Seas the Day Card

Welcome to Make the Cards Challenge! The theme this week is "Beach". 

I am honoured to be the Featured Creator for this week's challenge. 

Beach life is not something that has ever particularly interested me so this theme was definitely a challenge. I didn't have any stamps or dies to reflect that theme so I turned to my Cricut. I was able to find several beach-related images there and created a scene with them. 

The clouds were stencilled onto the white cardstock and the sand and water pieces were inked for a little more interest. I added the umbrella, chair and a few other items scattered along the beach front. The sun was stamped and die cut but everything else was Cricut cut.

Come and join the Make the Cards Challenge - you have until Saturday evening to link up your project. 

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Products used are all Close To My Heart: 

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Bluebird Cardstock, Carolina Cardstock, Smoothie Cardstock, Flamingo Cardstock, Canary Cardstock, Mint Cardsock, Lagoon Cardstock, Glacier Cardstock, Toffee Cardstock, White Cards and Envelopes 

Stamps: Beautiful Day

Inks: Canary, Toffee, Glacier, Carolina 

Accessories: Cricut Collections - Basic Shapes, You are Here, Beautiful Day Thin Cuts

Enjoy,

Alyson

Spooky Envelope

Welcome back to the Double Trouble Challenge!

This post is for the second week of the current challenge where I am a Guest Designer for the month of October. There are multiple parts to each challenge - Things 1, 2 and 3. Only Thing 1 is required to participate but it is always fun to try to incorporate all the elements of each section into your project. 

Thing 1 - "Don't leave. Come bat. Let's hang out!" All you have to do is choose at least three (3) of the seven (7) colours from my rainbow of All Bat Colours and create a project. In addition, black, white, gold and silver are free to use.

Thing 2 - Link up with the Crafting Happiness challenge. Watch the dates as the requirement for these challenges change each week. We are now on WEEK 2!
Oct. 21-27 - #19 - Halloween Colours - the Halloween colours don't have to be that of a Halloween project, just the colours of the event.

Oct. 28-Nov. 3 - #20 - Halloween - anything Halloween (cards, tags, treat bags, etc.) 

Thing 3 - "Thing 1 has bats in her belfry and is driving me batty!" 

Include something in your project that flies... bats, crows, butterflies, witches, batman, the raven "nevermore", or bat-ever you want. 

Since the link up with Crafting Happiness requires a Halloween card, I had to go to my Cricut as I don't have Halloween stamps. There are some great images there and I chose to create an envelope card with a card that slides out. The "envelope" part has a large cobweb on it and I adhered the word "Spooky" to that. Googly eyes and open mouths were added to each of the 

letter Os.

The inside card base was inked with 3 blue inks. I then added the Cricut images to form a frightful scene. The inside fits perfectly in the cobweb envelope. 

Come and join us at Double Trouble and show us your Halloween projects.

I am also linking up my card with Crafting Happiness as their theme this week is Halloween. 

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated: 

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Nectarine Cardstock, Toffee Cardstock, Black Glitter Paper 

Stamps: none

Inks: Carolina, Bluebird, Glacier 

Accessories: Artbooking Cricut Cartridge, Artfully Sent Cricut Cartridge, Cricut Basic Shapes, Googly Eyes (not CTMH), Journaling Pen, Black Shimmer Brush, Black Ribbon (not CTMH), Hole Punch

Enjoy,

Alyson

Hello Birdies

Welcome to another Double Trouble challenge!

There are multiple parts to each of these challenges... Things 1, 2 and 3. Not all parts are required - only Thing 1 is required to participate - but it's always fun to try to incorporate all the elements into your project.

Thing 1 - "Don't leave. Come bat. Let's hang out!" All you have to do is choose at least three (3) of the seven (7) colours from my rainbow of All Bat Colours and create a project. In addition, black, white, gold and silver are free to use.

Thing 2 - Link up with the Crafting Happiness challenge. Watch the dates as the requirement for these challenges change each week. 
Oct. 21-27 - #19 - Halloween Colours - the Halloween colours don't have to be that of a Halloween project, just the colours of the event.
Oct. 28-Nov. 3 - #20 - Halloween - anything Halloween (cards, tags, treat bags, etc.) 

Thing 3 - "Thing 1 has bats in her belfry and is driving me batty!" 
Include something in your project that flies... bats, crows, butterflies, witches, batman, the raven "nevermore", or bat-ever you want. 

I chose to create a non-Halloween card using blue, yellow, orange and light brown as my colour scheme. I have also included two birds (things with wings) and I will link up my project with the Crafting Happiness challenge for the first challenge week. 

I created the background using a large stamp. I inked it in three shades of blue first and then inked it again in Versamark so I could emboss it. The birds were stamped and cut out, as was the sentiment. I outlined the birds to give them more definition and coloured a small gem in blue for each of their eyes. 

Come and join the Double Trouble challenge and show us how you use each of the Things to create your project. Don't forget to link up with Crafting Happiness as well, if your project fits their requirements. 

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated: 

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, Bluebird Cardstock, Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Stamps: Little Birdie, Stripe Jungle Background (SSS)

Inks: Carolina, Bluebird, Sapphire, Nectarine, Canary, Toffee, Black, Versamark

Accessories: Mini Pearls, Touch Markers (not CTMH), Sharpie Markers (not CTMH), Foam Tape, Clear Detail Embossing Powder, Heat Tool

Enjoy,

Alyson

Grateful Squares

I am honoured to be a Guest Designer for the Double Trouble Challenge Blog during the month of October. Double Trouble is one of my favourite challenge blogs - great variety for their challenges and they always get lots of participation! 

For this challenge, the requirements are as follows: 

         THING 1: Use your favourite masking technique 

         You can stop here OR choose to participate in the next two   
          components...

         THING 2: If you have created a Halloween or fall project, you can 
         link up with the Kat Scrappiness challenge. They want to see all 
         your creepy, spooky or cute Halloween or fall creations (ghosts, 
         witches, leaves, scarecrows, bats, pumpkins and skeletons are just 
         a few possibilities! 





        THING 3: Include an image you would find in a pumpkin patch. 
         This could possibly be a pumpkin, a scarecrow or even a 
         trick-or-treater! 






I chose to use the Multi-Square Windows Thin Cut to create my card. I chose several images to fill in the spaces, including a pumpkin, a scarecrow, leaves, a squirrel and a few other images. 

I masked the word GRATEFUL by stamping every second letter in one colour and the alternate letters in a second colour. I create a mask to do this, almost cutting out every second letter but leaving enough paper on top to keep them from being separated from the paper entirely. That way, I could lay out the mask and stamp on top of the letters that were showing without them being actually stamped on the paper. I then reversed the mask, stamping the second set of letters. 

I also masked the words "thankful, grateful, blessed", as well as the two small images on each side of the clip.

The colouring was done with a variety of markers, mostly Touch Markers. A thin border of Goldrush cardstock was placed behind the windows and it was all then mounted on Espresso cardstock. 

Come and join us at the Double Trouble challenge. Masking is a requirement but the other components are optional. This challenge is open for two weeks. 

I am also linking up my card at Kat Scrappiness as I have included fall images on my card (pumpkin, scarecrow, leaves, etc.)

We can’t wait to see what you create! 

Products used are Close To My Heart unless otherwise indicated: 

Paper: White Daisy Cardstock, New England Ivy Cardstock, Espresso Cardstock, Neenah Solar White Cardstock

Stamps: Giving Thanks

Inks: New England Ivy, Fern, Goldrush, Espresso, Ruby

Accessories: Multi-Window Thin Cut, Binder Clip Label Thin Cut, Touch Markers, Sharpie Markers, Masking Paper, Red Shimmer Brush

Enjoy,

Alyson