DT 120 - You're Awesome Yellow Flowers

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 120! 

It's a 3-2-1 week... use 3 colours, 2 embellishments and 1 stamped (or digital) image. The small graphic is below - please check the Double Trouble website for more information. 

I used the colours provided in our partner challenge's post - jade, yellow and brown. The flowers and leaves were stencilled and die cut. There is a circular background at the top of the card and that was die cut in white and I added the centre green circle and inlaid the small green pieces. A piece of brown patterned paper was adhered to the card base and the sentiment was stamped and die cut with a stitched rectangle die. I added some brown twine and light brown embellishments to finish off 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 Cupcake Inspiration Challenge 552 (use the colours shown in the image). 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

DT 107 - Single Layer Bunny Scene

Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 107! 

This week, the scene steals the show. Check out the details on the Double Trouble website. 

I wanted to do a slimline card for this challenge. Scenes are difficult for me but I figured the wider space would make it easier. 

The trees and bushes were stamped in shades of green and I used watercolour pencils and a blending pen to add some extra details. The bunny and hedgehog were stamped in black and marker coloured. A cloud stencil was used to create an outdoor background. The front was adhered to a piece of dark green cardstock and then to a white slimline base. 

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 Cupcake Inspirations 541 as I included a bunny. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Double Trouble 81 - Mountain Scene

Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 81!

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

I love spending time in the outdoors, paddling a canoe or walking through the forest. This card represents that concept fairly well. 

I started by creating clouds using a stencil that I made on my Cricut. The mountains were stamped, followed by the trees and then the lake. I stamped one of my favourite sayings at the top of the card. No fuss - just like the outdoors :) 

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! 

I am also linking up my card with Cupcake Inspirations.

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated: 

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Pewter Cardstock, White Cards and Envelopes 

Stamps: Mountain Air (SU), Waterfront (SU), Beautiful Things

Inks: Carolina, Charcoal, New England Ivy, Tumbled Glass DO Ink

Accessories: Stencil Sheets, Cricut (Basic Shapes) 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Double Trouble #61 - Purple Roses

Welcome to this week's edition of Double Trouble! 

This week, Things 1, 2 and 3 are asking a lot of our participants. 

Here is the reduced image to show the requirements - please visit the Double Trouble Blog for additional information. 

Here is the tic-tac-toe board.

My tic-tac-toe is diagonal - I used Emboss (Dry/Hot), Flowers and Colour Green.

I chose to create a card with a set of flowers inside the wreath. The wreath was cut from the Flower Market Cricut cartridge (x2) and offset to make it look full. I then had to trace that outline to cut a piece of white cardstock on which to stamp my flowers as trying to stamp on an embossed background is almost impossible. The flowers were stamped and coloured and then brushed with the Clear Shimmer Brush. The white background was embossed with a stitched pattern. The sentiment was stamped and gently inked around the edges to set it off from the background. I coloured a few sequins and added them around the wreath.

I am also linking up my card with Cupcake Inspirations.

Come and join us at Double Trouble and show us how you use the elements for 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: White Daisy Cardstock, Toffee Cardstock, Willow Cardstock, Neenah Solar White Cardstock 

Stamps: A Million Little Things, Card Captions

Inks: Intense Black, Willow

Accessories: Flower Market Cricut Cartridge, Stitched Rectangle Thin Cuts, Butterflies for You Thin Cuts, Stitched Circles Embossing Folder, White Sequins, Tri-Blend Markers, Clear Shimmer Brush, Craft Foam (not CTMH)

Enjoy,

Alyson

Glitter Ornament

It is time to enter another Double Trouble challenge! 

I saw the technique for this card on Sam Clayton's blog. I really wanted to try it - but it is harder to do than it appears. 

The circle was cut from a piece of masking paper and then placed on top of the card front. All the work was done inside that mask. The outlining in Lilac ink was done first. I chose an ink colour that would be a little bit purple but also sort of grey. 

My biggest struggle was finding stamps that were small enough for this purpose. I used individual stamps from 6 different sets... Once the circle was complete, the masking paper was peeled off and the ornament top plus the sentiment were added. Then came the glitter... I forgot how awful this stuff is to use. A little bit of glue was placed on the sections where I wanted glitter. It took me forever to brush off the unwanted glitter as it gets everywhere.

The three Double Trouble challenges components are: 

- use bling or glitter 

- add a snowman

- link to Cupcake Inspirations for their challenge (use a snowman)

I completed all three elements and am linking this card to both the Double Trouble Challenge and Cupcake Inspirations.

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated: 

Paper: Neenah Solar White Cardstock, Silver Foil Paper 

Stamps: Merry & Bright, Thoughtful Bird, Reindeer Crossing, Nature's Wish, Giving Thanks, A Dash of Joy

Inks: Black, Lilac

Accessories: Nestabilities Circle Dies, Silver Embellishing Thread, Prisma Glitter 

Enjoy,

Alyson