask for the grass with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn.

For my images and sentiment I've used a Happy Little Stampers set: Wish you were here. Stamped the Eiffel tower in  Versafine Morning Mist and the Woman and sentiment in Versafine black ink, just so the Eiffeltower looks further in the distance, but it's all one layer.



To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  


Sunday 21 January 2024

AAA Cards Challenge #257: Anything CAS goes with optional twist Love is in the air

 

This fortnight anything Clean and Simple goes and if that's too broad for you, use the optional twist of Love is in the air as Valentine's day is coming up.   I don't do Valentine's day and so I made a snarky card with the Clearly Besotted: Purrfect Valentine and a sentiment from Impression Obsession that just made me giggle (C17253)

I colored the cat with alcohol markers, cut it out and stuck it on the cardbase with foamtape.
the sentiment was stamped with Versafine ink

To play along the AAA Card Challenge, see this.

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#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  #DTcall



Sunday 7 January 2024

AAA card Challenge #256: Sketch

 


Hello this fortnight we have a sketch for you over at the AAA Cards Challenges.

as always you can rotate or flip the sketch as long as we can see it.

Please remember to be CAS.

for my card I've used a stencil and Distress inks for my banner. then I thought it went well with the image I had previously colored, it's a digi from Whimsy Stamps.

the sentiment is also Whimsy Stamps.

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

#inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner  


Sunday 10 December 2023

AAA cards Challenge #255: Sketch and cold

 


Seems I forgot to prep this post and now I don't remember how I made it

Except the Marianne Design Eline's Brushes and white glittery Wow embossing powder on top

But i look forward to see what you make

To play along the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

 

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Sunday 26 November 2023

AAA Cards Challenge #254: Black, White and Gold

 Hello, this fortnight we have a color theme, chosen by Tristan and because of the time of the year our badge and my card feature these colors in ornaments/baubles.



To make the baubles I diecut black cardstock, white glitter cardstock and gold mirrored cardstock, backed with double sided adhesive from Marianne Design LR0014, any will doe, it makes the diecuts into stickers and this brand or tape diecuts beautifully.

My ornaments or baubles, are from Avec Creative (Love 2 Craft available at Action in the Netherlands). I got them last year and they sold out pretty quickly, but again if you like the look and have others, there's many across the industry.

I  have another idea for this theme, might make a second card, you'll see it here if I do ;-).

I've used the packaging to see hiw to layer the embellishments , but also chose other bits and bobs, just to stagger the colors. I wasn't sure about black as a Christmas card, but it looks rather stylish and the glitter and shiny gold make it more festive.


It was hard to take a photo as my cardbase is also white, I hope you don't mind.


The sentiment is from Clearly  Besotted and I stamped it with Versafine black ink.




For my second idea, I watercolored a black gradient and added embossing paste with Perfect pearls in gold (Sunflower Sparkle), then I thought if I wanted it to look like fireworks, why not do a black cardbase, which turned into a panel and a bit left over, could be another card

Thestencil is from Stamperia KSTDL51, embossing paste is Ranger clear gloss transparent; sentiment from Uniko (simply said block Christmas, I then had trouble liking the white rim and well I probably should have stuck to the one card ;-)


As usual you have 2 weeks to play along and you can find more info or enter your card here

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#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge 

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Sunday 12 November 2023

AAA Cards Challenge #253: Fall/Leaves


 Hello this fortnight we're all about the Season of Fall, and or leaves, as you can tell by the game badge it's wide open to your interpretation, I chose the color pink mainly.

I really like the little person in her raincoat, I assume it's a girl, but  my hippo could be either.

I chose Clearly Besotted Stamps set Rainy Day Play and I actually colored two of the hippos and there's one with a trenchcoat too, but then I added the background and I felt  it got too full. might add it later though.

The Sentiment is from the same set and the silhouette of the town is the Up My Street Stencil, also Clearly Besotted Stamps. I've used Neenah Desert craft cardstock  and whatever blue was left on one of my blending brushes, just a hint of a scene.


I've also included some of my old garden Clogs I planted when I gave up my vegetable patch or Allotment garden.





Mounted the hippo with foamtape and adhered him on top.

To play along or more  information on the AAA Card Challenge, see this.


I like to enter one card into the Less is More Anything CAS goes challenge.




Sunday 29 October 2023

AAA Cards Challenge #252: Colour Scheme



Hello,  this fortnight we're all about colours or colors depending where you live.


You can choose one, two,  all of them if you want, but try to stick to the colors you seen, maybe with a neutral for skin or fur.
For my card I've applied Distress inks: Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon trough a Clearly Besotted Umbrella Stencil.
Then I mixed up Rangers' Texture paste transparent clear gloss with glitter and applied it also, this makes them shimmer but also they look wet from the rain...maybe?

I tried the same with more colors of Distress inks and also a different layout (Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass and also Villainous Poison and although I like this combo too, it was too much for such a small area in my opinion.

We're are a Clean and Simple challenge, so covering more of the cardbase just isn't an option for me anyway.




Let it dry
The hippo is also Clearly Besotted (Hippo Bird Day) and I did cut of the cute little bird/chick/duckling as I felt I could make it fir in the color scheme.
Colored the image with Copic Markers and mounted it with foamtape.

The sentiment is also Clearly Besotted (Tiny Type) and I stamped it with Memento inks (Bahama blue and Grape Jelly). The tones was achieved by selectively inking the sentiment somewhere the umbrellas also change color; thought that was nicer than either blue or purple and also nicer than black.


As always you have two weeks to play along the AAA Card Challenge and you can enter your card here.


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Sunday 15 October 2023

AAA Card Challenges #251 Anything Spooky Goes


 
Hello, this fortnight we at AAA Card Challenges, we're looking for a CAS Spooky card as Halloween is upon us.  Now if you don't make Halloween cards, we worded it as Spooky, so you can give it your own twist, like a Monster card p.e.


for my card I've used a Whimsy Stamps Digi from the Dustin Pike Collection: Bat Candle.

I printed it, cut it out, colored it with alcohol markers and  then Mounted it with foamtape.

The flame has a covering of Nuvo Shimmer pen, so it looks like it's flickering..well in my head it does ;-)

For the cardbase I masked off an area and then applied Distress inks (Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness); splattered with water at Liquid Stardust from Lawn Fawn.

Mounted the image on top, I didn't mean to put it that low, but the masking paper got too wet and left a nice green mark, now covered, so don't tell anyone.

As always you have two weeks to play along the AAA Card Challenge, see this.

Sunday 1 October 2023

AAA Card Challenge #250 Inblending with 3 or more colors

 

Hello this fortnight we have a collab with our sister challenge  AAA Birthday Cards.


Ours (AAA Cards is: inkblending with 3 or more colors) and AAA Birthday Card Challenges is: Favorite Colors.


Now my favorite colors are Distress inks for inkblending and I've used more than 3 ;-)

I've used: Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Chipped Sapphire, Villainous Poison and Wilted Violet.

For my card, I masked off an area and applied the Distress inks with inkblending brushes, then splattered with water and Lawn Fawn Liquid Stardust.


Stamped the Happy Birthday from Whimsy Stamps (Simple Sentiment Strips) with Versafine ink.


To enter your card on the AAA Card Challenge, see this.


To enter your card for the AAA Birthday Card Challenge, see this.

Sunday 17 September 2023

AAA Card Challenges #249 and DT call!

 


Hello, this
fortnight we'd like to see any CAS (clean and simple) cards made with galaxies, planets, Northern Lights,  Night Sky, just look up basically.

For my card I've used a Bugaboo Stamps digi: Martians, sadly  Bugaboo Stamps is out of business rn an extended break, but there's many others across the industry.

I've contemplated making my own galaxies as I've done before, but I came across this Craft Sensations 12x12 paper pad and it's actually supposed


to be a Christmas one, but I loved it for the moody skies and stars and so I cut one done for my Space. Finding the right bit and shape proved  a challenge as I wanted one bit with a nebula first and cut is with a wonky  oval like shape , but I didn't like it it was too narrow and long and the image would actually cover the Nebula.

so after a few tries , I decided to just cut a strip to go  across the cardbase and glued is down. 

I printed my digi and cut it out, then colored it with Graphit Brush markers and Spectrum Noir. I thought a yellow star didn't go with the background,. so I went Blue giant star color and Martians are green aren't they? Mounted the image with foamtape and adhered it to the card, slathered the star with Nuvo Shimmer pen and then slathered some of that shimmer onto the galaxy too.

The sentiment is from Whiimsy Stamps (Simple sentiment Strips) and I stamped it with Versafine ink.

To play along the AAA Card Challenges, see this.


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Show us! Leave DT after your name when you enter a card to this and the next challenge.


Happy Birthday is a celebration. right? so I shall enter it into the Less is More Challenge




Sunday 3 September 2023

AAA Card Challenges #248: Add a tag or ticket


 Hello, this fortnight we'd like you to add a tag or ticket to a Clean and Simple Card.

My ticket is from Tiim Holtz ( Ideology  #TH93958) and it may or may not be a tad too big, I wanted it to look like a circus ticket and later as if the Elephant is holding it.

The Elephant is from My Favorite Things The Greatest Show set and I stamped it with MFT Extreme Black ink and colored it with Copics, cut it out with the matching dieset.

For the background I masked off a triangle, I thought could be a spotlight, there's a sentiment that would suit that too, but I wanted to reinforce the circus ticket idea, so I went with  another sentiment from the set.



For my spotlight I've used Distress inks, Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Fossilized Amber and  Spiced Marmalade), then splattered it with metallic watercolors in matching colors, so they would catch the light and reflect it.

Stamped the sentiment with Versafine ink and glued the elements on top, mounted the Elephant with foamtape.


To enter your card for this challenge, see this.

Sunday 20 August 2023

AAA Card Challenges: #247 Sketch for a teen card

 

Hello, this fortnight we've got a sketch for you, specifically one aimed at teens, boys or girls, doesn't matter, 

I've used a Snowboarder from Marianne design stamps(HT1668) stamped it, cut it out with the coordinating dies and then colored it with Copic markers. White gelpen for some shiny details.

For the colors behind the snowboarder I've also used Marianne design (EC0162Eline's brushes) with Memento inks. Only in blue tones as I felt that looked like snow, maybe waves even if it were a surfer.

The sentiment is from My Favorite Things (Bitty Birthday Wishes) and I stamped in  the same blue Memento ink, I think was Bahama Blue.


Mounted the Snowboarder with Foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.


As usual you have to weeks to enter you card here.

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Sunday 6 August 2023

AAA Card Challenge #246: Sketch and the Option of a baby card

 


Hello, this fortnight we have a sketch and an optional twist to make it a baby card.
As usually you can rotate and or flip the sketch as long as we can see it in your CAS card.
I rotated the card to make it a portrait scene.
The dots are just for placement of your images or focal point, In a line. I've used three "dots" after trying a few designs.
for my card I've used a Mintopia stampset called Voy Volando  and a sentiment from Clearly Besotted (Tiny Type). and the cloud stencil from Marianne Design, I think it doesn't show well on camera as I used almost dry inkblending brushes for a faint line. 
The stampset comes with coordinating dies and so two of my dots are clouds and in the middle a bear cub in an airplane. I stamped it all with My Favorite Things Extreme black ink and colored it with Copic Markers.
I then adhered the  clouds with liquid glue and mounted the plane with foamtape so I could make a scene

To  play along and enter your card in the AAA Cards Challenge, see this.

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Sunday 23 July 2023

AAA Cards Challenge #245: Monochrome CAS

 


Hello, this fortnight we're all about one color, you can use different hues of that color, which is your favorite?

I had three ideas, purple, blueish grey and this was my choice once I started to pull together the supplies.

For my card I used a landscape die from Sugar Pea Designs: Farmscape. I thought about doing a straight line and then stamp something in black, but that seemed too harsh and this is masked, so technically the cardbase, not stamped and no layers.

The colors I've chose are: Distress inks Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber..

For the sentiment I've used Memento ink Peanut Brittle and the Bitty Birthday Wishes from My Favorite Things.


As usual you have two weeks to enter your card here.

Sunday 9 July 2023

AAA Cards Challenge: #244 Dogs and or Puppies

 


Hello this week we're all about puppies and or dogs, anything canine would work too.

For my card I've chosen the My Favorite Things  set Superdog for image and sentiment.

I stamped the image in MFT Extreme Black ink and the sentiment in Versafine black ink.

I colored the image with Copic Markers and mounted the image with foamtape.

For the background I've masked a circle on the cardbase then, using a Marianne Design Stencil (PS8024),


I've added cloud details to the circle with whatever was left on my inkblending brush; I'd say mostly Salty Ocean and Mermaid Lagoon Distress inks.

Adhered the image to the cardbase.

As usual, you have two weeks to enter your card here.






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Sunday 25 June 2023

AAA Card Challenges #243: Outdoor Activity

 

Hello, this fortnight we're "playing" outdoor.

My outdoor activity is resting in the sun after a hard day's work in the garden...

Hey sunbathing is a verb ;-)

For my card I've used the digistamp: Busy Bear Deckchair dreaming from Lili of the Valley.

I've added the sentiment while prepping the image in Photoshop and then I printed and colored it.

Matted it as  little as it was printed on a slant and adhered it to a cardbase.

For my coloring I've used my Copic Markers and a gel pen for details.


As usual you have two weeks to play along and enter your card here.

And I'm entering my card into the Less is More Challenge, Anything Goes

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Sunday 11 June 2023

AAA Cards Challenge #242: Everything Beach



 Hello,  this fortnight we're all about the Beach, in, on , under, around, doesn't matter as long as it's CAS as we like it.


For my card I used a Miezo Digi called Hai (in German and in Dutch it's Haai, which is also a hellooo! like greeting)

For my card I cut the Amy Design Under Water View (ADD10273) from Masking Paper and added 3 bubbles from the perimeter to the inside so I would get bubbles.

I applied Distress inks:
Chipped Sapphire, Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass, then I  tried to add water bubbles, but they were a big big, so I peeled off the mask and went over it again with what was left on my inkblending brushes.

I printed and cut out the shark and then colored it with Copic markers: pretty much all the Cool Gray a B02 and a blender marker.

I added the sentiment in Photoshop as I don't have it and I might add them later with diecut letters or alphabet Stamps, not sure yet.

Mounted the image with foamtape and adhered it to the cardbase.


To play along the AAA Card Challenges, see this.


#AAAcards #AAACardchallenge #CASChallenge #CASCard #Blogchallenge

#SuperCASchallenge   #Handmadecard  #Cardmakers  #Designteam #Blogspotchallenge #inkblending   #guestdesigner #challengewinner