Cut It Up 356 - Trio of Coneflowers

Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 356! 

The theme for this challenge is florals - my favourite! 

I pulled out one of my favourite die sets - the Honey Bee Stamps coneflower. 

I die cut three sets of flowers and leaves from white cardstock and inked the pieces. They were shaped, splattered with white paint and assembled. I played with several backgrounds and finally settled on a woodgrain background. The flowers and leaves were arranged on the front and I added a heat embossed sentiment with foam tape. I added some gold gems around the flowers.

Come and join us at Cut It Up and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until Monday, May 25 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB May - Be Happy Tiny White Flowers

 

Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our May challenge!

The inspiration photo is below. It's optional to use this but your project must have a focus on florals. 

I drew my inspiration from the colours in the photo as well as the small flowers.

I lightly inked a background and embossed it with a 3D embossing folder. The flowers, leaves and ribbon were die cut and assembled. I cut some tiny flowers apart and placed them around the main image. The sentiment was added under the centre of the bow and I used clear Stickles on the centres of the flowers. 

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

You have until June 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Lucky to Know You Stencilled Flowers

 This card was stencilled - and the stencil is designed to make it look sort of like watercoloring. The coordinating die was used to add the stitching holes and I stitched with silver metallic thread. The front panel was trimmed to fit on an A2 card base and I added an embossed sentiment at the bottom. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Vellum Poppies

 I found this card style on Pinterest and since I had most of the supplies that were used, I decided to make it myself. 

The card front was hand embossed to add some lines on the front and the sentiment was stamped at the bottom. The poppies were die cut from vellum, white and black cardstock. They were assembled and I arranged the leaves underneath. I cut the leaves so the paper wouldn't show through the vellum. A few gold gems were added and I adhered the card front to the base with craft foam. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 695 - Silhouette Birthday

Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 695! 

The sketch is shown below. 

I ink blended a panel with teal, blue and purple and stamped a silhouette image. I die cut two circles and backed them with black cardstock so the pattern would show up better. The same size circles were die cut from white cardstock and that piece was then embossed. The circle frames were placed back on the white front and adhered to a black mat with foam tape and then to a teal card base. I added silver Stickles to the bottom of each pattern on the circles as well as few other places around the card. 

Come and join us at TSOT 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

DT 216 - Hello Bicycle

Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 216!

The small graphic is shown below - please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information.  

The wheel element in this challenge was a tough one for me...

The white background was embossed and I die cut a yellow arch and inked around the edges. The bicycle was die cut and assembled and I added flowers in the basket. The sentiment was added above the bicycle. 

If you are wondering about how I met the requirements, here is the explanation: 

3 layers in addition to the base - the bicycle has several layers plus the basket and flowers add additional layers.

2 shapes - the arch and the circle from the bicycle wheel are two shapes.  

1 image - either the bicycle or the flowers could be the image.

Come and join us at Double Trouble 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

Cross Stitch Card Trio

 This trio of cards is from the latest Let's Stamp Together subscription. They are not really cross-stitched... just stamped with cross stitch images! 

One of the cards has a stencilled centre section with some twine at the bottom. The others use several of the stamps in the set to create both focal points and backgrounds. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Hugs to You...

 I tried this card style three times before I (sort of) got it right! It's difficult to line up squares without ending up on an angle. Mine isn't perfect but it's close...

The squares are all 1x1 and I cut more of them than I needed. I chose the colours I wanted and arranged them on a piece of printer paper. Once they were in place, I trimmed that piece and embossed it with a 3D folder. The sentiment was die cut and I added a small stamped piece underneath. A gold mat was used to complement the sentiment. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CD 703 - Set of Hexagon Cards

Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 703!

The colour grid is below.

I used a quad stencil to create four backgrounds using all the colours in the grid. 

Once the stencilling was finished, I cut the pieces into card fronts and adhered each to a teal card base. The sentiments were either stamped or embossed in gold. I stamped a few stars on some of the cards but purposely kept these flat as they will be given to a friend and I know she mails them so I didn't want to add bulky embellishments. 

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

FQCC May - Let It Snow Shutter Card

Welcome to Farm Quest Country Christmas and our May challenge! 

I decided to create a see-through scene card. 

The shutters were die cut and I inked them in a light brown colour. A scene image was adhered behind the window opening and the shutter piece was adhered to an embossed card base. There is a flower box that I inked in dark blue and added white glitter paper on top to simulate snow. That piece drops down and the shutters open to reveal the scene. A hot foiled sentiment was placed at the top. 

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

You have until June 5 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson