AAA Birthday Challenge #35 - Under the Sea

Happy Monday!

It’s time for a new challenge at the AAA Birthday Blog. This time we challenge you to create a birthday card with an 'Under the sea' theme.

I first stamped the fish from MFT with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copic markers. I also used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Then I used masking tape to create a border for my background.
I first stamped the bubble background from Whimsy Stamps with Versamark and heat set it with white embossing powder. Then I blended Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide ink and removed the masking tape.

Finally I stamped the sentiment from SSS and heat set it with white embossing powder. I used foam tape to adhere the sentiment and the fish to the card to create some dimension.

Supplies
- MFT - Gill Friends
- Memento Tuxedo Black
- Copic markers: B21, B23, Y15, Y38, YR15
- Masking tape
- Whimsy Stamps - Mini Bubbles Background
- Versamark
- White embossing powder
- Distress Oxide ink:
          - Mermaid Lagoon
          - Blueprint Sketch
- SSS - Tiny Words
- Foam tape

AAA Birthday Challenge #34 - Pattern

Happy Monday!

We kicked off a new challenge today over on the AAA Birthday Challenge blog.
We invite you to create a card with a beautiful pattern.

Clean, simple and masculine. That's how I would describe my card for this challenge.

I used the Pattern Power stamp from Altenew and used 3 Altenew colors: Dusk, Ocean Waves and Teal Cave.

The sentiment is from Happy HB die from SSS and is stacked 2 times to create some dimension.

Supplies
- Altenew - Pattern Power
- Altenew ink:
          - Dusk
          - Ocean Wave
          - Teal Cave
- SSS - Happy HB

AAA Birthday Challenge #33 - Two Favourite Colours + Micro Blog Hop

Happy New Year!

It's the first AAA Birthday Challenge of 2022 and we challenge you to create a birthday card featuring your 2 favourite colours.


To celebrate the New Year, new beginnings and new blog colours AAA Birthday and AAA Cards are having a micro blog hop.

Fancy winning a £10 spend at ........ or a second prize of a mystery parcel? Then play along like this:

1. Comment on both AAA Birthday and AAA Cards first 2022 challenge post.

2. For two extra entries into the draw enter a different card at each of the first 2022 challenges.

To accommodate the different timings of the two challenges the Micro Hop will begin at 8.00am UK time on Sunday 9th January and close at 23.55 UK time on Saturday 22nd January.

You can of course enter cards at AAA Birthday before and after those dates, but they will not be a part of the prize draw.

For my card I chose 2 Distress Oxide colors: Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers.
I blended these colors onto a piece of cardstock and used the Cosmo Flower Petals from SSS to cut out the leaves.

Then I used the same 2 colors to stamp the dotted background which is from Altenew.
I adhered this background onto the cardbase and used foam tape to adhere the flower.

Finally I stamped the sentiment from IO with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Supplies
- SSS - Cosmo Flower Petals
- Altenew - Dainty Swiss Dots
- Distress Oxide ink:
          - Twisted Citron
          - Peacock Feathers
- Impression Obsession - Happy birthday (C14778)
- Versafine Onyx Black
- Foam tape

Chinchilla Christmas

Merry Christmas!

Our vet asked me to create a Christmas card featuring a chinchilla.
I found a digital image online and used the print and cut function in my Silhouette Cameo to print and cut this chinchilla. Then I stamped the hat from Lawn Fawn with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating die to cut it out. Next I used Copic markers to color them.

I colored the background with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and stamped the leaves from Uniko with Emerald Altenew ink.

Finally I stamped the sentiment, also from Uniko, with Emeral Altenew ink and adhered the chinchilla with foam tape to create some dimension.

Supplies
- Chinchilla digital image
- Silhouette Cameo
- Copic markers: C2, C3, C5, C6, R11, R43, R35
- Uniko - Season Of Beauty
- Lawn Fawn - Hats Off To You
- Memento Tuxedo Black
- Emerald Altenew ink
- Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink
- Foam tape

Uniko Challenge #68 - Celebrate + optional twist Reds & Greens

Merry Christmas!

This Christmas card is my entry for the Uniko Challenge #68.

I die cut the Uniko snowflake 3 times and colored 2 of them with Festive Berries and Pine Needles Distress Oxide ink.
I stacked them 3 times with a little twist and adhered them with foam tape onto a piece of brown cardstock.
I stamped the sentiment which is also from Uniko with Versamark and heat set it with white embossing powder.

I want to share my card at:

- Uniko Challenge #68 - Celebrate + optional twist Reds & Greens

Supplies
- Uniko - Designer Die Sparkling Snowflake
- Uniko - Stunning Snowflakes
- Distress Oxide ink:
          - Pine Needles
          - Festive Berries
- Versamark
- White embossing powder
- Foam tape

Karin Joan Missees Pets

Hi crafty friends!

I made this card based on a card I recently saw on Pinterest.

I first stamped the cute pet with Memento Tuxedo Black and cut it out by hand.
I did the same with the hat from Lawn Fawn and colored them with Copic markers.

For the window frame I used a design paper from Karin Joan Ice Cream Pop and added a piece of gold glitter cardstock at the back of it.
Then I used a circle die from Penny Black, adhered this on the inside of the frame and added the pet with foam tape to create some dimension.

I used another piece of cardstock from the same paper pad from Karin Joan and added this to the card base.
I glued the window frame to the card and stamped the sentiment from CZ Design with Versamark and heat set this with gold embossing powder.

Supplies
- Karin Joan - STAMPKJ14
- Memento Tuxedo Black
- Copic markers
- Lawn Fawn - Hats Off To You
- Karin Joan Ice Cream Pop Paper Pad
- Gold glitter cardstock
- CZ Design - Good Cheer
- Versamark
- Gold embossing powder
- Penny Black - Stitched square & circles
- Foam tape

Happy Holidays

Happy Monday!

This card features the cute penguins from Gerda Steiner Designs. I colored them with Copic markers and used the coordinating die to cut them out.

Next I used design paper from Honey Bee and adhered this to the card base.
I stamped the second part of the sentiment from SSS with Versamark onto a strip of cardstock and also adhered this to the card base.

Finally I adhered the penguins with foam tape to create some dimension.

I want to share my card at:

- Freshly Made Sketches #515

- Color Hues #31 - Red and Green

Supplies
- Gerda Steiner Designs - Happy Holiday Penguins
- Memento Tuxedo Black
- Copic markers: Y17, R43, R35, C3, C5, C6, C7, BG18, BG78, G28
- Honey Bee - Holiday Cheer design paper
- SSS - Inside Christmas Greetings
- Versafine Onyx Black
- Foam tape