AAA Cards FOLLOW THE LEADER Challenge!

Hi all!

It’s time for a new challenge at AAA Cards!  This time we are CASE-ing one of our fellow DT members Mariles.  Her gorgeous card is sure to inspire you!

See what I mean?  It’s a stunner!  I kept my card very simple and opted not to use die cuts.  I have very limited time in the studio right now due to lots of changes happening in life, and a simple stamped card makes for an easy quick card.

There are SO many gorgeous creations form our fellow DT members, please be sure to visit them for more inspiration.  Them make your card and link it up so we can be inspired by you.  You may even win a guest designer spot!  Hope to see you there!

Have a colorful day!

Let it snow with Sisterhood of Crafters!

 Hi all!

I hope you have all had an incredible Christmas and New Year!  It's been a bit of a rollercoaster around here.  Norovirus hit my entire family a couple days before Christmas so we were unable to celebrate with my parents until the 28th.  We left the next day to go to the Greenbriar Resort in West Virginia for the New Year, and my dad took a turn while we were gone.  Today it was apparent hard decisions will need to be made in the next few days, so I'm glad I was able to get in a little crafty therapy!

This time around we are celebrating winter with the Sisterhood of Crafters, and we want to see your creations with SNOWFLAKES!  It's my favorite icon to use when decorating for the holidays and I have MANY snowflakes in my stash!

The card base for this card was created forever ago!  I think I made it in September?  It's made with pigment watercolor powders which are VERY messy, but SO fun and the results are STUNNING.  After the panel was dried, it was run through with the Simon Says Stamp Cheery Snowflake embossing folder.

The snowflake placed on top of the panel was die-cut from iridescent glitter paper on hand using Spellbinders Snowflake Card Creator Etched Die.  The large snowflake is so beautiful and the die set can be used to make a shaped snowflake card.  Unfortunately, the piece of cardstock on hand was too small for a shaped card, but fit perfectly on an A2 card front.

Finally, Altenew Iridescent Gem Sparkles were added to the snowflake for some added shimmer and the sentiment was added from my sentiment scrap box.  It's from Pink Fresh, but that's as far as I can recall.

I hope you were inspired by this sparkly card today, please go check out all the DT inspiration creations and make a snowflake card!  Our challenges last the entire month, so. make a few!

Have a colorful day!

AAA Cards Transportation Challenge with SPELLBINDERS CRAFTY ADVENT CALENDAR!

Hi all!

I hope you have all had an incredible Christmas and New Year!  It's been a bit of a rollercoaster around here.  Norovirus hit my entire family a couple days before Christmas so we were unable to celebrate with my parents until the 28th.  We left the next day to go to the Greenbriar Resort in West Virginia for the New Year, and my dad took a turn while we were gone.  Today it was apparent hard decisions will need to be made in the next few days, so I'm glad I was able to get in a little crafty therapy!

Today AAA Cards is back with a transportation challenge!  I have only a few items that would match this theme...however....The Spellbinders Crafty Advent Calendar this year had the PERFECT item to use so I pulled it out!  The calendar was so fun to use this year.  If you haven't seen my creations using each day from the calendar, check them out here on my Instagram.  There were so many amazing goodies in this box, like this adorable hot air balloon from Day 1!

This card is all about ink blending!  First, a rectangle was masked off with some mint tape.  Then, with Altenew's Sea Glass Fresh Dye ink and their blending brush, clouds were added using a homemade stencil.  To add a bit of interest, using the Altenew Score Board, embossed lines were added around the clouds.

The balloon shapes and stripes were strategically placed and die-cut from one of my scrap ink-blended panels, as were the bows on the sides.  The bunting was cut from vellum and the basket with ropes from kraft paper.  All pieces were assembled and glued to the front of the card panel.

Finally, this adorable sentiment was included in Day 1 of the advent calendar, so it was added beneath the balloon.

It's pushing the CAS style a bit with all the die cuts, but definitely meets the challenge in the design.  Be sure to check out the DT's creations for this challenge...they are adorable...then add your creation to our link!  I look forward to seeing them!

Have a colorful day!