Saturday Spot

Hi! I'm here today to tell you all about the Weekend Workout Challenge that's going on in the AAA Cards facebook group.

Can you guess what the challenge is? Well of course it has to be a CAS card, but the challenge is to include ribbon or twine. I didn't think the two were compatible and never even consider using ribbon or twine when creating CAS cards. But I'm changing my mind. See what you think.

I think the ribbon or twine needs to be very minimal and part of the of the focal point rather than added on as an extra embellishment like you see with multi layered non CAS cards. And the whole look still needs to be understated and clean looking, but it's a choice that is growing on me.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Background Blocks Graffiti Texture, BIG & BOLD Hello

Ink: SU, night of navy

Ribbon from my stash

What do you think about ribbon or twine on CAS cards? I'd be interested to hear. Or better still pop on over to the AAA Cards facebook group and join in with the fun - HERE

Sunday Spot

Have you played along with AAA Cards Facebook group's Weekend Workout? It's all about creating a CAS card that's FUN.

I was really inspired by the graphic when I created my card:

I started by masking off a strip at the bottom of a square card and then inked all over it with shaded lilac distress ink. Then I used Funky Fossil's Diwali Candle to create a bokeh effect on top of the strip with five other colours of distress ink. 

I wanted to add a really light colour to finish off so chose a distress oxide ink in squeezed lemonade. The oxide inks tend to be much more intense, creamy and opaque and have the ability to stand out on top of dark colours.

I stamped over this bokeh panel with Guitar Hero and added the sentiment - which I love - above it. I'm thinking this card is pretty fun and I love the bright happy colours!

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, Guitar Hero

Inks: Ranger distress, shaded lilac, cracked pistachio, mermaid lagoon, picked raspberry, wilted violet, blueprint sketch; Ranger distress oxide, squeezed lemonade; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Diwali Candle

I'm hoping you'll pop over to facebook and join in with this fun challenge. There's really no closing date, but you do need to be a member of the AAA Cards facebook group. 

Thanks for stopping by, I've loved having you visit my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Friday Focus

There's a really interesting and tough Weekend Workout in the AAA Cards facebook group - only use one inch of your card front.

I decided the best way to keep to a one inch square was to use a die.  Here's what I came up with:

Definitely time to search out those smaller stamps. the image was a breeze with Uniko stamps as there are often extra little tiny stamps in a set. But the sentiment - well that was a bit harder. But Uniko came up trumps again!

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, So Much, Simply Said
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Die: CREALies Xtra No 5
Colours: Miya oil pencils

Thanks so much for looking today, it's been so much fun to have you visit my blog.

And keep inchie crafting!

Jane
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