*AAA #154*

It's time for another fun challenge with the team at AAA Cards!  For the next two weeks, we are challenging to you create a "card in minutes" with a twist of using ink blending.  For a card in minutes, we understand that the first time you make the card it might take more than a few minutes... but it should be a card you could recreate in only minutes.  Be sure to link up your creation for your chance to win a great prize from our sponsor this week as well as to be featured as a guest designer in an upcoming challenge!

Our sponsor for this week is Uniko... and you could win your choice an in stock stamp set!!  Head over to the AAA Cards blog to see what the design team has created as well as to see what our Guest Designer Angie dreamed up!

I had a lot of ideas in my head for this challenge but ended up grabbing a new stamp and die set from Pretty Pink Posh.

I started by ink blending green ink on to white cardstock, allowing there to be imperfections in the amount of colour.  I stamped the wreath image on top of the colour blended cardstock with black ink using my Misti so that I could stamp it a few times to get it nice and dark over the ink blended background.  I then coloured a few of the leaves and the flowers with Copic markers.  I also added some sparkle to the other leaves using the Lawn Fawn Glitter Pen.  I then lined up the die and cut out the wreath.  The red banner is embossed with the greeting and placed directly on to a white card and I used foam tape to adhere the wreath to the front of the card.

Items Used:
*Cardstock:  Neenah Solar Crest White 110lb; Stampin' Up! Cherry Cobbler
*Images:  Pretty Pink Posh Winter Wreath
*Ink:  VersaMark; GinaK Amalgam; Catherine Pooler Spruce; Copic markers
*Dies:  Pretty Pink Posh Winter Wreath
*Tools:  Misti; Big Shot; Heat Tool; Life Changing Blender Brushes
*Etc:  white embossing powder; Lawn Fawn Glitter Pen; Foam Tape