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Let's Hear It For The Boys

I made this card for a sweet little 2 year old guy (my great nephew) with whom I spent last Saturday evening while his parents had a much needed date. He is incredibly verbal and smart and just adorable in every way. I took him for ice cream, and we made up a song together about things that he loves, including vanilla ice cream! I had to make him a card and tell him what a great time I had with him, and that we will hopefully have many adventures together. Dies and sentiment are from Paper Smooches, and background splotches are MFT. 

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Inlaid Dies - Mother's Day

It's new game day at AAA Cards Challenge Blog!

Challenge #64 - Inlaid Die Cutting

Our Sponsor is Happy Little Stampers. Our first place winner will receive a $20.00 gift certificate. As well as the 1st place prize from our sponsor we're also offering the winner the chance to be a Guest Designer for a future AAA Cards Challenge.

This is my take on the inlaid die cutting challenge. I really loved the process of making this card, and will be using this technique again and again. Please go check out the wonderful creations of the AAA DT and then try your hand at inlaid die cutting, link up and join us at AAA Cards.

...And don't miss our next challenge - AAA's second birthday bash bloghop starting May 22nd!
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Sunshine Shaker

Time for another game at the AAA Challenge Blog. Our theme this time is CAS  Shaker Cards (Clean & Simple Style only). 

Our sponsor for this game is Stampendous.

The first place winner will receive a prize from this wonderful company AND the chance to be a Guest Designer for a future AAA Cards Challenge.

This was one of those cards that came out completely different than the way it began. I reworked the background on this one. At first I used a white background sprayed with gold Glimmer Mist, but it did not sing loudly enough.  I keep a little box filled with watercoloring experiments, and this background panel was in there. Nothing but blue skies... it was perfect. So I de-constructed and re-constructed the card with this wonderful water color background, and voila!

The AAA DT has come up with some truly wonderful creations, so please go over the AAA Cards Challenge Blog and give them some love.  Then get to work on your own CAS Shaker card - Clean & Simple is the key!

I am linking my card to the following challenges:

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge - Simplicity

My CAS design.

Water, Water, Everywhere

My watercolor background.

The Mixed Media Card Challenge #22 {Sunshine}

Thanks so much for coming by. Hope your day is full of sunshine!

Beautiful

AAA Cards Challenge #63

The new game is up on the AAA Cards Challenge Blog. This time it's "Anything Goes".  I am still playing with my Brushos and loving the magic. I used the mono printing technique for my creation. I had used the honeycomb stencil and Brushos on another project, and made sure that I got paint on the negative.  I flipped the stencil and pressed it on to the watercolor paper, and got this beautiful effect. Once dry, I sprayed the entire panel lightly with Tattered Angels Gold spray mist. I die cut the butterfly (PTI) from velum and gold adhesive paper (PTI), popped it up on the card and bent the wings upward a bit.

The sentiment is from Concord & 9th's Beautiful Words and Beautiful You dies. I am loving learning and trying new things, and I'm very pleased with the way this one turned out.

Please head on over to the AAA Cards Challenge Blog and check out the designs of my fabulously talented fellow DT members. Leave them some love, then create something wonderful and link up to our challenge. Our sponsor this week is Happy Little Stampers, with a $20.00 gift certificate for the challenge winner.

I am linking my card to the following challenges:

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Creative with stamps challenge #1 - Butterfly.

Happy Little Stampers Mixed Media Challenge : WINGS. Create anything mixed media that you like as long as it includes Wings of any description :)

CAS Mix Up - I chose to add Die Cuts to my stenciling and stamping creation.

Thank you for coming by today. I hope you have been inspired. As always, I love your comments. They make my day!

Twisted

I used Freshly Made Sketches #230 for the layout and Paper Smooches Calorie Free stamps and dies to put it together. For the background, I laid a panel of punched mylar on my card, masked it, then  sprayed it with Dylusions Fresh Lime Ink Spray.  I stamped the pretzels with Rusty Hinge over Fossilized Amber distress inks with my MISTI.  I used some white Flower Soft on them to give them a salty effect!! This was a really fun one.

Thanks for stopping in today. 

Happy Mother's Day

Time for a new game at AAA Cards Challenge Blog. Our theme this time is Stenciling. There are so many techniques to use.

Our generous sponsor for this challenge is Stampendous,

I did some research on stenciling techniques and learned a lot. I tried this stenciling with watercolor technique using Brushos, and am now in LOVE with this medium and technique, as well as many variations that can be used with powdered watercolors. 

 I'm thrilled with the results and plan to incorporate this technique and medium into many of my cards in the future.

Stencil: By Designs Ryn

Die Cuts: Winnie and Walter.

Sentiment: Winnie & Walter

Watercolors: Brushos.

Please head over to the AAA Cards Challenge Blog and check out what my fellow DT members have created and leave them some love. Please join us in creating your own stenciled beauty. Please remember to keep it CAS.

Thanks for stopping by today. I greatly appreciate it.

Let The Earth Rejoice

In creating this Easter card for my mother, I blended a rainbow of distress inks on a white panel, and topped it another white panel die cut with PTI's Harlequin Cover Plate. The sentiment, which is from a Verve set that I have had for years: Everlasting Life, is heat embossed on vellum.

I am linking to the following challenges:

Curtain Call : Rainbow

A Blog Named Hero March Challenge : Use rainbow colors.

Mod Squad Challenge : Springtime.