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Sunday, October 13, 2019

CAS Game #151 - One Corner + Optional Twist Colour Palette

Hey!

Welcome to the next challenge here at AAA Cards. Our main theme is to use just one corner of your card front as the focal image. But with Halloween around the corner we've a super colour palette as our optional twist should you be so inclined.

Here's the optional colours. We'd like you use two or more if you decide to go down this route. But please remember the One Corner is compulsory.

We'll pick a top winner and some runners up!

It could be you!

Our sponsor this fortnight is STAMPlorations for a $15 credit to their store.

Thank you STAMPlorations

We're delighted to welcome Sandie as our Guest Designer for this challenge. She is so well known to you all for her brilliant CAS style cards, but just in case you're new around here I'd advise you to go check out her blog - HERE.

So understated and elegantly CAS!

And the AAA Cards DT have worked their usual magic and created a whole bunch of amazingly inspirational One Corner cards too.

Maaike
(with a video on her blog)

Melissa

Michelle

Nancy

Tracie

Åsa

Bharati

Ceal

Ishani

Jane

Lucie

We're looking forward to seeing your CAS cards fill our gallery. Just remember here at AAA Cards we love empty, non patterned white space.

Sunday, October 6, 2019

The Winners Circle #149: Up to One Third + inlaid diecut

It's time to showcase our fabulous prize winner and runners up for Game # 149

Thank you for all your gorgeous cards, our gallery was filled with the

most beautiful cards and we had a tough time picking our favourites.

But it had to be done so here we go:

1st place

and winner of a 15GPB credit to Funky Fossil Designs is:

#39 Joyce

How beautifully crisp and stunning is this card! We loved the use of only a few colours and all that gorgeous empty white space.

Congratulations Joyce,

please contact Jane with your details - aaacardchallenge@gmail.com

Top Three
In order of entry

#10 Donna

How fun! How wonderfully simple! How we love it!

#35 Trina

Oooo love all that aqua 'white' space, so cool! And using the image as a letter in the greeting g not only looks amazing, but also doesn't infringe on the white space.

#41 Flourishtina

Although there are a few layers they are mostly flat and minimal in comparison to the vastness of the empty white space.

Congratulations to you all, please grab our winners badge to display on your blogs.

Our current Challenge #150 is One Layer + Autumn and there is still plenty of time to get your entries in.

We'd love to see how you interpret this theme and come visit your blogs,

so don't delay, get crafting!

Peace and hugs

The AAA Cards DT

Sunday, September 29, 2019

CAS Game #150 - One Layer + Optional Twist Autumn

Hello and welcome to our next challenge here at AAA Cards.

It's that great favourite of CAS card makers - One Layer.

So it's One Layer cards that we're looking for, but if you want to add in the optional twist of autumn then we'd love to see it!

We'll pick a top winner and some runners up!

It could be you!

Our sponsor this fortnight is Winnie & Walter

Thank you Winnie & Walter

We're absolutely delighted to welcome Joy back again as our guest Designer for this challenge. She has such style and talent and her cards reflect her name and are a joy to look at. Check this one out:

A CAStastic design with masses of that empty white space all CAS card lovers aim for!

All the AAA Cards DT are pretty good at that too! Here's their cards to inspire you to play along:

Lucie

Maaike

Melissa
(using sponsor stamps)

Michelle

Nancy

Tracie

Åsa

Bharati

Ceal

Ishani
(using sponsor stamps)

Jane

We're looking forward to seeing your CAS cards fill our gallery. Just remember here at AAA Cards we love empty, non patterned white space.

Sunday, September 22, 2019

The Winners Circle #148: Sketch + Animals

It's time to showcase our fabulous prize winner and runners up for Game # 148 Sketch + the optional twist of using animals.

And didn't you all make spectacular use of that oh so simple sketch. We were delighted to see so many amazing CAS cards in the gallery and had the toughest time ever picking favourites!

But it had to be done so here we go:

1st place

and winner of two digi stamps from Craftyscrappers is:

#21 Emily

How cute is that panda and how cheeky that sentiment! The simple colour scheme with the accents of lime green and all that fabulous open and empty white space made this card a top pick with the AAA Cards DT.

Congratulations Emily,
please contact Jane with your details - aaacardchallenge@gmail.com

Top Four

In order of entry

#24 Izzy

We said it was OK to rotate or flip the sketch and if this is the result from doing that then we're super thrilled to see it done. Do I need to mention all that glorious empty white space?
#54 Sari/Granne

Well this lazing cat stamp could have been made especially for our sketch. The simple black and white colour scheme and smooth white space all make it a classic combo for a perfect CAS card.

#67 Cardogram

Just look at this pile up of cuteness! Perfect placement and a purrfect sentiment really caught our eye. Oh and of course that empty white space!

#78 Trina

Seems that panda stamp really appealed to us! So much going on in this little scene, but by keeping it all contained within one strip it still satisfies our CAS requirements.

Congratulations to you all, please grab our winners badge to display on your blogs.

Our current Challenge #149 is Up to One Third + an Inlaid Die and there is still plenty of time to get your entries in.

We'd love to see how you interpret this theme and come visit your blogs,

so don't delay, get crafting!

Peace and hugs

The AAA Cards DT

Sunday, September 15, 2019

CAS Game #149 - Up to One Third + Optional Twist An Inlaid Die

Hi!

Time for a new challenge here at AAA Cards.

One of the ways card makers keep their cards CAS is to only use one third or less of the card front. The rest of the card is left completely empty without any pattern, embossing or texture. And that's our theme for the next two weeks!

We'll pick a top winner and some runners up!

It could be you!

Our sponsor this fortnight is Funky Fossil for a generous £15.00 credit to their store

We're delighted that Sarah from Funky Fossil has joined in with us and played along too. Follow the link to discover all the info about the products she used.

Thank you Sarah and Funky Fossil

We also have the very talented and exciting card maker Joy Dsouza joining us as our Guest designer for this challenge.

How amazing is her card! So much packed in to just one third, a perfect example of how very appealing a CAS card can be!

And of course the AAA Cards DT have also been busy and have created the most fabulous inspiration to help you kick start your own creativity.

Jane
(using sponsor stamps & stencil)