Butterfly Hugs

I have a small container of gilding flakes left over from an online event and decided to pull that out for this card.

I chose some alcohol inked paper and put lines of glue down over the gold sections. Once the glue was tacky, I added the gilding flakes on top. That piece was cut into a long panel and adhered to a white card base. The butterfly and the sentiment were die cut from gold paper and adhered on the right side. I also added two thin strips of gold paper along the sides of the inked paper. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Gifted Christmas Card Kit

 A friend of mine gave me a Spellbinders Christmas card kit as she wasn't going to use it. It was filled with all sorts of ephemera (images and sentiments), letters, embellishments, a stamp and die set, papers and more. I spent some time looking for ideas and created 48 cards from the kit - most were duplicated. There are still lots of elements left over but I don't tend to use ephemera and such so I will pass what is left to another friend who I know will use it! 

In the meantime, there are lots of holiday cards here that will be given to friends for them to use. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Hexagon Christmas Card

 This card was designed based on a sketch provided by Monica Hayward.

The dark background was splattered with white paint and I die cut several hexagons from various papers, including three with images. The hexagons were arranged on the card front and I added a hot foiled sentiment with silver metallic thread underneath. 

The second card is from another 30 Minute Cardmaking Stash Dash. The parameters for this challenge were as follows: 

Type of card: A2 landscape, Colour(s): 3 colours, Embellishment: ribbon/twine, Technique: crafter's choice  (I used stencilling), and Occasion: friendship. 

The background was stencilled in three colours and I added thin black ribbon across the bottom, along with a bow. The sentiment was stamped and die cut and added with foam tape. I placed a few black enamel dots around the sentiment to finish off the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

We Wish EWE a Merry Christmas

This old ewe stamp set is a good one, even for Christmas! 

I stamped three of them - two on a grassy hill and one surrounded by flowers. The images were coloured and adhered behind a Distress Oxide inked background. I sprayed the background with a mix of Perfect Pearls and water to give it some shine. The sentiment was printed and added across the card and I added some gold gems as well. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Blue Hoosier Cabinet Birthday

 This hoosier cabinet die set is fabulous - but there are a lot of tiny dies to create all the little pieces. 

I chose a blue and grey colour theme for the cabinet and added yellow, mint and white for the elements. One everything was assembled, I adhered the cabinet to woodgrain paper and stamped a small sentiment along the top left. There are two photos - one with the cabinet doors closed (as closed as they will go) and one with them open to show all the elements inside. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

AH 644 - Hello Floral Stem

 Welcome to Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge 644!

The sketch is shown below. 

I stayed fairly true to the sketch. I embossed a piece of yellow cardstock and adhered a strip of green gingham paper to the side. The floral image was stamped, die cut and adhered to the yellow panel. That was matted on white and then to a black cardstock base. The sentiment was stamped in black and coloured with a pink marker. I added clear gems as per the sketch but they are hard to see in the picture. 

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

Friend Flower Box Card

 It took me a long time to work out the measurements for the box on this card. It folds flat for mailing and fits into an A2 envelope. 

The flowers were stamped, stencilled and die cut. I chose colours from the woodgrain paper on the front (and inside where you can't see...) There is an embossed panel at the back and the flowers were arranged on the back panel, a centre panel and on the front panel so there is some depth to the images. I added a stamped sentiment on the front and used clear Stickles on some of the flowers. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cherish the Season

It's past time for me to be making a lot of Christmas cards... I have some serious catching up to do. 

I used an old sketch from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge as the basis for my card. I die cut two thin rectangles, offset them and placed a silver doily on top. The fairy was stamped, coloured and fussy cut. I die cut several poinsettias, branches and leaves and arranged them along the left side and placed the fairy on top with foam tape. A hot foiled sentiment was added at the bottom. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Floral Card Set

 I made two sets of these pretty cards - 8 in each set. The designs were created by Julie Carriere and everything was cut on the Cricut. 

The blue thread adds so much to these cards - such a simple element but it's so pretty!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Cut It Up 337 - Hello Plumeria

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 337!

We have an "anything goes" challenge this time - remember to use at least one die cut! 

I recently bought this gorgeous plumeria set and this was an opportunity to play with it. I stamped, stencilled and die cut the image and stacked it three times to build dimension. The background was also die cut using a coverplate die. The flowers were arranged on one side and I cut off the excess pieces. The faux stitched front was adhered to the card base with from tape and I added a stamped sentiment at the bottom. Some tiny sparkles were placed in the openings on the background. 

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

You have until Monday, September 1 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson