Be Merry Shaker Card

This set of mice is from a card event that I did last winter. They are so adorable! 

The inside of the shaker was stencilled with a cloud stencil and I left an open white hill at the bottom. That isn't easily visible in the photo. The shaker was filled with tiny silver stars and "snow". I stamped, coloured and die cut the images and arranged them around the shaker. The sentiment was die cut from red and green cardstock and placed at the bottom of the shaker. I chose to embed the shaker element into the card front so the front is flat. Clear Stickles were used on various parts of the images and I brushed the sentiment with a clear shimmer brush. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

CIU339 - Autumn Blessings

 Welcome to Cut It Up Challenge 339!

The theme for this challenge is "looks like fall". 

I love the autumn season - the leaves here are very colourful and the outside temperatures are nice and cool. 

I ink blended a panel of white cardstock with Distress Oxide inks and die cut it with a leaf cover plate die. The gold leaves were die cut and arranged on the front, along with an embossed sentiment strip. The card front was adhered to dark green cardstock and then a gold glitter base. Easy! 

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

You have until Monday, September 29 to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Friend with Umbrella

A friend recently gave me a super cute stamp set and it was time to use it! I stamped the image along with a single word sentiment at the bottom. I used my Copic Markers and some Sharpies to colour the image and the word and I blended yellow ink along the edges. The card front was adhered to a black mat and a pink card base. I used a fine tip marker to draw a line around the edge. Some clear gems were added to simulate raindrops. Inside the card, there is a sentiment that reads "You are my rainbow every single day."

Enjoy,

Alyson

Friendly Mice

 This card was created for a virtual crop weekend - one of the challenges was to use a certain card for inspiration. 

I masked off the card front into four sections and ink blended each of them in different colours. The mice and birds were stamped, coloured and die cut and added to the squares. I stamped sentiments in three of the boxes. The larger sentiments were stamped or embossed and placed at the bottom. The card front was adhered to the card base with craft foam. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

TSOT 679 - Funky Birdies

 Welcome to Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge 679!

The sketch is wide open - you can do anything as long as it involves doodles. 

I cannot draw - at all. Yesterday's blog post explains that a bit more. For this challenge, I revisited an old card style that I have made before... I had to practice drawing the peanut shapes many times to try and get them to be consistent but you can see that they are still all over the place! 

Once the bodies were drawn, I added legs to each creature with the fourth one holding up one leg. That's where the sentiment comes in - we all need to be ourselves! The letters were die cut from the same colours as the creatures and I adhered the card front to a black mat and then a white card base. 

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 200 - Friend Doodles

 Welcome to Double Trouble Challenge 200!

It's all about the doodles this week. The small graphic is below. Please visit the Double Trouble Challenge Blog for detailed information.

I cannot draw. Period. I spent three days on some doodled cards and my frustration level was through the roof. Doodling is not something that I have ever done - not for fun, not as part of a challenge, never. 

This card is probably the fifteenth card that I tried to make and I am still not happy with it. I watched countless videos about doodling before trying this. I finally chose to make random doodles on a strip of white cardstock and colour some of them in various shades of pink. That panel was adhered to a black mat and then to an embossed card front. The sentiment was added at the bottom. 

This is another doodled card - one of my earlier attempts... 

Come and join us at Double Trouble 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! I hope doodling is easier for you than it was for me! 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

BB September - Smile in Autumn Colours

 Welcome to Beautiful Blossoms and our September challenge!

The inspiration photo is below. It is optional to use that but your project must be floral focused. 

I subscribe to a card making program and this stamp was from a recent class. My choice of colours were drawn from the inspiration photo. I stamped the same image on the top and bottom of white cardstock and used the coordinating stencils to colour them. The sentiment was stamped in the centre. I used a fine tip black marker to add small dots around the images and matted the card front to a black card base. Easy! 

Come and join us at Beautiful Blossoms and show us how you interpret this challenge. 

You have until October 12th to link up your project. 

We can't wait to see what you create!

Enjoy,

Alyson

Bird Screen Card

 This card has four panels and folds flat for mailing (mini slimline size). 

I used a stamp and stencil set to create the panels. I arranged them in order and stamped the images over the cuts. The stencils were used to colour the images and I added a large sentiment on the third panel. I also splattered all the panels with gold paint. The base was die cut using a bracket die to create the "feet". 

Enjoy, 

Alyson

Mini Image Pyramid Block Card

 This was such a fun card to make! It folds flat for mailing so I didn't add any dimensional elements to it. 

I chose holographic paper to mat all the images. The images were stamped and coloured and I added Stickles to most of them for some shine. The sentiment was placed on the top centre panel and the other holiday images were arranged around the card. There is a full card base on the back so there is lots of room to write a message. 

Enjoy,

Alyson

Masculine Birthday Card

 This card design was based on one made by a SU Artisan member. 

I used strips of wallpaper for the coloured pieces. The background was embossed with a burlap embossing folder and the white piece was embossed with a subtle embossing folder. I arranged the strips across the white piece and added a stamped sentiment with twine underneath. Some clear gems were placed around the card. 

Enjoy, 

Alyson