AH 600 - Happy Day Bees

Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 600!

I chose to use a honeycomb stencil for the top of my card. I cut a thin strip and the bow from black glitter paper and they were adhered just under the honeycomb stencilling. I stamped, coloured and die cut three bees and added them around the bow. A small sentiment was stamped at the bottom and I added clear Stickles to the wings of the bees.

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

CC Cardmaking Event - Day 3

 This is Day 3 of the Crop and Create Cardmaking Event posts. There were several classes each day and these are just the ones from the third day.

There were 54 cards to make during the regular event and since it took place over four days, I decided to split the posts by day to better show all of the cards. 

Day 3

Gina K. Designs - stamp kissing 

MFT Stamps - sympathy theme 

The Stamps of Life - spring and fun folds 

Brutus Monroe - thinking of you/sympathy leaves

Altenew - florals 

Enjoy,

Alyson

SS 762 - Holiday Moose

 Welcome to Sketch Saturday Challenge 762!

The optional theme (in addition to the sketch) is to use ribbon. 

This is a traditional Christmas card - red and green. I arranged the green cardstock strips along the left side and adhered them to a red snowflake background. The moose was stamped, coloured and die cut with an oval die. I stamped and embossed the sentiment and added that off to the right side. Googly eyes were added to the moose and I used clear Stickles on his collar. 

Come and join us at Sketch Saturday and show us how you interpret this sketch. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CD 623 - Noel in Blue

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 623!

Choose at least three colours from the inspiration photo shown below. 

I chose shades of blue (x3) plus red. 

The background was die cut from dark blue cardstock and adhered to a lighter blue piece. I added several thin strips of cardstock on an angle and adhered the sentiment at the bottom. The poinsettias were arranged above the sentiment and some iridescent gems were placed around the card.

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

Cut It Up 315 - Traditional Poinsettia

 Welcome to Cut It Up October challenge! 

The theme for this challenge is to add embellishments. 

I am heavily into making Christmas cards so I chose to make a traditional holiday card. 

The background and the frame were die cut from white cardstock and adhered together. I die cut all the poinsettia and branch pieces from white cardstock and inked them. I stencilled the sentiments and die cut them as well. Once everything was arranged, I added red Stickles to the berries and several gold gems around the card.

Come and join us at Cut It Up 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

MTTC 545 - Birthday in Blue

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Challenge 545!

The theme for this challenge is monochromatic (one colour).

I chose to use blue for my card. This card was inspired by one I saw on Pinterest.

I die cut a rectangle from masking paper and placed that on the card front. Blue ink was gradually added to build up colour in the corner, getting lighter toward the edges. The masking paper was removed and I stamped a silhouette image and a sentiment. I chose a coordinating cardstock colour for the border before adhering that to the card base. Some clear gems were added to finish off this 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

CC Cardmaking Event - Day 2

This is Day 2 of the Crop and Create Cardmaking Event posts. There were several classes each day and these are just the ones from the second day.

There were 54 cards to make during the regular event and since it took place over four days, I decided to split the posts by day to better show all of the cards. 

Day 2

Crafter's Companion - reactive ink pads 

Spellbinders - Field Notes collection

LDRS Creative - 3D embossing folders and watercoloring 

(I had some difficulties with this class - these are my first attempt cards but I will go back and explore these techniques more.)

Ranger Ink with Simon Hurley - specialty pastes

Olo Markers - colouring 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Rainbow Birthday Card

 This card is the result of another 30 Minute Card Making Stash Dash. 

The parameters were as follows: Type of card: 5x7 card, Colour: rainbow, Embellishment: shiny, Technique: tearing, Occasion: birthday. 

I inked the card base in a rainbow colour scheme and added a black mat to that piece. The design was hot foiled with rainbow foil and I embossed a white sentiment on black cardstock and tore that piece. I decorated the sentiment with some clear Stickles (they will show better when they dry than what you see in the photo). 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CC Cardmaking Event - Day 1

The last weekend in September, I spent four continuous days doing the Crop and Create Cardmaking event. This was my seventh card event with Scrapbook and Cards and it just keeps getting better! It's a very hectic four days with many, many classes, but so many interesting ideas are always introduced and of course, participants receive a huge box with all the goodies for the event!  

There were 54 cards to make during the regular event and since it took place over four days, I decided to split the posts by day to better show all of the cards. 

DAY 1

Pink and Main - autumn shaker cards

scrapbook.com - critter fun fold cards 

 Taylored Expressions - stencilled sentiments 

Lawn Fawn - stencilling and fun Christmas mice

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 657 - Merry and Bright

 Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 657!

The sketch shows a large oval with a ghost inside. I decided to do something a little different. 

The front of this card has a die cut opening in the shape of the MERRY tree. I layered snowflake paper and then a large oval with a border on the front and die cut the shape through all those layers. The inside image was die cut from various colours of cardstock and adhered to a piece of vellum. I also die cut the word "bright" to go with "merry &". Some small silver snowflakes were placed on the large oval and I put a small blue gem on top of each of those images. A clear shimmer brush was used on the large letters to add some shine. 

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

You have THREE weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Peace on Earth

The background for this card was foiled using a Gina K Designs foil background. That was cut down and added to a blue mat, a gold mat and a white card base. The poinsettia images were die cut, inked and assembled. I cut that large floral spray into several pieces and adhered them in the two corners. I added some blue gems around the floral images and the sentiment was placed across the centre with a large poinsettia at the side. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Gold Embossed Pinecones

 This card was so easy to make. I stamped a pinecone image on a white panel and embossed it in gold. I blended red ink over the embossing and wiped away the excess. That panel was adhered to a black mat, a white mat and finally to a Kraft card base. I added two hot foiled sentiments with gold metallic thread underneath. Some gold gems were placed around the sentiments. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Fold Open Snow Globe Card

 This cute card is based on one I saw somewhere on social media. 

There are three panels - the back panel has an embossed snowflake pattern with blue ink on it and that is visible from the front through the snow globe. There is a snowman on one panel and the actual snow globe on the front panel. I added a piece of white glitter cardstock inside the shaker along with the "snow". Since the shaker element is visible from the back, I had to do that process in reverse as well. The snowman was added on the right panel so it shows behind the shaker. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

MTTCC 97 - Santa Express

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Christmas Challenge 97!

The theme for this challenge is the Polar Express or trains. 

This was a difficult challenge for me - I don't have any train stamps or dies and nothing related to The Polar Express. It was time to turn to my trusty Cricut. I purchased an image and printed it - no cutting required. That was trimmed and adhered to layers of cardstock offset to one corner. I didn't add anything else to this card - the image was busy enough. 

Come and join us at MTTCC 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

Blue Door Card

 You may recognize this card style as I made another one for part of a virtual event. I wanted to redo it with a blue door. 

The backgound was embossed with a brick pattern and lightly inked to enhance the design. The door was die cut and I added some shading with a stencil. A small sentiment was stamped across the steps and two topiary plants were placed at the sides of the door. 

The door opens to reveal a tree with presents and a message. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Glitter Christmas Tree

 This is such a cute but simple card that I saw on Pinterest. The tree image was die cut from a piece of Kraft cardstock smaller than the card base. Three strips of green glitter paper were placed across the front of the card. The sentiment was stamped in dark green and the open tree was placed on top of the glitter strips with foam tape. A gold star was added to the top of the tree. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Poinsettia Frame

 This pretty poinsettia frame was stamped and stencilled, with gold paste used for the flower centres. I used a gold pen to add details to the petals. The frame was cut down and adhered to a gold mat and then a red card base. A hot foiled sentiment was added with some gold metallic thread and I added gold Stickles around the flowers. It's so nice when products work so well together to make such a simple but gorgeous card! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

DT 177 and AH 598 - Truly Grateful Wreath

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 177! 

The small graphic is below - please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information. I also used this card for my design team commitment at Atlantic Hearts as the theme fit perfectly with the sketch.

I die cut the stitched background and then used a scalloped frame to cut it a second time. The wreath was cut twice using my Cricut and I rotated one of them to fill in the empty spots. I die cut all the flowers and leaves and inked them using colours from the challenge. Everything was arranged on the left side of the wreath and I raised the centre of the sunflower and the sentiment on foam tape. A gold bow was placed under the sunflower and I added some gold gems around the card. 

Come and join us at Double Trouble AND Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret these challenges. 

You have one week to enter the challenge at Atlantic Hearts.

Double Trouble closes in THREE weeks. 

I am also linking up my card with the challenge at A Cut Above. 

We can’t wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

DD - Peace and Joy Tag

 Welcome to Dragonfly Dreams and our October challenge!

The theme for this challenge is anything except a card. 

I chose to make a tag. The size of the tag was determined by the church image I wanted to use. The tag was manually cut and I stencilled the backgound with a cloud stencil. The church and related images were all die cut and assembled. That was adhered on top of a white glitter "snow" base and I added a hot foiled sentiment at the top and used a gold ribbon inside the hole.

Come and join us at Dragonfly Dreams 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

SS 761 - A World with Octobers

 Welcome to Sketch Saturday Challenge 761!

The optional theme (in addition to the sketch) is to use orange. 

I had a hard time with this sketch... I could only see a snowman's rear end for the longest time! I finally settled on some pumpkins and a large sentiment. 

I created the blue background by scribbling on vellum with Copic markers. That was splattered with rubbing alcohol. While waiting for the background to dry, I stamped, coloured and fussy cut some pumpkins and branches. I also die cut a stitched border for the bottom. The vellum piece was wrapped around white cardstock and adhered to the card base. The sentiment was masked so the word Octobers would be in orange. I added the pumpkins at the bottom and placed three orange gems along the border piece. I used a blue marker to doodle around the border of the card. 

Come and join us at Sketch Saturday and show us how you interpret this sketch. 

You have two weeks to link up your project.

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CD 621 - Today, I am Thankful

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 621!

It's a tic tac toe board this week - choose any row, column or diagonal. Note what is allowed - you can use other colours outside the row/comumn/diagonal but they must also be on the grid. 

I used the middle column (Sundance, Pumpkin and Evergreen), plus the left diagonal (Scarlet, Pumpkin and Honey Butter) as well as Jade. 

The postage collage background was die cut and I stencilled the various images using a mix of colours. Once that was done, I splattered the entire piece with gold paint. The postage backgound was adhered to Jade cardstock and then to a Kraft card base. I added a sentiment (stamped in Evergreen) at the right side. 

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