DT 178/AH 601 - Warm Wishes

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 178 and Atlantic Hearts Challenge 601!

This is Double Trouble's "Something, Anything, Everything" week and the challenge I am pairing with is Sketch 601 from Atlantic Hearts.

The small graphic for Double Trouble is below. Please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information. 

The sketch for Atlantic Hearts is also shown below. 

I chose to use hot drinks for my card. What is more representative of autumn than apple cider or a pumpkin spice drink? 

I die cut each of the drink images along with several leaves and inked them for dimension. The woodgrain background was torn at the top and bottom and I light inked a circle before adding it to the right side. The drinks, leaves and sentiment were adhered and a ribbon was also added under everything. Some gold gems were placed on the leaves and around the sentiment. 

Come and join us at both Double Trouble and Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret these challenges. 

Both challenges close on Sunday evening. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Pinkfresh Studio Event - Cards 4

 This is the final set of cards from the Pinkfresh Studio holiday card event. There are 12 additional cards to make but I haven't had the time to get to those yet... 

These two cards focus on a set of greenery dies. The first one has a masked jar with the greenery at the side - I love it! 

The second card used the same greenery that was inked in varying shades of green. White pieces and berries were added around the wreath. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Pinkfresh Studio Event - Cards 3

 This is the third set of cards from the Pinkfresh Studio holiday card event. 

Simon Says Stamp was a partner for this event and the gingerbread house is their stamp, as are the little penguins. The original card for the house had the image left in black and white but I chose to colour the house to make it look more like a true gingerbread house. 

The penguins were masked inside the jar and the sky was ink blended. I love the jar as a shaker - such a cute idea!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

LST - Beautiful Flowers

 I subscribe to Let's Stamp Together (run by Scrapbook and Cards) and every second month, a kit arrives in the mail. There is always a two hour class with the instructor who designed the kit and this time it was created by LDRS Creative. 

The cards are so pretty - the floral image has so many possibilities! Stencils make it easy to colour and there were some neat ideas presented as well. 

These are my three cards but I will definitely be revisiting this set of products again! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

MTTCC 98 - Trio of Polar Bears

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Christmas Challenge 98!

The theme for this challenge is winter animals.

Polar bears are the perfect winter animal and I pulled out one of my favourite old stamps for this challenge. 

The bears were stamped and coloured. I chose a circle frame slimline die to use for the outline and inked that with turquoise Distress Oxide inks, splattered it with water a then with white paint. The sentiment was embossed in black and placed across the card front. The polar bear images were arranged under the frame and I added artificial snow inside each window to make this a shaker card. The front was adhered to a white mat and then a black card base. 

Come and join us at MTTCC and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson 

Pinkfresh Studio Event - Cards 2

 Here are more cards from the recent Pinkfresh Studio holiday card event. 

The first class was about using smaller images to create a sort of scene. The first card has such a neat surprise inside! 

The other two cards were made using cookie images and a cookie jar die - one is a shaped card and the other is a gatefold card with a wreath on the font, using several of the cookie images. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Pinkfresh Studio Event - Cards 1

 I recently participated in the Pinkfresh Studio holiday card event and there were some fabulous cards made during that two day event. 

I have not finished all of them yet - am trying to find the time to watch the classes and do the extra cards as well. 

Here are the cards from two of the classes. The poinsettia arch is so pretty and I love the different ways it was used. The dark green background card has a piece of acetate on the top where the sentiments were heat embossed. The fun fold card was done by Jennifer McGuire and it's so pretty in real life. The last one was paper pieced and cut into a tree shape which stands up nicely on its own. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CC Cardmaking Event - Day 4

 This is Day 4 of the Crop and Create Cardmaking Event posts. There were several classes each day and these are just the ones from the fourth day.

There were 54 cards to make during the regular event and since it took place over four days, I decided to split the posts by day to better show all of the cards. 

Day 4

Concord and 9th - birthday cards

Picket Fence Studio - pastes with premade images 

Honey Bee Stamps - holiday baking and the hoosier cabinet

Hero Arts - autumn leaves 

Just for fun, here is a pic of ALL 54 CARDS taken at the end of the event! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 600 - Happy Day Bees

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 600!

I chose to use a honeycomb stencil for the top of my card. I cut a thin strip and the bow from black glitter paper and they were adhered just under the honeycomb stencilling. I stamped, coloured and die cut three bees and added them around the bow. A small sentiment was stamped at the bottom and I added clear Stickles to the wings of the bees.

Come and join us at Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until Sunday evening to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CC Cardmaking Event - Day 3

 This is Day 3 of the Crop and Create Cardmaking Event posts. There were several classes each day and these are just the ones from the third day.

There were 54 cards to make during the regular event and since it took place over four days, I decided to split the posts by day to better show all of the cards. 

Day 3

Gina K. Designs - stamp kissing 

MFT Stamps - sympathy theme 

The Stamps of Life - spring and fun folds 

Brutus Monroe - thinking of you/sympathy leaves

Altenew - florals 

Enjoy,

Alyson