AH 634 - Hello Card

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 634!

There are a lot of ways to interpret this challenge. I chose to follow it very close to the diagram. 

I chose a piece of alcohol inked paper and drew lines in approximately the same locations as the sketch. I cut apart the pieces and trimmed them along the edges so I could place them back on black cardstock with lines separating each section. That was MUCH more difficult than I anticipated. Once that was done, I die cut a vellum oval and a black sentiment and placed them as per the sketch. Three black dots were added around the sentiment. 

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

Beautiful Blossoms June - No One Compares to You

 Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our June challenge!

The inspiration photo is below - using the photo is optional but your project MUST have florals as the main feature.

I drew my colours from the photo.

I die cut a lace background along with a scalloped frame. Those were added to a card base that I lightly inked along the edges and toward the centre. The flowers were stamped, stencilled and die cut. I placed them along the sides and added a hot foiled sentiment with foam tape and gold metallic thread. Some gold gems were placed around the card. 

Come and join us at Beautiful Blossoms and show us your floral projects. 

You have until July 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Glorious Day Arch Card

 I have had this stamp, stencil and die set for some time - it was time to bring it back out to play!

The arch was stamped and I stencilled it using shades of grey. The base arch was not coloured at all. I used peach ink to stencil the tiny flowers. The frame was stacked three times and added to a die cut card front. The sentiment was stamped and also stacked before being placed across the arch. I added some peach gems around the card to finish it off. I love how elegant this looks with neutral colours! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 332 - Relax and Enjoy!

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 332!

The theme for this challenge is masculine. 

I used a die and layering stencils from Honey Bee Stamps to create the background. I added some details using markers and white gel pen and also spread clear glitter paste on the water. Once that was dry, the sentiment was stamped at the top. I die cut the pieces for the cabin, two small trees plus the canoe and paddle and arranged them on the card. The front was adhered to a brown mat, a dark green mat and then a lightly inked white card base. 

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

You have until Monday, June 23 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

MTTC 562 - Great Friend

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Challenge 562!

The theme for this challenge is to make an oval shaped card. 

I chose a colour scheme of turquoise and grey. I die cut ovals in white and turquoise and layered them together. The top layer was also lightly stencilled in grey. I foiled the images (laminate foiling) and the sentiment (hot foil) and the images were stencilled and added above the sentiment. Some clear gems were placed around 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

Birthday Hugs Stencilled Butterflies

 I recently purchased the butterfly stencil to go with the Postage Collage die - this was my first attempt using it. 

I wanted several colours of butterflies so I did a lot of masking along the way. I used 24 ink colours in total as each butterfly has three layers. Once the stencilling was complete, I added Liquid Pearls in coordinating colours around the butterflies. The front was adhered to blue cardstock and then a deep pink card base. I stamped and added a two-part sentiment on the right side. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Art Deco Rainbow Cards

 I recently bought this rainbow die and coordinating stencils from Pinkfresh Studio. The backgrounds are so interesting that I didn't want to cover them up with large images. 

The card on the left was stencilled and I added a white die cut frame on the top. 

For the second card, I ink blended a panel that was die cut and I pieced the silver holographic paper into the openings. 

I chose two hot foiled sentiments, one for each card. I backed the sentiments with vellum to make them stand out a little bit more. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 672 - Woodgrain and Flowers

 Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 672!

I found it hard to alter this sketch much so I stayed true to it. 

The front paper determined the other papers on my card. I matched the two pieces of cardstock to the flowers and used a piece of dark woodgrain paper for the base. I splattered gold paint on all but the top piece and offset the front as shown on the sketch. The sentiment was embossed in gold on woodgrain paper and added across the bottom with some gold metallic thread A few gold gems were placed 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 193 - Relax and Enjoy

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 193!

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

The 3-2-1 recipe wasn't hard to to follow this time. There are several layers on my card when the critters and the scene elements are factored in and I used Kraft paper for the sentiment and the card base. The patterned paper is harder to find... I fussy cut the tent paper and the woodgrain paper for the stump. 

The background was inked and splattered with white paint. The grass was inked and fussy cut in two layers. The other elements were adhered to create the scene and I added a white embossed sentiment at the top. The card front was adhered to a white mat and then a Kraft card base. 

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

Sending Sunshine Slimline

This is a cute spring card. 

I die cut a slimline frame and inked it using four colours of Distress Oxide ink. I splattered it with water and adhered it to a black card base. The inner circles were die cut and I stamped three images on those pieces and coloured them. They were placed back into the open circles and I embossed two sentiments and placed them along the sides of the card. Some clear gems were added around the sentiments and images. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson