DT 164 - CAS Purple Flowers

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 164! 

It's all about clean and simple (CAS) this week - the small graphic is below. Please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information. 

The second element of this challenge (optional) is to use a colour other than white. CAS typically has a lot of "white space". I chose a very light shade of lilac cardstock for my card front. I stamped the corner of a floral image and then stencilled the flowers and leaves using shaded of purple and green. A small sentiment was stamped to the left of the flowers and the card front was adhered to black cardstock. I tried it on white but it didn't look right since there was no white on the stamped piece. No embellishments or anything else was added to this card. 

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 Crafter's Cafe challenge (CAS card). 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

DT 150 - Just a Note Half Wreath Card

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 150! 

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

I based my card on one I found on Pinterest - loved the idea of the half wreath created by individual flowers. 

The card base was very lightly inked in green, pink and purple along the left side. I stamped, stencilled and die cut several peony images in both pink and purple. Those were arranged along the left side into a half wreath shape. The sentiment was hot foiled in gold and placed on the right side. A vellum gold hot foiled butterfly was added and I used some gold Stickles for the butterfly's body. Some flat gold sequins were placed around the card. 

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

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

I am also linking up my card with the challenge at Crafter's Cafe (flowers). 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

DT 138 - Skunky Birthday

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 138!

Kraft and animals - a great combo! Check out the detailed information on the Double Trouble Challenge blog. 

I wanted to use this adorable little skunk on my card. I stamped and fussy cut him and created a stump on which he could stand. The background was die cut using a background die (just enough to put a pattern onto the Kraft paper). I added the skunk in a hexagonal frame and die cut two more frames to go around that one. The sentiment was added at the bottom and a few clear dew drops were placed around the card. 

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

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

I am also linking up my card with the challenge at Crafter's Cafe (animals).

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Double Trouble 118 - Relax and Enjoy

 Welcome to this week's challenge at Double Trouble!

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

I really struggled with this challenge... I don't have any stamped images that reflect relaxation. I turned to my Cricut this time and cut a silhouette of a girl reading as I find reading to be very relaxing. 

The flowers were stamped along the bottom and they were coloured. I added clouds in the sky using a stencil and drew a few birds in the distance. The reading girl image was placed on top of the flowers and I also cut a sentiment in yellow. The card front was adhered to a black border and then a turquoise stitched card base. 

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

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

I am also entering my card in the Crafter's Cafe Challenge (celebrate National Relaxation Day). 

We can't wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Double Trouble 111 - Kraft plus Dots and/or Stripes

Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 111! 

This week, Kraft is the name of the game. Thing 1 requires you to use Kraft on your project. Thing 3 wants you to add dots or stripes. The small graphic is below - please visit the Double Trouble challenge blog for more information. 

I began with a green card front and wove (largely spaced) Kraft pieces across. Each of those pieces is either dotted or striped. I die cut two circles and added them at the bottom. Two floral images were hot foiled in gold and coloured - they were added inside the circle along with a sentiment. I tied some green twine around the base of the images and added a few gold gems around the circle. 

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 Crafter's Cafe challenge (use of dots and stripes). 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Double Trouble 77 - Happy!

Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 77!

It's all about layers, lace and pearls this week. The graphic is below - please visit the Double Trouble website for more information. 

Layers... I rarely create projects with just one or two layers so this wasn't difficult. I layered two stitched rectangles and two stitched circles on top of each other and then added some pearls to the centres of the flowers and around the card. There is also the woodgrain background which is on top of a card base. The section with the most layers adds up to seven (the sentiment doesn't lay over the rectangles so I didn't count that). 

I stamped the floral image, coloured and die cut it. Stitched circles and stitched rectangles were my dies of choice for this card. I used a fairly long sentiment and arranged it on my block so it would be stamped along the edge of the circle. The word Happy was die cut and adhered just to the bottom right of the circles. I added some embellishing thread and coloured a few pearls gold for the centres of the flowers, The other pearls were left white. The word Happy was brushed with the Clear Shimmer Brush. 

I am also linking up my project with The Crafter's Cafe challenge. 

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! 

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated: 

Paper: In Good Taste (SU), French Vanilla Cardstock, Carolina Cardsock, Bluebird Cardstock, Paprika Cardstock, Neenah Solar White Cardstock 

Stamps: Spruced Up Cardmaking Workshop, Happy (Photoplay) 

Inks: Intense Black, Bluebird, Toffee

Accessories: Happy Die (Photoplay), Stitched Circles (GMD), Stitched Rectangles (GMD), Tri-Blend Markers, Gold Embellishing Thread, White Pearls, Gold Sharpie Marker (not CTMH), Clear Shimmer Brush 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Birthday Bear and Friend

FINALLY... some time to create outside of design team work and other obligations, but just for fun! 

The Double Trouble challenge currently has a challenge for baby or children's cards and extra credit if it is a birthday card, so I decided to do both. If the card contains zoo animals, there is also an extra plus for that so I decided to use a bear and a porcupine. That part was tough as I don't have a lot of animal stamps. There is another challenge, Crafter's Cafe, that is linked to the current Double Trouble challenge that can be entered if you use animals on your card. 

I began with a white base and I had to do some searching online for the best way to create clouds. My cloud making efforts in the past haven't been very successful. I found a good idea and I created a template on my Cricut. I think the clouds look pretty good! 

The bear, porcupine, balloons, birthday sign and grass were all stamped and /or cut from different stamps and /or dies. This card is a real mixture of supplies put together. I added the stitched rectangle outline to frame the card and then drew a black line around that. The whole scene is mounted on Carolina cardstock. 

My card will be entered in the following challenges 

Double Trouble challenge      

- child or baby card, zoo animals, birthday card

Crafter's Cafe challenge

- animals 

Products used are as follows: 

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Carolina Cardstock, Nectarine Cardstock, Espresso Cardstock, Almond Cardstock, Clover Cardstock (all CTMH), Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Stamps: To My Bestie, Spring Critters, You Are My Happy, Jack Cardmaking (all CTMH)

Inks: Black, Espresso, Sapphire, Carolina (all CTMH)

Accessories: Cricut Basic Shapes (not CTMH), Spring Critter Thin Cuts, Jack Cardmaking Thin Cuts, Decorative Border Thin Cuts (all CTMH), Sharpie Markers, Touch Markers, Rectangular Stitched Dies (GMD), Mint Twine (unknown)

Enjoy,

Alyson