AAA Cards Game #167 - One Layer + optional twist Inspired by the Graphic

Time for a new challenge at AAA Cards and it's one of my favourite themes - One Layer.

   

And a fabulous optional twist too. love the inspiration pic!  In fact I love it so much I've made a couple of cards using stamps from our generous sponsor STAMPlorations.

Here's the first:

I  thought the patterns on the Artsy Doodled Borders were so like the the ones on the butterfly. So I just picked three colours from the photo and stamped up my card.

Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations, Artsy Doodled Borders & Noteworthy
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black
Colours: Copic, YR15, Y13, R17

My second card is a much more literal interpretation of the graphic and uses stamps from a couple of STAMPlorations sets and a stencil from Funky Fossil.

I actually did all the stamping first and then inked through the stencil carefully to avoid the images - no masking required.

Supplies:
Stamps: STAMPlorations, Buttercups & Butterflies, Brave One
Stencil: Funky Fossil, Cellular
Ink: Memento, tuxedo black; SU pear pizzazz
Colours:YR15, R17, R22, G99, Y13; Miya oil pencils

The rest of the AAA Cards DT have also made fabulous CAS cards to inspire you and we have Joanna joining us as our Guest Designer for this challenge. Check them all out HERE.

Thanks so much for looking today, I really appreciate your visit to my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Saturday Spot

Today I'm joining in with the Care to Tag Along? challenge at Christmas Kickstart.

Here's my card:

I used one of the gorgeous poinsettia tags that are a bonus add on with the STAMPlorations Holiday Lattes digi stamp set. I coloured it up using Copic pens and added a block greeting from Uniko. 

Supplies:

Stamps: STAMPlorations, Holiday Lattes digis; Uniko, Simply Said Blocks Christmas

Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne

Pens: Copic, G17, G28, YR04, RV69, R29, R39, R59

Ribbon from my stash

Huge thanks for looking today, it's been so goos to have your company for a while.

Stay safe & keep crafting!

Friday Focus

Today I'm playing along using the colours from the challenge at CAS Colours & Sketches.

Such beautiful and peaceful colours, don't you think?

I started by masking off a strip and the inking through the Funky Fossil Cellular stencil using two of the given colours.  I then used the last colour to stamp the grasses from In The Meadow and added a sentiment from the same set.

Supplies:

Stamps: Funky Fossil, In The Meadow

Stencil: Funky Fossil, Cellular

Inks: SU, pool party, crumb cake, pear pizzazz; Versafine Clair, nocturne

Huge thanks for visiting my blog today, it's always so much more fun when you do.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Papermill Direct DT Inspiration - Baby Boy Mini Album

Hey!

I'm up on the Papermilldirect blog today with a fun baby boy mini album

Come on over and take a look at how I created it - HERE.

Supplies:

Stamps: Uniko, Sweet Baby; MFT, Adorable Elephant

Inks:Memento, tuxedo black

Dies: MFT Die-namics, stitched traditional tags; Spellbinders, lacey circles, labels fifteen, labels one, standard circles small; Xcut, spiro circles

Card: Pepermill Direct, Marine blue & super smooth card

Pens: Copic, C0, C1, C3

Thanks so much for looking and don't forget to follow that link over to the Papermill Direct blog - HERE.

Stay safe & keep crafting!

Wednesday Words

Today I'm playing along with the challenge at Inkspirational where they want Funny Sentiments.

I immediately thought of the sentiment from the Funky Fossil Bees Knees set and created a card ready for my oldest grandson's birthday. I know he'll appreciate the humour.

I started by inking through the In The Spotlight stencil in some of his favourite greens and then stamped the toadstool, bee and sentiment on top.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Bees Knees
Stencil: Funky Fossil, In The Spotlight
Inks: Versafine Clair, nocturne; Ranger distress, mustard seed, twisted citron, peacock feathers

Thanks so much for your time today, it's been so good to have your company for a while.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

Happy Little Stampers June CAS Challenge - Party

Feel like you need a party? Well how about creating your own with the June Happy Little Stampers CAS Challenge.

A party has to have cake and if it's got pink or purple icing even better!

I used the cutest ever LOTV digi and a sentiment from Uniko. And those all important party colours!

Supplies:
Stamps: LOTV digi, Rosie with cake; Uniko, Birthday Sentiments
Ink: Versafine Clair, nocturne
Colours: Copic, R17, R20, BV000, BV04, BV13, RV00, RV02 RV04, RV55, E000, E33, E50, Y00, C1, C3, C5; Miya oil pencils; Sakura gelly roll, white

I really hope you'll pop over to the HLS CAS blog and join in this party. It's going to have to last you for a while as all Kylie's challenges are taking a six month holiday until 2021. Be sure to make the most of this one then!

Huge thanks for looking today, I really appreciate you taking the time.

Stay safe and keep crafting!

AAA Birthday Challenge #14 - Use Vellum

Pinch and punch it's the first of the month! So time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday.

Ouch vellum! That had my brain whirring!

After much research around the internet I came up with two ideas that really appealed - dry embossing and heat embossing. I started with the Funky Fossil flower and heat embossed it in white and pooped it on top of a die cut purple circle.

I really like how the purple shows through the vellum in a muted way and that gave me the idea for the overlay of dry embossed vellum. Then I placed another die cut circle behind it and love the way the purple shows through in yet another tone.

The greeting was added on top of the overlay but tucked under the top purple circle. Both these elements allow for the vellum to be adhered to the base card without the glue showing through - always a tricky thing to adhere vellum.

Supplies:
Stamps: Funky Fossil, Funky Florals; Uniko Simply Said Birthday
Inks: Versamark + WOW! opaque bright white embossing powder; Versafine Clair, nocturne
Die: Lawn Fawn, large stitched circle stackables
Embossing: Crafts Too
Pearl from my stash

The AAA Birthday DT and Guest Designer Izzy Scrap have loads more wonderfully inspiring ideas for birthday cards showing many different ways to include vellum. Do go check them all out HERE.

Thanks so much for your time today, I really appreciate you visiting my blog.

Stay safe and keep crafting!