Bee Mine

 This card was created for a year long challenge run by The Papercrafter's Workshop, a scrapbooking store. Every month, they post at least two letters from the alphabet and the projects must be focused around elements that begin with that letter. There are prizes each month and also a grand prize at the end of the year. 

January (although it was a late start) is A and B. We have until the end of February to complete the January projects as well as the two for February (C and D). This is my "B" project.

The focal "B" events on my card are bees, the colour blue and ink blending. 

I ink blended a background and splattered it with water. The flower and the bees were stamped, coloured and die cut and I added heart trails behind each of the bees. I used clear Stickles on the bees' wings and on the centres of the flowers. The sentiment was placed at the bottom and I added the front to white cardstock and then a blue card base. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Amazing Butterfly Shaker

 I like to do the Sketchy Saturday challenge that is posted by a friend of mine. The sketch is shown below. 

I stayed true to the sketch as there were so many layers. I chose a teal, purple and light green colour scheme. The third layer was stencilled and I turned the small rectangles into shakers and inked a purple butterfly to go on top. The sentiment was placed across the butterfly. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

FQCC February - Peace on Earth Scene

 Welcome to FarmQuest Country Christmas and our February challenge!

This is always a Christmas challenge with an outdoor theme. 

I used a set of stencils from Altenew to create the background. I wanted to stencil the trees but even my darkest green ink allowed the darker grey to show through so I did the stencilling on a separate sheet of white cardstock and fussy cut the trees. The church image was die cut and assembled and I placed that image on the trail. I added clear Stickles on various parts of the snow and coloured in the light on the lamp post. A white gel pen was used to add stars in the sky and the sentiment was placed at the top. I also added red and gold Stickles to the trees for some decoration. 

The same set of stencils (different parts) were used to create a second card, this one with winter trees. I created the layers in various shades of blue and stencilled the trees and added glitter paste on top. The house images were die cut, inked and assembled. I placed them along the trail and stamped the sentiment at the top. The hills were lined with clear Stickles. 

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

You have until March 5 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 349 - You are Amazing

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 349!

The theme for this challenge is "this makes me happy". 

I love florals - and I also love sending unexpected cards to others, just to brighten their day. Both of those things make me happy!

I used a set of stencils to create the floral image, blending a mix of pink, yellow and orange for the flowers. I cut that piece with a stitched rectangle die and die cut a second, larger rectangle from black cardstock. The sentiment was stamped at the bottom and I added a die cut "you" just above that. The front was adhered to the mat layer with thin foam tape and the last layer was adhered to a white card base. Easy! 

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

You have until Monday, February 16 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Arch Extended Gatefold Card

 I posted a card like this one a while ago. This is the one that I taught in my group and I used nested arch dies.

The front has a coverplate die that was sliced in half to put a piece on each side. The deer were added to the front and I used a single deer on the inside of the card. The background for the inside was ink blended and it shows through all the arches. I added white glitter paper to each arch to simulate snowbanks. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut Out Hearts Card

 I saw a card like this on Pinterest and wanted to create it myself. 

The bottom of the card front was lightly inked with blue ink and a heart stencil. I stamped several squares with a text stamp and then die cut hearts from each piece. They were arranged above the stencilled section and I added a piece of twine across the images. A small sentiment was stamped on a tag and tied to the twine. Some iridescent gems were added around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 688 - Missing Your Smile

 Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 688! 

The sketch is shown below. 

I stencilled a flourish with purple AstroPaste and let that dry. The plumeria image was stamped, stencilled and die cut and I also embossed a silver outline on vellum. The vellum piece was offset under the coloured image and adhered at the side. A sentiment was stamped at the bottom. I dragged my ink pad around the edge of the card base so it would match the dark purple in the flowers. Some silver gems were added around the flowers. 

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 February - Happy Bird-Day

 Welcome to Heart'sQuest Celebrations of Love and our February challenge!

This is always a celebration of love challenge - birthday, wedding, anniversary, engagement or sympathy. The optional theme for this month is Valentine's Day. 

I chose to make a birthday card. 

I stencilled the clouds first and then stamped the trees and stencilled the leaves. The mice and birds were stamped, coloured and die cut and I also stamped a sentiment. The images were arranged on the grassy base and I stamped a smaller sentiment and some music notes near the images. The sentiment was placed at the top and I brushed parts of the birds, hats and jackets with a clear shimmer brush. The card front was adhered to a kraft border and then a white 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 209 - CAS Thinking of You

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 209!

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

I wouldn't usually consider a coloured card to be clean and simple, BUT Thing 3 wants a colourful background... I chose a purple and mint colour scheme and die cut ribbon strands from light purple cardstock, Those were adhered to the mint piece and I added the dark purple circle flourish on top. I glued in the light purple centre pieces and added a stamped sentiment across the middle. No embellishments - just clean and simple. 

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

HQ for Shaped Cards and Tags - Thankful for You

 Welcome to Heart'sQuest for Shaped Cards and Tags and our February challenge! 

This challenge is always about tags or shaped cards. 

I used a set of dies from The Stamps of Life to create this thankful card. 

The dies honestly do all the work for this - I just chose the papers. Since the sentiment is all about thankfulness, I decided to add some hearts along the sides. I didn't have a lot of choice of colours as the papers were blue, cinnamon and peach so I stayed with those colours. I added a smaller heart to the centre of the larger ones and I placed a gold gem in the centre of the smallest hearts. There is a panel inside the card to write a message. 

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