DT 168 - Wise Owl

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 168!

It's all about masculine projects this week. The small graphic is below - please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information. 

Shades of turquoise and a masculine card... this was tough! I went back to one of my favourite images for masculine cards and that is the wise owl. I die cut all the pieces from white cardstock and inked them in various shades of brown and added details with coloured pencils and a white gel pen. The woodgrain background was created by scoring vertical lines on a piece of light blue patterned paper and I dragged a turquoise ink pad down the paper, creating a woodgrain appearance. The sentiment was stamped using brown and turquoise ink and die cut using a stitched oval die. The sentiment and the woodgrain background were adhered to brown cardstock and the owl was added on a branch. 

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

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

I am also linking up my card with the challenge at Colourful Options. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Triangle Birthday Card

Today's card was created for the challenge at Colourful Options. The colour scheme is royal blue. 

This geometric card was created by die cutting tons of triangles in four shades of blue. They were arranged in a pattern and the finished piece was die cut with a stitched rectangle die. The sentiment was stamped and added to a dark blue triangle piece. I die cut several tiny triangles and placed them randomly inside the other triangles. I added a dot of clear Stickles in each joining section. 

I am linking up my card with the Colourful Options Challenge. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Double Trouble 127 - White on White Thinking of You Card

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 127! 

This is the last challenge for the calendar year and it will run until December 28th. 

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

I chose to create a white on white card - well almost! 

The background was die cut three times and stacked together before being added to the card base. I embossed some leaves and the same flower twice in white on vellum and cut away the outside of the flower on one piece. I used a thin marker to colour the centre sections from the back on the smaller flower and adhered that on top of the first flower with foam tape. The sentiment was also white embossed but on cardstock and I used a light blue ink to blend some colour over top so the sentiment could be easily read. 

I created a second card in a rainbow colour scheme. 

The background was hot foiled using rainbow foil and a geo arch design. I stamped the flowers in two colours each in the same rainbow combination. The sentiment was stamped using all the same ink colours in an ombre manner. I arranged the flowers on the background and added a sentiment. The border is a stitched black rectangle to match the offset black cardstock for the images. 

Come and join us at Double Trouble and show us your project!

You have until December 28th to link up with this challenge. 

I am also entering both my cards in the Colourful Options Challenge. 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

DT 109 - Rainbow Gnomes

Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 109! 

This week, the challenge is all about rainbows and make-believe items. The small graphic is below. Please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information. 

I chose to combine gnomes and a rainbow - who says gnomes can't be found with rainbows, right? 

I stencilled the rainbow first and then stencilled the background with a cloud stencil. The gnomes and the clouds were stamped, coloured and die cut and added to the card front. A sentiment was stamped at the top and the card front was adhered to a base with craft foam. 

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

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

I am also linking up my card with the Colourful Options Challenge. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson