SS 775 - Thinking of You Flower

 Welcome to Sketch Saturday Challenge 775!

The sketch is shown in horizontal format - I flipped it 90 degrees to make a vertical card. 

I stamped floral images around the edges of the largest and the smallest rectangles using inks to match the cardstock. Those two pieces plus the middle rectangle were all die cut using stitched rectangles dies. I drew a white line around the middle rectangle. The floral image was embossed in blue and coloured. It was die cut using a blanket stitched die and I fussy cut a light blue border. That piece was offset as per the sketch and I added a hot foiled sentiment across the bottom and a gem in each corner. 

Come and join us at Sketch Saturday and show us how you interpret this sketch. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CIU 329 - With Sympathy

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 329!

The theme for this challenge is "so sorry".

I don't make sympathy cards ahead of time... I always end up making them as I need them. It will be nice to have one ready to go for a change. 

I stamped several leaf and flower images in black and coloured them with Copic markers. They were arranged on a piece of blue cardstock and that piece was adhered to a white card base. The sentiment was embossed in gold and adhered to black cardstock. That was adhered with foam tape. I didn't add any embellishments to this card as it was already pretty busy. 

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

You have until May 12 to link up your project.

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

MTTC 559 - Glorious Day Tag Card

 Welcome to My Time to Craft Challenge 559!

The theme for this challenge is to make a giant dog-ear shaped tag. 

I made my tag into a card so it stands up for display. 

The background was stencilled in grey and I stamped, stencilled and die cut a set of flowers. That image was added to the front after I created the tag shape. A stamped sentiment was placed at the bottom and a silver and white bow was added across the card. Silver glitter gems were placed around the tag. 

Come and join us at MTTC and show us your tag projects. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Pearly Sparkles May Challenge - Friend Birthday

 Welcome to Pearly Sparkles and our May challenge. 

The theme for this challenge is to use black and white plus ONE colour. 

I chose aqua to go with black and white. 

I die cut a stitched rectangle from white cardstock as well as lots of leaf images. One leaf image was die cut from aqua cardstock. The leaves were arranged on the rectangle so the coloured one would be at the top. The sentiment was die cut from aqua and black and I also stamped and embossed a smaller sentiment to go under the word "friend". Everything was adhered to black cardstock and then to a white card base using craft foam. I added some white Liquid Pearls around the leaves. 

Come and join us at Pearly Sparkles 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

Circle Flowers Card

 This cute card is so very easy to make - it would be great for a kids' club or something like that. 

The flowers were created by die cutting four circles for each - two from cardstock and two from coordinating patterned paper. The circles were offset and a stem was added to each, along with some leaves. The sentiment was stamped at the top and I added some glittery drops to the centres of the flowers and around the sentiment. Easy! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 669 - Hello Frame

 Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 669!

I wanted to keep this simple so I chose a piece of patterned paper for the background that did all the work. A white frame and sentiment were die cut and I also die cut a butterfly from vellum. The outline of the butterfly was traced and fussy cut from green cardstock and placed behind the vellum. I added some purple gems to the body of the butterfly and adhered the patterned paper to a white cardstock base. Easy!

Come and join us at TSOT 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

DT 190 - Beautiful Friend

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 190! 

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

I die cut a piece of blue patterned paper with a stitched frame die and adhered it to silver glitter paper. I cut around the corners with a pair of scissors. That was adhered to a silver splattered card base. The flowers, leaves and the sentiment were foiled and die cut. I stencilled colour onto the flowers and leaves and arranged them on the card. The sentiment was stacked four times and I added some silver metallic thread behind that. Iridescent gems were placed around the flowers. 

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

I am also linking up my card with the Beautiful Blossoms challenge (I am on the design team there). 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Trio of Window Cards

 These three cards were made for "roomie gifts" for three ladies with whom I shared a room at a recent weekend event. 

The background of each card was stencilled with a cloud stencil and a die cut window frame was placed on top. The flowers were stamped, stencilled and die cut and added at the bottom. The sentiment was adhered with foam tape. The entire window piece was adhered to black cardstock and then to a coloured card base. I love the differences with the three colour schemes. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Create in Quads Set of 4 Cards

 This gorgeous stencil and die set used to create these cards was one that I received as part of the Crop and Create Spring Card event. I love the images and wanted to recreate the same set of cards that I did for the event but in a different colour scheme. 

I used shades of pink and purple and also added clear glitter gel over one layer to add some sparkle. The cards were assembled using some embossing, foiling, splatter and off-setting of images. The sentiments were embossed in white on black cardstock. I love how these turned out! 

I am including a photo of the original set made during the event for reference. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CD 649 - Hello Beautiful

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 649!

Choose at least three colours from the graphic below. 

I chose yellow, orange and red.

I die cut a stitched card front and created a mask with three open strips. I used three Distress Oxide inks to blend from yellow to red and removed the mask. The floral image and sentiment were embossed in black and the front was adhered to a white card base with foam tape. Easy!

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