AAA Cards Game #119 – Christmas in July

Posted on July 8, 2018 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m back with some Clean and Simple Christmas cards for AAA Cards Game #119.

Special tips for competing (and being eligible to win) in this game:

As always, we’re looking for Clean and Simple (CAS) cards, BUT for this game please feature an CHRISTMAS theme. AAA Cards is a SUPER CAS challenge. If you’d like to play for a prize make sure to follow our CAS guidelines.
As always and for all of our games our definition of Clean and Simple means that white space should not be patterned, embossed or textured! This includes pre-patterned, pre-embossed and pre-textured cardstock and papers.

Our sponsor for this game is Happy Little Stampers.

Kylie of HLS is offering a $20 gift certificate to the winner of this challenge.

Here are my one-layer Christmas cards using HLS’ Mix Mash.

Here’s a close up of one of the three cards above.

I am always happy to have visitors and love reading your comments. I hope that you’ve been inspired to play along.

Be sure to stop by the AAA Cards challenge blog my teammate’s Clean and Simple Greeting Cards.

Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
Melissa

P.S. I’d love to have you follow my card blog on Instagram, Flickr and/or Pinterest.

AAA Cards Game #115 – Inspired by Nature

Posted on May 13, 2018 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m back with a fun Clean and Simple Card today for AAA Cards Game #115.

Special tips for competing (and being eligible to win) in this game:

As always, we’re looking for Clean and Simple (CAS) cards, BUT for this game please feature an nature theme as the main and focal point.
As always and for all of our games our definition of Clean and Simple means that white space should not be patterned, embossed or textured.

Our sponsor for this game is the fabulous Kylie of Happy Little Stampers.

Kylie is offering a $20 gift certificate to the winner of this challenge.

Here’s my nearly one-layer card using HLS’ Doodled Flowers, Butterfly Birthday and a coordinating die.

I am always happy to have visitors and love reading your comments. I hope that you’ve been inspired to play along.

Be sure to stop by the AAA Cards challenge blog my teammate’s Clean and Simple Greeting Cards.

Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
Melissa

P.S. I’d love to have you follow my card blog on Instagram, Flickr and/or Pinterest.

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Happy Little Stampers Watercolor October – Gold

Posted on September 30, 2017 by melissadawnlane

I’m very happy to be back with you for this month’s HLS Watercolor challenge.

Our winner for this challenge will receive a $20 coupon to spend at the shop! Check out all the details HERE.

I have 2 cards to share with you today.

Here’s my first card using multiple HLS products, Brusho Watercolor Crystals and a gold glass pen.

To make this card:

I made a stencil with a butterfly die and stamped in butterflies in the negative spaces of the stencil.
Removed the stencil and masked off the stamped images.
Sprinkled on red Brusho crystals.
Spritzed with water.
Allowed to the water dry and fussy cut the panel.
Added some gold accents with the glass pen.
Stamped, cut and added the sentiment.
Assembled the card with foam tape and snail adhesive.Here’s card#2. Comparatively, it’s a very CAS (Clean and Simple) card. I used stamps from Doodled Flowers.

I hope that you enjoyed your visit.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Places I’m Sharing Card #2:

CAS Watercolour Card Challenge

Happy Little Stampers Products:

Bold Birthday Sentiments

AAA Cards Game #94 – One Layer

Posted on July 8, 2017 by melissadawnlane

Hi! I’m happy to be here today with a post for AAA Cards Game #94 – One Layer.

AAA Cards is a bi-weekly challenge blog for Clean and Simple (CAS) Cards. Unless otherwise stated in the blog post for a particular challenge only players who submit cards will be eligible to be a winner.

Our wonderful sponsor for this game:

with a $20 gift certificate

We are pairing up this game with Less is More from the 8th – 21st July.

There will be one joint winner, but AAA Cards and LIM will each have their own runners up.

Please note the theme is one layer

with a colored card base!

Here’s my card using Happy Little Stampers’ Doodled Flowers and Butterfly Dies . I made my own butterfly stencil using the HLS butterfly die.

Some stenciling (sponged the 3 yellow butterflies, stenciled with a die cut, homemade stencil)+ some masking + repeat stamping + white gel pen & a sentiment =a bright and beautiful, butterflies and blooms, 1-layer, CAS card.

I hope that you are inspired to play along. Make sure you stop by AAA Cards and LIM to visit all of the design team members’ blogs. Between us we’ll pick one top winner who has linked up a card to both blogs.

It could be you!

Thanks for stopping by!
Grace & Peace,
Melissa

Places I’m Playing:

P.S. Here’s a fun video for your encouragement.

Happy Little Stampers Products used:

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Happy Little Stamper Watercolor Challenge – June 2017 – Mask

Posted on May 31, 2017 by melissadawnlane

Hello! I’m very excited to be here with you for our HLS Watercolor Challenge.

As always at Happy Little Stampers’ challenges……..we have a prize for you!

Here’s my card, using Happy Little Stampers Butterfly Birthday, Doodled Flowers and Butterfly Dies.

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I smooshed my watercolor panel onto a craft mat that I had sprinkled with Brushos Crystal Color and spritzed/wetted. Then, to add some large, impressionistic bold flowers, I added more Brushos through a stencil. I did some stamping, masking and heat embossing with the butterfly and flower stamps. Then, I did a combination partial die-cutting with a HLS Butterfly Die and also some fussy cutting to cut out the butterflies and flowers. I attached all of the pieces of the panel, including the cut-out pieces, in puzzle-like fashion, onto the front of a card base. I added foam tape to the flower/butterfly puzzle pieces. I added white details with a gel pen. I stamped the Sending Hugs (Doodle Flowers) sentiment on black cardstock. I heat embossed and fussy cut that. I hope that you are inspired and that you going to enjoy joining in too!