Double Heart Card

 This is another card I found on Pinterest and wanted to recreate it. 

There are several layers on this card, alternating between blue and white. The top white layer was embossed and a heart was die cut from that piece. A piece of blue cardstock was embossed with a small pattern and placed behind the opening. The white die cut heart was adhered with foam tape and I added some open leaves and pink flowers to that piece. The sentiment was stamped and added to the front. The rest of the sentiment says "since I'm not there for the real thing" and was stamped inside the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

TSOT 659 - Hello Flowers

 Welcome to Ty a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 659!

This sketch has so many possibilities. I chose a floral theme since our Canadian Thanksgiving is long over now and we are headed to the winter season. 

The background was embossed and I added a piece of black and white patterned paper across the centre. The flowers were die cut in white, inked and assembled. I added them to a lightly inked background with a sentiment stamped at the top. I had some old flourish elements in my stash that I used for the opposite corners. 

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 180 with Atlantic Hearts - Two for One

 Welcome to both Double Trouble and Atlantic Hearts. 

Double Trouble is pairing with Atlantic Hearts for a two week period and since I am on both design teams, it made sense to combine the posts. 

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

The sketches for Atlantic Hearts are also below. Please note the dates for these challenges - 604 is for the first week (Nov 18-24) and 605 is for the following week (Nov 25-Dec 1).

The first card is for Sketch 604 - I actually made two cards as one was finished before I knew that these challenges were partnering together. 

I foiled a piece of white paper with teal foil and cut that down to fit on a stitched background. I used a smaller rectangle to die cut another stitched piece and cut openings in each side to slide a piece of white cardstock through the middle. A sentiment was stamped and I added gems on each side. 

The first card I made for the same challenge was totally different - I completely changed the colour scheme to get away from the visual image of Santa's belt. I adhered a piece of white snowflake vellum over black cardstock, The sentiment was stencilled in shades of turquoise and blue and die cut. I also stamped a smaller sentiment across the word Christmas. That was adhered to a shimmery white cardstock piece and I added some gems to the centres of the snowflakes. 

For my second card for Atlantic Hearts (Sketch 605), I used patterned paper for the background and added a metallic gold strip and stitched border to the front. The floral image was stamped, stencilled and die cut and I used a white gel pen to add some details. The sentiment was adhered at the bottom.

Come and join us at both Double Trouble and Atlantic Hearts and show us how you interpret these challenges. 

You have two weeks to link up with Double Trouble 

Please note that each sketch challenge is open for only one week. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Fence Card

 I saw a card like this on Pinterest and wanted to try it myself. 

The fence pieces were embossed on white cardstock and then inked with several colours until they looked sort of old and worn. I cut them apart and arranged them on a white card base and added a cross piece with two brads. 

The flowers and leaves were die cut and arranged at the bottom of the fence and I added a white sentiment over the greenery. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

SS 764 - Birthday Flowers

 Welcome to Sketch Saturday Challenge 764!

The optional theme (in addition to the sketch) is to distress something. 

I chose not to do any distressing - it's not a look I particularly like. I stencilled and die cut a gorgeous floral image and adhered that to a leaf embossed panel of black cardstock. I added two thin strips of green glitter paper to enhance the black. The sentiment was stamped on green cardstock and adhered under the flowers. I added some iridescent gems around the card to finish it off.

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

CD 627 - Skating Polar Bear

 Welcome to Colour Dare Challenge 627!

The colour graphic is below - please take note of the neutrals and metallics that are allowed.

I ink blended a sky backgound on the card base using the light and dark turquoise colours. I used a lighter hand with the darkest colour to get the blend and then splattered that with white paint. The polar bear was stamped, coloured and fussy cut. I also die cut three small trees. The hill was fussy cut and I aligned and stamped the sentiment at the bottom, masking the left side so I had part of a loop to align with the skates on the bear. The trees were adhered to the back of the hill piece and I added the bear to make it look like he etched the sentiment into the ice. 

Come and join us at Colour Dare and show us how you use the colour grid shown above. 

You have two weeks to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CIU 317 and MTTC 547 - Grateful for All You Do

 Welcome to two challenges - Cut It Up Challenge 317 and My Time to Craft Challenge 547!

Since both of these challenges were being posted the same day, I thought I would combine them as the themes were easy to integrate. 

The theme for Cut it Up is to use your favourite colour. 

The theme for My Time to Craft is thank you. 

I chose to make my card in turquoise, silver and grey. The background was hot foiled with a striped foil plate and that was die cut using a stitched rectangle. The cardstock was die cut with a hexagon shape and I also hot foiled the sentiment. The image was stamped and die cut twice (stacked) before being offset on a piece of vellum. The sentiment was added across the bottom and I added some silver gems in the centres of the flowers and around the card. 

Come and join us at the following challenges. Each is open for two weeks. 

Cut It Up Challenge 317

My Time to Craft Challenge 547

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Poinsettia Card Sets

 It's that time of the year... making sets of Christmas cards to give away. 

Here are two sets of four cards each. I chose some non-traditional colours as well as red and green. Some of the images were foiled and others were embossed. These didn't take a lot of time so I made several sets of each over a few days. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Anniversary Block Card

 I rarely make cards on commission but this is one of them. A friend of mine asked for an anniversary card for some special friends. 

I chose a design that I have made before. I used green and gold papers and some leaf and branch die cuts to decorate the front. No embellishments were added so the card folds flat for mailing. There is a space on the back for a message. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Card Sets 2

 This is the second post for the CARE-ing cards for my church to send to members who need a pick-me-up. Simple designs - each photo shows four cards but there are four more underneath for set of eight of each design.

Enjoy, 

Alyson