AAA Birthday #8: December - Joulukuu

It's December, time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday and our theme this time is 'Balloons & Banners'. As our Guest Designer, we have the talented Maaike joining us.

For my card, I used the cute little mouse with his balloon from the Penny Black set It's Your Day. I coloured the image with my watercolours and added some details in my white Gelly Roll pen. I also sponged some Distress Oxide ink to the edges of the image. I then die cut the frame using Penny Black's Stitched Loops die and adhered it in place. The banner is by Lawn Fawn, I stamped and die cut it before watercolouring it. I stamped the sentiment ('Congrats') with tiny alphabet stamps by Papertrey Ink onto the banner and adhered the banner in place. Lastly, I embellished the card with clear sequins.

Be sure to check the details on how to enter on AAA Birthday blog. You'll also find lots of inspiration there, my team mates have created gorgeous cards for your inspiration.


Vuoden viimeinen haaste alkaa AAA Birthdayssä ja aiheena on Balloons & Banners eli ilmapallot ja bannerit. Omaan korttiini käytin suloista hiirtä ilmapalloineen Penny Blackin It's Your Day -setistä, väritin sen vesiväreillä ja lisäilin yksityiskohtia valkoisella Gelly Roll -kynällä. Reunoille mustetin Distress Oxide -mustetta. Kehykset stanssasin Penny Blackin Stitched Loops -stanssilla ja kiinnitin paikoilleen. Banneri on Lawn Fawnin, vesiväritin sen ja leimasin tekstin siihen Papertrey Inkin aakkosleimoilla.

AAA Birthdaystä löytyy tarkemmat ohjeet osallistumiseen sekä DT-porukan tekemät kortit, kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa.

AAA Birthday #7: November - Marraskuu

It's November and time for a new challenge at AAA Birthday. This time we're asking you to 'Include a Number' in your birthday card.

My Mum needed a birthday card for her friend who turned 75 and so I made her this card. The stamp I used is by Stampendous and it's called Timeless Rose. I coloured it with my watercolours and sponged some Distress Oxide ink on the edges of the panel. I then stamped my sentiment and added the numbers with peel-off stickers before matting the panel onto brown cardstock. I also used a piece of patterned paper behind the panel. Lastly, I embellished the card with some gold sequins.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenge:
* Happy Little Stampers: November Watercolour Challenge - Anything Goes
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes

You can find all the details on how to enter on AAA Birthday blog as well as lots of inspiration in the form of the cards made by my talented team mates. Hope you can play along with us!



On marraskuun haasteen aika AAA Birthdayssä ja tällä kertaa aiheena on numeron lisääminen, eli synttärikortti, jossa on numero jossain muodossa. 

Äitini tarvitsi synttärikortin ystävälleen, joka täytti 75 vuotta, joten tein tämän kortin hänelle. Leimakuvana käytin Stampendousin ihanaa Timeless Rose -leimaa, jonka väritin vesiväreillä. Paneelin reunat mustetin Distress Oxide -musteella, leimasin tekstileiman ja kerrostin paneelin ruskealle kartongille. Taustalle käytin kuviopaperia. Lopuksi koristelin kortin kultapaljeteilla. 

AAA Birthday -blogista löytyy tarkemmat ohjeet osallistumiseen samoin kuin DT-läisten inspiraatiokortit, kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa. Ja tietenkin osallistua! 

AAA Birthday #6: October - Lokakuu

A new challenge starts at AAA Birthday today and this time we have a colour palette to inspire you (please see the photo below). So please make a birthday card in any style you wish using at least two colours you see in the photo. As our Guest Designer, we have the very talented Trina P.

 

I managed to use all the colours of the photo in my card! As my stamped image, I have a wreath called Golden Delight by Penny Black. I stamped it onto my cardbase and coloured with my Copics. I then cut a panel the size of the card front, die cut an opening to it using a die from the set Stitched Circles by Penny Black so that it fits around the stamped image, and adhered it in place. I heat embossed my sentiment on a strip of black cardstock and adhered it with foam adhesives. Lastly, I embellished my card with gold sequins. 

Please visit AAA Birthday for all the details on how to enter and to see the gorgeous cards created by my team mates and our Guest Designer. And please do join us, you'll have until November 3rd to do so.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:

* Stamping Sensations: October - Trees and/or Leaves and/or Autumn

* Inkspirational: Challenge #197 - Photo Inspiration

* Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #361 - Anything Goes

AAA Birthday -haasteessa alkaa uusi haaste ja tällä kertaa meillä on väripaletti, josta olisi tarkoitus käyttää ainakin kahta väriä. Guest Designerina meillä on tällä kertaa Trina P.

Omassa kortissani onnistuin käyttämään kaikkia kuvan värejä! Leimakuvana käytin Penny Blackin Golden Delight -leimaa, jonka leimasin suoraan korttipohjaan ja väritin Copiceilla. Paneelin leikkasin valkoisesta kartongista ja siihen stanssasin aukon Penny Blackin Stitched Circles -setin stanssilla ja kiinnitin paneelin paikoilleen. Tekstileiman embossasin mustalle kartonginpalaselle ja kiinnitin paikalleen kohotarroilla. Lopuksi koristelin kortin paljeteilla.

AAA Birthday -blogista löytyy tarkemmat ohjeet osallistumiseen, aikaa on 3.11. asti. Ja toki sieltä löytyy myös DT-porukan ja Guest Designerin kortit, kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa :)

AAA Birthday: September - Syyskuu

It's September and we have a new challenge for you at AAA Birthday. This time we're asking you to 'Use a Stencil', so a birthday card in any style you prefer (CAS, cute, layered... you name it, we love it!) as long as you use a stencil is welcome. We also have a Guest Designer, Rachelle, joining us.

I went masculine again with my one layer card as I realised I need a birthday card for one of my nephews. I used a Papermania stamp that I heat embossed onto my cardbase with brown embossing powder. I then masked the stamped image and the edges of the card before sponging some Distress Oxide ink in Bundled Sage through a Prima stencil. After I removed the stencil and masking, I stamped my sentiment with Distress Oxide ink in Vintage Photo (the sentiment says 'Congratulations').

And before you rush to grab your stencils and get creating, please pop over to AAA Birthday to enjoy all the wonderful inspiration that my talented team mates and our Guest Designer have created for you.


Syyskuu on alkanut ja AAA Birthdayssa alkaa uusi haaste. Tällä kertaa synttärikortissa tulisi käyttää sapluunaa. Kortin tyyli saa olla ihan mikä haluat, mutta sapluunaa siinä pitäisi käyttää. Itse tein taas maskuliinisen kortin, sillä tarvitsen synttärikortin veljenpojalleni. Embossasin Papermanian leiman ruskealla jauheella suoraan korttipohjaan, minkä jälkeen maskasin sen ja kortin reunat. Käytin Priman sapluunaa ja mustetin taustan kuvion Distress Oxide -musteella Bundled Sage. Lopuksi leimasin tekstileiman niin ikään Distress Oxide -musteella Vintage Photo. 

AAA Birthdayssä kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa DT-porukan ja Guest Designerin kortit ja sen jälkeen vain sapluunat esiin ja synttärikortti tulille!

AAA Birthday: August - Elokuu

It's August and that means a new challenge is starting at AAA Birthday! In August, we're asking you to make birthday cards for boys. To help us inspire you, we have the talented Clarissa as our Guest Designer.

I decided to go very CAS with my card, no extra frills works for boys I think. I folded my card base out of watercolour cardstock and stamped my image - Gone Fishing by Lili of the Valley - on it, after which I watercoloured the image using Lukas Aquarell 1862 watercolours. The sentiment I used says 'Congratulations' in Finnish. As my only embellishment, I decided to use simple twine and tie it into a knot.

Here's a close up of the image.

Now please visit the AAA Birthday blog for all the details on the current challenge and to see the fabulous cards created by my very talented team mates.

I'd like to enter my card to the following challenges:
* Penny Black and More: August - For Boys and Men
* Just Add Ink: #468 - Just Add 'C' (my C stands for Clean and simple)
* Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes
* Watercooler Wednesday: WWC 232 - Anything Goes



AAA Birthday -haasteessa on alkanut uusi haaste ja elokuussa haluamme nähdä pojille tehtyjä synttärikortteja. Guest Designerina meillä on Clarissa.

Oman korttini halusin pitää mahdollisimman simppelinä - se tuntuu olevan turvallisinta poikakorteissa.. ;) Taittelin korttipohjan vesivärikartongista, leimasin siihen leimakuvan (Lili of the Valley'n Gone Fishing) ja väritin sen Lukas Aquarell 1862 -vesiväreillä. Lisäksi leimasin korttiin tekstin ja koristeeksi laitoin nyöriä ihan vain solmulle. 

AAA Birthday -blogissa on tarkemmat tiedot haasteesta ja DT-porukan kortit inspiroimassa, kannattaa käydä katsomassa!

AAA Birthday: July - Heinäkuu

It's a brand new month and a brand new challenge over at AAA Birthday! This month we're asking you to make birthday cards for the girls. We also have a Guest Designer, the fabulously talented Michelle Lupton, taking part this month. Please be sure to check out her beautiful card!

For my DT card, I used Tiny Townie Garden Girl Lilac by Stamping Bella. She's so dainty and pretty, perfect for a girl! I stamped her onto X-Press It blending card and coloured her with my Copics. I die cut the panel using Stitched Stackers die by Penny Black. I stamped my sentiment (it says 'Birthday Wishes' in Finnish) onto a strip of vellum and embellished it with a tiny tag and a bow of string. I used a piece of patterned paper for the background.

Please visit AAA Birthday challenge blog for details on how to enter and to see the gorgeous cards my team mates have created for your inspiration.


AAA Birthdayssä alkaa uusi haaste, teemana on synttärikortit tytöille. Omaan korttiini käytin Stamping Bellan ihanaa Tiny Townie Garden Girl Lilacia, jonka väritin Copiceilla. Paneelin stanssasin Penny Blackin Stitched Stackers -setin stanssilla ja tekstin leimasin vellumvyötteeseen, jonka koristelin pienellä tagilla ja rusetilla. Taustalle vähän kuviopaperia. 

AAA Birthday -blogista löytyy tiedot osallistumisesta ja Design Teamin tekemät upeat kortit, kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa! 

AAA Birthday Design Team!

I have such exciting news to share today! I am joining the AAA Birthday Design Team! Woop woop! I'm so happy to join the wonderful DT, this is going to be so very exciting! Thank you so much, ladies at AAA Birthday, for selecting me!

There's a new blog post up today at AAA Birthday that introduces some of the new DT members (including myself) with our DT cards for the current 'Watercolour' challenge. Below you'll see the card that I made. I think it's a very typical card of mine with a floral image (I love floral images!), watercolouring (perhaps my most favourite method of colouring), the colour pink (one of my fave colours), a frame (I seem to have a tendency to use frames in my cards a lot for some odd reason..), patterned papers (something I can't seem to make a card without), clear sequins (probably my most used embellishment) and leaning towards CAS style. So, in short, it's a very Milla-esque card! :)

And if you're interested in the details of the card, here comes: The stamped image is Mondo Sakura from Ellen Hutson coloured with Altenew watercolours. The frame is die cut with Penny Black dies from the set Stitched Stackers and the sentiment is by Penny Black also (from the set Snippets).

And now please hop over to AAA Birthday to meet some of my new fellow DT members (such talent there!) and to see what they created for the challenge.



Huimia uutisia! Liityn Design Teamiin AAA Birthday -haasteessa! Aivan mahtavaa! AAA Birthday -blogissa on tänään postaus, jossa esitellään osa uusista DT-jäsenistä (minut mukaanlukien), näytillä on myös kortit, jotka teimme tämänhetkiseen haasteeseen, jonka aihe on vesivärit. Mielestäni tämä kortti on hyvin tyypillinen minulle, siinä on kukkia, pinkkiä, kehykset, kuviopaperia, paljetteja ja tietysti vesiväritys. Leimakuva on Ellen Hutsonin Mondo Sakura Altenew'n vesiväreillä väritettynä ja kehykset on stanssattu Penny Blackin Stitched Stackers -setin stansseilla. Myös tekstileima on Pennyä, Snippets-setistä. 

Kannattaa käydä kurkkaamassa AAA Birthday -blogissa, jossa siis esitellään tänään osa uusista DT-jäsenistä kortteineen!