CD 647 - Flowers in Boot

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 647!

You must use both colours in the graphic - neutrals and metallics are free to use. 

I struggled with these colours - I had one sheet of old patterned paper in the lime green colour and I created my own patterned paper by stamping orange images on orange cardstock. Those panels were matted on grey cardstock and added to an embossed white panel. The boot image was stamped, coloured and die cut and I added some lime green ink at the bottom of the oval before adhering the boot image. A gold hot foiled sentiment was placed at the bottom with foam tape and gold gems were added around the card. 

Come and join us at Colour Dare 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!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

MTTCC 110 - Trio of Ornaments

Welcome to My Time to Craft Christmas Challenge 110!

The theme for this challenge is to use something foil. 

I have a hot foil machine, a laminator for foiling and lots of foil paper. For this card I chose the hot foil option and the foil paper. 

The background was hot foiled in gold and I die cut the frame, sentiment, ornaments and floral cluster at the top. Everything was arranged on the card front and I drew some white lines on the ornaments and added gold Stickles to the centre of the flower. The card front was adhered to a teal card base. 

Come and join us at MTTCC 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!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Raised Squares Cards

 This is an old but fun technique - raising parts of a card that are die cut. 

I chose a rectangle background die to do this. It has stitched details along the inner lines and it cuts twelve small squares. 

I stamped and stencilled the floral image on white cardstock and then die cut it with the frame die. The base fame was adhered to dark cardstock and I raised each of the squares with foam tape. A hot foiled sentiment was placed across the bottom and I also added some silver gems. 

I thought I would try this using a geometric stencilled image. Once the image was inked, I did the same die cutting and adhered the squares with foam tape. I placed the frame on white cardstock and then a teal base. A gold foiled sentiment was placed in the centre with some gems around it. I was thinking how that second card could really be made to play with your brain by rotating some of the pieces... 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Embossed Strips Butterfly Card

 This card is based on one made by Angela Meiritz-Reid. She used gold tulle - since I didn't have anything like that, I used metallic thread. 

The background was created by embossing a panel of white cardstock and cutting it into strips. They were adhered to the card base with foam tape. The butterfly was die cut and I chose a hot foiled sentiment to go across the body of the butterfly. I cut a LONG piece of metallic thread, folded it together several times and cut the loops. That was adhered under the butterfly - not the easiest task, for sure! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Great Friend Easel Card

 I saw this type of card on the Pinkfresh Studio FB page - it looked interesting and I wanted to try it. 

The flowers were stamped with grey ink and stencilled using a very pretty colour palette of pink, yellow and turquoise/green. Those pieces were die cut and the easel card base was scored and spattered with gold paint. The front circle was created by adhering five strips of cardstock across the circle and then die cutting a smaller circle from the larger one. The front circle was adhered to the white circle with foam tape and the floral images were arranged along the sides. That was adhered to the front of the easel base and the same colours of cardstock were used to create the stopper. A hot foiled sentiment was placed across the centre and gold gems were added around the flowers. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 624 - Hello Friend

 Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 624!

I love this sketch - enough detail that I stayed true to the design. 

I embossed a stitched white panel with polka dots and added four strips of black and white polka dot paper. The circle was ink blended and spritzed with water. The pieces for the floral cluster were die cut, inked and that was added on the left side with the hot foiled sentiment placed under the flowers. Some gold gems finished off this pretty card. 

Come and join us at Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until Sunday evening to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

DD April - Trio of Toads

 Welcome to Dragonfly Dreams and our April challenge! 

The theme for this challenge is animals. 

I chose to use toads - usually not a beautiful animal but these ones are truly cute!

I ink blended a blue background with Distress Oxide inks and splattered it with a mix of water and Perfect Pearls to create some shine. The toad images were die cut and assembled. I added them to light blue cardstock behind each of the windows. The sentiments were heat embossed in white and added between the circles. The card front was adhered to a white mat and then a dark blue card base. 

Come and join us at Dragonfly Dreams and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until the end of the month to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

SS 773 - Thankful for You

 Welcome to Sketch Saturday Challenge 773!

I stayed true to the sketch just because it worked so well for what I had in mind. 

The white background was embossed and I tied a ribbon around that piece before adding it to a teal card base. I stamped, stencilled and die cut the flowers and added them to a lightly inked square piece. That was offset with another square and the sentiment was placed at the bottom. I finished off this cute card with three enamel dots. 

Come and join us at Sketch Saturday 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!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 327 - Treat Box

 Welcome to Cut it Up Challenge 327!

The theme for this challenge is anything but a card. 

I often turn to my Cricut for challenges like this. This little treat holder was cut and assembled. There is acetate behind the open windows on the front and back and I used a ribbon to hold the top together. A glittery paper bow was added along with a sentiment. Easy! 

Come and join us at Cut It Up and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until Monday, April 14 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

MTTC 557 - Just a Note Flowers

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Challenge 557!

The theme for this challenge is to create a RECTANGLE shaped card. 

I almost always make my cards in a rectangular shape so this was easy! I chose a floral theme. 

The black background was embossed with a bamboo 3D embossing folder. The flowers and leaves were die cut from various colours of cardstock and arranged on the front. I added a silver hot foiled sentiment and placed coloured gems on the flowers. Clear dew drops were added around the card. 

Come and join us at MTTC 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!

Enjoy, 

Alyson