AAA Cards Challenge #202 - Sketch + optional twist Gnomes

Hello!

I'm here today to tell you all about the new challenge that's just started at AAA Cards.

It's a fabulous CAS sketch and the opportunity to twist with Gnomes.

Here's the sketch.

With that triangle the sketch is just perfect for those gnome hats so I couldn't resist the twist.

I used one of the fabulous Funky Fossil Nordic Noel gnomes and a strip of their Merry & Bright washi. I added in the sentiment and my card was done.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Nordic Noel

Washi: Funky Fossil, Merry & Bright

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Copic, R11, R29, R39, R89, E50, B000, B00, C0 C1

We have an awesome Guest Designer in Fran for this challenge and all the AAA Cards DT have had fun with the sketch and twist too. Check out all their cards HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

T4TD October Release

Hello!

I'm so excited to be here today with details about the October Release from Time For Tea Designs. There's a blog hop going on AND an Instahop so whichever is your favourite will give you the chance to win.

Make sure you hop along for lots of inspiration as well as a chance to win a £30 voucher to the Time for Tea shop! To participate, leave a comment on each of the DT members' blogs. The full list is at the bottom of this post.

It's so my sort of thing being themed around memory keeping and I'm delighted to share a 10"x8" page with you today.

I had the perfect photo to go with with Sweet Summer Journal ice cream card and I also added the Today's Adventure journal card into the mix.

I created this floating element pocket using a 3"x4" piece of acetate and adhering the Sweet Summer Ephemera tag to it using a foam pad. The hearts are die cut from a Sweet Summer paper using the Memory Keeping Essentials Dies. I've also added a trio of enamel dots from the Summer Haze set.

I added some more enamel dots and some ice cream and ombre washi to this card - just makes it a bit more special without taking a lot of time.

Ok so here's the blog hop order:

Annalisa Boccia

Jane Taylor - that's me

Jayne Vaughan

Lindsey Turner

Natalia Neila

Natalie Seddons

Silvia Galloni

A random draw will determine our winner* and will be announced on the T4TD Blog & IG stories on Friday, the 5th of November.

*there will be one winner drawn from all the blog and IG hop participants

Remember you can also play along and increase your chances of winning on Instagram - @timeforteadesigns

Thanks so much for dropping by today and good luck with the prize draw.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane

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Time For Tea Designs - Snappy Before Coffee

Hello!

I'm up on the Time For Tea Designs blog today with this bright and fun card.

I started by creating my background using papers from the Sweet Summer pad. 

I then stamped, coloured and die cut the images from Snappy Before Coffee and arranged them into a little scene on the card front. The greeting is also from this stamp set.

I hope you like my card using this awesome stamp set and pretty papers. If you'd like to purchase any items from T4TD you can get 10% off by using my code - T4TJANE10.

Thanks for looking today. 

Stay safe and keep crafting!

                                                                       

Time For Tea Designs - Dog Gone Mutts

Hi everyone!

I'm up on the Time For Tea Designs blog today with this sweet and simple CAS card.

I started by choosing a strip of paper from the Brighter Days pad and then stamped and coloured up the dog house and bowl from Dog Gone Mutts in matching shades.

Don't you just love this dog having a good old scratch? I think I was channelling a Golden Labrador when I chose his colours.

I used the matching dies to cut out the images and sentiment and popped the dog and kennel up onto foam pads.

Thanks so much for looking today. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Jane

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AAA Cards Challenge #201 - One Corner + optional twist BOO!

It's time for a new challenge at AAA Cards.

And I went with the optional twist.

I used the Funky Fossil Crooked Webs stencil to create the web in the corner and then used just one of the many spiders from the Spiders stencil.

The greeting is from an old Clearly Besotted stamp set.

Supplies:

Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Whoo To You

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Crooked Webs, Spiders

Ink: Ranger distress oxide, black soot, wilted violet; Versafine Clair, nocturne

I hope you'll find time to pop over to the AAA Cards blog and take a look at the CAS cards created by the DT and the guest designer Helen.

Thanks so much for looking today, I really appreciate it.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Time For Tea Designs - Boo Spider

Hi everyone!

I'm up on the Time For Tea Designs blog today with this cute Halloween card.

I've used the spider from Spooky Circle Tags as my focal image and added in some googly eyes and a wobbler spring to increase the fun! I then matted up the spider using Circle of Love nesting dies.

I created a background using the Dancing Dandelions stencil and ripe persimmon distress oxide ink.   

The sentiment was cut using Anthony's Alpha dies and I kept to a black and orange Halloween colour palette.

What are you creating for Halloween? Be sure to share your T4TD creations on social media!

Thanks for looking today. Stay safe and keep crafting!

Uniko September Release

Yay!

Today's the day you can get those Uniko September release goodies into your basket and winging their way to your letter box!

Check them all out in the Uniko  store - HERE and how to win the entire release on the Uniko blog - HERE.

Just a final few shares to whet your appetite even more, just in case you're still undecided.

These tags use images from all three stamp sets - so versatile and easy to mix and match.

The background was created using the Background Builders: Winter Wonderland stamps and I've added in a shimmering snowflake cut using the Sparkling Snowflake die.

A fun and bright Christmas card using the Pattern Building Christmas Tree stamps with a border string of lights using Background Builders: Winter Wonderland.

And finally a card using the entire Flower Power #1 stencil presenting itself as a poinsettia. Has to be my favourite from this release!

I'll not keep you from your shopping any longer. have fun and good luck with the prize draw.

Thanks for visiting today, I really love having your company.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

AAA Cards Challenge #200 - Celebrate

Wow!

200 challenges! 

And I've been there for every one of them!

So of course there is a little bit of a party going on with some wonderful sponsors donating prizes.

All the prizes will be randomly picked from player entries into the challenge linky.

Here's a little inspiration from me using stamps from Uniko.

I love playing with the Wonderful Day stamp set as it gives so much freedom and versatility.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Wonderful Day, Birthday Sentiments, Floral Vines

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black, love letter, rose bud, cottage ivy

Do pop over to the AAA Cards blog to check out the cards from the rest of the DT and our wonderful guest Deborah.

Thanks for looking and stay safe!

T4TD Instahop

Hey! I'm so pleased you found your way to my blog today as I want to tell you all about a T4TD Instahop that's going on to celebrate World Card Making Day.

There's the chance to win £25 of T4TD goodies, so this is one hop you'll definitely want to join in.

All the T4TD DT have made cards showcasing their favourite techniques. No surprises then that my card uses not only a favourite technique - masking, but also a favourite genre - Clean & Simple.

I just love how a stamp is able to shine out when left uncoloured, but almost surrounded by a block of blended colours. And its's so simple to achieve.

Simply stamp and mask the image then mask a box around it, allowing some of the stamped lines to extend outside the box.  Then add your favourite colours of ink.

Supplies:

Stamps: T4TD, You're Elephantastic

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black; Ranger distress oxide, cracked pistachio, salty ocean

Pens: Copic, B04, C0, G02; Sakura white gel

Be sure to pop over to the T4TD Instagram feed to find the beginning of the Instahop or start at my post and follow your way around. Here's the links you'll need - @timeforteadesigns or @purplejetjt. You have until 12 noon on 4th October to complete the hop.

Thanks for looking today and good luck with the Instahop.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Uniko September Release - Introducing Pattern Building Christmas Tree

I can't believe it's already the last day of introduction to Uniko's awesome Christmassy September release.

How much fun is this set!

Always a favourite combo of mine is the kraft, black and white mix on my first card. Do you love my combination of stamps from the set? The most difficult thing about using them is deciding which will be included!

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Pattern Building Christmas Tree

Ink: Memento, tuxedo black

Pens: Prismacolor pencils, white

And just when I thought I'd got my favourite colour combo I repeated the same tree stamping in colours I love even more! Well I suppose it might have something to do with the purple.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Pattern Building Christmas Tree

Ink: Memento, grape jelly, danube blue, pear tart

Of course the stamps can be used in other ways apart from building a tree. I think they look pretty cool as hanging Christmas decorations.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Pattern Building Christmas Tree

Inks: Memento, espresso truffle, love letter, cantaloupe

So that's a wrap! Make your mind up time now. 

It's what I call a small but perfect release and probably all of it is going to jump straight into your basket. 

I've a few more shares tomorrow and there's the usual chance to win the entire release by leaving comments around the Uniko and DT blogs.

Thanks for your time today, I'm so pleased you found your way to my blog.

Uniko September Release - Introducing Stencil Flower Power #1

Welcome back to my second post featuring Uniko.  I'm showcasing the new Flower Power #1 stencil which is part of the September Uniko release.

And as all the other items in this release are Christmas related I decided to use the stencil for Christmas cards too.

I masked off halfway on a square card front and then inked through the stencil with red ink - thinking poinsettia here.

I then added in some holly leaves from Winter Foliage - an older stamp set and a sentiment from Christmas Sentiments - introduced yesterday.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Winter Foliage + matching dies, Christmas Sentiments

Inks: Memento, tuxedo black, cottage ivy, rhubarb stalk

Then I got to thinking that the half stencil reminded me of a star and my next two card were on a roll. I used some cool chilly winter colours for the first of these cards.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Background Builders Winter Wonderland, Christmas Wishes

Stencil: Uniko, Flower Power #1

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress oxide, tumbled glass, salty ocean, peacock feathers

I stamped the Winter Wonderland image onto scrap paper first to create a mask so that I could reproduce the curve for the background inking.

I liked this design so much that I did it again in some warmer but untraditional colours. The greetings on this pair of cards is from the previously released Christmas Wishes.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Background Builders Winter Wonderland, Christmas Wishes

Stencil: Uniko, Flower Power #1

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress oxide, dried marigold, kitsch flamingo, seedless preserves

One more introduction to come tomorrow - the most amazing and unique stamp set I've seen and then on Sunday at 9.00am UK time everything will be in the store for you to buy.

Thanks so much for looking today, hope to see you again tomorrow.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Uniko September/October Challenge Reminder - Anything Goes + optional twist Autumn Colours

I have a couple of Uniko posts to share today and this is the first. It's a reminder to join in and play along with the September/October challenge.

Well I can't resist Autumn colours so of course my card uses the twist.

I picked the Framed Floral Vines stamp and my card just about made itself. This is such a quick and easy stamp to create with and would look fab whatever the colours.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Framed Floral Vines, sentiment from Floral Vines

ink: SU, soft suede

Pens: Copic, YR01, YR02, E13, E15, Y21, Y26, R14, R22

There are some really spectacular cards to inspire you over on the Uniko blog - the Brand Ambassadors and guest designer Nonni have really outdone themselves. Go take a look - HERE.

Thanks so much for your time today, I'm delighted you came to visit my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!