AAA Cards Game # 194 and "Less is More" # 447

Hello. In the end of this post there is my entry in the following challenges:

AAA Cards, Game # 194

"Less is More" # 447

Finland has been under a heavy heat wave for over a month now and making Christmas cards is not the very first that would come to my mind. However, inspired by these two challenges I decided to make a small one.  This is an OLC and CAS card and it's width and height is just under 2 inches (roughly 1and3/4 inches). 

For making the card I used 

• the stamps of the set in "The Snowman" cardmaking kit (Making Special Cards December 2018 issue 15) to stamp the image and the sentiment; 
• a die to cut an aperture on a separate card stock through which I then coloured the background on the actual cardbase with blue and purple TH Distress Inks; 
• white gel pen for the snowflakes; and
• several colouring pens to colour the image. 

Several Challenges (2021-07-07)

Hello. This is my entry in the following challenges;

AAA Birthday, Game # 27 "Use an Embossing Folder")

Simon Says Challenge (Instagram); Come color with us

CraftWold: GET FEATURED in Simply Cards & Papercraft Issue 220! Theme: Autumn Colours 

My entry is a bridge fold birthday card in autumnal colours. I have used the items in the Autumn Special premium mag of John Next Door (issue 63). For the background panels I used the embossing folder of the set and then coloured the leaves with several TH Distress inks. I stamped and die-cut the embellishments and coloured with the same inks as the background. For the sentiment I combined two of the stamps in the set. Usually I combine items of several sets and of different brands but I think this is the first card that I have used only one set.

LIM "Less is More" # 446

 Hello. In the end of this post is my entry in the "Less is More" challenge # 446 "OLC Monogram".

This is an OLC CAS card. I don't have any large letter stamps so at first I drew the Monogram (although I'm not an expert in drawing either, lol). The letters T and K are interwowen. The letter T is for my first name and the letter K is for my last name. Secondly I drew with a pen an oval using an oval die and re-drew the oval line with an ink pen. Thirdly I repeated the drawing procedure with a frame die. Finally I coloured the image using ink pens of three purpe tones and for the letters also some Glossy Accents. You can possibly guess that my fav colour is purpe ;) . 

Uniko Challenge # 65

Uniko Challenge # 65 "Anything Goes"

Hello. I have entered this card in 5 other blog challenges yesterday. Once I shared the card also on my IG account I heard about this blog challenge and decided to share this card in here too. The design is a combinaton of all the 5 challenge themes. This is a CAS Flower BD card in different purple tones, because purple is my fav colourworld.  I recently won a draw in AAA Card's birthday hop and received this Uniko stamp which I think is absolutely gorgeous. I hand coloured the image with ink pens. The sentiment is a combination of two stamp sets: the word "lovely" is from the Uniko set, the rest are taken from a set called "Whale of a Time" (a free gift in a mag way back in time). I hope it is allowed to lend a couple of words from an other brand. Everything is stamped directly on the card base, so there are no layers There is an "Use die cuts" option in the challenge theme but I have not used it as this is the only Uniko product I have (so far). There are plenty on my wish list, though.

Several challenges 21.6.2021

 Hello. With the birthday card in the end of this post I'll enter the following challenges:

AAA Birthday; Game #26 - "Flowers"

Allsorts challenge blog; week 629 - "Anything goes"

(with option to add buttons or bows - didn't use the option)

Stamping Sensations; June - "I Love ..."

The Flower Challenge; #57 - "CAS"

We Love Chocolate Baroque; June -

"hand coloured or paperpieced image"

This is a CAS Flower BD card in different purple tones, because "I Love.." Purple colourworld. I recently won a draw in AAA Card's birthday hop and received this Uniko stamp which I think is absolutely gorgeous. I hand coloured the image with ink pens. The sentiment is a combination of two stamp sets: the word "lovely" is from the Uniko set, the rest are taken from a set called "Whale of a Time" (a free gift in a mag way back in time). Everything is stamped directly on the card base, so there are no layers.