Uniko Challenge #41 Reminder

Time to remind you all about the challenge that's going on over at Uniko. It's that essential but tricky one - masculine cards. And with Father's Day coming up on Sunday 18th June, maybe you'd like to twist with us too.

Well my card was more influenced by the gorgeous graphic for this challenge and not Father's Day. Yes I know it's green, but it was the vision of a tropical sunset that led me to the Paradise stamp sets and it just seemed an appropriate colour.

I stamped the bird first and then masked it off to add the leaves and circle perch. I broke out those chameleon pens for another try - still not loving them as much as I thought I would, probably not my best ever buy!

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Background Builders Round In Circles, Paradise, Paradise Leaves
        
Inks: SU, emerald envy, cucumber crush
Pens: Chameleon, grass green, sky blue

The rest of the Uniko DT have also made some masculine cards to help you on your way. Go check them out HERE.

Huge thanks for dropping by today, hope to see you again soon.  And keep crafting!

AAA Cards 3rd Birthday BlogHop

Another amazing milestone for AAA Cards - 3 years and growing stronger! 

As usual we have a mega amount of prizes to encourage you to play along and celebrate with us and a few different ways to win. Check them all out in the box below:

And just look at all the fabulously generous folks that have agreed to sponsor our 3rd birthday celebrations.........

And of course it wouldn't be a birthday celebration without a card! So here's mine using stamps from Happy Little Stampers and a die from My Favorite Things - just two of our numerous and generous sponsors.

I've chosen some really bold and vibrant colours  to keep in the party mood!

Supplies:
Stamps: HLS, Mix Mash
Inks: SU, tempting turquoise, melon mambo, daffodil delight
Die: MFT Die-namics, stitched basic edges

Here's my question to win a Stampendous Happy Flowers stencil and a Uniko Background Blocks Halftone stamp:

So far this year my favourite AAA Cards Challenge has been the Oscar Red Carpet theme because it was so exciting to visit blogs and discover the dresses that inspired the cards. What's been your favourite theme for a challenge, doesn't have to be AAA Cards, and why?

Off you go now round the rest of the AAA Cards DT birthday celebration posts - remember to answer their questions and also for another chance to win leave a comment on the challenge blog too! - HERE 

Blog Hop Order

Ceal
Coralynn
Jane
Ksenija
Melissa
Sarah

Thanks for visiting today and good luck with your winning a prize quest - keeping my fingers crossed for you!

Thursday Thoughts

An interesting theme at Less is More this week - geometric.

So off I went to remind myself of suitable stamps in my stash and came up with this card:

I'm not sure if this particular shape has a name other than irregular, but I think it's fun and reminds me of trellis patterns seen on room dividers or maybe Moroccan buildings. 

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Background Builders Lattice, All Occasion Sentiments #1
Ink: Kaleidacolor, Creole Spice; Versamark, clear
Embossing: Ranger Superfine, white

Short and sweet today, so I haven't used up too much of your time. Thanks for popping in and keep crafting!

The Male Room - #61 Die Cuts

A really fabulous theme for the new challenge at The Male Room - Die Cuts. And who doesn't have a few of these tucked away in their stash?

I wanted to make use of a Spellbinders set of dies I've had for ever and don't get out often enough, so on went the thinking cap and this is what I came up with:

I prepared a watercoloured card in some beautiful blues and left it to dry. While waiting I cracked on and prepared the die cut amazing by die cutting it once in black and several more times in white to make it really pop form the card. I also stamped and die cut the little stitched circle which got popped up on a foam pad.

 

 
Supplies:
Dies: Spellbinders, Sprightly Sprockets; CURplorations, amazing; MFT Die-namics, inside/out circles
Stamp: Stamplorations, bold sentiments
Inks: Ranger distress, meramid lagoon, peacock feathers, cracked pistachio, blueprint sketch; Versafine, onyx black 

Well that's me done for today! I just need to remind you to go feast your eyes on what the rest of The Male Room's DT have created using dies - HERE - and then I'll bid you good-bye.

Thanks for visiting and keep crafting! 

Tuesday Talk

Today I'm sharing a card I made to enter the challenge at Time Out. They're wanting a card that CASEs the wonderful Hannelie's card, who could resist this?!!

   

So here's what i came up with:

I used the fabulous new Background Blocks Horizontal Stripes from Uniko and inked it up in colours to match Hannelie's background.

I love the look of Hannelie's plain black and white flowers, but as I had a congratulations card in mind I chose the splat from Uniko and a YOU DID IT sentiment.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Background Blocks Horizontal Stripes, Explosion & Explosion Additions
Inks: Ranger distress, mustard seed, spiced marmalade; Adirondack, red pepper

Thanks so much for looking today, hope to see you again soon.  And keep crafting!

Monday Moments

Today's card is super CAS and quick to make. I'm entering it into both the Cutplorations challenge and the Stamplorations CAS Card Challenge.

          

Here's my card:

I love the bleeding heart flowers from the inspiration photo and have a couple of plants in my own garden. So that was my starting point and influenced my choice of die. The colours were a no brainer for me - pinks and purples are my favourites and definitely feminine in my opinion.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, sentiments from Pure Floral Lily
Ink: Kaleidacolor, Berry Bliss
Die: Cutplorations, Clustered Hearts

Thanks for joining me on my blog today, it was great to have your company.  And keep crafting!

Sunday Stuff

Here I am today with a card to share made with the Stamplorations Theme & Sketch Cahllenge in mind.

    

Really loving this sketch with its central panel and here's my card:

I used a mega wide strip of washi tape for the central panel and then picked up on the colours from it when choosing some patterned paper. I punched the flowers, die cut the 'amazing' and stamped the rest of the sentiment.

Supplies:
Stamps: Uniko, Simply Said
Ink: Versafine, onyx black
Paper: AC, Garden Cafe
Die: CUTplorations, amazing
Punches: Martha Stewart, large flower; Dovecraft, small flowers
Washi from my stash

So pleased to have you visit today, thanks so much.  And keep crafting!