Alphabet Challenge - G and H

 These two cards were created for the alphabet challenge that I am doing throughout the year. April's letters are G and H.

G is for Gardening. 

I stencilled a set of plant pots on shelves using blue, green and brown inks. I stamped designs on most of the pots and added a die cut word "friend" and an ombre stamped sentiment.

H is for Hydrangea, Heat Embossing and Hugs. 

I heat embossed the hydrangea images in silver and coloured the flowers (not my best work, for sure, as I am not a colourist!) I stamped some splatters around the card. The sentiment was also heat embossed and I added silver thread underneath before adding it to the front. Some clear gems were placed around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Crop and Create Card Event - Day 1

 I have done all of the Crop and Create cards events since they began in 2021. I love trying out new products and the classes are excellent!

These are the cards from Day 1 of the event. 

Pretty Pink Posh 

Scrapbook.com 

The top card is a pull-up card - the inside is shown in the second photo. 

Spellbinders 

Hero Arts 

Enjoy,

Alyson

FQCC April - Christmas Village

 Welcome to FarmQuest Country Christmas and our April challenge!

I dug through my stash for this card and found some house images to create a winter scene. 

The edges of the background were lightly inked in blue and I embossed that piece with a (sort of) falling snow embossing folder. Clear Stickles were added to many of the snowflakes. The base was covered with Astro Paste in a shimmery white. Once all the houses were assembled, I added white glitter paper to the roofs and the bottoms of the houses and drew some additional details on the roofs and doors. The Santa image was adhered at the top and a sentiment was placed at the bottom. 

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

You have until May 5 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 676 - Happy Bird-Day

 

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 676!

The sketch is shown below. 

The diagonal striped panel drive the colours for my card. I stencilled a cobblestone background using several of the colours on the paper strip. I added a green strip with a gold ribbon and a pink die cut scalloped border on either side of the striped paper. The mouse and bird were stamped, coloured and die cut and I added them to a lightly inked panel as per the sketch. 

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

You have until Sunday evening to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

DD April - Hello Friend

 Welcome to Dragonfly Dreams and our April challenge!

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

I made a card using a design that I really love. A piece of patterned paper was adhered to the card base and I fussy cut white cardstock on an angle and then trimmed the lower piece to leave an opening on the card front. The sentiment was stamped on the same angle as the opening and a white die cut floral image was placed across both panels. I added a small gold bow to the base of the flowers. 

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

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

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cat Sympathy Card

 A good friend of mine recently had to put down her precious cat. That's the hardest thing about pets - they don't live as long as we do and there is always that inevitable time that arrives...

I chose a heart opening with a rainbow to represent the Rainbow Bridge. The background clouds were stencilled and the cat was die cut from black cardstock as a silhouette against the rainbow and the white background. I outlined the clouds with clear Stickles. There is a sentiment inside the card that reads "No matter when we lose our furry friends, their love lasts a lifetime". 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Trio of Easter Cards

 I don't send Easter cards but the latest Let's Stamp Together class was an Easter themed class. These cards are super cute! They were all about ink blending, embossing and shakers. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 353 - Welcome Baby

Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 353!

The theme for this challenge is baby (or kids).

I chose to make a slimline card. The images were stamped, coloured and die cut. I lightly blended four colours of ink down the card front and die cut the background with the openings. I also die cut rings to go around the openings. The images were placed behind the openings and I stamped "welcome" at the top and added the block letters to spell the word baby further down. I used coordinating Stickles to fill in the holes around the circles. 

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

You have until Monday, April 13 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

HQCOL April - Plumeria Birthday

  Welcome to Heart's Quest Celebration of Love and our April challenge!

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

I chose to create a birthday card as I never seem to have enough of them on hand!

I splattered the card front with black paint and added three strips of gold foil paper along the left side. The image was stamped, stencilled and die cut and add to the front with a two part sentiment. A few gold gems were placed around the image.

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

HQFSCAT April - Typewriter Card

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

This is always a challenge for shaped cards or tags. 

I made a typewriter card for this challenge. I used my Cricut to cut the base shape and I die cut a note piece with a heart at the top. Silver glitter paper was added behind the typewriter keys and I placed the paper so it appears to be coming out of the typewriter. The typed sentiment was stamped in black - typical font from an old style typewriter. 

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