AAA Cards Challenge #237

 Happy Spring to you! 

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

By the time April rolls around I am ready to play with some Easter stamps. I chose the Papertrey Ink Scrambled Eggs set to create a scalloped circle card.

This is a one-layered card that I created with an egg shaped peek-thru window. The stenciling was done with Stamploration's Just Plaid stencil and bunny images was colored with alcohol markers. I cut two identical scalloped circles with Spellbinders dies. scoring and gluing the tops together.

Thanks for dropping by to check my card out and I can't wait to see all your fun shaped cards!

AAA Birthday Card Challenge #48

 Hello. It is birthday card challenge time on the AAA Birthday Card blog and we are going to layer it up this month!

Although this card reads CAS because of the white space it has layers of ink, heat embossing, cardstock, washi tape, glitter paper and a cover-plate. This is a ton of layers for me. Lol. I started with a top folding card base that I ran through my die cut machine with Stamplorations' Circles All Over cover-plate. I really like cover-plates that don't cut the edges. I then ran a strip of gold dotted washi tape vertically down the front. 

Using some scraps of white cardstock, I stamped and embossed the mini cupcake from Altenew. Then die cut the happy and cupcake many times to pop-up the images. I also cut several postage frames from the Papertrey Ink die set. All were layered up to create dimension. adding the glitter paper happy to the top of the stack. I stamped the greeting from the same Altenew set in teal ink on teal cardstock. Assembled the pieces and mounted it to the card base.

Layers have always been tricky for me. I am never sure when it is too much so I can't wait to see you inspiration. Thanks for stopping by, Sue.

Altenew March Challenge

 Hey there. There is interesting Inspiration Challenge on the Altenew blog. The castle in the photo inspired the color palette.

Both of my cards reflect my clean and simple style. The first card involves ink layering by varying the ink colors to give depth.

Stamps: Altenew Trigonometry

Altenew Leaf Canopy

My second card adds a pop with fun, baker's twine tassels.

Stamps: Altenew Indoor Garden

Altenew Leaf Canopy

Thanks so much for stopping by, Sue.

CAS Colours and Sketches #507

 Hey there. We have a super fun sketch on the CAS Colours and Sketches blog today. For the next two week you can link up your "Clean and Simple" card following our sketch.

Stamps:

Lawn Fawn Offset Sayings: Birthday

Papertrey Ink Wishes Come True

Cardstock:

Stampin' Up Vanilla

Ink: SU

Not Quite Navy

Mellow Moss

Groovy Guava

Creamy Caramel

So Saffron

I am looking forward to seeing your cards!

AAA Cards Challenge #236

 Hello. Hope you are getting glimpses of spring in your part of the world. It takes a bit for us to see it here in northern Iowa. We have a new challenge up in the AAA Cards Challenge blog today.

I chose the birthday song as the inspiration for my card.  Using four die sets for my letters and numbers.

Sizzix: Alphanumeric Upper

Papertrey Ink: Large Numbers & Block Alphabet

Cutterbee: Alphabet

The greeting is from Simon Says Stamp Tiny Words and I backed the letters with washi tape.

I hope you will join us on this fun challenge. Thank you for stopping by, Sue.

CAS Colours and Sketches #506

Are you ready for a new challenge? CAS Colours and Sketches has a springy color palette for us to work with. 

Cardstock:

110 pound White

Gable Green

Lavendar Lace

Summer Sun

Dies:

Papertrey Ink, Cut Tag: Summer

The Stamp Market, Double Take

Extras:

Yellow Nuvo Drops

Score Board

AAA Card Challenge #235

 Hey there! We are doing a bit of ink-blending on the edge for this next challenge on the AAA Cards Challenge.

Here again this was a super quick card to come together. I had purchased some of the new Simon Says Stamp ink so I used that for my edge blend. I started with the darkest color of the trio along the edge and worked into the lightest color.

Then using the Stamp Market Dear Friend set I stamped over the ink blending. I added a bit of heat embossing to make the greeting pop. Please remember the rules of CAS when you are creating your cards. Thanks for stopping by, Sue.