AAA Cards Challenge #253

 Hello and hope you are ready for a peek at fall with our new challenge on the AAA Cards blog.

I don't know why but that photo in the bottom right corner just spoke to me.  I had purchased some alcohol inks for the first time that week. Must have been a match made in heaven. lol.

I have played a little using alcohol markers but this was my first time to try regular alcohol ink bottles. I used a piece of photo paper and a straw to create my panel. I then die cut the Leaf Silhouette from Papertrey Ink. I curved the greeting from the Simon Says Stamp, Greeting Mix 1 set and stamped it on olive ink to echo the leave shape. 

I hope you will be inspired to join us for the fun, fall foliage challenge. Below is a reminder of the rules for CAS.

AAA Cards Challenge #252

Hello. If you have not started your Christmas cards now might be a great time to get going on them. We have a new challenge on the AAA Cards blog and it might not be a Christmas challenge but a cool blue color palette to work with.

Starting with a top folding white card base I masked off the tree shape and ink blended a soft blue ink. Then using various greetings and colors of ink I stamped the Technique Tuesdays, Jingle All the Way stamp set. The falala is from Keri Bradford Studio, Wrapped set.

Super simple stamping for a fun CAS, one-layer, Christmas card. I hope you will join us for the cool, color scheme challenge!

 

AAA Cards Challenge #251

 Boo to you!

We have a new spooky challenge up on the AAA Cards Challenge blog.

This was such a fun card to put together. I started with a white top folding card that I stamped the Novel Prose background stamp from Hero Arts in soft gray ink. Then I created a moon stencil with the Infinity Circle dies and ink blended a crescent moon. The greeting from Papertrey Ink was stamped on card front with black ink and on a scrap of white cardstock I also stamped the bat from Tremendous Treats: Halloween set (PTI). 

The bat was then colored with alcohol markers, coated with Wink of Stella, fussy cut and mounted to the card front with foam tape.

By layering the stamping and images I left plenty of white space and with only one layer it is very, Clean and Simple.

AAA Cards Challenge #248

Well September means it is truly fall. Hope you are all ready for a new challenge on the AAA Cards blog?

Well, my tag is my entire card base. After die cutting the tag using the Scrapbook.com nesting tags set leaving the top inside the die to create a hinge, I added the peek-a-boo part with the Sizzix Mixed Media 2 die. I backed the window with a vellum tag shape inside the card. Then I die cut 3 of the "Mr and Mrs" from Kaiser Craft and glued them together for a sturdy, stacked greeting.

I added the hole reinforcer, some thin, silk ribbon to the card and stamped PTI Tucked in wedding inside with black ink.

I hope you will plan to join in the fun Ticket/Tag challenge!

AAA Birthday Card Challenge #53

 Hey there. Sometimes male cards can be hard to create. Deer seems to be my go-to animal for guy cards and with a new animal card challenge up on the AAA Birthday Card blog this was my chance. 

Kraft cardstock also tends to work its way in to my guy cards. lol. So starting with a kraft panel I stamped the Yuletide Deer from Stamplorations in four shades of brown. The greeting is from Papertrey Ink, Keep it Simple: Birthday. After trimming the panel, I matted it with dark brown cardstock and mounted it to a top folding kraft card base with foam tape.

Can't wait to see the zoo we all create with our herd of animals! Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

AAA Cards Challenge #246

 Hello. Sketch challenges are one of my very favorite kind of challenges. AAA Cards has a fun sketch for us.

I combined the color of the rainbow dots and the fun house image from the Love Lives Here set from Papertrey Ink. This made for a simple one-layer card. I added the greeting from the set A Bit More: Baby Mine also from PTI.

Thanks for stopping by to visit. I hope you will join us for the sketch challenge.

AAA Cards Challenge #245

Hi there! I know there are quite a few people that struggle with masculine cards. Hope fully the new challenge on The AAA Cards Blog with flood you with ideas.

Now the tractors at my house are all green so that is the monochromatic palette I went with. I masked off a stripe of my top folding card front and drug three ink pads across. Softening it with a blending brush. Then I stamped the tractor, tracks and greeting in black ink. Here again a simple one layer card but by layering ink you create some depth.

I hope you can join us on this challenge and share your masculine ideas with us also. Just a reminder below about the definition of CAS.

AAA Cards Challenge #244

 Hey there. There is a brand new challenge up on the AAA Cards Challenge this morning. Dogs or puppies.

This was a fun card to create. I masked a circle in the upper corner of a top folding white card base. Then using the Arrow Which Way from Stamplorations I blended ink through the stencil in a circle shape. After removing the stencil, I blended a bit more ink to soften the circle image. I stamped the dog on a scrap of white cardstock then cut 2 more shapes to give the dog some depth. The greetings were stamped with black ink on the card front. I added a bit of baker's twine to create a leash for my dog. The dog image and greeting are both from a past My Monthly Hero kit.

Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

 

MIM #45 Challenge-Coloring Embossed Images

Hey there.  I promise this is the last post for today and maybe the whole weekend.  Not sure about the results on this one.  It did kind of funny things to my Copics.  Like white spots on the tips.  My embossing power is really old so that might be part of the problem.  We were to emboss an image with white powder on dark cardstock then color with Copic markers.

Cardstock: Choc.Chip(SU), Natural Ivory,Simply Chartreuce and Mellon Berry background paper.

Ink: White pigment(SU)

Stamps: Button Boutique(PTI)

Extras: Button Boutique die set, natural twill, bakers twine(PTI), Copic markers R22,YG03,BG72

It is a little streaky and the colors are wonky in the picture.  Sweet dreams!  Sentimentally Sue.