BB September - Birthday Florals

 After a hiatus of a few months, I decided to rejoin the Beautiful Blossoms Design Team. It is one of my favourite challenges since I love working with florals. 

The inspiration photo is below. You do not need to use this - it is there for inspiration only. 

I drew the colours for my card from the photo.

I stamped and stencilled the floral image and die cut it 3x to stack it. The sentiment was also stacked. I stamp a background in light grey and placed it behind the die cut frame layers. The image was placed in the lower corner and I added some clear gems around the card.

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

You have until October 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB May - Be Happy Tiny White Flowers

 

Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our May challenge!

The inspiration photo is below. It's optional to use this but your project must have a focus on florals. 

I drew my inspiration from the colours in the photo as well as the small flowers.

I lightly inked a background and embossed it with a 3D embossing folder. The flowers, leaves and ribbon were die cut and assembled. I cut some tiny flowers apart and placed them around the main image. The sentiment was added under the centre of the bow and I used clear Stickles on the centres of the flowers. 

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

You have until June 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB April - Paper Hugs

 

Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our April challenge!

The inspiration photo is below. It's optional to use this but your project must have a focus on florals. 

I drew my inspiration from the colours in the photo. 

I stencilled a background and fussy cut around the flowers and leaves to create a sort of diagonal image. I placed that on dotted green paper and then on a pink mat. The sentiment was stencilled using the same colours and added at the bottom. Some iridescent gems were placed around the edge of the floral image. 

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

You have until May 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB March - Friend Lilies

Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our March challenge!

The inspiration photo is below. It's optional to use this but your project must have a focus on florals. 

I drew my inspiration from both the flowers and the colours in the photo. I embossed the lily outline and both sentiments in black. The florals were stencilled and the frame was die cut and stacked three times. I die cut a geometric background and stacked that three times as well. Everything was layered on white cardstock and trimmed. The frame was placed on a yellow mat and a black card base. Some gold gems were added to the card. 

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

You have until April 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB February - Birthday Florals

  Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our February challenge!

The inspiration photo is below but that is optional, as long as your project features florals.

I used the colour scheme from the photo. 

The floral images were stamped at the top and bottom of the card front and coloured. I die cut the sentiments from green and purple cardstock and arranged them in the centre. I didn't add any embellishments or extras to the card to keep it clean and simple. 

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

You have until March 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB January - Birthday Wishes Spotlight Card

Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our January challenge!

This challenge is always about florals - that must be the focal point of your project. 

The inspiration photo is below - it is optional to use that. 

I had my card created before I even thought about checking the inspiration photo... good thing any florals will work! 

I chose to create a spotlight card. I stamped a large floral image on two corners of white cardstock, The centre was cut out and I coloured only the images on the inside piece. The card was assembled with a pink base, a black mat and the outer stamped panel.The centre panel was adhered to a black mat and placed back on the image, lining up all the parts. I heat embossed a sentiment and placed that on the front. Some clear gems finished off this pretty card.

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

You have until February 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

BB December - Purple Vase

 

Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our December challenge!

The inspiration photo is below. It is not required to use it but your project must have florals as the focal point. 

I loved the colours in the inspiration photo so that is where I took my inspiration. I used my BetterPress system to press the vase and the leaves and then used the coordinating stencils to colour in the leaves. I die cut several flowers and extra leaves and added them to the bouquet. That piece was cut down and matted on dark purple cardstock, green cardstock and then a medium purple card base. I used a purple marker to add dots around the flowers and placed a hot foiled sentiment at the bottom. 

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

You have until January 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB November - Angled Birthday Flowers

 Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our November challenge!

The theme for this challenge is always florals. The inspiration photo is below - it is optional to use that. 

I stencilled a card front on an angle with green ink and then splattered that piece with a black shimmer brush. The floral image was stamped, stencilled and die cut. I cut off a large portion of the image and used some of it inside the card. The angled piece was arranged on the same angle as the stencilled part and I added a birthday sentiment. The card front was adhered to the base with craft foam. 

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

You have until December 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Beautiful Blossoms October - Pair of Blossom Cards

 Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our October challenge!

The inspiration photo is below. Using the photo is optional but your project must have a focus on florals. 

I chose to make a pair of cards using a stamp and stencil combo. The cards were inspired by ones I made a couple of years ago for a virtual event. 

The stems were stamped and the blossoms were stencilled in shades of blue and purple. I added clear glitter gel over the detail layer. That piece was cut into two and each section was adhered to a splattered white card base with a thin strip of blue cardstock along the side. The sentiments were stamped and die cut and I also cut some blossoms and leaves from coordinating cardstock. Those were arranged on vellum circles and adhered to the right of the coloured panels. 

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

You have until Nov. 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB September - Smile in Autumn Colours

 Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our September challenge!

The inspiration photo is below. It is optional to use that but your project must be floral focused. 

I subscribe to a card making program and this stamp was from a recent class. My choice of colours were drawn from the inspiration photo. I stamped the same image on the top and bottom of white cardstock and used the coordinating stencils to colour them. The sentiment was stamped in the centre. I used a fine tip black marker to add small dots around the images and matted the card front to a black card base. Easy! 

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

You have until October 12th to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Beautiful Blossoms August - Sunflower Fun Fold Card

 

Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our August challenge!

The inspiration photo is below - that is optional. However, your project must have florals as the focus. 

I love sunflowers so the inspiration photo was helpful to me. 

I die cut two sunflower backgrounds and stencilled them in traditional colours. The were adhered around a piece of woodgrain paper and that was adhered to a top folding card base. The large word was die cut, inked and adhered to the same woodgrain paper. That was placed across the front, allowing the recipient to open the card by lifting the sentiment. 

Inside the card is the rest of the sentiment and under the top fold there is an entire panel to write a message. 

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

You have until September 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Beautiful Blossoms - So Very Special

 Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our July challenge! 

The inspiration photo is below. It is optional to use that. 

I lightly inked white cardsock with a light green ink and placed the die cut mandala piece on top. The white background was pierced manually as I didn't have a stitched die the correct size. Both pieces were adhered to black cardstock. 

The flowers were stamped, stencilled and die cut. I arranged them along the round side of the mandala image and placed some silver metallic thread under the sentiment. Three silver gems were added to the card front and I used silver Stickles in the centres of the flowers. 

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

You have until August 12 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

Beautiful Blossoms May - Rose and Hummingbird Front Shaker Card

 Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our May challenge! 

The inspiration photo is below - feel free to use that or create a project of your choice, but it must have florals as the main theme. 

I drew my colour choices and the roses from the inspiration photo. 

The floral images and the hummingbird were stamped, stencilled and die cut. I die cut a frame from a card front and also from the card base. The card front was embossed with a rose embossing folder. The sentiment was stamped on the inside of the card and I added two pieces of acetate to create a see-through shaker window. I filled that with clear sequins and placed the images on the front. Some extra sequins were placed around the card. 

Come and join us at Beautiful Blossoms and show us your ideas. 

You have until June 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Beautiful Blossoms March - No One Compares to You

 Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and the March challenge. 

This is a new design team for me - I love working with floral images so it is a great fit! 

There is an inspiration photo - you may use that or you can create anything with flowers. 

I drew my inspiration from the colours in the photo.

I stamped, stencilled and die cut the flowers. A light grey floral frame was adhered to a white card base and I added the flowers with thin foam tape. The sentiment was hot foiled and added in the centre with some gold metallic thread underneath. Gold gems were placed around the card. 

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

You have until April 12 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson