CD 611 - Merry Wishes

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 611!

Choose at least three of the colours from the graphic below. I used all of them except Wisteria. 

This colour scheme just said Christmas to me so I chose to make a Christmas card. The flowers and leaves were stamped, stencilled and die cut and I also die cut a pine branch. I used cardstock strips to create a diagonal line across the gold splattered background. The poinsettia was adhered at the side and I embossed the small sentiment and die cut and stacked "wishes" and placed that on a vellum shadow piece. Gold gems were added in the centre of the poinsettia and additional gems were placed around the flower. 

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

Cut It Up 309 - White Stem CAS Card

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 309!

The theme for this challenge is CAS (clean and simple).

CAS is not a go-to style for me - I prefer several layers on my cards. This card is based on one I saw on Pinterest and I liked the idea. 

The stem was die cut - two separate images - and attached at the bottom. I stamped the sentiment in the same grey as the background and placed it along the edge of the stem. Some silver metallic thread was placed under the sentiment and I added light purple Liquid Pearls to the centres of the flowers. I have provide a close up image to see the flowers as the original photo didn't catch that very well. 

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

MTTC 539 - Let's Have an Adventure

Welcome to My Time to Craft Challenge 539!

The theme for this challenge is summer time fun.

Camping is terrific summer fun so I created a camping scene using critters. The background was inked with Distress Oxide inks in shades of blue and then splattered with white paint. The grass was fussy cut and placed in two layers at the bottom. The images were all stamped, coloured and die cut and arranged into a scene. I added a moon and a sentiment at the top of the card. 

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

Rainbow Brighten My Day

 This is another card using the same gorgeous set from Gina K Designs. 

The background was lightly stencilled in grey and I stamped, stencilled and die cut the two floral stems. The sentiment was stamped on a white circle, bordered with a black circle and then adhered to a circle that was inked using teal and pink inks (purple results where the inks overlapped). No embellishments were added as there was enough going on already. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Birthday in Teal and Pink

 I recently purchased a beautiful set from Gina K Designs and found this idea on Pinterest. 

The background was die cut using a stitched cover plate. I inked it from opposite corners using shades of teal and pink and then I splattered that with gold paint. The flowers were stamped, stencilled and die cut using the same ink colours. They were placed on the inked sections and I added a stamped sentiment in the centre wth gold metallic thread underneath. Love how this turned out! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CAS Friend Card

 I just love this design! Nancy Elrick recently posted a card like this and I CASEd her idea. 

The card front was masked and I stencilled a water droplet background using light teal and pink ink. The mask was removed and I stamped a floral image on the left side of the card with part of it reaching over the stencilled section. The sentiment was stamped and die cut and I stamped a smaller sentiment underneath. The card front was adhered to a black mat and then a white card base. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Snowman Cluster

 This card is from the 30 minute card making stash and dash.

The parameters for this card were as follows: Type of Card: A2, Colour: red, Technique: stamping, Embellishment: sparkly and Occasion: crafter's choice.

I stamped a group of snowmen and coloured them in shades of red and green. I matted that piece with black and red cardstock and then adhered it to the white card base. I drew some doodling lines around the edge and added a sentiment at the bottom and used clear Stickles on random clothing on the snowmen. Easy! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Noel Locking Gatefold Card

 Gatefold cards typically don't stay closed without a belly band - this one is unique as it has a sort of locking element on the front that keeps it closed. 

The finished size is a standard A2 card although it is fairly thick. I chose a blue and green colour scheme. The front panel was lightly stencilled with a snowflake stencil and I die cut all the flowers and leaves from white cardstock and inked them. They were assembled and I added three of them just above a die cut sentiment. Once the card is pulled opened, there are more poinsettias on the centre panel. That panel can be lifted and inside, there is a stencilled panel to write a message.

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Butterfly Arch Card

 I found a card somewhat similar to this one on Pinterest - loved the idea!

The card front was splattered with two colours of ink and the sentiment was stamped in the corner. I chose a piece of vibrant patterned paper and created an arch with a border and placed that at the bottom right. The butterfly was from my stash - hot foiled on vellum and coloured from the back with markers. That was adhered to the top of the arch and I added a few turquoise Liquid Pearls around that butterfly. Easy! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

DT 171 - Frosty Hello

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 171!

This challenge is all about aperture or open cards. The small graphic is below - please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information. 

There are many forms of aperture cards - the basic idea is that there needs to be an opening on the front of the card that looks through to something inside. I chose a design that is easy but very cute. 

The snowflake paper was random stamped and splattered with two shimmer brush colours. I created the front panel and two narrow panels for inside the card. Once the front panel was adhered, the scalloped circle was die cut from the front of the card. A second scalloped circle was die cut in silver. I stamped and coloured the snowman and die cut that piece with a circle die. There is a panel inside to write a message and the snowman image was adhered to the fold-out panel inside the card. I embossed s sentiment to go across the front of that card. 

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 Jingle Belles Challenge. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson