TSOT 658 - Sunflower Thinking About You

 Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 658!

I chose a sunflower theme for my card. 

I inked the background with Distress Oxide inks and ran it through my die cutting with an embossing folder. I purposely turned the folder so the image would debossed and I like the white sections that showed through the ink. I die cut two deckled edged circles and stamped the sentiment on the white one. The sunflowers were arranged on the circle and I added two thin strips of green glitter paper for the borders shown on the sketch. Some gold Liquid Pearls were added around the image.

Come and join us at TSOT and show us how you interpret this sketch. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

DT 179 - Thankful Leaf Cluster

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 179!

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

We are pairing with The Inspiration Station Challenge and they have a photo for us. 

I was inspired by the leaves, the colours and the woodgrain in the inspiration photo. There are several layers on my card design - at least 8, if not more.

I began by inking the card base from yellow to red along the edges. The leaves were die cut from white, gold and gold holographic cardstock and the white pieces were inked with Distress Oxide inks. I splattered gold paint on the top half of the card front and arranged the leaves just above a sentiment strip. Some twine was added across the card and I tied a bow at the side. A few gold gems were also placed around the card to finish it off. 

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

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

I am also linking up my card with the challenge at The Inspiration Station.

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

AH 602 - 'Tis the Season

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 602!

The sketch has many layers - one of my favourite ways to create a card! 

I chose a turquoise and grey colour scheme. I manually cut two dark grey frames for a 5x7 card. They were adhered to a piece of birch tree patterned paper. The poinsettias and greenery were all die cut from white cardstock and I inked each of the pieces and then splattered them with water. I made one poinsettia a bit darker than the other. One I had all the pieces laid out, I used Press 'n Seal to pick it all up and add adhesive to the back. That made it easy to get everything back in the right spot. The centres of the poinsettias were die cut from silver foil and I added some teal glitter berries as well as a hot foiled sentiment. Some silver metallic thread was added under the sentiment piece and I splattered the entire card with white paint. 

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

DD November - Snowflake Spinner

 Welcome to the November challenge for Dragonfly Dreams!

The theme this month is winter birthday. 

Snowflakes always work for winter cards so I chose that route. 

A piece of snowflake vellum was adhered to blue cardstock and the circle was die cut from the card front. I created a snowflake spinner element and added dark blue cardstock on the inside panel. Silver gems were placed in the centres of the snowflakes and I added a birthday sentiment at the bottom. 

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

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

SS 763 - Christmas Window

 Welcome to Sketch Saturday Challenge 763!

The optional theme (in addition to the sketch) is sympathy. 

I chose to make a Christmas card.

The window was Cricut cut and stacked three times. I die cut all the flowers and greenery and arranged them on the left side of the window. I added an extra poinsettia at the bottom right as per the sketch. A hot foiled sentiment was placed across the window and I added some gold metallic thread under that piece. The centres of the flowers were enhanced with red Stickles and I added some gold gems around the window. 

Come and join us at Sketch Saturday and show us how you interpret this sketch. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CD 625 - Wonderful Day

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 625!

There is a new graphic for this challenge - please check the information shown on the image. 

I made two cards for this challenge. The colours on my printed graphic were somewhat off from what is actually shown. 

I used orange, red and teal blue for the first card. I die cut the floral image and stencilled it with all three colours. That was set on an inked background so the colours would show through the holes. I used a lighter touch with the ink so there would be a bit of an ombre effect. A white heat embossed sentiment was placed across the card and I added gems to the centres of the flowers. 

For the second card, I used all the colours from the graphic. The red is a little hard to discern as it photographed in more of a red-plum colour.

The background was die cut with a pierced leaf coverplate. The leaves were stamped in yellow, orange and red and the leaf outlines were stamped in brown. They were die cut along with some plum coloured branches. I stamped the sentiment using the same colours as for the leaves and arranged the elements above and below the sentiment piece. A few gold sequins were added around the leaves. 

Come and join us at Colour Dare 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

CIU 316 - Grateful

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 316!

The theme for this challenge is grateful or thankful. 

We should be thankful for what we have throughout the year, not just during the autumn season. Our Canadian Thanksgiving holiday was back in October but the US Thanksgiving is in a few weeks. 

I love nature settings for cards related to being thankful or grateful so I chose an old SU rubber stamp for my card. I ink blended a background and spattered it with water. The branches were stamped and embossed in black. I die cut a grateful sentiment and adhered it to a vellum shadow. Nothing else was added to this card but the front was adhered to a black mat and then a purple card base. 

Come and join us at Cut It Up 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

Pearly Sparkles November Challenge - Angels

 Welcome to Pearly Sparkles and our November challenge!

The theme for this challenge is angels. 

I don't have many angel images and this one is a small one. I stamped the angel on white cardstock, coloured her and added gold Stickles to her wings. The smaller scalloped border was inked in two shades of blue and the larger one was die cut from blue glitter paper. They were adhered to a piece of holographic cardstock and I added a small sentiment at the bottom. 

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

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

MTTC 546 - Oh Hey Fun Fold Card

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Challenge 546!

The theme for this challenge is to use stencils. 

I decided to create a fun fold card, only because the image I used is quite large and it worked so well for that kind of card.

The Oh Hey was stencilled using four shades of blue ink and the last layer was covered with clear glitter paste. The paste turned the colour to more of a purple shade than blue. I took advantage of the purple and used purple ink to stencil the front of the card with tiny dots, gradually getting darker toward the bottom. The large sentiment was die cut and the outline was die cut from the card front. I adhered the stencilled sentiment inside the card and added a smaller stamped sentiment at the top on the front. 

Come and join us at MTTC 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

Caring Cards 2

 These are the remaining sets of cards that were created for the CARE-ing team at my church. I love that these cards brighten the days of others and that's why I continue to support this initiative. 

The first set was stencilled and the sentiments were stamped in the centre. I also dry embossed a line around the card front. The second set was stamped and coloured before the heat embossed sentiments were added. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson