Alphabet Soup Challenge - E and F

 The month of March brings the next two letters in the Papercrafter's Workshop Alphabet Soup challenge - E and F. 

For E, I chose emboss resist. I embossed a panel with a vine image and with masking paper still in place, I inked over it with shades of blue and turquoise. It was wiped down to remove the ink from the images and I stamped a sentiment in the corner. The card front was adhered to a white card base and I added a few gems to the front. 

For F, I chose foiling and florals. The image was hot foiled in gold and I coloured the sunflowers with markers. I embossed a green background and adhered the image to that piece. The sentiment was embossed in white and added at the top along with some gold gems. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Pink!! Flowers

 I borrowed some press plates from a friend of mine and pressed a LOT of images. This was one of them. 

I used pink and green Copics to colours in the flowers and greenery. The white base was coloured using black markers so it appears the image was created on a black background. I trimmed the card front down just slightly and added three gold gems. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 690 - Paper Hugs Poppy

 Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 690!

The sketch is shown below. 

I chose a blue theme for my card. The background was lightly stencilled and I added a blue frame over a lightly inked piece that was also stamped with a splatter stamp. The poppy image was die cut from silver foil and white cardstock. I removed the white pieces, inked them and placed them back into the silver outline. The sentiment was adhered as per the sketch and I added a few blue gems 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

HQCOL - Make a Wish Cake Card

 Welcome to Heart's Quest Celebrations of Love and our March challenge!

This is always a challenge for celebrations - birthday, engagement, wedding, anniversary or sympathy. 

I chose to create a birthday card as I always need them!

The background was lightly stencilled in shades of yellow, orange, mint and pink. The cake and flower images were stamped, stencilled and die cut. I placed the cake on the left side and added the flowers at the base of the cake stand. The sentiment was placed at the top of the cake. Various colours of Liquid Pearls were added around the card. The front was matted on black and then on a mint card base. 

Come and join us at HQCOL 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

DT 211 - Stack of Piggies

Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 211! 

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

I chose a blue, turquoise and pink colour scheme and stamped 5 piggies. They were coloured and I used a small dot stencil to add dots around the piggy stack. Patterned papers were placed on both sides and I added some rose gold tape to the front. The sentiment was placed on the right side and I adhered the card front to a turquoise mat and then a dark blue mat. 

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

HQFSCAT - You are Tea-rrific

 Welcome to Heart's Quest for Shaped Cards and Tags and our March challenge!

This is always a challenge for shaped cards or tags. 

I chose to create a teapot card. I used my Cricut to cut two bases and the blue border for the pot. The cup and flowers were masked and I coloured the images. The sentiment was stamped on the cup and I added a few heat lines above the cup. I added clear Stickles to the centres of the flowers.

Come and join us at HQFSCAT 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

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