DD March - Stream of Butterflies

 Welcome to Dragonfly Dreams and our March challenge!

The theme for this challenge is butterflies. 

This card was a labour of love! I die cut the butterfly outline from gold foil and then proceeded to inlay every little piece of those butterflies using various colours of cardstock. Once that was finished, I embossed the sentiment and drew dots with a white gel pen around some of the butterflies. The card front was adhered to a gold foil card base. 

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

You have until the first Friday in April to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

PS March - Kind Soul

 Welcome to Pearly Sparkles and our March challenge!

The theme for this challenge is multi-coloured florals. 

I chose an old stamp for my card. The image was embossed on a slight angle across the card front and coloured with markers. I also embossed the sentiment and used a black marker to draw lines around the card. I also added some black dots around some of the images. 

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

You have until March 28 to link up your project.

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Fold Back Gift Card Holder

 I'm sure I have made this card style before but I love it and needed a gift card holder!

I chose a turquoise colour scheme with three patterned papers in that colour. The front image was stamped and stencilled. The card folds down flat for mailing and there is a place to insert a gift card inside, along with a place to write a message. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CD 693 - Lacy Floral Card

    Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 693!

The chart is shown below. 

I used the closest colours I had to ink blend my floral piece although the green in the chart looks more blue on my card. That was set on a stitched rectangle and then a lace die cut. I added foam tape to the back of the rectangle piece and adhered that entire section onto a stitched card front. A few gems were placed around the image and a sentiment was added in the corner. 

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

Wild Birds Postage Collage Card

 I love the postage collage collection from Waffle Flower and I own several of the products from that set. 

I die cut the outline and ink blended each section with shades of orange and yellow. Using a lot of masking paper and a masking stencil, I embossed each of the images in the sections. The sentiment was embossed on black cardstock and adhered to the front. The postage panel was adhered to a black mat and then a white card base. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Surrounded by Tulips

 I had an idea in mind for this card for a while... 

It's funny how things don't always work out as planned - this was one of those situations. 

The background was hot foiled with rainbow foil. I die cut all the tulip and leaf pieces, inked them and assembled the flowers. They were arranged around the edge of the card and I used Press 'n Seal to pick up all the pieces. They were adhered to the background and I added the stitched frame on top. After the flowers were in place, I thought I would lightly splatter the flowers with black paint - but I had to mask off the frame. In hindsight, I wish I had skipped the splatter - I think it makes the card look rather messy. The sentiment was added in the centre with foam tape. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Open Oval Card

 I saw a card like this on Pinterest and wanted to try it myself. 

I chose dark Kraft cardstock and the oval was die cut from a card front. I stamped the images along the sides and I also stamped a sentiment on a separate piece. The butterfly was coloured and die cut. The card front was adhered to the Kraft base with a piece of patterned paper under the opening. The sentiment was placed across the bottom with foam tape and I added some gold thread and the butterfly. 

I like this so much that I have prepared all the pieces in different colour schemes to create 16 more cards at an upcoming crop! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 670 - Just a Note Shaker

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 670!

The sketch is shown below.

I decided to create a shaker which was embedded into the card front. The shaker has an ombre background panel but that's hard to see with all the shaker filler. I embossed the background and added a floral stem along the left side (in place of the tag). A hot foiled sentiment was added near the bottom of the shaker and I used clear Stickles on the centres of the flowers.

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

Lucas the Giraffe 3

 This is the last card I made using the die set Lucas, the Giraffe. 

I ink blended a background with oxides and splattered it with white paint. That was die cut with a deckled edge die and I also die cut a black mat. The giraffe was assembled and added to the front. A few butterflies were placed around Lucas with trails drawn behind them. 

I expect to revisit this die set in the near future - I think Lucas is just so sweet!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Lucas the Giraffe 2

 This is the second card made with the Lucas the Giraffe die set. 

I die cut and assembled the giraffe and I stencilled a background with clouds and grass. The fence was stamped, coloured and die cut and I joined two of them together to add some height. Lucas was placed behind the fence with his hooves sitting on top. I added a sun in the corner and a sentiment on the left side. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson